We got permission to hang a big bulletin board in the hallway of our department. We got the biggest we could possibly afford, 4 by 8 feet, the size of a sheet of drywall. It was installed this week. I decorated it with a border of printed out medical terms and a big banner that reads THIS IS WHY WE ARE CALLED MEDICAL LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS.
Then today one of the staff was complaining that she had a disease that hadn't been identified yet, so I thought, "Smith syndrome." (Her name isn't Smith, but it starts with an S.) And then I thought, Stahl solution. And we have a Murphy, but Murphy sign is already taken, so she got Murphy maneuver. Pretty soon we were all thinking up crazy medical terms for the board. It was fun and pretty silly. And now we all have a medical term, a disease, procedure, or instrument named after us. :)
Showing posts with label medical transcription. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical transcription. Show all posts
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Term of the Day: Panje voice button
The Panje voice button allows patients status post laryngectomy to speak once more.
http://www.technicalproductsgausa.com/ent/panje-voice.html
http://www.technicalproductsgausa.com/ent/panje-voice.html
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Things are changing so fast around here...
... that I'm behind on processing it all mentally, never mind blogging about it.
I worked my last day with Webmedx/Nuance on Tuesday. It was bittersweet, logging out for the last time; I have enjoyed the work, and especially enjoyed the people with whom I worked. I was pleased to work with one of the finest supervisors of my working lifetime, Dina Joseph. She's a fair minded, highly intelligent and hilarious person who is amazingly adaptable and rolls with punches that would leave most of us sniveling in a corner. I'll miss working with her. The Webmedx platform, when combined with M*Modal, was excellent for transcriptionists and I will be hard pressed to be convinced that anything else can beat it. Anyway, I leave on good terms, and have no beef with that company at all.
It's just that... *insert sound of trumpet fanfare here* I got a really GREAT JOB with Mayo Healthcare in La Crosse! I'll be one of two transcription supervisors. Yep. Back to middle management. I said I'd never do this. So here I am. It's the right time. I'm at the point in my career where I need to make a change. This particular opportunity came along at the most perfect moment that it had to have been God-sent. They created this job just when I was reeling at the thought of adjusting to a new management style with Nuance, plus my pay had dropped significantly over the past year for a combination of reasons and we really needed for me to be earning more. I applied for this job, got an interview, fussed and fidgeted for three weeks after that interview, nearly gave up, then got called in for a second interview - and then was offered the position.
I finished out my 2-week notice period on Tuesday. Mayo only starts people on Mondays, so that gives me a few days to catch my breath and get organized for a new adventure. Barry and I are planning on commuting together at least some of the time: Viterbo University is literally across the street from Mayo, and whenever we can coordinate our schedules, we plan to drive together. And maybe even have lunch together. Britta and I are already planning to meet for coffee after my first day of work. No more home office, no more working barefoot (I'm taking a lot of teasing around town because I'll actually have to wear SHOES to work from now on). Excellent insurance. AWESOME insurance. That alone was worth making the change.
I can't wait to meet the transcriptionists with whom I'll be working! Most of them work from their homes, so it may be awhile before I find out what they actually look like. I hope that, having been a transcriptionist for so many years, I can empathize with them and help them problem-solve in a way that increases their productivity and their job satisfaction, and serves everybody: Patients, physicians, the hospital's bottom line, and the transcriptionist team. It's exciting. My thoughts are just racing, my head full of ideas.
Okay, so, three days off, one and a half down already and I'm barely scratching the surface of my to-do list (which I admit was really unreasonable). But one thing that I did get done was to make a messenger bag for Lil Miss A. She needed/wanted something to carry her music to her piano lessons in. She helped me pick out a beautiful batik fabric of black on white in a piano keys print. I was going to just make a simple tote, but you know how these things go: I had a neat pattern for a messenger bag, and one thing led to another and I basically spent most of yesterday making her a messenger bag to carry all her music stuff in, for piano AND percussion. I figure since I made it non-kiddish-looking, and strong, she can probably use it all through high school.
I worked my last day with Webmedx/Nuance on Tuesday. It was bittersweet, logging out for the last time; I have enjoyed the work, and especially enjoyed the people with whom I worked. I was pleased to work with one of the finest supervisors of my working lifetime, Dina Joseph. She's a fair minded, highly intelligent and hilarious person who is amazingly adaptable and rolls with punches that would leave most of us sniveling in a corner. I'll miss working with her. The Webmedx platform, when combined with M*Modal, was excellent for transcriptionists and I will be hard pressed to be convinced that anything else can beat it. Anyway, I leave on good terms, and have no beef with that company at all.
It's just that... *insert sound of trumpet fanfare here* I got a really GREAT JOB with Mayo Healthcare in La Crosse! I'll be one of two transcription supervisors. Yep. Back to middle management. I said I'd never do this. So here I am. It's the right time. I'm at the point in my career where I need to make a change. This particular opportunity came along at the most perfect moment that it had to have been God-sent. They created this job just when I was reeling at the thought of adjusting to a new management style with Nuance, plus my pay had dropped significantly over the past year for a combination of reasons and we really needed for me to be earning more. I applied for this job, got an interview, fussed and fidgeted for three weeks after that interview, nearly gave up, then got called in for a second interview - and then was offered the position.
I finished out my 2-week notice period on Tuesday. Mayo only starts people on Mondays, so that gives me a few days to catch my breath and get organized for a new adventure. Barry and I are planning on commuting together at least some of the time: Viterbo University is literally across the street from Mayo, and whenever we can coordinate our schedules, we plan to drive together. And maybe even have lunch together. Britta and I are already planning to meet for coffee after my first day of work. No more home office, no more working barefoot (I'm taking a lot of teasing around town because I'll actually have to wear SHOES to work from now on). Excellent insurance. AWESOME insurance. That alone was worth making the change.
