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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Medical Transcription and Drug Reference
Medicines and drugs are an integral part of mainstream western allopathic medicines that are consumed around the world. A medical transcription professional who daily transcribes the physician's or any specialist doctor's dictations may come across prescription of drugs both old and new. A medical transcriptionist has to be aware of the latest drugs introduced in the concerned market and this can be done with the following pharmacology (drug) reference books which should always be a part of his library.
- Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
- American Drug Index (ADI)
- Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book
- Understanding Pharmacology
Whenever a transcriptionist comes across a new drug name he must know how to search for it and become familiar with the drugs, their indications and dosages. Being up to date can save a lot of search time. Remember, good productivity in transcription is a critical factor as payment is usually made on a per line basis.
While a drug's trade name or brand name is selected for its appeal to prescribing physicians, the generic drug can have several trade names, each copyrighted by different manufacturers. While transcribing drug names these are some of the main factors that should be kept in mind by the transcriptionist.
- Generic names are always in lower case
- Trade names start in capitals and can have internal caps as well
- PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference) is for prescribed drugs
- Separate publication for non prescribed drugs
- Drugs can sound similar but be totally different in spelling and usage
- Do not capitalize words like tablet / capsule / solution / cream etc.
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posted by Outsource Strategies International @ 8:51 PM
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