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Stedman’s Plus 2006
Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker
Contains nearly 500,000 total medical, pharmaceutical, and bioscience terms! “Works like a charm!” —P. Marvi La Magna, BSN, RN, FNE, SANE-A, LNC “The integration of Stedman’s Plus Spellchecker is very appreciated and very preferred over any other program.” —Joan Mellon, Medical Transcriptionist
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ccurate spelling for your medical reports, articles, research papers, presentations, documents, and other Communications.
Stedman’s Plus 2006 has MORE NEW AND CURRENT TERMS than any other medical spellchecker you can buy. Stedman’s Plus 2006 works with your word processor’s spellchecker to speed your spellchecking and frees you for more important writing, editing, and transcribing tasks.
• Over 22,000 trade and generic drug names drawn from the pharmaceutical industry’s first choice—the Facts & Comparisons® database of the American Drug Index 2006 • Over 100,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and eponyms • Over 80,000 medical and surgical equipment terms
Available in two time-saving editions and multiple versions
The Premium Edition subscription offers three issues and expanded content! Keep current the easy way and get the most up-to-date medical terminology including the latest FDA-approved prescription and OTC drugs, clinical trial drugs, and international drug names, plus laboratory tests, diagnostic procedures, surgical words, and equipment/instrumentation. Stedman’s Plus 2006 Premium Edition includes three issues during your subscription. Just sign up once and you’re covered! Consider the Standard Edition if you need a solid, dependable, and totally accurate medical spellchecker that is updated annually. Spellchecking you can count on throughout the year, without the additional updates.
Stedman’s Plus Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker, UK Edition
Stedman’s Plus Medical/ Pharmaceutical Spellchecker, UK Edition, makes the task of spellchecking medical, pharmaceutical, and bioscience terminology fast, accurate, and reliable — the only way to spellcheck all your medical documents.
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Stedman’s Plus Spellchecker, UK Edition, gives you more than any other medical spellchecker… Now with UK spellings! Includes a thorough and up-to-date listing of trade and generic drug names — including drugs from ADIS® international drug data and Facts and Comparisons® UK drug database and more!
All Editions of Stedman's Plus 2006 include:
• Nearly 500,000 total medical, drug, and bioscience term from over 60 major medical specialties, including: OB/GYN, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Cardiology, Radiology, Pathology/ Lab Medicine, and more.
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL WORD RESOURCES
Stedman’s Plus Legal/Medical/ Pharmaceutical Spellchecker
Stedman’s Plus Legal/Medical/ Pharmaceutical Spellchecker is an essential component in ensuring error-free legal documents!
Stedman’s Electronic Medical Dictionary v6.0
With Audio Pronunciations! The Only Choice for Fast, Easy Access to Accurate Medical Definitions...Now Even Better
“I like having the short cut on my Word tool bar [as well as]… the ease of looking up words and the cross-referencing to other Stedman’s products.”
—LFC, Medical Transcription Supervisor
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Legal professionals now have access to accurate and current legal, medical, pharmaceutical, and bioscience terminology to aid in the creation of medical claims, medical malpractice, personal injury, and worker’s compensation reports. Trust Stedman’s to spellcheck your legal documents with accuracy and ease!
PREMIUM Edition (includes expanded content and three automatic issues) 2006/ISSN#1533-3515/SPP $169.95 Single User CD-ROM WIN/MAC (all applications listed) STANDARD Edition (no automatic updates) 2006/#0-7817-7804-3 $99.95 Single User CD-ROM WIN/MAC (all applications listed) UK Edition 2006/#0-7817-6455-6 Single User LEGAL Edition 2006/#0-7817-78843-9 Single User DOWNLOAD ISBN #0-7817-8637-1 $99.95 Single User Call toll-free 1-800-638-3030 or visit us at stedmans.com for upgrade information. For details about multi-user licenses, visit stedmans.com and click Multi-User Software or call 1-800-326-1685. Colleges and universities, call 1-800-399-3110.
STEDMAN’S PLUS 2006 WORKS WITH THESE APPLICATIONS: WINDOWS • Corel WordPerfect 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0 and 12.0 • Corel Office Suite 7, 8, 2000, 2002, 11, and 12 (includes WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and Presentations) • Microsoft Word 2000, 2002/XP, and 2003 • Microsoft Office 2000, 2002/XP, and 2003 (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Publisher, FrontPage, and Project) • Microsoft Works 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 • Microsoft Works Suite 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 • Emmaus’ MedPen and MPWord 4.x and 5.0 • XMetal 4.0 and 4.5 MACINTOSH • Microsoft Office X and 2004 (includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage)
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eature for feature, Stedman’s Electronic Medical Dictionary v6.0 outweighs every other electronic medical dictionary on the market. With definitions, written and audio pronunciations, etymologies, web links, images, tables, and animations, it's the easiest and most complete electronic tool you can buy for medical writing, editing, education, transcription, and reference! This version includes thousands of new terms, 40% more images, and 4,000 more audio pronunciations than the previous version, and that’s just a few of the enhancements we’ve made!
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL WORD RESOURCES
Make fast work out of searching for information with more than 104,000 terms—and over 1,500 images—all in an easy-to-use, flexible electronic format.
View History—keeps a running record of previously referenced terms and definitions Edit—lets you copy and paste words and definitions easily into your document Fast access—easily accessible from your Word Tools menu—plus there’s no need to keep the CD in the CD-ROM drive! Bookmark—an easy way to mark a word for rapid reference at a later date — perfect for quick lookups of hard-to-remember words! User Dictionary—lets you add specialized terms and definitions particular to your department or organization. And that means easy, no-hassle customization geared to the way you work!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS: Pentium or higher CPU; Windows 95 or higher; at least 32 MB RAM; 255 MB disk space; at least 16-bit color display; CD-ROM drive, sound card. MACINTOSH: Power PC CPU; Mac OS System 8.5 or higher*; at least 48 MB RAM; 255 MB disk space; at least 16-bit color display; CD-ROM drive. *If installed with Mac OS X, Stedman’s Electronic Medical Dictionary launches Mac OS 9.2 to run.
New to version 6.0:
• Expanded content—more in-depth coverage of embryology, endocrinology, geriatrics, histology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and other medical specialties • 400 NEW images—40% more than version 5.0 • 4,000 NEW written and audio pronunciations • Nearly 40,000 audio pronunciations in total • Web links to the National Library of Medicine’s MeSH headings for additional information on selected subjects • Browse on Appendices feature—includes appendices from the current print edition of Stedman’s Medical Dictionary • Abbreviations search filter provides instant access to all of the abbreviations found in the A-to-Z index • 32 animations and 20 videos from the renowned anatomy resource provider, Primal Pictures
Single-User/CD-ROM /#0-7817-4415-6/$99.95
Other exclusive features include:
Detailed images—over 1,500 images, most in full color, designed to enhance meaning and comprehension Striking anatomic atlas from the Anatomical Chart Company delivers life-like detail Key concepts highlighted—130 High Profile Terms with extended definitions tagged for quick search Flexible search capabilities for fast, easy look-up: • Browse on Index—automatically scrolls the A-to-Z entries as you type • Search on Headword—the traditional way to look up over 104,000 terms • Search on Definition—when you can remember the concept but not the exact word • Wildcard Search—when you’re unsure of the exact spelling of the word you're looking for
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL WORD RESOURCES
Stedman’s Smartype®
Speedtyping Software for Microsoft Word®
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—Sandi Stigall, CMT North Carolina ncrease your productivity with every keystroke! Stedman’s Smartype patented word-completion technology goes beyond the usual work of standard abbreviation expanders to bring you unparalleled productivity. Powerful and easy-to-use, this work- and time-saving utility delivers the following features: • Comes with a built-in Stedman’s vocabulary composed of tens of thousands of words • Integrates with Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, 2003/XP • Eliminates the need to type entire words, reducing your keystrokes and increasing your output • Easily customizable from the Microsoft Word Toolbar • Users can add and delete words, modify existing words and phrases, and create their own custom abbreviations and macros • Maximizes the productivity of users at all levels of experience • Documents are automatically spelled, capitalized, and hyphenated correctly the first time out!
