Medical Transcription Guide: Do's and Don'ts

The updated and expanded 2nd edition of this popular pocket guide presents the information necessary to succeed in medical transcription. Topics are organized alphabetically by problem area for ease of reference. Each topic emphasizes the dos and donts, with examples of grammatical rules, styles, and actual formats from medical writings which demonstrate how these rules are used in practice. Readers will discover what to do, what not to do, and what theexceptions are in each case.Provides correct and incorrect examples to help clarify important concepts.Identifies commonly made errors with a Dont warning.Gives rationales for certain rules and examples, as well as cross references to those rules.Delivers 6 new chapters: Brief Forms, Short Forms, and Medical Slang; Electronic Mail; Faxing Documents; Grammar Help; Obstetric Terms; and Rules to Transcribe By. Plus, a new Appendix provides helpful reference information.Addresses new technologies, such as electronic spell-checkers, e-mail, facsimiles, and page breaks on a computer.Devotes more attention to the differentiation of styles that are accepted in practice. Offers expanded lists of commonly used abbreviations, commonly used short forms, genus and species lists, and other unusual medical terms.Features a revised, updated, and clarified section on rules of grammar that corresponds with changes in Medical Keyboarding, Typing, and Transcribing: Techniques and Procedures, 4th Edition.