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told dr complaining - ea


Posted: Sep 12, 2013

We were told recently a doctor was complaining about the quality of our reports.  I thought that strange as he has no accent and speaks very clearly.  I just did a report of his and his complaints are....do not use 1, 2, 3, etc., spell out one, two, three, etc.., do not leave off THE patient and just type patient at the beginning  of a sentence..do not leave off LABORATORY IS AS FOLLOWS and just type LABORATORY, type what I said.  I said..right on, doc, my sentiments exactly.  These rules and regulations put in place make our reports look terrible..I refuse to put in 2nd or 3rd, etc., I type out second, third, etc.  So, his complaints were not about us, it was about the format that MM put into place for these reports..

Dr. complaining... - cr

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I agree with you. The way we're expected to transcribe now looks tacky; unfortunately, no matter what I do, it seems QA will find fault with it. For instance, our software has "L" for liter, which bugs me, so I write out "liter." Then a QA person marked me off, saying I should put "L." So, next time I left it as L, and guess what - another QA marked that off and said I should have put "liter." We can't win. In the meantime, the doctors think we're just lazy or ignorant.

metric units - moi

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A little off topic but I thought I read somewhere metric units were supposed to be abbreviated. Although I agree, I prefer those written out myself too (plus more characters typed...)

Abbreviate all metric/SI units of measure that follow numerals: cc (cubic centimeters), mcg (microgr - Eyez

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Per Style Guide.

what about chronic kidney disease? - sm

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I was told that it is no longer roman numerals, yet I have been gigged for it both ways.

Style Guide - Eyez

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Use arabic numerals: CKD grades 1 through 4.

This is per the M*Modal Style Guide. If QA tells you to use Roman numerals they're WRONG (unless of course your client profile says to use Roman numerals).


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