why do companies change grammar rules?

Is there a site or forum somewhere that updates on new grammar and punctuation rules since they change from time to time? ...

used to be when we ran out of work we could chose to make up time or take PTO, this was even at Thanksgiving. Now we get the email that after waiting 6 mins some of you are taking PTO, but now we can't do this. Now we are supposed to flex. So just because the "lead" lets toooooo many people off I'm supposed to just keep checking and checking, that's great, i'll just do that after cooking our dinner and watching the kids open gifts and if I get work it'l ...

Just taking a poll, would you switch to Nuance? All things considered, it seems as if both companies are similar? Thought a switch might be a good idea, maybe more work, different environment, just a change. Pay is about the same, would have to invest a small amount for software. Comments? ...

Been working at a particular company for a few years now and I am just sick of being verbally abused, unappreciated and underpaid. I was considering applying somewhere like Nuance, but I don't have contacts in other companies to give me a clear idea of what they're like. Just browsing the board for other posts has me worried that all these companies are just as bad as where I already work. How painful is it to work for a company like Nuance as compared to some of the smaller ones where ...

Is not-too-distant future hyphenated? Thanks ...

I had always thought that the dictator received an automatic copy but in checking the MQ rules/standards, I don't see this. Does anyone know for sure? Should we copy the dictator if requested? ...

Does anybody else get emails of updated account specs or just in general about how this is now changing in the MT world and things such as hyphens are being phased out, among other changes to make the document "more readable". I wonder...all these changes to how we are supposed to do our jobs, yet the only changes to what we are paid to do our job is a negative with pays dropping instead of going up. I say it here and I can say it so many times, if somebody can sit in an office and c ...

When a consultant's office calls the referred patient, is that office allowed to say the name of their office? Ex: Got a call from a GI office for my husband. The woman gave her first name and said she needed his medical hx before she could schedule an appointment. I asked what office she was from, and she said she couldn't say because of HIPAA but that it was a referral from his PCP. Is it true that because of HIPAA we can't even know who's ...

I don't know what the AAMT book of style does with regards to typing out numbers such as in this sentence: I provided this patient and her 2 daughters with education regarding her diagnosis and treatment options. Would you use numerals for "2" daughters in this case or would you type out "two"??? ...

When I think about all the things we have to do, we really are more like administrative assistants than transcriptionists. We have so much to do. Make sure you put DOS, if given. Make sure you list, or don't like as per client specs, unless dictator requests ?? Go by client profile or DSQ standard. Which one is it this day? Okay, NOW okay to use q.h.s., so if put q.h.s. QA marks over it and still puts bedtime. Okay to use cc instead of m ...

Couldn't we just leave a note on any report with a cc to "please verify physician name for copy" which would then take the burden off of our shoulders? Not a QA marker, but by doing Ctrl + Shift + Q. I plan on leaving a note for anything that is questionable at all, ie., only last name given, unclear, cannot verify, whatever... I am not going down with them. Fire me for it, then I will file for unemployment and win because they cannot fire you for a doctors mistake and then I might ...

Okay, I got a ding today from my extremely sweet and helpful QATL. It seems I did not send as a cc a requesting physician dictated. I looked at the report and I did enter the requesting physician in the ADT and the body of the report. I thought if they did not specifically request a cc be sent, then you did not. Am I wrong? Old dog needs help. Also, I thought if the Req Physician was in the ADT it automatically received a carbon copy.. Hmmm.. ...

D-dimer is negative, making a pulmonary embolus unlikely by _______rules? s/l Kline, Klein, Cline rules?? ...

There are some things that don't make sense to me in regard to certain rules for companies. At my company, when you send something to QA, you have to put a blank and the number where it is, but if we think something "sounds" like something we cannot put that in because the QA person could hear what we are hearing and not really hear what is being said. Now, what in the heck is VR then? Sometimes when you see text presented on screen it may sound like what you are seeing.&n ...

