Re: MT questions

From: Bambi C. (blcc324_at_epix.net)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:42:19 GMT

My most frequent typo is "doe snot". Fortunately, it's in Auto Correct.

Bambi C.

"Laura Gibson" <transpec3@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eoWdnSkz3IB42pzfRVn-2A@comcast.com...
> My biggest mistake is, the patient was prepped and raped instead of
draped.
> I really have to be careful with that one.
>
> Laura
>
> "Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@snappydsl.net> wrote in message
> news:k_-dnbxKedl6v5zfRVn-1w@snappydsl.net...
> > I used to work for a temp agency. They had a request for their "best"
> > typist, and they sent me (I could do about 90 wpm on a pre-electric
> manual
> > typewriter). The typewriter they gave me to work was an old clunker
that
> > wouldn't type faster than about 40 wpm!!!
> >
> > Oh, I remember the days of 8 carbons!!!! Erasing often took more time
> than
> > typing over! And, doing legal work where you could NOT make a mistake
> or
> > you had to do the whole thing over. It made me paranoid, and if I made
an
> > error it would always be at the very end of a page!!!!! My biggest
> "error"
> > on the computer is reversing letters. Any other mistake is a rarity,
but
> > when I really get buzzing I can do that. Now that is where the
expanders
> > really help. I often type
> > "th epatient" I have had to correct that so many times. My expander
> lets
> > "tp" do it right for me every time.
> >
> > When I started using an expander my mentor gave me some very good
advice.
> > She said start out using just two or three shortcuts, and as those
become
> > "automatic" start adding, just one or two at a time. The old PRD with
WP
> > 5.1 was just great, and I still follow that form, which has specific
> > endings. rc is recommend, rcd recommended, rcj recommendation, rcs
> > recommends. Once you develop a style of creating the shortcuts it is
easy
> > to remember them. When I do not have the expander turned on I have
> trouble
> > typing because the use of them is so ingrained I don't think about them!
> I
> > think most of us have words that are spelling problems--did it have one
> "m"
> > or two. I have a few words that no matter how often I type them I have
to
> > stop and think. With the expander I enter them so if I do type them
wrong
> > they correct automatically.
> >
> > Barb C.
> > "Brenda C. Nygren" <bcnygren@epix.net> wrote in message
> > news:4200E3AB.5040209@epix.net...
> > > Oh, Sandi, this could be "Anywhere USA". You'd be surprised at how
many
> > > places are still in the stone age. Offices are the worst --- it's
> called
> > > too cheap to improve technology. Of course, they get a free computer
> from
> > > Blue Cross or Medicare to put their claims in electronically for
> payment,
> > > so that's different. Some offices still use paper appointment
books ---
> > > stop laughing! Many doctor's practices are not large enough to be
> > > associated with a hospital, so they're way behind on the concept of
> > > paperless. And, believe it or not, there are docs all over the
country
> > > who still love their hand-held tape recorders to dictate into -- it's
> > > either a toy thing or something dumb. It usually comes down to
thinking
> > > this is a cheaper way to get their charts done. Oh, and there are
those
> > > who still hand write their charts because they are really really
> cheap --
> > > forgetting that "time is money" and it's a proven fact that they can
> talk
> > > faster than write legibly.
> > >
> > > You'd have to live in a rural area to understand these things. It has
> > > nothing to do with the age of physicians, either. Some younger docs
are
> > > much more technically challenged than those close to retirement.
Brenda
> > >
> > > Sandi wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sure, she may be more accurate with each key she hits on a
typewriter,
> > >> because she doesn't want to have to start all over. But what's the
> > >> point,
> > >> if she could just be using a computer and running a
spellcheck/proofing
> > >> at
> > >> the end?
> > >>
> > >> And Lordy, where's this office - Bedrock? I'll send her an old
> computer
> > >> myself if they'll let her use it! LOL
> > >>
> > >> Sandi
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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