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What do A, and P stand for? ? A doc in a damn hurry! - Spouse of Harried Transcriptionist

Posted: Jul 10, 2012

Dear HT got this today(sr): "..... A. ............. PE. .......... medicines reviewed..." ( She leaves out stuff I shouldn't see, she's very good about HIPPA) She said the audio was "pee", not "p e".

Took her forever to figure out that he want the headings ASSESMENT and PLAN! Especially with Medicines after PLAN.

Doc has six residents under him, but THEY all know how -and take the time!- to say "assesment" and 'plan". If he had said RFTEOTWIN, was my dear MT supposed to type "Repent for the End of the World is Near" ??

Spouse

Your MT spouse - anon

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had no idea what A and P were supposed to mean? Weird.

he can't do that! - ughh

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A and P is auscultation and percussion in my book... hate it when docs make up their own acronyms and expect you to read their mind...

Ummm...Spouse?? - MTGrandma

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Please stay off these boards...they are for MTs....if she is unable to type on here, then how can she be an MT, you seem to be way too much involved in her job..maybe controlling is the word I should use. And we don't for a second believe that you are not seeing everything she types, she is violating privacy laws and you should just let her do her job in peace and quiet and if she is not capable of that...then she should find another job (preferably away from the house and out from under your thumb) and let somebody else have her work.

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