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Is it just me or is this the new way to dictate dates? - sm


Posted: May 16, 2013

More and more frequently, I am getting dictators who say, "the patient underwent the procedure IN 04/11/12" or "the patient underwent the procedure ON April 2012."  It's just a little thing that's kind of annoying because you have to change the IN to ON and vice versa, but it's happening so often, I'm wondering if that's now an acceptable way to say it and I'm just not in the know.  Anyone else get this?

Not just you, I get dates like this too - sm

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And it seems to be happening much more often as time goes on. But "in 04/12" and "on 04/12" have very different meanings.

So, I've gotten to the point where I don't care what the account specs say about how they want their dates formatted (i.e 4-digit year), I just type the dates exactly verbatim. I'm just not going to guess as to whether they mean April 12th (04/12) or April 2012 (04/2012).

If the date is dictated very clearly with no ambiguity about it, I do change the "in" to "on" and vice versa though. I think the mis-use of in/on is just because we have so many ESL dictators who sometimes aren't very knowledgeable about the nuances of the English language and don't realize that one little tiny little word can make such a difference in the meaning of a sentence.

Not just you... - Susan

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Happens all the time... among other blatant ear jerks.... I am (humorously) suggesting it's a sign where the English language is going... YIPES!

////////////// - NM

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Your post made me laugh. I can't say why but seriously funny. - anon

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Our over reliance on spell checker is insidiously destroying the written word.

It's a phenomenon - AnaPhylaxis

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Seriously, it's like a contagion and everyone is starting to not only type everything as if they are texting, but now they're starting to SPEAK in text, too!

ah, so it's brian dead AND lazy. - get it. NM

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