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dixiegrrrrl

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2. They need to get transcribers who have lived in the South.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 02:08 PM

Jan 2019

The opposite is also true...we had an AA transcriber who typed up our client chart notes from tape recordings we made, at the Mobile Al. where I worked.

One note described a patient as having "gang green" in his leg.

which, if you think about it, is actually kind of accurate.

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wow... that can't surprise anyone, but heavens, the implications... hlthe2b Jan 2019 #1

They need to get transcribers who have lived in the South. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #2

ha.. yeah... Do you ever watch shows with closed captioning? hlthe2b Jan 2019 #3

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