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“I have tried other abbreviation programs that many MTs recommend, but sorry, there’s absolutely no comparison to Smartype. Because of Smartype, I am able to claim 99% clean transcription to our clients, and they see the results to indeed be so. It has taught me SO MUCH about transcription I could never have learned otherwise.”
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The smart and easy way to transcribe medical reports!
How does Stedman’s Smartype work? Stedman’s Smartype integrates with Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, 2003/XP to provide instant word completion. As you type, Stedman’s Smartype presents a list of terms listed in order of frequency of use. If you type the letter ‘e’, you instantly see a list of the “most frequently ocurring” words in the Stedman’s Smartype vocabulary that begin with ‘e’. To insert the word “examination” into your document (listed in the SmartLine directly below your text), simply press the space bar. To select another term from the SmartList, just select the number of the term.
SMARTYPE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Platform: Windows Operating System: Windows System Requirements: Microsoft Word 2000, 2002/XP, 2003 for Windows
I love Smartype very much! It’s the best expander I’ve used.”
—Ann Brutzman, Medical Transcriptionist, Hamilton Square, NJ
“[Smartype] is the best. I do not know how to measure speed percentage to know how much I increased, but I used to type about 100 lines/hour back in Feb. Now yesterday I did over 200. . . of course it was an easy account, but Smartype made it even easier. Thanks for EVERYTHING.”
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2003/CD-ROM version 1.0a/#0-7817-6047-X Single-User/$195.00
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PRINT DICTIONARIES
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
28th Edition with Bonus CD-ROM The Most Trusted Medical Dictionary
NEW
Edition!
tedman’s Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to make this dictionary the most reliable resource available for healthcare, including medical students, physicians, educators, researchers, and medical language specialists. This new edition includes over 107,000 terms and definitions, more than 5,000 new to this edition. Over 45 consultants from all the major medical and health science specialties have reviewed each word for accuracy and clarity, including new consultants for the specialties of endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, and rheumatology. The art program has also been extensively enhanced and now includes approximately 1500 images and illustrations.
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• Easy-to-find Subentries — each subentry is on a new line for easier readability. • Precision Cut Thumb Tabs — New cut thumb tabs allow readers to easily navigate to the term they are looking for. Competition organized by main entry sub entry making it more difficult to find definitions. • Cross-References in Blue — Some entries have no definition. They refer the user to a preferred synonym. These cross-references are in blue to help the reader quickly find the definition. • Building Blocks — 90% of medical language comes from 1200 Greek and Latin words. To aid in learning these words, the suffixes, prefixes and combining forms are marked with the universal symbol for recycling. • Updated page design for easier reading
FEATURES:
• High Profile Terms—Terms that so profoundly affect the practice of medicine that they warrant more than the standard dictionary definition; they are highlighted in blue boxes. Users can develop knowledge of the key concepts in medicine. Not highlighted in the competition. • Terminologia Anatomica—This edition uses the Terminologia Anatomica for the Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy as sanctioned by the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology. This feature is not found in the competition. • Art Program includes approximately 1500 color illustrations, photographs, and tables. The art program is used to expand and clarify the meanings of the dictionary terms; liberal use of four color throughout. The illustrations, photographs, and tables were chosen, with the help of our customers and consultants, to help the reader develop a better understanding of the termsover 400 more images than the competition.
ELECTRONIC FEATURES:
• Bonus CD-ROM includes Stedman’s Plus Medical/ Pharmaceutical Spellchecker containing over half-a-million terms, and over 300 LifeArt® Anatomy medical clip art and 3-D images.
2005/#0-7817-3390-1/$49.95
Bonus CD-ROM
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PRINT DICTIONARIES
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for Health Professions and Nursing Illustrated
5TH EDITION
A heavyweight resource in a lightweight, portable text!
he Fifth Edition of this popular medical dictionary is thoroughly updated with more than 51,000 entries, featuring more of the medical terminology used in over 30 of today’s fastest growing health profession areas. You’ll also find more comprehensive entries suited for the Nursing field, with correct terminology for all Nursing students and practitioners.
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Features include:
• Over 4,000 new and updated terms totaling over 51,000 entries • More than 900 enriched color images and photographs add clarity and emphasis to terms • Detailed anatomical images by Anatomical Chart Company, included in a special glossy insert, enhance the comprehension of anatomical terms • 65 valuable appendices covering 11 sections, including Assessment and Care, Drug Information, and Nursing classifications, including NANDA, NIC, and NOC
Bonus CD-ROM
The Bonus CD-ROM packaged with the book includes all the features and content of the print edition and:
• An audio pronunciation for nearly ever term • Anatomical animations provided by Primal Pictures to help you comprehend key concepts further
• New precision-cut thumb tabs enable quick A-to-Z reference • Expanded representation of health professions and nursing terminology • Written pronunciations for nearly every term help you master usage quickly • Eye-catching icons help identify terms that have associated images, or are combining forms • More British alternative spellings • More than 40 leading consultants from the nursing and health professions contributed to the enhancements of this latest edition
December 2004/#0-7817-4426-1/$36.95
And the functionality you need:
• Browse by Index/Wordwheel Search • Wildcard Search • Search in Definition • User Dictionary
For details about multi-user licenses, visit stedmans.com and click Multi-User Software or call 1-800-326-1685. Colleges and universities, call 1-800-399-3110.
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PRINT DICTIONARIES
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Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition
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Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 5th Edition
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PDA DICTIONARIES
Stedman’s most popular dictionaries are now available for yor PDA!
CD-ROM for Palm OS® and WIN CE® systems
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
28th Edition for PDA
The first choice of more healthcare practitioners than any other medical dictionary!
Includes many of the same great features of the print edition, including:
Available for download on stedmans.com
• Over 107,000 total medical terms—5,000 NEW—each one reviewed by medical/healthcare experts for accuracy and clarity • Official Terminologia Anatomica—Latin and English anatomical terms for the specialties of Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy • 1,200 Common Greek and Latin Word parts—the building blocks of medical vocabulary
MEMORY REQUIREMENTS: 16 MB for Palm OS®, 22 MB for Win CE®/Pocket PC
Powered by Skyscape, PDA versions makes finding medical terms and definitions on-the-fly faster and easier. Includes: • Intuitive, easy-to-navigate user interface • Search content by headwords • Browse index • One-tap to view definition of any entry • Cross-reference hyperlinks • SmARTlink technology— cross-link with other Skyscape medical PDA references • Ability to bookmark entries for Palm • Ability to add new entries for Win CE
#0-7817-8529-4/$49.95 on CD-ROM
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing Illustrated
5th Edition for PDA
New for your PDA! Whether you’re a student or a practicing healthcare professional, when you need information, you need it fast. Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 5th edition for PDA gives you quick access to thousands of medical terms and eponyms — all at the touch of your stylus!
Features Include:
• More than 4,000 new terms totaling 51,000 terms • More British alternative spellings • More than 40 leading consultants from the fastest growing nursing and health professions contributed to the enhancements of this latest edition • Clearly written definitions • Common prefixes, suffixes and combining forms — that help you understand how meanings are derived. • Specific terminology for healthcare specialties
MEMORY REQUIREMENTS: 9 MB for Palm OS®, 15 MB for Win CE®/Pocket PC
Get the best words in medicine for print and PDA! Leave one on your bookshelf and take the other to go!
