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I JUST KNEW IT! - 7th child

Posted: Dec 24, 2013

File it under Damned if you do.... Yesterday I had a report where they mention THORACENTESIS twice.... but... hmmm... poor quality, can they be saying PLEUROCENTESIS? So, like an idiot I look up old reports from this patient and there, in both old reports it says THORACENTESIS so that's what I went with.... Waiting for me in this mornings EMAIL....DING, DING...

What the hell! It seems like they are "quality" checking every single report you do? - How lovely for you!

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Not! Talk about inspiring learned helplessness. I would not be able to cope in that environment.

I guess I am really glad I made the decision this spring to leave (although for the Other One). It was bad enough then, without all the revolting FIESA shenanigans I see described on this board.

Old reports - Anon

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Well, 7th child, that's because the old reports are not reliable, meaning they aren't always right. I finally had that explained to me after asking multiple times why I was being dinged for using some of what I found in old reports to verify what I was currently hearing. So why have them. Never mind, we all know the answer to that.

I have found that having access to old reports SM - Kitty

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is a big help. I started out as an in-house MT & found that having the patient's record right there in front of you helps a lot, especially at the beginning when getting used to a difficult dictator.

But I know that's very rare to get this advantage as an out-house (no pun intended) MT, so we just have to live by our wits, hope we don't get dinged, etc. for hearing wrong, guessing wrong or leaving a blank. You can't win either way.

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