Style Question: Use of "of'" when transcribing Month/Year

and I have to say that while our method of editing is easier, it has not LEARNED at all. Still doing the same accounts and correcting the same crapola as 9 years ago. ...

Hello everyone, appreciate some opinions on this. He states 13-year 2-month-old male but I am not absolutely positive on hyphenating this, not use to them dictating the years and the months. ...

As an MT, it just aggravates me to no end to see the same mistakes transcribed over and over by transcription service MTs, or left unedited by VR MTs, and to have no way to inform that MT about the error. Some MTSOs, you know, aren't responsive. It isn't as if they provide a complaint hotline. Decided not to post this in the word help forum, since I am not asking for help with a word. Kind of the opposite. I wouldn't think this MT would be asking for help, ...

Saw they posted the new list. anyone get it? ...

Which is correct: "The patient is here for a 3-month followup visit." or "The patient is here for a 3 month followup visit." I was always told in this instance that it is without the hyphen becuase putting the hyphen in it will mean that the visit is 3 months long versus a visit at 3 months' time. Which is the correct way to do this? I got a correction back on a file and I was pretty sure I had it right. ...

Can anybody here explain to me why, when a dictator wants a slash between 2 words, ASR decides to put a space after the first word, then the slash, then a space before the second word? We don't have enough things to pick and poke at here? I'm afraid to give an example, you know, the privacy thing. Let's just use generic. ASR may be with this particular program, but it might put and / or hypertension instead of and/or hypertension. It also li ...

Hello, I am wondering what is the preferred style when typing ranges for meds, as in every '1-2 ' or '1 to 2' or 'one to two' hours. Thanks! ...

Apparently this one is to be followed along with the BOS2, DQS Standards and Guildelines, and the CP. I just don't understand why we can't use just one. Most of the things in it are the same, but others are the opposite of what I've been taught and what the BOS2 says (for example, it is now okay to start a sentence with a number). They at least explained what qualified verbatim is. ...

Anyone know when they are coming out with a new Book of Style? I am afraid to buy the 3rd edition since it is from 2008. Thanks. ...

Please tell where you work so I can apply there -- seriously -- sick of ridiculous QA. ...

How many MTs use the Book of Style? Am I the only one who thinks this is a total rip off just like dues to the former AAMT were? Is not this self promotion to enrich oneself three times now and passing this propaganda off to MTSOs as the "industry standard?" I know I sure did not get a vote as to what is and what is not this so-called "industry standard" and have not used that book in years! Poverty wages are now the "industry standard." Who else is fed up with this load of BS? ...

If no noun following such as female or male should this be hyphenated, i.e. if stated "A 10 year old has stomachache".... should it be "A 10-year-old has stomachache" ..... ...

Do different medical transcription companies prefer 2nd or 3rd Book of Style? Seems as if I could buy a used 2nd edition from a website such as Amazaon cheaper than the 3rd edition, but I don't want to buy an edition that is not used by medical transcription companies. Your comments, please? TIA- Jane ...

Can anyone tell me any of the new changes in the AHDI book of style. ? ...

It would seem that the AAMT/AHDI just look for ways to make money on their ole' book of style. Changing from one term in one book, to using it differently in a second, and now the third is different from that. What is the fourth going to do, go back to the first use. Throw them all out. They don't know what they are doing. Their transcription bible is useless to train from, and they charge a whole lot of money for useless. (Just a little frustrated, wouldn' ...

I have a question for those working for a hospital as an employee in-house or at home. I work at home for a hospital and we were told we must buy our own book of style version 3 but still expected to maintain high QA status. There is only 1 book in-house for all to share. I would think that the company should invest in buying each employee this book to improve production and it would be a positive move. They refuse to do this. I brought it up in a meeting and told t ...

Thanks for the input. ...

For whatever reason, this information has just decided to take a vacation from my brain! When the doctor talks about "bilateral facet arthropathy at L4-5" …… should I make it "L4-L5"? Thanks! ...

I have been working in transcription for 31 years. What is the deal with all this Book of Style nonsence? Doctors don't care if a comma is in the right place or not, or if a drug is capitalized or now. They just want the correct measurements, dosages, symptoms, body part, etc. typed in the correct document on the correct patient. You ask a doctor what the Book of Style is and they would probably just give you a dumb look. Who is making money off of this? It's just the crazi ...

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Since I was terminated February 11, I have been reviewing some things in case I need to apply for some MT job in the future. When I worked for M-Modal, I was supplied with Book of Style, 2nd edition. I now have a copy of the 3rd edition, and they say some things are changed. They say changes have been made include dropping the period after courtesy titles like Dr. and Mr. I always typed Dr. with a period in the report. If it said patient was to follow up with Dr. Sm ...

how would you type this: ...refer to Dr.'s Bell and Reynolds ...refer to Dr.s Bell and Reynolds ...refer to Dr. Bell and Reynolds. Where does the plural go? make sense... ...

I just purchased the Book of Style. II realize companies want you to be familiar with it, but what parts are the most necessary to bone up on? It is a huge book. Thaniks. ...

What is the actual title of the Book of Style? I see The Book of Style for Medical Transcription, 3rd Edition - Paperback (June 15, 2008) by Lea M. Sims and John H. Dirckx and I also see The AAMT Book of Style: A Searchable Medical Transcription Style Guide (2nd Edition) - CD-ROM (July 21, 2005) by American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT). One is by AAMT and one is not - I am assuming the AAMT is the Book of Style everyone refers to? I am buying this for someone and want to ...

Okay, normally I wouldn't leave an abbreviation in the diagnosis section of a report (or operation or procedure at the top of an operative report) without at least putting the expansion once in parentheses after it. Usually, the only time I leave it is when it's a trademark/brand name that is always used in abbreviation form. Well, now I have a dilemma. One of the procedures being performed is pulsed lavage with GU irrigant to some diabetic foot ulcers. Normally in the body of th ...

Does anyone have a sample of this? I think it should just be: 1. Hello 2. Goodbye 3. Etc. However, when I attempt to look it up, it seems much more complicated. ...

Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the AHDI the cheapest, or at least under 70 bucks? Thanks! ...

I made a comment regarding the need to recognize the differences between both the processes and the reasonable expected outcomes with respect to the preparation of: 1. Working trade documents - such as the medical record. 2. Materials for publication, whether in journals or books. The comment is here: http://forum.mtstars.com/378004.html I'd like to expand on what I said by first making two observations that I believe are highly relevant to this issue: First, the huma ...

Style Question: Use of "of'" when transcribing Month/Year - lucybelle

you can leave "of" in there. I type what they say - nm

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