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#10819 - 09/22/05 07:20 PM
MT Chat Board Terms
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Annie
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MT CHAT BOARD TERMS
Many thanks to Nightbird for putting together this incredible list!
AAMT
American Association for Medical Transcriptionists
"The American Association for Medical Transcription is the world’s largest association for medical transcription. The mission of AAMT is to lead the evolution of medical transcription, and represent and advance the profession and its practitioners."
For web site link, see Of Specific Interest section.
Acute care
Hospital dictation. See Basic Four below. This is the most difficult transcription due to the complexity of the material and the number of different dictators.
AHIMA
American Health Information Management Association - "AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA's 50,000 members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. Founded in 1928 to improve the quality of medical records..."
AHIMA Certifications Health Information Management Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) Coding Certified Coding Associate (CCA) Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) AHIMA is the national association of health information management (HIM) professionals.
http://www.ahima.org/
Avatars
The pictures underneath the user names. Go here for instructions on how to make an avatar:
Avatar step by step instructions
http://www.mtchat.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=11365&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#11365
Basic Four
Four main types of reports in acute care: HP (History and Physical), Consultation, OP (Operation Report), DS (Discharge Summary).
Bennies
Benefits, such as health insurance, vacation, sick time, etc.
Blanking
Leaving a blank in transcription for an unclear word or discrepancy in dictation.
BOS
AAMT's Book of Style.
"The Book of Style, 2nd Edition Member Price: $ 59.00
Non-Member Price: $ 89.00
Long known as "the gold standard" for medical transcriptionists, The AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcription addresses points of grammar, punctuation, style, usage, editing, and much more. And now the Book of Style is new and improved! "
http://www.aamt.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?SKU=BOS2E
BTT
Bring to the top. Used to bring a thread to the top of a forum to draw attention to it.
Bump
See BTT.
Cherrypicking
Picking out the easy dictation to transcribe.
Cherrypicking Repercussions
CLICK HERE
CMT/Certification
Certified Medical Transcriptionist. Not to be confused with the certificate received upon graduation from an MT course. A CMT can only be obtained by testing through AAMT, and has it stands now, after being employed as an MT for two years in acute care or multispecialty clinic.
To learn more about certification, go here:
http://www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/certification.cfm?section=certification
Coding
"A coder reads the medical record, identifies the diagnoses responsible for the encounter, identifies the procedures performed during the encounter, and classifies the diagnoses and procedures according to the ICD-9-CM and CPT classification systems. That is the bulk of what they do" -RedPen
Interested in learning more about coding? Check out the Medical Coders/Billing Forum on MT Chat.
CPL
Can mean characters per line or cents per line, depending on the context. Refers to rate of pay for the transcriptionist.
D&D
Drake and Drake Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book. A popular drug reference book by one of our moderators, Ellen Drake, and her husband, Randy.
For link to web site, see Of Specific Interest section.
Defi
Deficiency. See blanking. A note left to explain the blank.
EHR/EMR
Electronic health record/electronic medical record.
"So, the question is this: How is the information going to get into the database? That's what all the hullabaloo is about and certainly what we all need to be thinking about going forward. I'm not Chicken Little, but I can tell you that there are a good number of vendors creating EHRs that do not provide for input though dictation/transcription. Many are using "templated" systems where the provider points and clicks on canned text and documents the encounter at the "point of service." This system is a far greater threat to our position than speech rec." -Laura_Bryan
For threads on this subject at MT Chat:
Physicians Paid on Performance
CLICK HERE
EMRs
CLICK HERE
E&O/liability insurance
Errors and Omission insurance.
Professional Liability Insurance
CLICK HERE
ESL
English second language. Refers to dictators with accents.
Expander
Computer software used to make shortcuts. For example, typing copd is "expanded" to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, saving time and increasing accuracy and productivity for the transcriptionist.
Two popular programs:
Instant Text
http://www.fitaly.com/
Shorthand
http://www.pcshorthand.com/
FAAMT
Fellow of the American Association of Medical Transcription. " It signifies that you have achieved a balance of successful activities in your profession that goes beyond regular transcription practice. The AAMT Board of Directors has adopted a set of criteria that AAMT Practitioner members must meet to earn the designation of Fellow of the American Association of Medical Transcription (FAAMT). "
http://www.aamt.org/ScriptContent/faamt.cfm
Flagging
See blanking. A marker or flag of some type can be added to draw attention to the blank.
Google
The most popular search engine! Google used as a verb to mean search the Internet. Google has a toolbar you can download to search from your browser, with features such as a highlighter, spellchecker and find on the page.
www.google.com - or use the link at the bottom of the page.
Gross line
A method of charging for transcription in which "anything on a line is a line," i.e., regardless of how many characters or if it is a full or partial line.
HIPAA
"Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA): A Federal law that allows persons to qualify immediately for comparable health insurance coverage when they change their employment relationships. Title II, Subtitle F, of HIPAA gives HHS the authority to mandate the use of standards for the electronic exchange of health care data; to specify what medical and administrative code sets should be used within those standards; to require the use of national identification systems for health care patients, providers, payers (or plans), and employers (or sponsors); and to specify the types of measures required to protect the security and privacy of personally identifiable health care information. Also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill, the Kassebaum-Kennedy Bill, K2, or Public Law 104-191."
