Medical Transcription Guide Do's and Don'ts

Name: Medical Transcription Guide Do's and Don'ts
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ISBN: 9780721606842

ISBN-10: 0721606849

ISBN-13: 9780721606842

Edition: 3rd 2005

Authors: Marcy O. Diehl

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A quick reference for the medical transcriptionist, this book provides basic rules of grammar as well as current trends in the field. Its especially useful in searching for help with an obscure rule or in reinforcing a common practice. Using short chapters, this text provides the Dos the grammatical rule, its exceptions, and its variations, along with examples; and the Donts any common contradictions of that rule. Examples are taken from medical writing rather than general writing. Easy-to-use format provides numbered topics in each chapter, which are followed by Dos and Donts in quick, easy sentences. Spiral binding allows book to lay flat so MTs can refer to a rule without taking…

Book details

List price: $66.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 12/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English




Abbreviations and Symbols



Address Formats for Letters and Forms of Address



Apostrophe



Brief Forms, Short Forms, and Medical Slang



Capitalization



The Colon



The Comma



Compounds



Dash



Drugs and Drug References



Editing



Electronic Mail



Envelope Preparation



Eponyms



Exclamation Mark



Faxing Documents



Grammar



HIPAA Guidelines



History and Physical Format



Hyphen Use and Word Division



Laboratory Terminology and Normal Values



Letter Format



Manuscripts



Medical Reports



Memos, Minutes, and Other Reports



Metric System



Numbers



Obstetric Terms



Parentheses



Period and Decimal Point



Plural Forms



Possessives



Progress Notes or Chart Notes



Proofreading and Revisions



Question Mark



Quotation Marks



Reference Materials and Publications



Rules to Transcribe by



Semicolon



Slang Expressions and Unusual Medical Terms



Slash



Spacing with Punctuation Marks



Spelling



Symbols



Time



Underlining and Italics



Vitae Format and Preparation



Working From Home



Zip Codes Appendices



Abbreviations Commonly Used



Selected Abbreviations



Brief Forms, Short Forms, and Medical Slang



French Words Used in Medical Records



Genus and Species Names, Clinically Significant Current Taxonomy



Homonyms and Sound-alike Words



Laboratory Terminology and Normal Values



Latin Phrases



Plural Forms



Sound Variations of Syllables



Unusual Medical Terms


Bibliography


Index