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dictation under water - oldtimer

Posted: Jun 19, 2012

Where and how is a doctor dictating when he/she sounds like they are under water????

Sea World - (nm)

Cell phone dictation - sm

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These are not only hard to understand, but they hurt my ears beyond description. When cell phones first started being used by docs for dictation, I thought I would finally pack up and leave MT altogether. Turns out that the percentage of doctors using them is comparatively small (in some facilities), but it's still an awful inconvenience for the MT and potentially a breach of privacy...not only can the dictator be overheard by passersby (wherever it is they're dictating, since they're WAY too important to use a land line) or the phone signal possibly being intercepted by another user.

I hate cell phone "under water" dictation! The worst! - NM

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But they are still going to use them. They do not care. - anonmt

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I have had 2 doctors today both dictating late at night and both on cell phones dictating with a crying baby in the vicinity, small children playing, and others carrying on a conversation nearby. You can hear the sound of their voice echoing throughout the halls of their house back into the dictation. They have been told and obviously they do not care. I work for a major medical center, no MTSO. My ears are almost bleeding. I'm taking a break now.

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