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Nature and duration as a heading?? - jenny

Posted: May 12, 2012

I hear the doctor say Nature and Duration...Patient was admitted to ___ [PLACE]..... Is that right??? need serious help!!

You will need to ask - your employer

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what the specifics are for that particular account. Every client is different, and we have no way of knowing what that client wants. Your employer will be able to tell you.

Heard it before? - jenny

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Have you ever heard of that before though??

It doesn't matter what anyone else - has heard

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What matters is what the client wants, and we have no way of knowing that.

Do not think Jenny means Heading heading; sounds more like - a s/l place. n/m

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Here's my take on it, Jen. If it sounds like a heading, make it a - heading, sm

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It looks like your sentence after NATURE/DURATION: -- NATURE AND DURATION: is (Patient was admitted to whatever the name and blah, blah, blah.) a complete sentence without nature and duration included.

So IMO, I would make anything that is not a part of the sentence a heading, i.e., HEENT: X-RAYS: as long as it reads like it should be a heading. Hope that makes sense and as the other poster said, if you have the account specs or a sample, go by that first.

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