yes the doctor is saying for ex...Prevacid 30 mg sa capsule one daily....is that "sa" correct it sounds like sa or xa....somthing ending and sounding like sa and then she says it again she gives the drug, dosage, and then say ___ capsule one daily???? I need your help please and thank you ...
I've got a plastic surgery dictation. Doc is talking about a breast capsule. He says it was quite thin being of a grade 1 or grade 2 level.
Just wondering if anyone knows if grade 1 should be a roman numeral or arabic numeral. ...
Okay, I'm new so I am not making much yet. Can we all just make a post saying how many hours we work, what we gross, how long you've been transcribing, and whether it is vr or st? Don't name your company. This way we can guage what we can expect to be making down the line.
I've been transcribing for 2 months. This week I worked 37 hours and grossed $259.00 and it was 90% VR. ...
In the Past Medical History section, this doc says "History of congenital (s/l) forekidneys" ...... or "4 kidneys." It's pretty clear what he says, but I can't document this anywhere. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!! ...
Hello! :) I am typing a radiology report, and I can't make out what word is in the blank parentheses: "TECHNIQUE: Multiple (___) images were taken of both the kidneys and the bladder." Does anyone know what kind of images that might possibly be? ...
Followup for this very pleasant 90-year-old female who has a history of perforated viscus resulting in insertion of her percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Prior to this, she had difficulty due to her advanced state and s/l tissue thin lumen for nutrition, therefore, was placed on total parenteral nutrition. ...
"The trajectory and caliber of the ureters were normal and the collecting system of each kidney had fine, delicate (s/l kalo-feel or kalo-fill) architecture with no sign of filling defect."
I'm having a hard time looking this up because I'm not sure how to spell it. I guess it could be 2 words but it doesn't sound like it.
Thank you ...
This patient has a very sore throat and very red oral mucosa. The doc says "The tongue has a s/l gworfitis appearance." I am stumped. This doctor is from India and does not tend to mix up "r" and "l" sounds as do some of the Asian dictators. Anyone know what this could be? I long for the days of "beefy red tongue"... ...
PE on neurologist consult. Pt with spinal sarcoma. Doc is a pretty clear dictator. Not sure if "tesseril" is actually "tests for all" or what. How about "effort". Is this customary in a neuro consult?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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" Bilateral axillary ultrasound from 02/09/2011: Several normal-appearing bilateral axillary lymph nodes that are not enlarged. They have normal fatty hilum and thin hypoechoic _______. "Sounds like "corteses" but can't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas what he could be saying? ...
Why do companies call you and if you are not there they leave a number. Then when you call back they are not there. You tell them that you are interested, but they never call back. I even called back twice and never got a call back.
Plus I have had companies send me e-mails that they are interested and fill out the form. Then I never here anything. What is up with all this? ...
can i see a show of hands of how many of my fellow MT's are THIS CLOSE to throwing in the towel, not only with MQ, but just transcription companies in general? I am first, who's next? Let me see those hands!!! ...
I JUST WANT TO VENT. I don't remember the exact name of this new NBC show making a comedy out of outsourcing - but I think we all need to find out who or where to write and tell them OUTSOURCING OVERSEAS IS NOT FUNNY!! From what I gather from the ads the jobs go to India (I believe) and it's supposed to be so funny. It's not freakin amusing in the least. We aren't the only industry who have been royaly SCREWED by big companies. T ...
Okay everyone... who knew TTS and Nuance were affiliated??
Come to find out, they do our "overflow" and here's the nasty, subversive part -- They get paid more to do it. Feelin' the love. ...
When I have to look things up, I find myself saying, "Please don't show a picture of it," i.e. Fournier's gangrene, etc....
Now we know why I did not become a doctor ...
With straight typing, one space after a period or two? I haven't used two spaces since the old days of typewriters.
Am I getting a lower line count with using only one? ...