Stedman’ Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition Book/PDA (CD-ROM) Bundle
#0-7817-6450-5/Bundle price: $64.95
December 2004/#0-7817-6211-1 CD-ROM/$43.95
Stedman’s Abbreviations & Acronyms Pocket for PDA
Tap into the Shorthand of Medical Terminology
Healthcare students and professionals need instant access to the most current, up-to-date shorthand of medical terminology fast. Stedman’s Abbreviations & Acronyms Pocket for PDA provides thousands of medical abbreviations and acronyms with their expansions at the touch of your stylus!
PDA: 2004/0-7817-4408-3 $29.95 PDA/Book Bundle: 2004/0-7817-5051-2 $49.95 PDA/Download: 2004/0-7817-5034-2 $29.95
Stedman’ Medical Dictionary for Health Professions and Nursing, 5th Edition Book/PDA (CD-ROM) Bundle
2004/#0-7817-6212-X Bundle price: $61.95
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PDA DICTIONARIES
PDA’s for MOBIPOCKET
Clear, concise definitions at the touch of your stylus!
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for Health Professions and Nursing Illustrated
5th Edition for PDA
Healthcare professionals and students get quick and easy access to thousands of medical terms like drug names, eponyms, procedures and protocols!
• Intuitive, easy-tonavigate user interface • Search content by headwords • Browse Index • One-tap to view definition or any entry • Customizable features that allow you to decide how information is displayed Each PDA also includes a licensed copy of the Mobipocket Reader Pro Software with powerful and easy-to-use features that will enable you to personalize and make the most out of your reading experience. This includes page by page formatting with no scrollbars, the ability to read in full screen mode, optimized navigation with hyperlinks, shortcut menus and keys, built-in image viewer, annotate and review tools, and off-line Web eNews Reading.
Available for Palm OS handhelds, Pocket PC and Windows CE Operating Systems Please note: The CD-ROM version of this software is not Macintosh compatible. Macintosh users must purchase the online deliverable version.
Features include:
• Over 51,000 terms with clearly written definitions • Specific terminology for healthcare and nursing specialties • Common prefixes, suffixes and combining forms — that help you understand how meanings are derived.
January 2006/#0-7817-6364-9/$43.95 PDA CD-ROM Single User January 2006/#0-7817-8740-8/$43.95 Download
Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary
3rd Edition for PDA
Onyria H. McElroy Lola L. Grabb
Healthcare professionals and students know the importance of communicating clearly with a growing Spanish-speaking population — SpanishEnglish English-Spanish Medical Dictionary for PDA is the answer.
Features include:
• Over 20,000 terms with clearly written definitions for both English and Spanish terminology • Focuses on various specialties including oncology, neurology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and neonatology • Comprehensive content in addition to abbreviations in the A-Z text
January 2006/#0-7817-6360-6/$43.95 PDA CD-ROM Single User MobiPocket January 2006/#0-7817-7446-2/$43.95 Download January 2006/#0-7817-6331-2/Book/PDA CD Bundle (Skyscape)
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ONLINE
Stedman’s Online:
The Best Words in Medicine The most recognizable name in medical word resources in print and online!
“Such a large amount of words that you can find almost anything you need.”
– Mrs. Tiffany H. Roberts, Medical Transcriptionist
“Having been in the Medical Records field for 20+ years, I have used many reference tools. Stedman's is a name I have grown to trust for its exceptional quality of products.”
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et instant access to the medical terminology you need to stay on top of your profession... Stedman’s ONLINE is your one-stop shop for the best print and electronic medical word resources.
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Stedman’s ONLINE has a lighter side, too. A fun feature of the site is our Word of the Day. Each day, a new word is featured online with its definition, so you can build up a strong mental inventory of medical words to the wise. Stedman’s ONLINE is updated regularly to bring you what's new and important in the world of Stedman's, as well as links to sites of interest for medical word professionals and other health professionals. And when you register at stedmans.com, you'll have access to special coupon discounts and monthly specials!
The Stedman’s ONLINE store helps you find the word books, drug resources, and related references you want—quickly and easily! Search by category, title, keyword, or use the Quick Catalog Ordering System and enter the catalog or retail ISBN and your selection will be added automatically to the online shopping cart. Easy! And ordering is a snap, too. As you browse the site, place your selections in the Stedman's shopping cart. Upon checkout, your online order is placed securely and swiftly with our fulfillment center.
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“I want to say that Stedman's is wonderful. Your staff is so helpful on answering questions. I started an Oncology Account recently, and I am not that familiar with oncology at all. I asked the Dr. and you were so helpful. I asked about a drug, VP-16 along with others. I received 2 e-mails and the second one was to confirm after ‘further investigation.’ Wow, you really care.“
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Just can’t figure out what the dictator is saying? Want word help or need a definition? Need to keep current with the latest, most changing medical equipment terminology? Or need a sample medical report for transcription exercises, coding exercises, or reference?
Sample Reports
Review our Sample Reports! Scan through an extensive database of over 300 Sample Reports searchable by report type and specialty and updated monthly.
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The most comprehensive and up-to-date database of medical equipment terminology — many with descriptions and images included. Updated monthly. At just $38.95 for an annual subscription— that’s just 10 cents a day—you can have the assurance of Stedman’s. See for yourself how these useful services will help you streamline your average daily workload. Go to www.stedmans.com and click on the Stedmans@Work logo to register and signup for your FREE 30-day trial today.
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Need a quick answer to a question regarding medical transcription or terminology? Ask Dr. Stedman and get the information you need within an hour or less (Doctor’s Hours: 9 AM – 5 PM EST) — or — Search the Archives! We maintain a searchable archive database of previous questions and answers.
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MEDICAL WORD RESOURCES
Check out our NEW Stedman’s Word Book Resources
tart or add to your Stedman’s ready-reference collection with these specialty word books. Select word books are also available on CD-ROM. Just load onto your PC and go! Word Books on CD are WIN compatible only.
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Word Book, CD-ROMs & Downloads
Now you can get the same great specialty word books in print and on CD-ROM. Gain convenience and accuracy—two easy ways! Meet your workday challenges with ease. Each CD version contains the same great features of the print versions plus unique color images, and specialized search capabilities that include: word wheel browse, wildcard search, and “block, copy, and paste” capability to easily transfer information from the CD to your documents. Stedman’s Word Books are also now available for download. Visit stedmans.com to learn more about purchasing and downloading.
Stedman’s Word Book Series
Takes the work out of word look-up with: • More entries than most word books on the market • Organized by A-Z • Cross-referenced by first and last word • Special appendices • User-friendly layout • Durable “soft-flex” binding (lies flat and stays open)
Stedman’s Endocrinology Words
SECOND EDITION
The Second Edition of Stedman’s Endocrinology Words contains more than 37,000 words and terms (over 1,500 more terms than the previous edition!), including accurate and current terminology related to procedures, techniques, abbreviations, drugs, and tests, as well as jargon and variants.
Stedman’s Orthopaedic & Rehab Words
FIFTH EDITION
Includes Chiropractic, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Podiatric, & Sports Medicine
Correctly use and spell even the newest orthopaedic words and terms. Here are more than 100,000 common and uncommon orthopaedic, rehabilitation, chiropractic, occupational therapy, NEW physical therapy, podiatric, and Edition! sports medicine terms. Logical A-to-Z organization and cross-indexing lets you quickly access terms. Now with new anatomic illustrations; more sample reports; tables of muscles, ligaments, and tendons; and much more.
December 2005/0-7817-6182-4/$38.95 December 2005/0-7817-6183-2/$42.95 CD-ROM
NEW
Edition!
