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 Dictated: "She thought it was just a cold and was trying to let it run its course."
Speech recognition (SR): "She does state: Stronger liver, of course."
Pamela Morrow
Conyers, GA
"The patient was brought in to the Emergency Room by his colon." (Should be co-worker.)
Susan DePompei
Bedford, OH
SR: "The patient felt so good that he went outside and washed his daughter."
Luana Whitefox, BA, RN
Brattleboro, VT
"Patient presented to the ER with a right fourth foot hyperextension type of injury."
Shelley Keebler, CCA
Tecumseh, NE
"The patient's father died when the patient was 7, and he visited her every other weekend."
Doris Hanson, CMT
Minneapolis
"The patient went for an MRI of the brain ordered by Dr. Xxxx. He will take a look at the films to see if there is anything there."
Carol
Tallahassee, FL
Nurse's Note: "Patient vomiting and threw up. Dr. Craig came up."
Esther Stobierski, RHIT
Beechwood, OH
"Patient found to have significant respiratory difficulty after choking on his pillow and required intubation." (Should be pill, not pillow.)
Cathy Gladden, RHIT
Charlotte, NC
"Patient presented with chest pain and was transferred to the lemon tree." (Should be telemetry.)
Marty Raulerson, CCS
Jupiter, FL
"I will place him on PAS to bilateral lower extremities, although a PAS will likely be limited on his right leg because of the below knee amputation."
Vicki Terry, CMT, BSHIM
Maryville, TN
Dictation was, "The patient has an oblique scar." The transcriptionist typed, "The patient has an old black scar."
Patricia Gonzalez
Oklahoma City
I see even more bloopers from providers/nurses/aides filling out their own EHR notes. For instance: "Patient is in for beast (should be breast) concerns; We used duck (should be duct) tape on the patient."
Stephanie Sarich
Minneapolis
The doctor actually dictated in the report, "The patient had surgery on his prostitute." (I typed prostate).
Sandy Fay, CMT
Sonora, CA
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