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Don't you hate it when the doctor says, "quote" but - cr

Posted: Dec 31, 2011

never says "unquote," and you're left having to guess where the quotation ends? Sometimes it's obvious, but other times, it could be anywhere.

sometimes they say a whole sentence and then,,, - anon

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at the end they say "quote, unquote." yeah??? which part??? duh!

OR - LT

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They'll say, she said quote she feels like a band is around her head unquote. NOW, the patient did not say the word "she," she likely said "I." I remove the quotes around the pronoun 'she' and just put "feels like a..."

another peeve - DiggerMT

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This is on the same lines as the quote thing.. they will intermittently say "comma" or "period" where they don't belong and then say nothing where they do belong.. Sometimes I'm just tempted to transcribe only the punctuation they dictate and leave out what they don't dictate.. just annoys me (along with the "quote" thing).

I have a doc who never says unquote. I put the - Lannie

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closing quotes at the end of the sentence. Maybe that will get him in the habit of saying unquote (she said sarcastically!) :)

I have 2 docs that... - Barb

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run me nuts. One says period after almost every word. His sentences would look like this if I transcribed to his wishes: Patient is afebrile. Alert. Pain free. Stable.

Another doc will say parentheses and then never dictate where to put the ending parentheses. I have to just guess and his sentences are a mile long.

They are doctors, I guess, not English Language professors.

Barb! I have his evil twin, Comma-Doc - Jessi

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His sentences would look like this if I did what he wanted.

The patient is a 53-year-old female, she has been living a nursing home, last night she had chest pain starting at about 8:00 p.m., it radiated up her arm, it lasted about half an hour, it started again at about 11:00 a.m., it lasted for about an hour, her caregiver brought her to the ER, in the ER, .... that guy drives me up the wall.

Jessi... - Barb

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I think this doc that says period actually means comma and that's what I use anyway, but the sentences would still look just as silly...just like your doc. Crazy, aren't they?? I usually just ignore their instructions.

I have Cousin Semicolon. - Sigh

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Patient prepped; with Betadine; and draped. I give him a break, though, since he is ESL and speaks clearly.

Inbred daddy-uncle New Paragraph - nm

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Quote - StPat

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I hate that too. What I hate even more is when they number things like diagnoses, but don't start dictating numbers until you're half-way down the list.

That's another aggravating.... - Barb

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habit. I have a doc who's notorious for that. He'll say #4 and then I have to back up and try to figure out what #1, 2 and 3 were. Arrrggghhhh!!!

Numbering - LR

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If they start numbering way into the list, I just ignore them, especially in ASR. Way too much nonsense going on with ASR to worry about it.

Thankfully... - Barb

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I don't do ASR yet.

Your Days Are Numbered - JL

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Your days are numbered, Sweetie, especially if you work for an MTSO. If they're a small place and not planning on using the ASR, plan on them getting bought out by a big guy. Or should I say they'll sell out. It's still a free country and nobody is obligated to sell out to anyone.

quotes - 1mt

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I have this doc who will say quote unquote, so he's not indicating where he wants the quote to start, so then I have to back up to add the beginning quote at whatever spot I think looks appropriate. He uses quote unquote so often it's ridiculous. Most of his quotes unquotes seem unnecessary and make no sense at all. It's extremely annoying.

worse yet, when they say end [fill in the blank] - without an open nm

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