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Seriously, if we messed up records like - they mess up e-mail
Posted: Jul 12, 2012
we would have our pay cut 3 cpl or be fired. What a joke. "Please bear with us as we work through this...."
Should be "please bear with us as we actually work" - Can this company not afford spellcheck?
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Do they not realize that our job is to notice typos and incorrect grammar and we catch them all the time on the company emails? So unprofessional.
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1) The medical assistant types into my record.
2) The provider types into my record.
At the end of my visit, they hand me the summary of my visit that day. It goes like this
1) The medications are mostly right although some are wrong and way wrong.
2) My age is off by 10 years at one facility and they 'cannot correct it.'
3) My height and weight are off a whole lot at another facility and they 'cannot c ...