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jaamt230616 12/03/04 6:53 PM Page 372 Rebecca Sue Wester, CMT, FAAMT Ambien 5 mg at bedtime, calcium 1000 mg daily, angerous abbreviations have come to the DHA (fish oil) 100 mg q.a.m., glucosamine/ attention of medical language specialists of chondroitin one q.a.m. and DHEA 25 mg q.a.m., as D late. The recent article by Susan Lucci, well as LipoBan and CarboBan of late for weight CMT, RHIT, in the July/August 2004 JAAMT was reduction. Also occasional Pantanol drop O.U. for helpful, and I will be adjusting my word expander allergies.” to convert the listed dangerous abbreviations to Now, we will put the above headache in a list: safer transcription and documentation. Medications Another issue that has personally troubled me is dangerous formatting, especially when patient 1. Lasix 20 mg daily. records are being read, usually in a hurry, by med- 2. Lisinopril 10 mg daily. ical personnel from a computer screen. In, particu- 3. Premarin 0.625 mg daily. lar there are times when a list is much easier to 4. Tylenol extra strength sometimes four assimilate than a paragraph. At the top of this list times a day p.r.n. arthritic pain. of times when a list is safer than
Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Nov 1, 2004
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