Stedman’s Endocrinology Words also contains fully updated and revised appendix sections for quick reference, including: • Anatomical Illustrations • Normal Lab Values • Endocrine Glands and Associated Products • Diabetes Classification • Wound Care Products • Sample Reports • Common Terms by Procedure
November 2005/0-7817-6173-5 November 2005/0-7817-6174-3 CD-ROM
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MEDICAL WORD RESOURCES
Stedman’s Neurology & Neurosurgery Words
FOURTH EDITON
The perfect tool for medical language professionals and for anyone needing a new reliable, authoritative source of Neurology and Neurosurgery words.
Stedman’s Radiology Words
FIFTH EDITION
Includes Nuclear Medicine & Other Imaging Estimated 100,000 entries!
NEW
Edition!
Like all Stedman’s Word books, this title includes A-Z organization and is fully cross-referenced allowing users to quickly find terms. New and current terminology includes child neurology, neurologic therapeutics, and more! In addition, content has been substantially updated to include areas of sleep medicine, disease topics like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s as well as radiosurgical and stereoactic techniques. Appendices include anatomical illustrations, sample reports, drugs by indication, table of nerves, types of brain and spinal cord tumors, sleep medicine terminology, and common terms by procedure.
June 2006/0-7817-9642-3/$38.95 July 2006/0-7817-8798-X (single user)/$42.95
NEW Edition coming!
The fourth edition of Stedman’s Radiology Words provides users with tens of thousands of words and phrases encompassing various aspects of imaging and nuclear medicine.
Includes: diagnostic, therapeutic, and inventional radiology; abdominal, chest, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and skeletal imaging; CT, MRI, PET, and SPECT imaging; mammography, radiology, radiographics, and radiologic technology terminology; as well as various contrast materials. Users will also find terms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, new techniques, and equipment names, plus abbreviations with their expansions. The appendix sections provide labeled anatomical illustrations, contrast media and other related materials, sample reports, and common terms by procedure.
June 2006/0-7817-7034- /$38.95 July 2006/0-7817-8365-8 (single user)/$42.95
Stedman’s Medical Eponyms
2ND EDITION
Sue Bartolucci, CMT, and Pat Forbis, CMT
Nearly 18,000 terms
Stedman’s Oncology Words
FIFTH EDITION
Includes Hematology, HIV, and AIDs Estimated 65,000 entries
This new edition offers updated terminology, including chemotherapy, hematology, HIV-AIDS, radiation oncology, surgical therapy, molecular cell biology, gynecologic oncology, tumors, and antiNEW cancer drug names. Thousands Edition more terms than the third edicoming! tion, with appendices featuring illustrations, drugs by indication, and sample reports. In addition, the chemotherapy protocols and cancer classifications have been revised!
June 2006/0-7817-7382-2/$38.95 July 2006/0-7817-6387-8 (single user)/$42.95
Medical language is teeming with procedures, diseases, equipment, signs, and techniques that are named after the person who first discovered, invented or, in the case of some diseases, acquired it. Stedman’s Medical Eponyms serves as an indispensable aid for those problematic eponyms, some of the hardest medical terminology for any healthcare professional to absorb and recall. This fully-revised second edition includes nearly 18,000 eponymous terms encountered in medicine, with clear, concise definitions plus accurate spellings. Each entry is accompanied by available biographical data, including the individual’s full name, specialty, nationality, birth/date, and associated terms. The new CD-ROM format contains additional capabilities such as Browse on Eponym and Search on Subentry features, plus audio pronunciations for more than 4,000 names. This is a valuable reference for every medical transcriptionist, related medical records personnel and medical language specialists.
December 2004/0-7817-5443-7/Text $38.95 December 2004/0-7817-5444-5/CD-ROM (single user) $42.95 December 2004/0-7817-5447-X/Book/CD-ROM Bundle $69.95
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Stedman’s Plastic Surgery, ENT, Dentistry Words
4TH EDITION
Stedman’s Plastic Surgery, ENT, Dentistry Words, 4th Edition has been expanded to include 10% more current terminology related to plastic, reconstructive, cosmetic, eyelid surgery, liposculpture, ENT, NEW dental, maxillofacial, and oral Edition! surgery. Stedman’s has thoroughly reviewed this updated content, and incorporated customer submissions that were missing from the previous editions. This new edition also features an expanded appendix, including Anatomical illustrations, with new, accurate and more-detailed images, updated and more practical Sample Reports and Common Terms by Procedure, and revised and expanded Drugs by Indication section. With this new edition Medical Transcription students and professionals will have quick and easy access to the most comprehensive Plastic Surgery, ENT, Dentistry words on the market. Stedman’s Plastic Surgery, ENT, Dentistry Words, 4th Edition on CD-ROM format makes finding all the terminology in the print edition quick and easy. In addition users can now access this terminology right from their Tools menu without their hands leaving the keyboard.
June 2005/#0-7817-6185-9 Text $38.95 July 2005/#0-7817-6186-7 CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
Stedman’s Pathology Lab Medicine Words
4TH EDITION
Stedman’s Pathology & Lab Medicine Words, 4th Edition has been updated to include over 80,000 cutting-edge terminology of pathology and laboratory medicine, as well as cytology and histology terms, and clinical pathology, NEW anatomical pathology hemaEdition! tology, medical technology, blood banking, and clinical chemistry terminology. Medical Transcriptionists, students, court reporters, medical language specialists and other related professionals will value this comprehensive reference for accurate medical documentation. The CD-ROM version of Stedman’s Pathology & Lab Medicine Words, 4th edition contains all the content of the print version and makes finding comprehensive pathology and lab medicine terminology fast and easy. The CD-ROM format also helps users increase their productivity with these great features: Wildcard search, Browse on Library Index, full text search, Search on Term Type Index (including appendices, abbreviations, and media filters), Copy, Paste, and Print, Add User Topics, Add User Notes and more.
June 2005/#0-7817-6176-X/Text $38.95 July 2005/#0-7817-6177-8/CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
Stedman’s Surgery Words
3RD EDITION
Includes Anatomy, Anesthesia, & Pain Management Over 100,000 entries
NEW
Edition!
The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative reference of common, as well as hard-to-find surgery, anatomy, anesthesia, and pain management terminology.
This affordable title is organized for fast and easy look-up, and features an appendix with anatomical illustrations, a pain glossary, pain management techniques, sample reports, common terms by procedure, dermatomal explanation, AAPM accredited pain management programs, drugs commonly used in pain practice, drugs for anesthesia, and drugs by indication. The new CD-ROM format includes all the features in the print edition, with powerful search capabilties and more!
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Stedman’s Medical Terms & Phrases
The Complete Guide to Medical Language
The most comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the market, Stedman’s Medical Terms and Phrases includes over 240,000 medical terms and phrases from every medical specialty. This new publication is the most up-to-date reference for medical phrases, with content that is keyword cross-indexed so users can find the phrase not only by first and last word, but also by other keywords contained in the phrase. In addition, the appendix includes medical abbreviations and acronyms, as well as the building blocks of medical language.
February 2004/#0-7817-4543-8/ $69.95
Stedman’s Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols
3RD EDITION
This new, third edition encompasses nearly 75,000 medical terms that help users comply with the new JCAHO mandate for standardized hospital abbreviations. Also includes thousands of new abbreviations for specialties such as anatomy, physiology, internal medicine, pathology, laboratory medicine, organisms, infectious diseases, plastic surgery, ENT, dentistry, alternative medicine, and endocrinology. extensive appendix section covers a wide range of symbols, including: angles, triangles & circles; arrows; genetic symbols; numbers; pluses, minuses & equivalence; primes, checks, dots, roots; and new appendices covering abbreviations and acronyms commonly associated with professional titles and degrees; professional associations and organizations; chemotherapy and other regimens; and clinical trials.
