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James G. Gamble, MD, PhD, Theresa Pena, RN,
and Lawrence A. Rinsky, MD
The authors are members of the Packard Children’s Hospital at
Stanford. Dr. Gamble (AΩA, University of Maryland, 1974) is professor
in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Ms. Pena is a
nurse in the Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinic. Dr. Rinsky (AΩA, University of
Cincinnati, 1970) is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
As part of the electronic medical record in teaching hospitals, residents and attending
physicians use telephones to dictate notes of their clinical encounters
with patients. These dictations are transcribed by voice recognition programs
or by transcription services on the Internet. Before application of an electronic signature,
physicians have an opportunity to review and correct their notes. However, with
the hectic schedule of most residents and attending physicians, it can be difficult to
review, in detail, each note before application of an electronic
signature. Transcription errors thus enter
the permanent medical record. Many of these
terms occur repeatedly.
The following list, with the original intent,
relates mostly to the musculoskeletal
system as the terms were discovered in
pediatric orthopaedic clinical notes. The
list is certainly incomplete and should be
considered a work in progress.
Editor’s note
A paper I once dictated contained the
phrase “Cell-free translation,” which came back
as “Self retranslation.” I admit that the latter
might have been more interesting to discuss.
Send correspondence to:
James G. Gamble, MD, PhD
800 Welch Road, Suite 212
Department of Pediatric
Orthopaedics
Stanford, California 94304-5709
E-mail: jgamblemd@gmail.com
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