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To doctors, PAs, any who dictate: When you are - sm


Posted: May 14, 2014

dictating a lengthy report and mentioned a dozen different doctors, do not say at the end, please cc all above because I will NOT do this.  I will not take another half hour to read your report and cc all noted physicians.  You get paid the big bucks.  Use your time, not mine that is paid by pennies!!!!

What makes you think they are reading this board? - nm

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maybe she just needed to vent - to feel better

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:-)

I did. I was going to say something snarky to the other - sm

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poster, but decided not to sink to that level:)))
There seems to be a lot of snarkiness going - on here lately.
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Glad you decided not to sink to that level but I couldn't help myself from responding to the above snarky remark, sometimes we all need that few moments to vent.

Ask a doctor some time if he/she even knows - none

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this site is here. I don't believe they even know about it much less take the time to read it, I mean, come on, they don't even like reading their own patient's stats and dictate! Venting here is really a great way to dump off the bad behavior from the dictating folks. To me anyway.

Well her post is addressing them says "To doctors, PA..." - Then she say "you"

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So I was just curious if she thought that those people she addressed in her message actually read this board.

Or "cc Dr. Patel." Which of the 13 of them in my list? - If you do not specify, I do not hear you!

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no msg

Oh my...do they read this board? or are we just venting? - NM

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))

If not here, where else? - Lily

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We all feel the need to vent sometimes. I WISH we had some way to vent to the doctors! lol .. quit chewing, snorting, grunting in my ears; slurring; skipping over whole words; and mixing everything together! ;)


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