I can't wait to meet the transcriptionists with whom I'll be working! Most of them work from their homes, so it may be awhile before I find out what they actually look like. I hope that, having been a transcriptionist for so many years, I can empathize with them and help them problem-solve in a way that increases their productivity and their job satisfaction, and serves everybody: Patients, physicians, the hospital's bottom line, and the transcriptionist team. It's exciting. My thoughts are just racing, my head full of ideas.
Okay, so, three days off, one and a half down already and I'm barely scratching the surface of my to-do list (which I admit was really unreasonable). But one thing that I did get done was to make a messenger bag for Lil Miss A. She needed/wanted something to carry her music to her piano lessons in. She helped me pick out a beautiful batik fabric of black on white in a piano keys print. I was going to just make a simple tote, but you know how these things go: I had a neat pattern for a messenger bag, and one thing led to another and I basically spent most of yesterday making her a messenger bag to carry all her music stuff in, for piano AND percussion. I figure since I made it non-kiddish-looking, and strong, she can probably use it all through high school.
The drumsticks slip into sleeves just under the flap.
Hard to see here, but the inside has
pockets for her cell phone, a pencil,
and a little notebook to keep track
of assignments and practice time.
I've gotta get hopping here. I think the next thing to tackle will be the last of our ripe tomatoes.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Company sold
Webmedx is now part of Nuance Communications, the company that produces the Dragon line of speech wreckognition software.
I'm tired.
I'm tired.
Friday, June 10, 2011
New Term of the Day: Feline esophagus
And it's on people!
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf
"Fine, transverse folds crossing the entire lumen of the esophagus have been termed the “feline esophagus” because their radiographic appearance mimics the appearance of folds in the distal esophagus of the cat."
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/164/4/900.pdf
"Fine, transverse folds crossing the entire lumen of the esophagus have been termed the “feline esophagus” because their radiographic appearance mimics the appearance of folds in the distal esophagus of the cat."
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
My new term for today: Karl Storz SUPRALOOP for supracervical hysterectomy.
An interesting tool used laparoscopically to cauterize the cervicovaginal junction, allowing in vivo morcellation of the ligated uterus for removal.
http://www.karlstorz.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-9600EFBD-18E80791/karlstorz-en/hs.xsl/7537.htm
http://www.karlstorz.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-9600EFBD-18E80791/karlstorz-en/hs.xsl/7537.htm
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
My new term of the day: SurgiMend biologic mesh.
According to this link, it's used for breast reconstruction, but I found it in a surgical repair of massive abdominal injury from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Kind of amazing stuff. It's pure collagen, and it is incorporated into the body as healing takes place.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
My new term for today: Danek Medtronic METRx X-Tube System
The way it was dictated, I thought it was a Matrix II system. Nope.
Danek Medtronic METRx X-Tube System
It's a minimally invasive treatment system for spinal stenosis and disk herniation.
Posting these on my blog is really for my own edification, as by writing about it, I reinforce it in my memory, and of course I can find it again someday if I get stuck.
Danek Medtronic METRx X-Tube System
It's a minimally invasive treatment system for spinal stenosis and disk herniation.
Posting these on my blog is really for my own edification, as by writing about it, I reinforce it in my memory, and of course I can find it again someday if I get stuck.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
New Term of the Day
Two days in a row! Great!
Today's term is pentalogy of Cantrell. I thought at first he was saying tetralogy of Fallot. Nope.
Today's term is pentalogy of Cantrell. I thought at first he was saying tetralogy of Fallot. Nope.
Monday, February 14, 2011
My new term for today
I love a job where, after 19 years, I'm still learning new things all the time.
Today's new word was the acronym RIPE, which stands for rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol therapy.
Today's new word was the acronym RIPE, which stands for rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol therapy.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Cute Kitty Story
Yesterday I was transcribing a report on a very sick little baby, one of those that grabs your heart and runs it through a clothes wringer, the ones where you just have to stop and pray for the patient before going on. At some point I murmured to myself, "Oh, Baby," as the story unfolded. And I heard Beckham coming from somewhere in the house saying, "Mrow? Mrow?" He came in the office. "Mrow?" Jumped on my lap. "Mrow?" Looked earnestly into my face. "Mrow?" I didn't realize he associated "baby" with himself, but evidently he does.
I also would not have guessed he could be bothered to come check out why I called him, as normally he doesn't think it's worth his while.
I also would not have guessed he could be bothered to come check out why I called him, as normally he doesn't think it's worth his while.
Article on Skillset required for Speech Recognition Editing
Ava Marie George, president elect of AHDI, just published this article on the skills required to edit medical reports as voice to text files, as opposed to those required to transcribe them voice to text. I'm really happy about this article. She interviewed some colleagues of mine who have thought this through very carefully. This is very worth reading if you are interested in this subject in the least.
Let's Talk About: SRT Editing by Ava Marie George
Let's Talk About: SRT Editing by Ava Marie George
Thursday, August 26, 2010
RMT/CMT testing process to change
See the whole article here: http://networkedblogs.com/6XaNx
One part that pleases me is this:
One part that pleases me is this:
This means that a CQE candidate would sit for a 250-question test whereby they would be tested on RMT content first and if cut scores for level 1 content were met, the candidate would then be put through the CMT content. At the end of a single exam session, the candidate would leave either having failed the RMT portion (at which point the exam will terminate), having qualified at the RMT level, or qualified at the CMT level – removing all guess work for the hesitant candidate and ensuring that all CMT candidates will have made it through level 1 content before moving on to level 2.This is a very positive step in my opinion.
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