Whoops!

A hidden problem with word expanders can surface when a transcriptionist is in training, gets distracted from watching the monitor, or is new to an account.

• Abbrevations which may be in the transcriptionist's mind from another account may suddenly expand in a manner that is totally inappropriate for the context of what is being dictated.

• If the word expander takes its cues from what appears on the screen (as opposed to the keys that are typed) then words which do not fully wrap to the next ine can cause problems.

Consider the following examples:

Abbrevation used	Sentence typed
car	The patient was in the front seat of a carcinoma.
ah	I asked her to then open her mouth and say "adequate hemostasis."
map	If you get lost, simply refer to the mean arterial pressure in the glove compartment.
alan	The patient's name is Alcoholics Anonymous Weinstein.
bm	The patient is feeling constipated and complains that she has not had a black male in three days.
TV	The patient was sitting at home, watching transverse.
mar	I assured the patient that the surgical results would not Marcaine her facial appearance.
alex	The patient's name is abdominal examination Jones.
tons	The rig they were working on weighed 200 tonsils.
a1	The appellant pulley was within normal limits
sob	At that point, she began to shortness of breath violently, crying that no one understood her problems.
tums	The patient was told to treat his gas and indigestion with tumors.
nov	The patient was born on nausea or vomiting 11, 1993.

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