2003/#0-7817-4403-2 Book/$38.95 2003/#0-7817-6049-6 Version 2.0 CD/$42.95 2003/#0-7817-6051-8 Book/CD Bundle/$69.95
The perfect reference for the beginning medical transcriptionist or medical transcription student!
Expand your working medical vocabulary– day by day!
Makes a Great Gift!
Stedman’s Medical Word of the Day Calendar 2007
Get medical terminology every day of the week! Boxed desktop calendar offers a medical term for each day with a written pronunciation and definition. Includes space for notes, current month-at-aglance, and the previous month-at-a-glance. Created from the content of The Best Words in Medicine and Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, it makes a great gift for anyone in the healthcare community!
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Stedman’s Alternative & Complementary Medicine Words 2ND EDITION
Estimated 33,000 entries
2004/07817-5521-2/Text $38.95 2004/0-7817-5522-0 CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
Stedman’s Internal Medicine and Geriatric Words
Over 55,000 entries
2002/#0-7817-3832-6 Book $38.95
Stedman’s Medical Speller
4TH EDITION
Over 96,000 entries
July 2004/0-7817-5448-8/$38.95
Stedman’s Anatomy & Physiology Words
2ND EDITION
2002/#0-7817-3834-2 Book $38.95
Stedman's Medical & Surgical Equipment Words
4TH EDITION
Over 100,000 entries
2004/#0-7817-5440-2 Book $38.95 2004/#0-7817-5445-3 CD $42.95
Stedman’s Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Words
4TH EDITION
Includes Respiratory Over 90,000 entries
2004/#0-7817-5429-1 Book $38.95 2004/#0-7817-5441-0 CD $42.95
Stedman’s OB/GYN and Pediatric Words
4TH EDITION
Includes Neonatology/Over 100,000 entries
August 2004/0-7817-5449-6 Text $38.95 September 2004/0-7817-5519-0 CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
Stedman’s Dermatology & Immunology Words
3RD EDITION
Includes Rheumatology, Allergy, & Transplantation
December 2004/#0-7817-5530-1 Text/$38.95 December 2004/#0-7817-6168-9 CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
Stedman’s Ophthalmology Words
3RD EDITION
Over 60,000 entries
2003/#0-7817-4420-2 Book/$38.95 2003/0-7817-4422-9 CD/$42.95
Stedman’s Emergency Medicine Words
Includes Trauma and Critical Care
2003/0-7817-4421-0 Book/$38.95 2003/0-7817-4424-5 CD/$42.95
Stedman’s Organisms & Infectious Disease Words
Over 75,000 entries
Stedman’s GI & GU Words
4TH EDITION
Includes Nephrology
October 2004/0-7817-5524-7 Text November 2004/0-7817-5526-3 CD-ROM (single user) $42.95
CD-ROM — All full-color images and 4 appendices not included in the book.
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Stedman’s Psychiatry Words
3RD EDITION
2003/0-7817-3837-7 Book $38.95
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Diagnostic Procedures Handbook
2ND EDITION
Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD, Editor
This comprehensive quick reference gives practitioners and other healthcare professionals at all levels of experience or training the most up-todate information on consensus interpretations and practical considerations concerning the diagnostic procedure. Divided into two sections: Internal Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. Comprehensive indexing and extensive cross-referencing makes this your single-source solution for diagnostic terminology.
2001/995 pages/#0-916589-70-6/$37.95
Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
8TH EDITION
Jacques Wallach, MD
NEW
Edition!
A Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests
7TH EDITION
Frances T. Fischbach, RN, MSN
In full color for the first time, this leading comprehensive reference covers a broad range of laboratory and diagnostic tests and studies, grouped according to specimen and function/test type (e.g. blood, urine, stool, cerebrospinal fluid, etc.). Each test is described in detail, with step-by-step guidance on correct procedure and tips for accurate interpretation.
2003/1152 pages/#0-7817-4180-7/$38.95
“What tests do I order, and what do the results mean?" Here is the compendium that provides the answers—quickly and clearly—for a vast range of adult and pediatric conditions. This thoroughly updated Eighth Edition of Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests is a must for residents and practitioners in every specialty. Arranged by organ system, the book summarizes the available tests for most diseases, explains what the results would mean, and discusses differential diagnoses. This edition features major revisions in cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, metabolic and hereditary, and genitourinary chapters, plus highlighted “Key Diagnostic Finding" information to aid accessibility. Readers can search for information in the way that best suits their needs—by index, table of contents, test results, or specific disease. Also included are extensive tables of normal and panic values, tables comparing test results in similar diseases, and an appendix of conversion factors between conventional and SI units.
2005/576 pages/#0-7817-3055-4/$49.95
Guide to Diagnostic Testing
Fauzia Khan, MD Howard J. Sachs, MD Liberto Pechet, MD L. Michael Snyder, MD
Designed to help busy residents and students, this diagnostic guide is organized according to modalities of patient care, from a presenting complaint to diagnosis and follow up. The Clinical Symptoms section features an algorithms and tables format. The Data Evaluation section considers results from common lab tests as well as indications for specialized testing. And the Clinical Conditions section is organized according to organ systems, divided into disease entities.
2002/537 pages/#0-683-30725-8 $32.95
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Stedman’s Legal Med Ware
Patricia Pissanos
NEW!
A must-have resource for lawyers and legal nurse consultants!
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ny legal professional who deals with personal injury, medical malpractice, medical claims, and workman’s compensation cases knows the importance of preparing an accurate, understandable chronology of medical events, and comparing them to the allegations of a case. It’s a highly detailed, time-consuming process involving stacks of documents plus cutting and pasting into a word processing application. But now there’s a better way!
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Stedman’s Legal Med Ware makes the entire task more efficient and effective! With this powerful software package, you simply enter information in the custom templates—organize, and summarize medical records with easy-to-use templates, or customize your own! Stedman’s Legal Med Ware also includes resources at your fingertips to ensure your information is sound and accurate.
“I used LMW quite a bit in the month I subscribed and found it to be very useful—LMW assisted me in completing a sample work product I’m proud of.”
—Patricia Allred, Triad Legal Nurse Consulting, Liberty, N.C.
Stedman’s Legal Med Ware gives you powerful capabilities and features:
Instant access to a wide range of medical information including: • Comprehensive library of medical terms and definitions from the trusted name of Stedman’s • Drug Reference • Abbreviation Reference • ICD 9 codes • User-friendly functionality • And more!
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A Short Course in Medical Terminology
C. Edward Collins
This text is the perfect learning resource for either a 1 or 2 credit medical terminology course, or for self-study. The "quick and easy" approach is brief, yet substantial enough to give students a sound underNEW! standing of terminology. The logical organization o the text helps students to learn the basics of terminology, word parts, and word analysis. Information is clearly presented in learning tables, with learning exercises and end of chapter quizzes to test learning retention. An online course customized to this text is available. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online tutoring for students and teaching advice for instructors comes with every text. Visit http://connection. lww.com/LiveAdvise for details.
October 2005/ Text: 0-7817-4767-8/ $37.95 January 2006/ Text & WebCT Online Course Student Access Code 0-7817-7027-0/ $62.95 January 2006/ Text & Blackboard Online Course Student Access Code 0-7817-9531-1/ $62.95
Using Medical Terminology
A Practical Approach
Judi Lindsley Nath, PhD
Learning medical terminology is just like learning a foreign language, so it makes sense to teach and learn medical terminology like a foreign language. From the beginning of each chapter in Using Medical Terminology: A NEW! Practical Approach, you’ll use full medical terms in context. This gives you a greater understanding of the language that will serve as the foundation for your future career. Through each chapter, you are encouraged to learn medical terminology in the way that works best for you, whether you learn auditorily, visually, or kinesthetically. By seeing it, hearing it, saying it, writing it, and using it, you’ll come away with a solid understanding of the material in this text. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online tutoring for students and teaching advice for instructors comes with every text. Visit http://connection. lww.com/LiveAdvise for details.
