Lost in Translation

joelnwil · 08-30-2009, 04:10 PM

We went out to dinner with another couple last night. One of them had been a medical transcriptionist. The doctor dictates and the transcriptionist puts it into the computer. Lots of that stuff is done in India now, but some additional quality control is needed, and my friend did some of that.

For example, it once happened that "jumped off a boat and broke his elbow" became "jacked off a goat and broke his elbow".

I suppose it really does not matter that much - the treatment for the elbow would still be the same.

08-30-2009, 04:10 PM	#1
joelnwil Major Inhabitant Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Silver Spring MD Posts: 128	Lost in Translation We went out to dinner with another couple last night. One of them had been a medical transcriptionist. The doctor dictates and the transcriptionist puts it into the computer. Lots of that stuff is done in India now, but some additional quality control is needed, and my friend did some of that. For example, it once happened that "jumped off a boat and broke his elbow" became "jacked off a goat and broke his elbow". I suppose it really does not matter that much - the treatment for the elbow would still be the same.

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