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Medicine Humor, Confidentiality, Home Business Medical Transcriptionists by Connie Limon There is "humor" in medicine. A medical transcriptionist should possess a lively sense of humor as he or she will hear much to laugh about in a typical day's dictation. This type of humor is essential for remaining long term in the field of medical transcription. The comic relief afforded by the humor in medicine does not mean the transcriptionist is insensitive to the importance of the medical reports being transcribed. Laughter helps relieve stress in any profession or occupation and helps us to maintain a sense of balance and perspective.If you have visited or been a part of a transcription office you most likely have seen a central "funny file" where the medical transcriptionists routinely note some of the misstatements, slips of the tongue other bits of humor in medical dictation. Heaven forbid this to happen and remain a part of anyone's medical record (excellent proofreading skills are essential), but sometimes the medical transcriptionist can produce some hilarious "funnies" as well, often called "bloopers." Consider this one:The doctor dictates "senile cataract." The Medical Transcriptionist mistakenly types: "penile cataract" instead. As she or he was happily typing along it truly sounded like "penile cataract" rather than "senile cataract."Of course, with skillful proofreading the mistake would be corrected, and the blooper would end up as an addition in the funny file. When coffee breaks roll around, this type of blooper provides
a good laugh shared with colleagues. In fact, sharing a laugh with
someone who understands the joke intensifies the fun of the error
in dictation or transcription.Now consider one such as this: A doctor
dictated, "This is the second hospital admission for a 75-year-old
white male who was found under the bed in his hotel room and was
admitted to the hospital for evaluation of the problem." In
an otherwise normal workday, suddenly this type of a sentence sounding
through your ear plugs of the transcribing machine can be absolutely
hilarious and even funnier if you have other medical transcriptionists
to share it with on coffee breaks or lunchtime breaks.Click
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