December 2005/ Text: 0-7817-4868-2/ $54.95 January 2006/ Text & WebCT Online Course Student Access Code 0-7817-5973-0/ $79.95 January 2006/ Text & Blackboard Online Course Student Access Code 0-7817-5972-2/ $79/95
Stedman’s Illustrated Dictionary of Dermatology Eponyms
NEW!
Benjamin Barankin Andrew N. Lin Andrei I. Metelitsa
association with the disease, condition, or medical term it represents. For example, Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome gives no indication of what the syndrome is or who the people behind it are. With this one reliable, efficient resource, you can obtain the complete meaning of more than 1,000 dermatologic eponyms and use them precisely every time.
You’ll also find:
• • • • Capsule summaries of the eponymous terms Concise biographic information for each entry Black-and-white photographs A useful 16-page insert of clinical illustrations and more.
This is the indispensable solution to those problematic eponyms, some of the hardest medical terminology for any healthcare professional to absorb and recall. Typically an eponym bears no apparent
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Vera Pyle’s Current Medical Terminology
10TH EDITION
Published by Health Professions Institute
This latest edition of the “Silver Book” is a reliable source of difficult and hardto-find medical terms, definitions, and explanations. The 10th Edition has over 3,000 new entries and includes approximately 100 pages of new material and thousands NEW of updated entries. Includes Edition! concise definitions, examples of use in dictation, assistance with sound-alikes, extensive cross-referencing, and a convenient quick reference list including medical devices, medication, operations, tests, diseases, syndromes, MRI terms, pathogens, and more.
March 2005/#0-934385-82-3/$40.00
Medical Terminology
An Illustrated Guide
4TH EDITION
Barbara Janson Cohen, BA, MSEd
Now in its Fourth Edition, this richly illustrated guide with the famous Memmler art serves as an introduction to medical terminology. It provides extensive coverage of those terms relating to normal structures and function, disorders, diagnosis and treatment. The book comes packaged with a CD containing a Stedman’s pronunciation glossary, and exercises for students. An Online Course for WebCT and Blackboard is also available, which acts as an online student study guide that is correlated to the text. That course is fully functional, requiring no additional work or customization. However, instructors that already have an online course can easily add their own content, providing an even more robust and personalized course offering for their students. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online tutoring and teaching advice available with every text! Visit http://connection.lww.com/liveadvise for details.
2003/#0-7817-6297-9/Book $49.95 2003/#0-7817-6293-6 Book & WebCT Online Course $74.95 2003/#0-7817-6294-4 Book & Blackboard Online Course $74.95
Medical Terminology
A Programmed Learning Approach to the Language of Health Care
Majorie C. Willis, CMA-AC
This full-color textbook provides a framework for building a medical vocabulary using a sequential, self-directed learning approach. Emphasis is placed on understanding basic medical terms and how they are used in documenting and reporting patient care. An abundance of exercises and flash cards enhance learning. Each book includes a FREE CDROM with valuable learning exercises and a Stedman’s pronunciation glossary. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online tutoring and teaching advice available with every text! Visit http://connection.lww.com/liveadvise for details.
2002/745 pages/300 illustrations/#0-7817-6298-7/$50.95 2002/#0-7817-6295-2/Book & WebCT Online Course/$75.95 2002/#0-7817-6296-0/Book & Blackboard Online Course/$75.95
Medical Terminology
The Language of Health Care
2ND EDITION
Marjorie C. Willis, CMA-AC
This is a revision of LWW's highly successful textbook that originated the use of the complete medical record to teach medical terminology. Students will master the intricacies of applied medical terminology through the real-world context of the medical record, which will teach them exactly how terms are used in clinical practice settings. New features include a fullcolor design, bonus CD packaged with the text, and a laminated quick review guide for medical terminology. A customized online course is also available with this text. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online tutoring and teaching advice available with every text! Visit http://connection.lww.com/liveadvise for details.
2005/ 0-78174510-1/ Book $52.95 2005/ 0-7817-5987-0/ Book & WebCT Online Course $77.95 2005/ 0-7817-5986-2/ Book & Blackboard Online Course $77.95
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Griffith’s 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2006
Mark R. Dambro, MD, FAAP
NEW!
symptoms, plus 77 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines on screening, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprophylaxis. Evidence-based medicine references are cited in each entry.
Written by more than 330 expert clinicians, Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2006 is a quick reference for current medical diagnosis and treatment. It covers more than 1,000 medical/surgical conditions in the famous two-page format that includes basics, diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and miscellaneous considerations. New topics covered in the 2006 edition include antithrombin deficiency; ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS); protein C. deficiency; protein S. deficiency; and prothrombin 20210 (mutation). The book includes more than 200 algorithms for diagnosis and treatment based on presenting signs and
Features:
• New topics covered in the 2006 edition include: — antithrombin deficiency — ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) — protein C. deficiency — protein S. deficiency — prothrombin 20210 (mutation)
2004/1392 pages/#0-7817-4308-7$59.95 PDA VERSION AVAILABLE! 2004/#0-7817-5190-5/$64.95
Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary
Diccionario Médico Español-Inglés Inglés-Español, 3RD EDITION
Onyria H. McElroy Lola L. Grabb
With the rapid growth of the Spanish-speaking population worldwide, this comprehensive communicator has become an indispensable resource for healthcare students and professionals everywhere. The third edition has been designed to give easier and faster access to over 20,000 comprehensive medical terms, technology-related medical terms, and medical abbreviations, plus definitions, translations, tips on pronunciation, signs and symptoms of common disorders, practical phrases used in daily communication with patients, and much more. The content has been fully updated by adding new medical terms ranging across the specialties of cardiology, immunology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, and neonatology — all fields noted for their new technical and procedural developments. You’ll also find these features and highlights— • A NEW full-color Anatomy Atlas featuring both English and Spanish labels
NEW
Edition!
• A to Z organization lets you locate any term quickly • Consent, Authorization, and Release forms to obtain easier communication with patients when research projects or procedures are done • Valuable Appendices include additional phrases focusing on HIV, AIDS, neonatology, and bioterrorism. • Updated design and organization improves overall readability and ease-of-use • Verb tables • And many more beneficial items
Also available in Print & CD Bundle CD-ROM features specialized search capabilities including:
• Browse on Index — automatically scrolls the Ato-Z entries as you type • Wildcard search — when youíre unsure of the exact spelling of the word you're looking for • Block, copy, and paste capability to easily transfer information from the CD to your documents.
February 2005/0-7817-5011-3/$35.95 Book May 2005/0-7817-6170-0/$59.95 Print/CD Bundle
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Medical Transcription Skill Builders Series
The Medical Transcription Skill Builders Series provides Sample Reports from various specialties to help medical transcription students and professionals with learning Medical Terminology, Transcription Practice, Proofreading and Editing skills. Each reference also includes a Bonus CD-ROM with an audio pronunciation glossary, questions and answer keys that are essential for building QA skills.
Creating Surgical Reports
Creating Surgical Reports is a "must have" reference that includes medical NEW! transcription exercises with physician dictation, surgical terminology with definitions to build readers' knowledge (including illustrations when applicable), and help users become efficient and productive in transcribing Surgical reports.
December 2005/0-7817-5518-2/$64.95
Creating Cardiology Reports
Creating Cardiology Reports is a reliable resource that is designed to help Medical NEW! Transcription professionals and students become efficient and productive in transcribing Cardiology reports.
