Archive for May, 2009

Fan Mail From Some Flounder

Passage Go to Source I am beat. Spent the last week being thrown into the deep end of the pool without swimming lessons (well, I had them, but that was almost 10 months ago and I forgot most of it) and am just now feeling like I’m starting to learn how to float again. I [...]

Friday at Last!

The Daily Grind: Wife, Mommy and MT Student Go to Source The first thing that came into my mind the other morning when I woke up was how happy I was that it was Friday and that this week is coming to a close. My husband’s grandmother had surgery this past Wednesday for an intestinal [...]

Fame and Privacy

HIM Transitions Go to Source The major news outlets have done stories on actress Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer. I watched part of her documentary and felt compassion for someone going through a horrible illness in public. The price of fame comes with a high cost. In addition…(read more)

Superduper speech wreck bloopers

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source Dictated: This is Dr. _____ dictating a progress note on patient name ______, date _____.SR transcribed: Nipride. The patient. I am shampoo unchanged, crying on insurance date in June. Dictated: Clinical indication: Altered level of awareness.SR transcribed: Clinical indication: Altered level of where it is. [...]

Got Meaningful Use?

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source I suppose it was only a matter of time, really, before the phrase “meaningful use” landed its own Web site . After all, the term’s earning rock star status in the HIT realm lately, as everyone wonders just what will constitute meaningful use of an EHR…(read more)