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3 values for blood pressure? - 130/80/60

Posted: Dec 29, 2010

Is this something new I haven't heard of before, or just a misspeak?

3 values for BP - willie

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Perhaps the dictator was correcting himself when you got what seemed to be 3 values? Check the rest of the report where the BP may have been dictated elsewhere.

Sent it to proofing anyway - thanks!

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She only dictated it the once, so no way to double check on my end. She probably was correcting herself, but she didn't stumble over it or anything, it was all really fluid, so who knows.

proofing - willie

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that's what the skip marker is for, to delete redundant speech. use your own judgment. You can't afford to be using QA markers when not needed. There is a QA submission rate of 5% or less. That's 5 markers per 100 jobs!

I don't know what a skip marker is.. - Probably work on different platforms

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I have never been told about a 5% QA submission rate for my company either, it's all good. :)

Not everyone on mtstars works for MQ, - LOL. NM

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NM

that would be irresponsible - IMO

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And exactly what part of the statement should we deem to be redundant?

probably blood pressure and pulse - orthogirl

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my doc runs all the vitals together. The numbers you have there would fit BP 130/80 and pulse of 60.

Wish I could - go back and look at the report

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You might be right. I'm not sure if she had already dictated the pulse, but she did say 130 over 80 over 60 specifically.

go back - sm

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Yeah, it would be nice to go back. I would have left a blank and sent it to customer. Some doctors correct themselves without letting you know they are correcting themselves, and it could be as dictated with the 60 meaning the pulse or something. You don't know, so I would have put a blank and sent it to the customer, not QA, with a note saying something to the effect that you are not sure what they meant.

I'm not allowed to send blanks to the client - unless it is a stat job

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nm

Then what do you do if there IS a blank or question? - make something up?

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No dictator dictates perfectly 100% of the time. There are times when, through no fault of the transcriber, a word or phrase cannot be heard or understood, or any manner of _____________ ? could come up.

You say you are not allowed to send blanks back? What, then, do you do when a blank occurs?

I send it to QA. - They might be able to send blanks...

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nm

blanks - sm

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Hopefully, your company won't pick up the Q's First Time Right program where you can't send to QA or you lose money. I'm waiting for them to try to tell me I can't send blanks. That'll be the time I talk to a lawyer.

Yes, the 60 being the heart rate...nm - oldtimer

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