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Doctors who keep words to a minimum - anon

Posted: May 10, 2011

I have a doctor on one of my accounts who LOVES to dictate as few words as possible. VR picks it up really well; that's not the problem.

How do you handle thpse reports that need to be fleshed out so much? Personally, I don't think he should be on VR since you need to add so many words that the pay rate becomes next to nothing for his reports.

Example: 71 year old. Followup. Pain. Arm.

Flesh it out or leave it be?

I would type it exactly as dictated - Jackie

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It's not our job to decide what he REALLY wants to say. Besides, maybe next time he might realize just how ridiculous his dictation really is and be a little more verbose when dictating.

That's appropriate style AS LONG AS it's consistent - throughout at least report sections.

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Of course, we all know it so seldom is. If it's sloppy in favor of full sentences, as most are, I fill in and yank out "extra" words within sections, such as PE, for conformity. If it's a mixed style that specifically favors phrases, though, I leave it the way it was dictated. Either way, as said, ultimately I'm trying for a professional product in the dictator's chosen style.

Opposite problem - Mollie

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My problem is the opposite - my doc loves to hear himself talk! He dictates every normal organ system, as well as the abnormal on every report.

Dictator Style - MT

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I was told a very long time ago not to change dictator style. This is obviously his style, and clipped phrases/clipped sentences are permitted in medical transcription. Transcribe as dictated unless some tweaking is needed for clarity.

OK. Thank you. - Anon

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I was always told that too. At the same time, we're told to edit grammar to make it more readable. I wasn't sure which way I should go with it. It definitely makes more sense to keep it as is for VR.

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