Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Hello rennie@... (Rennie), In reference to your comment: è That's just like one of my docs who said recently that è he " ultrasounded " the patient. I transcribed it, but I è put quotes around it. My MTSO slapped my hand and è told me not to use quotes unless dictated. That's true.. quotes are only supposed to be used when quoting someone. I thought I'd suggest an alternative I have used often that was suggested by the editors and my boss where I work. When something like this comes up (and it's supposed to be a verbatim account), another option would be to either transcribed it as MRI'd (??)... with the (??) behind it as a way to flag it or, the other suggestion I received from my boss was to do it this way: _________________ (?? s/l MRI'd ??) That way you stick with the verbatim direction, but let it be known that you know it isn't a word. Hope this helps some Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically) Remember... WSTPMTR (which means, whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 I would recast it. We did an MRI of both shoulders? or something similar. Aliceanne On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:38:17 EST scooska@... writes: > Hi, > > How would I type MRIed? > > The doc says: We MRIed both of his shoulders. > > Thanks. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Assuming you can re-cast, I would type " We performed MRI of both of his shoulders " or " We performed MRI scans of his shoulders bilaterally " or something to that effect. If you can't re-cast the sentence, I guess I'd go with MRIed as you have it, and cringe as I did so! Jayni MRI Hi, How would I type MRIed? The doc says: We MRIed both of his shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Oh, GAWD. That's just like one of my docs who said recently that he " ultrasounded " the patient. I transcribed it, but I put quotes around it. My MTSO slapped my hand and told me not to use quotes unless dictated. Apparently, she didn't have a problem with the word. I guess I am taking the long way 'round to saying that I don't know. I think it may depend on your client when you have these " non-words. " I mean, yes, I know you can recast the sentence, but I'm curious about when it's appropriate to leave as dictated. I'll be reading the responses to this one. Good question, Scooska. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IC Career Step graduate, 10/02/01 Experience 3 months My Home Page: www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MRI > Hi, > > How would I type MRIed? > > The doc says: We MRIed both of his shoulders. > > Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Jayni, what about MRI'd? Does that look better or worse? ----- Original Message ----- > Assuming you can re-cast, I would type " We performed MRI of both of his > shoulders " or " We performed MRI scans of his shoulders bilaterally " or > something to that effect. If you can't re-cast the sentence, I guess I'd go > with MRIed as you have it, and cringe as I did so! > > -----Original Message----- > From: scooska@... > > How would I type MRIed? > > The doc says: We MRIed both of his shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Damnfino! Jayni Re: MRI Jayni, what about MRI'd? Does that look better or worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 LOLOL! Luvya, Jayni! Re: MRI > > Jayni, what about MRI'd? Does that look better or worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 This was my laugh for the day! Thanks, Rennie! It would be hilarious, except that it's sad that so many people think that because they hear slang and jargon all the time, it's proper language. I've spent some time editing documents, and once had to persuade the people responsible for a report on facilities and grounds that they did not have " handicapped parking spaces, " they had " parking spaces for handicapped individuals. " It was sort of interesting to see the light dawn, when it finally did. By the way, you were absolutely right to put quotes around jargon. Your MTSO is wrong, and you can refer her to, among other references, ¶235 in the Gregg Reference Manual . Since I don't sign your paycheck nor QA your reports, it may be a hollow victory, lol, but you are definitely correct in that case. Valeria At 09:56 AM 1/23/2002, Rennie wrote: >Oh, GAWD. That's just like one of my docs who said recently that he > " ultrasounded " the patient. I >transcribed it, but I put quotes around it. My MTSO slapped my hand and >told me not to use quotes >unless dictated. Apparently, she didn't have a problem with the word. I >guess I am taking the long >way 'round to saying that I don't know. I think it may depend on your >client when you have these > " non-words. " I mean, yes, I know you can recast the sentence, but I'm >curious about when it's >appropriate to leave as dictated. I'll be reading the responses to this >one. Good question, >Scooska. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >IC >Career Step graduate, 10/02/01 >Experience 3 months >My Home Page: www.renesue.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > MRI > > > > Hi, > > > > How would I type MRIed? > > > > The doc says: We MRIed both of his shoulders. > > > > Thanks. Valeria Truitt Medical Office Administration Instructor Craven Community College New Bern, North Carolina 28562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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