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I always worry when a doc starts spelling - pretty simple words

Posted: Dec 07, 2011

He spelled cytoreduction for me tonight. That makes me think that someone else misspelled it.

I just worry - in today's climate, if we make enough mistakes will they decide it 's easier to do it themselves if we can't do it right?

It's late and I'm rambling, but I do think about this.

you are right to worry...s/m - sereneone

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I was on an account where doc started spelling "latter" b/c someone was spelling it "ladder" as he indicated exactly that, as well as other simple English words. Account went to point and click and edit your own speech recognition a few months later. May have been just a coincidence but you never know.

That's because offshore MTs have trouble - with simple English

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and poorly trained newbs have trouble with the medical terms. You may have one or the other working on your account.

The client is getting what they pay for. Unfortunately for those of us who do our jobs right, it still makes us look bad as well.

Oh... and another I forgot to mention is the - exp MT who has had

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their CPL slashed down to the point where they get "sloppy" because they're rushing. Usually the proofreading step is the first to be cut when trying to get lines, lines, lines in to make up for a pay cut. Sad.

Wish it were only offshores mangling English. We don't - have any, and I am constantly

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shaking my head over mistakes I see in other reports. Stupid mistakes. Mistakes displaying a very unacceptable level of ignorance and limited vocabularies.

Just this morning I thought a physician who dictated the words "dearth of" was being unusually trusting in or respectful of us to risk varying that far (not very!) from basic phrasing. BTW, this erudite gentleman is from the subcontinent.

Agreed. Since a large MTSO took over - alana

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our hospital account last year, the doctors are spelling many words they never had to spell in the past. The work is transcribed in the US only. A few of us from the hospital stayed on as ICs and we see the absolute garbage that goes out. At one point we felt sorry for the transcriptionists who are making pennies, but it is apparent that spelling is not a priority. Further, this account is blessed with English-speaking doctors who might be quirky but they are clear.

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