Thursday, September 13, 2007

Other Variables

Date of dictation

The computer's clock will be used to record the date of dictation.

Time of dictation

The computer's clock will be used to record the time of dictation.

Date of transcription

The computer's clock will be used to record the date the report was transcribed.

Time of transcription

The computer's clock may also be used to record the time at which the transcriptionist marked the job as completed.

Transcriptionist identification number

The computer will mark the report with the identification number of the transcriptionist who transcribed the report.

Job status

The computer will indicate whether a piece of dictation is waiting to be transcribed, has been left in an "open report" status, or has been finished.

Patient's medical record number (optional)

In some systems, each piece of dictation will have the patient's medical record number as an identifying marker.


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