editing mr250 week 8. mt client any questions on corrections? any problems with mt client? any...
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MT Client Any questions on corrections?Any problems with MT Client?Any questions?If you run in to any problems with MTClient
e-mail JJ and CC me.
Acceptable Brief Formsbands banded
neutrophilsbasos basophilseos eosinophilsexam examinationlab laboratorylymphs lymphocytesmonos monocytesPap Papanicolaoupolys
polymorphonuclear leukocytes
prepped preparedpro time
prothrombin timesegs segmented
neutrophils
Unacceptable Medical Slangappy appendectomybili bilirubinCA, ca carcinomacabbage CABG
(coronary artery bypass graft)
cath, cath’d catheter, catheterized
coags coagulation studies
crit hematocritcysto cystoscopy
D/C, D/C’d discontinue(d)
diff differentialdig (“dij”) digitalisecho
echocardiogramfib fibula, fibrillationfluoro fluoroscopyH. flu H.
(Haemophilus) influenzae
Unacceptable Medical SlangH&H hemoglobin and
hematocritlap laparotomylytes electrolytesmeds medicationsmets metastasesMetz Metzenbaum
scissorsmultip multiparanitro nitroglycerinpeds pediatrics
primip primiparaprocto proctoscopypro time
prothrombin timesegs segmented
neutrophilsretic reticulocyteromied a verb form
of ROMI(rule out myocardial
infarction)
Unacceptable Medical SlangRx prescriptionscript prescriptiontabby therapeutic abortiontemp temperaturetib tibiatib-fib tibia-fibulatic diverticulumtrach(e) tracheostomyV fib ventricular fibrillationV tach ventricular tachycardia
WebsiteEditing: Rediscovering the DialogueBy: Ellen Drake, CMThttp://www.hpisum.com/
EditingRediscovered.pdf
Practice editingThe patient play sports every day.
The patient is to begins a low sodium diet. I tolds the patient to call if his symptoms return.
The patient no like his current medication regimen.
The patient is to return to sees us in four weeks.
Practice editingThe patient was advise to stop smoking.
The patient’s colonoscopy be scheduled for next week.
His mother brang him to the emergency
department.
It be four hours since the patient has eaten. The patient will go to therapy yesterday. I have explains the severity of the situation to
the patient family.
Book of Style Chapter 2When to Edit:
Grammar/PunctuationSyntaxSpellingSlang, Jargon and Brief FormsIncorrect TermsContextual InconsistenciesTransposition of Terms and ValuesDemographics
Book of Style Chapter 2How to Edit:
Critical Thinking versus GuessingClarifying ContentDictator StyleAccess to Ancillary Records
Book of Style Chapter 2When not to Edit:
Missing/Inaudible DictationIrreconcilable Words and PhrasesContradictory Information Direct QuotesNegative Findings
Book of Style Chapter 28Speech Recognition Technology (SRT)
Front-End SRTBack-End SRT
SR EditingTransition from MT to Editor
Tips for EditingRemember if you don’t know the word
leave it blank – no guessingSearch the Internet - try googleMTRefer to previous reportsRefer to similar reportsHave someone else take a listenTalk to the doctorPractice makes perfect!