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Capitilization of departments - Tina
Posted: Dec 31, 2009
Should you or shouldn't you capitilize departments in the body of the report (ie: urology, intensive care unit, emergency room, etc)?
Rule of thumb or rule of BOS - Alice
[ In Reply To ..]I believe that this often varies from client to client, but I think the BOS (what do they know, right...) says to only capitalize if it is a specific name, such as "Jones Urology", or "ABC Hospital Emergency Room", hope this makes sense.
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Should be capitalized if... (SM) - Cathy
[ In Reply To ..]I was taught that department names should be capitalized if they are referred to as an entity. A helpful way of determining this is replacing the department name with "Dr. Smith" and seeing if the sentence makes sense. If it does, it is usually capitalized; if not, it is usually not capitalized.
For example:
The patient will be seen by Urology. ("Dr. Smith" fits here and so it is capitalized.)
The patient will have a urology consult. ("Dr. Smith" doesn't fit here and so it is not capitalized).
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