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Umm... why dont these mental midgets realize that - the ones who should be getting docked for mistakes

Posted: Mar 04, 2010

is the DICTATORS?! THEY are the ones being sloppy and negligent, not the MT who is trying like hell to understand what on earth they're saying. If hospitals had to pay a premium to get the dictation of their sloppy-guys transcribed, maybe they'd think twice about hiring them in the first place.

Mental - Pea Soup

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Ya mean DOCTORS??? Please! Can you imagine insulting the tender sensibilities of a GOD???? That will happen when pigs grow wings and fly!

Now don't get me wrong, I 100% agree with you, but it will never happen.

Many moons ago, when I was a director of an MT department, we suggested to the administrative department that we have classes for doctors on dictation techniques. OH MY GOSH! Talk about tantrums! I mean, yelling, screaming, denial... whole 9 yards. Pathetic. Talk about egomaniacs. Never gonna happen...

The public oughta be more aware of the malpractice risk ESLs - create. For example, I am currently - sm

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in the process of looking for a new doctor within the list of those accepted by my health insurance. I hate to be discriminatory, but having been an MT long enough to know how badly those guys mess up, I'm avoiding any doctor with a last name that suggests they may have a strong accent. It's bad enough our medical records are now being typed in the Third World, but I most certainly DON'T want the Third World dictating reports that are going to be in my medical record.

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