8 hilarious mistakes by medical transcriptionist

Medical Transcription can be very sensitive when it comes down to your business as a doctor i.e. of saving the lives of your patients. However, you all know that a lot many times the medical transcriptionist goof it up because of the audio qualities being poor or because they are not so well experienced with the medical terms. In a way, it can be said that the transcriptions are nothing more than indecipherable notes on the patient sheet that you being a doctor will overlook and end up failing to provide the needed medicines and treatments that your patient needs.

Not only are these transcriptions written in haste but the words can also be switched, misspelled and forgotten. Even more shocking is that this transcription by the medical transcriptionist will make you goof up on these notes, especially when you are receiving the wrong doses of medicines and will only make more harm to the patients than good. Medical transcription errors can be avoided, however, many times not only do they spell doom for a patient but also they sound downright hilarious!

Here we are to provide you a list of 8 of these medical transcription errors made by medical transcriptionist that got leaked onto the Internet and made people burst out laughing.

·         D = As Dictated & T = As Transcribed

D: The distant breath sounds

T: The distant breast sounds [dhum…dhum…dhummmm…dhuummm!]

D: Strong scents such as scented candles & perfumes

T: Strong sense such as accented candles & perfumes [Non SENSE….isn’t it!!!]

D: Using a beta-blocker for rate control

T: Using a beta-blocker for weight control

D: Left the operating room in stable condition

T: Let the operating room in stable condition

D: One of the five sisters is deceased

T: One of the five sisters is deceived

D: The patient had expulsive bowel movements

T: The patient had explosive bowel movements [OMG!!!!....what an errorrrr!]

D: Persistent pelvic disease

T: Ecosystem pelvic disease

D: Patient has a history of abnormal Pap smear in the past

T: Patient has a history of abdominal Pap smear in the past

If you are a medical transcriptionist you shall know that of how much importance accurate transcriptions are in medical transcription because they ensure quality as well as patient care and safety. Transcriptions filled with errors are going to compromise patient safety and will be affecting diagnosis and treatment. You need to be careful while you are listening to the audio files and to reduce the silly errors you can listen to the heavy accented transcription audio files just to get accustomed to the same. Outsourcing your transcription work can also be a good idea in the sense that the errors committed will be lesser to nil in the files because they are to be transcribed by experts.

Yes, transcription can be funny sometimes, but on a serious note, we cannot forget that the errors which make them sound funny can prove costly and can even take the life of patients.