Homonyms

Two patients enter the same hospital.

• One is named Joanne Acosta.

• The other is named Joanna Koster.

If the dictating physician does not spell the patient's name, what do you think will happen?

The following table illustrates how homonyms (words which, although pronounced in the same way, may have different spellings and different meanings) can complicate matters:

First Name	Last Name
Jean	Berger
Jeanne	Burger
Gene	Burgher
Jane	Berker
Jayne	Burker

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