August 2006/0-7817-5531-X/$64.95
Features:
• Nearly 50 comprehensive reports are included that will teach users how to transcribe accurate and reliable reports • Text and bonus CD-ROM include: — Medical transcription exercises with recorded dictation reports — Terminology with definitions to build readers’ knowledge including illustrations when applicable — Proofreading exercises to ensure the report is transcribed accurately — Editing exercises which involves correcting grammar errors made by the physician and rewriting the report to make doctors notes readable and understandable • Bonus CD-ROM installs to user’s hard drive • Audio Pronunciation Glossary is included • Question types include: multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching exercises, spelling bee, and more • Answer keys with errors are highlighted, and appropriate remediations are given for each section with audio-pronunciation for the medical terminology section on the CD-ROM • Valuable appendices
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Saving Keystrokes
Diana Rolland
The AAMT Book of Style
SECOND EDITION, ELECTRONIC
A Searchable Medical Transcription Style Guide
DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TRANSCRIPTION (AAMT)
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Every medical transcriptionist diligently searches for ways to work smarter and produce more with less. In response, a variety of programs (called abbreviation expanders, speedtyping software, word completion software, and a multitude of other names) NEW! have come into existence that allow users to reduce the amount of keystrokes needed to create medical documentation. However, there is no method in place for creating the abbreviations and macros that would allow you to get the full benefit of these programs! Medical transcriptionists have been forced to create macros and expansions in an unorganized and hard-to-remember manner. Until now— Saving Keystrokes, written for medical transcriptionists by a medical transcriptionist, is your comprehensive resource for learning how to develop your own comprehensive expander file. This reference helps you discover and implement tons of tips and techniques that will allow you to reduce your keystrokes for almost everything you type — all by following a simple, logical method of construction that you will remember. You’ll discover ways to easily manage some of the more tedious and complicated aspects of keyboarding, such as capitalization, symbols, headings, drugs, and numbers, through the use of expanders, along with methods for handling those predictable and not-so-unpredictable dictators. Practice and Test sections are integrated throughout the book to reinforce concepts and facilitate learning.
April 2005/0-7817-6107-7/$37.95
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AAMT Book of Style, 2nd Edition Electronic provides medical transcription professionals and students with hands on access to the content in the AAMT Book of Style, 2nd edition. This new format allows users to search, and find information as quickly as possible and apply it in NEW! their day-to-day activties, be it academically or professionally. The functionality is in a easy-to-use searchable interface including Browsing Index by topic and sub-topic, by category, Search by topic, the ability to Bookmark any topic, and other valuable features to ensure your work is accurate and represents the standards known in this market.
June 2005/0-7817-9420-X (Single User)/$79.95 0-7817-9930-9 (Multi-User)/$279.95
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The AAMT Book of Style
SECOND EDITION
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• Comprehensive index prepared by a professional indexer • Reworked and enhanced style points • Examples have been augmented for added clarity • Practical hints have been placed in the margins • Points of grammar, punctuation, and usage are identified • Designed to lie flat when open • Easy to read font style and format for quick reference
2002/0-935229-38-8/$89.00
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The AAMT Book of Style is a must have resource for medical transcriptionists, as well as medical language professionals and students. This great reference provides users with reliable information on points of grammar, punctuation, style, usage, editing, and much more. Recommended by the new AAMT Model Curriculum for all students and course work!
The first and only review guide for AAMT’s new CMT Certification Exam!
The CMT Review Guide
DEVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION
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With this systematic approach of review questions, the test candidate will gain the confidence and competency needed for successful exam preparation and performance.
Betty Honkonen, CMT, FAAMT Lea M. Sims, CMT, FAAMT — Editor
The CMT Review Guide is the first and only resource currently available that follows the outline of the American Association for Medical Transcription’s new Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) Exam.
Prepare yourself for success with highlights such as these—
• A complete checklist of learning objectives for each chapter to assist test candidates in tracking content preparation • A comprehensive resource section for each chapter to guide test candidates through systematic study of industry textbooks and references, including the AAMT Book of Style • Review questions to assess preparation level and identify knowledge and experience gaps for further review • A bonus CD-ROM packed with over 20 additional questions for each system chapter as well as dictation excerpts to enhance preparation for the transcription portion of the exam • Proofreading exercises to develop critical editing skills demanded in the industry and tested on the practical portion of the CMT exam. With a review guide this complete...it almost feels like cheating!
June 2005/0-7817-6000-3/$65.95
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Every core content area of the CMT exam is topically addressed in this text. In addition to transcription standards and style, English language rules and usage, healthcare record information, important medicolegal and privacy issues, and the healthcare record, the CMT Review Guide takes an organized approach to medical language by providing comprehensive review questions for each body system covering content such as anatomy/physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, and laboratory medicine.
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Stedman’s Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Kathy Rockel, CMT, FAAMT
Stedman’s Guide to the HIPAA Privacy Rule finally makes clear for medical transcription students and professionals the confusing legal issues that surround the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and how it relates to and affects their practice. This text proNEW! vides comprehensive information about the rule itself, how it affects service owners and independent contractors, implementation guidelines, and sample template contract language and sample policies. Special features help you learn the required principles of the HIPAA Privacy Rule in an easy-to-read style.
Stedman’s Guide to Idioms
Know the Lingo
Elaine Olson, CMT, FAAMT
As the saying goes, ‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.’ But does this common expression mean that all learning is dangerous? Or does it imply that incomplete knowledge can cause damage or misunderstanding?
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Every medical language professional knows that healthcare has a language of its own, plus a wide range of idioms, Americanisms, informal usages, and slang phrases. Such diversity can pose timeconsuming challenges—and risks of error—to medical transcriptionists and other medical language professionals at every skill level. Stedman’s Guide to Idioms brings meaning to the variety of medical language terminology and phrases used in healthcare. It’s an essential reference, providing authoritative content with clarity and accuracy for busy medical transcriptionists, students, court reporters, and other professionals who work with medical language. Additionally, this is a must-have resource for those who speak English as their second language, helping readers understand the intricacies of ‘Americanisms,’ informal and slang phrases that are often encountered in medical dictation.
March 2005/0-7817-5746-0/$35.95
Features include:
• Objectives which identify the most important concepts in each chapter • Summary boxes for key issues • Cautionary information • Mnemonics and other quick ways to remember important information • Case-based vignettes with real-world application intended to emphasize the practical application of the law in medical transcription • Chapter summaries • End-of-chapter critical thinking to encourage the reader to ponder and apply information— answers included in an appendix • Glossary of key terms This is a must have for every medical transcriptionist — student and professional — to ensure you are following the guidelines of HIPAA Privacy Rule as well as protecting the confidentiality of your documentation.
August 2005/0-7817-6301-0/$41.95
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Stedman’s Medical Terminology Flash Cards
Stedman's Medical Terminology Flash Cards are designed to enhance and enliven the process of learning medical terminology for both medical language professionals and students. From Stedman's, the authority on medical language and terminology, these Flash Cards are the perfect tool for independent study and skill development.
The Medical Transcriptionist’s Guide to Microsoft Word®
Make It Your Own
THIRD EDITION
Laura Bryan MT (ASCP), CMT
A Medical Transcriptionist’s Guide to Microsoft Word, 3rd Edition has been updated to include more shortcuts to help Transcriptionist maximize their use of Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word has grown to become the dominant word processing choice for transcription systems. This is an invaluable text for learning little-known keyboarding skills, tips, and techniques that can help medical transcriptionists save time, produce more work, and ultimately increase their income. Also includes a back-of-book CD-ROM that features tutorial videos (viewable with Windows Media Player or Quicktime) with step-by-step examples of complex and must-know processes.
