Laughing all the Way to Work

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New job, new culture, new language

Laughing all the Way to Work

The agenda will be named 2015-11-19 Medical Advisory Committee Agenda. Each of the handouts will have the same date with whatever the name of the item is, and the final minutes will be named 2015-11-19 Medical Advisory Committee Minutes. This way when I want to find everything for a particular meeting, it is very easy to find.

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The little things

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just learnt a new program to search patient names for information and medical records. When learning something new it is usually the little things that can seem overwhelming. I recall the person telling us how to use the program and it seemed complicated. When you get to this screen, look on the right hand side and press F11.

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Why I don't rely on Wikipedia anymore

Laughing all the Way to Work

In the meantime I noted that they were actually quoting the Howard Hughes Medical Institute so I contacted HHMI and they gave me permission to quote from their article with the accurate information. Lesson learned. Go to the source and don't always rely on Wikipedia. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4

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Sounding the Alarm about Workplace Privacy Issues

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was discovered that some of these were confidential medical records. [1] As the papers were blowing in the wind a reporter grabbed one of these documents which happened to be a confidential medical record and the ball started to roll from there. Gone are the days when privacy simply meant closing our doors and drawing the drapes.

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When Your Boss is "Out of Office": E-mail and Voicemail

Laughing all the Way to Work

If your boss is away because of an illness you will want to protect his or her privacy and not give out any of their confidential medical condition to callers, but be very general in your voicemail message. When I listen to someone’s voicemail and people include the day it helps me if I don’t have a calendar in front of me.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

SUMMARY: [Summarize your work experience] Over twenty years of progressive achievement as a secretary in the legal, medical and high-tech fields. Administrative support utilizing strengths in typing, speed, accuracy, software programs and organization to provide high quality services to professional staff in a legal environment.

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Calling in Sick.or NOT!

Laughing all the Way to Work

The healthy ones who can maintain a perfect attendance record and not use their sick days will be rewarded at the end of the year by getting the personal day allotment paid out to them, while those who have medical problems and have to use their personal days will not get that benefit. I think they have a valid point.

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