I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge in regard to HIPAA violations and whether certain rules apply only in certain circumstances. I had a workers comp claim and had my IME closing exam in March. There were problems - the doctor assumed that he knew it all, didn't take any history from me and then rushed me through the exam and closed my claim. I wasn't happy with the way the exam was conducted, and then on reading my exam report I found a number of mistakes, so ...

Our department was recently "onboarded" by a transcription service where we are now paid by the line. We have had several days where we had "mandatory OT" where the boss would email and tell everyone they needed to do 1.5 hours of OT that day. In my state, VT, the law says if you are required to work over 8 hours in a day you have to be paid OT pay. Does anyone know how this works for pay-by-line work? I know many of the practices of this company are questionable and ...

Number rules. I've been doing this a long time...but I just want to ask the group. If there are no account-specific rules, is this sentence correct? "He has had 5 episodes since 08/10/2001." I think I'm correct, at least this is how I've been doing it. What does the new BOS say? I quit MQ/MM and don't have the current edition. Thanks ...

I know that according to AAMT we are not supposed to put abbreviations in the Impression/Diagnoses sections, but does that include ALL abbreviations? Or just ones pertaining to diseases? For instance, are we supposed to spell out MRI in the impression? Or just diseases, like PUD or COPD? I'm a bit confused because I put "MRI" in the impression and QA left that as is, but I also put "PT" and they expanded it out to "physical therapy." Does anyone know? Thanks in a ...

The hopeful folks....did you forget we have not even started with the new guidelines by which our work will be audited at a yet unspecified date? You may be feeling all warm and comfy right now with your 99.9% to 100% reviews. I would not be counting on that. I've had plenty of those, too, and regularly achieved the quarterly bonus up until recently. So, I work 25 hours, and they audited 1 report only with 1 error and I am at a tad over 98%. Meanwhile, I pended 4 jobs and that ...

Is there anyone available to us for non-emergency questions? If we have a BOS question or a verbatim issue, is there anyone there for us? (Yes, I received that email earlier in the week to not bother anyone. But really??) ...

Does anyone know the rules on how many jobs you're allowed to abandon or break from?? Thanks. ...

Can someone tell me what are the latest rules on typing numbers? Do you type 3rd or third? Thank you!! ...

It is obvious that those in charge have NEVER typed a word and have no idea what transcription is all about. They need to go on Undercover Boss and spend one day at the computer and listen to what we listen to and then tell me we need to be 99% accurate. What a joke! ...

Don't you just love the communication at Nuance? Just received an Email regarding new QA rules (new hoops to jump through for bonus), so disgusted I just deleted the message. Bringing the E5 *in line with the rest of NTS*? I don't want to know how much better and faster we are all supposed to be with WHATEVER technology you push out.... I just wanta say that some of you people in management had better learn to transcribe. And WTH is the learning module "Speak Hawaiian"....what ...

and noticed it was talking about a breach. This is something that happened the other day and under the new law, am I supposed to report a scenerio like this? I had a physician who told me this patient's social security number. There is no place to include that on their report, nor has it ever been with this particular company so I just heard and that was it. Would I be, as a business associate soon to be, required to inform someone about this, like ratting on this physician? ...

Hello, We are preparing to switch to editing and are working on a fair guidelines for the MTs. What are the industry standards of expections for things such as correcting if a dictator says something like "laboratory studies" and the draft comes through as "laboratory data" - do you correct it or leave it? What about things like numbers that begin a sentence? Correct or let it go? Any advice you can give would be appreciated. ...

Which is the correct way to write this... I have written a note to that affect/effect? Thanks! ...

The soft tissue and the bowel lumen measures [would you change to measure] 8 cm in length and has [then change to have] a 6 x 3.5 cm margin of the colostomy deep to the subcutaneous tissue. Or would you just leave this as dictated....... ...

Fluid analysis cytology was positive for adenocarcinoma. or is it Fluid analysis: Cytology was positive for adenocarcinoma. or somthing different all together?? ...

How do you punctuate sentences that are said like this: Very hopeless I have been made to feel. Would it require a comma after hopeless? I cannot recast the sentence. Any help appreciated. ...

why do companies change grammar rules? - anon

Answered on the political board where it was posted (nm) - Backwards Typist

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