HIPAA Glossary
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/action/faqs/glossary_eh.htm#gloss_H
See the Archives for more links and information.
HPI
Health Professions Institute
"Health Professions Institute (HPI) is a private research and development company dedicated to serving the medical transcription community. Since its inception in 1985, under the visionary leadership of president and owner Sally Crenshaw Pitman, HPI has been a force for positive change in the industry by improving the quality of patient documentation through better medical transcription education.
The publication by HPI of important medical transcription references, textbooks, periodicals, software, and seminars has brought about a revolution in the way medical transcriptionists are educated. HPI developed The SUM Program for Medical Transcription Training"
http://www.hpisum.com/home.ihtml
IC
Independent contractor. Technically either a sole proprietor or a statutory employee per IRS rules but loosely used to apply to either one; an MT who is not a regular employee of a company, i.e., working set hours and provided benefits.
For a discussion of these terms, see the IRS web site, your state tax web site, and the link under Of Special Interest section.
Internet Abbreviations - Include such items as HTH, LOL, OP, TIA, TTT.
Internet Acronyms Dictionary
http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/
Email and Chat Acronyms
http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/acronyms.php
JCAHO
"The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Since 1951, the Joint Commission has maintained state-of-the-art standards that focus on improving the quality and safety of care provided by health care organizations. The Joint Commission's comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an organization's compliance with these standards and other accreditation requirements."
http://www.jcaho.org/
LPH
Lines per hour (lines of transcription).
Macro
"The purpose of macros is to either automate frequently-used sequences or enable a more powerful abstraction — but these are often the same thing."
http://www.answers.com/topic/macro-1?method=6
MPR
Monthly Prescribing Reference-A drug reference.
http://www.prescribingref.com/PRIFAQ.asp
MTIA
Medical Transcription Industry Association
"The Medical Transcription Industry Alliance is a non-profit membership association serving the needs of medical transcription companies and health information management professionals.
The MTIA began during a forum by the Health Professions Institute at the 1989 Annual Conference of Medical Transcription Service Owners (MTSO). The forum enabled medical transcription company owners and managers to discuss business issues, technology, and concerns unique to medical transcription business management. "
For link to web site, see Of Special Interest section.
MTSO
Medical Transcription Service Owner or Medical Transcription Service Organization
Nationals
Transcription companies that employ transcriptionists working at home and with contracts with hospitals, clinics and other providers in many states.
OM
Office manager of a physician's office or practice
OneLook
"OneLook® Dictionary Search
Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell the word, we'll help you do that too. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine."
For link to web site, see Dictionaries section.
Pinned Threads
Threads at the top of each forum at the top of the forums that have a red push pin next to them; they are permanent/semi-permanent threads that provide information for the forums.
Platform
The word processing and/or dictation software used by a particular company. DocQScribe, Meditech, Wordperfect and Word are some examples.
PM
Private message, represented by a flashing envelope next to your user name. See FAQs at MT Chat.
PT
Productivity Talk Forum
http://www.productivitytalk.com/forums/index.php
PTO
Paid time off. Sick leave, vacation and holiday pay for MT employees.
QA
Quality Assurance - Proofreader employed by a transcription company to help review the MT's work, fill in blanks on difficult dictation and provide feedback to the MT work. The exact definition of QA's duties is determined by the company.
QLDB
Quick Look Drug Book by Stedman's
http://www.stedmans.com/product.cfm/427
Reged 12/31/69 - Registration Date on a User's Profile
When MT Desk/MT Chat moved from the old server/site to this new one users, who had registered near the time of the initial development of the original site were arbitrarily assigned a registration date of "1969" by the new server software.
For a look at the history of MT Desk, check this out:
ATTN: Old Timers--How Did It All Begin?
CLICK HERE
RHIA
See AHIMA
RHIT
See AHIMA
SC
Subcontractor. See IC.
SCIMED
An email group for MTs. Can also be viewed through your browser here:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.transcription
S/L
Sounds like. Mostly used in the Word Forum for help about an unclear word in dictation.
Smilies
Like Graemlins but provided by outside sites. You can add these to your posts by following the instructions at the web site.
Some links:
Clicksmilies.com http://www.clicksmilies.com/
MySmilies.com http://www.mysmilies.com/?cat=kaos&page=1
Web Smilies.com http://www.websmileys.com/
SR
Speech recognition.
"Speech Recognition (Automated Speech Recognition, ASR, speech-to-text, voice recognition*): Automated recognition of the content of speech for the purposes of representing it as text or taking an appropriate action. "
Speech Technology News and Conference
http://www.tmaa.com/
Sticky Threads.
See Pinned Threads.
SUM
The SUM Program. Systems Unit Method.
Available from HPI.
For a great summary by Ellen Drake, click here:
What School Did You Go To?
CLICK HERE
Troll
One who "Posts derogatory messages about sensitive subjects on newsgroups and chat rooms to bait users into responding."
http://www.answers.com/troll
Internet Troll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
VR
Voice recognition. See Speech Recognition.
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Re: MT Chat Board Terms
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Annie
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