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Funny and tragic
Posted: Nov 13, 2011
This would be funny if it were just a voice recognition gaffe but an offshore MT typed it and the doctor signed it of course.
Dictated: For surgery tomorrow, the patient is to be NPO after midnight.
Transcribed: For surgery tomorrow, the patient is to have a beer after midnight.
Hope that one doesn't go to court.
Tragedy: they are outsourcing us to these people.
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SAD - done
[ In Reply To ..]I told a neighbor of mine that my job as an MT is all but gone AND that I would be his records were transcribed by India AND/OR voice recognition w/o proofing of the document!! What you have just shown us is that the country's "save a frigging buck and outsource it all" will be our ruin in more ways than one!!!
Thanks for the laugh - LOL
[ In Reply To ..]But honestly, with something like that, I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
Sounds like a fun surgeon to have, prescribing beer and all before surgery, but like you, I sure hope that case doesn't end up in court.
*sigh* - OMT
[ In Reply To ..]Unfortunately I've mentored some new MTs right here who are NOT ESLs and would type that too if that's what they thought they heard, regardless of whether it actually made contextual sense or not.
Common sense ain't so common any more!
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