2004/0-7817-5811-4/$49.95
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• 750 generously-sized 3x5 flash cards • Two distinct card types: – Over 950 prefixes, suffixes, and root words to help you learn the Building Blocks of Medical Terminology – Medical Terminology Word-Building Exercises with commonly-encountered medical terms so you can put your knowledge into practice • Easy-to-understand, concise definitions for each word or word part • Alphabetical and specialty indexes, so you can select the terms you want to study
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Make It Your Own Workbook
THIRD EDITION
Laura Bryan MT (ASCP), CMT
Stedman’s Medical Terminology Flash Cards on CD-ROM
The CD-ROM version features a variety of question types to emphasize understanding, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, spelling bee, matching exercises, figure labeling, and medical recordsbased questions; question selection by body system or specialty so you can cater studying to your specific needs; Study and Test Modes for both scored or unscored self-quizzing; a pronunciation glossary with over 600 medical terms and word parts; and coverage of advanced specialties such as oncology and radiology.
2004/0-7817-5730-4/$19.95 Print 2004/0-7817-6096-8/$24.95 CD 2004/0-7817-6097-6/$29.95 Print/CD Bundle
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MEDICAL CODING
Learning to Code with ICD-9-CM for Health Management and Health Services Administration 2006
Thomas J. Falen, MA, RHIA, LHRM Aaron Liberman, PhD
With this comprehensive, system-based approach text, you’ll learn the essential ICD-9-CM coding skills you need to succeed in your medical coding and billing careers. You’ll begin with an overview of the ICD-9-CM guidelines on coding practice and an introduction to medical records that will show you how to locate and apply medical codes accurately and efficiently.
You’ll find these features—and more—inside:
• Includes the National Center for Health Statistics new and revised ICD-9-CM codes for 2006 • Coverage of common signs and symptoms of diseases, diagnoses, procedures, and their ICD-9-CM codes, organized by body system • Instruction on how to code medical conditions and procedures from actual medical reports, including clinical resumes, history and physicals, progress notes, operative reports, lab work, X-rays, and more • Key information explaining how the coding process affects reimbursement • Chapter on Health Information Management and Managed Care that provides an understanding of the uses of coded information, as well as the importance of quality and compliance • Coding Tips and Red Flags, which present the most current “inside information” on ICD-9-CM coding • Coding Practice exercises designed to help strengthen your mastery of ICD-9-CM codes • Testing your Comprehension questions to help enhance and reinforce your knowledge of ICD-9-CM codes • Case Studies using actual medical reports to test your coding skills and, give you valuable practice working from the medical record • Ancillaries to support you and your students • Detailed illustrations help users to visally understand codes increasing their comprehensive process. Learning to Code with ICD-9 is your key to mastering the coding skills you need to become skilled in the field and will serve as a valuable resource throughout your educational and professional pursuits.
December 2005/755 pages/100 illustrations/0-7817-8234-1/$72.95
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0-7817-8065-9
• Answer keys to all coding exercises and review questions presented in the book • Additional Coding Practice II exercise in total (with supporting Medical Reports) • Over 300 additional test questions • Powerpoint Slides for Every Chapter
For the student:
• Answer key to Testing Your Comprehension questions • Answer key to Coding Practice II • General Coding Information and Updates • Links to other resources
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The Independent Medical Transcriptionist
A Comprehensive Guide for the Transcription Professional
4TH EDITION
Donna Avila-Weil, CMT and Mary Glaccum, CMT
The 4th edition offers even more tips, techniques, and information on: • Getting your independent medical transcription business off the ground • Successfully managing your ongoing business • Achieving the satisfaction and rewards that come from being an in-demand key player in the health care industry • Maximizing income by taking full advantage of all the tax-saving opportunities available only to business owners The latest edition also includes updates on telecommuting, global services, time-saving equipment, marketing tips, software, voice recognition, internet networking, professional issues, and more.
2002/480 pages/#1-8778-1052-5/$39.95
Professional Skillbuilding Wizard for Medical Transcription
M-TEC, Medical Transcription Education Center, Inc.
This comprehensive workbook makes learning the essential skills of medical transcription fast, easy, and fun! Developed by medical language experts, the workbook contains exercises for Continuing Education, Skills Refinement, Certification Preparation, and Employee Assessments in medical terminology, sentence structure, anatomy, laboratory medicine testing, proofreading assessments. The workbook also features articles on professional development and technology which can be used in a classroom setting or to enhance personal professional knowledge.
(Continuing Education Credits available with prior approval from the American Association for Medical Transcription.)
2001/212 pages/#0-7817-5360-0/$49.95
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Human Diseases, 2E H&P: A Nonphysician's Guide to the Medical History and Physical Examination
3RD EDITION
Health Professions Institute John H. Dirckx, MD
This invaluable textbook and desk reference explains the history and physical report step by step, demystifying the language of physicians. It aids both novice and experienced transcriptionists in deciphering difficult dictation and can be used as a study aid for credentialing exams. It is essential for anyone handling or interpreting healthcare records--in the classroom or on the job. Each chapter contains comprehensive exercises that build vocabulary, increase understanding of medical concepts, and develop critical thinking and decision-making skills. The book includes hundreds of excerpts from authentic H & P reports; a glossary of words and phrases not found in standard references; and photos and anatomical drawings.
2001/0-934385-34-3/$32.00
Health Professions Institute John H. Dirckx, MD
Human Diseases, Second Edition, in an all-new workbook format, is an easy-to-use desk reference on the diseases most commonly encountered in dictation, including causes, symptoms, diagnostic tests, diagnoses, and treatment regimens. Students, teachers, and anyone preparing for credentialing exams will appreciate the enhanced exercise section, including review questions and suggestions for varied and interesting learning Chapter outlines, learning objectives, labeled illustrations, boxes on word origins, glossary, and a comprehensive index round out this newly revised workbookstyle text.
2004/0-934385-38-6/$36.00
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THE STUDENT BUNDLE INCLUDES: Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition with Bonus CD-ROM — with over 107,000 entries and over 1,500 illustrations. CD-ROM includes Stedman’s Spellchecker and over 300 LifeART® MediClip images Stedman’s Anatomy & Physiology Words, 2nd Edition — with over 48,000 entries! Organized for fast and easy look-up, this reliable word book features an appendix with anatomical illustrations and tables of muscles, ligaments, tendons, arteries, nerves, and bones. Quick Look Drug Book 2006 — the most complete and concise drug reference you’ll need. You’ll find thousands of drugs listed alphabetically, cross-referenced by band name and synonyms and up to ten points of information for each drug, from generic and brand names to therapeutic category and dosages. Stedman’s Medical Speller, 4th Edition — fully cross-referenced for easy look up by first and last word. Includes general medical terminology, plus appendix sections featuring medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms. Everything you need to start your career on the right track starts right here. Order today!
2006/#0-7817-9478-1/$99.95
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BASIC TRAINING 101
Coloring Guide to Human Anatomy
3RD EDITION
Alan Twietmeyer, PhD and Thomas McCracken, MS
This coloring guide serves as an extremely effective tool for students learning human anatomy through the act of coloring. The latest edition is organized by system and the information is reorganized so that text is found on the left-hand pages and the corresponding illustrations on right-hand pages.
2001/200 pages/196 illustrations/#0-7817-3042-2/ $26.95
Memmler’s The Human Edition! Body in Health and Disease
10TH EDITION
Barbara Janson Cohen, BA, MSEd
This widely read classic is an excellent primer on normal anatomy and physiology, as well as an introduction to the human disease process. The well-organized text is presented in a manner that is easily digested and retained. Information covers normal and abnormal anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, basic microbiology, and chemistry. A beautifully revised design includes the addition of numerous photographs, photomicrographs and anatomical line drawings that will engage students and help them easily learn A&P.
Softcover Text: February 2005/ 504 pp./ 255 illus./ 0-7817-4232-3/ $41.95 Study Guide also available: 0-7817-5172-1/ $22.95 Text and Study Guide Package: 0-7817-6207-3/ $57.95
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11TH EDITION
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Anne Agur, BSc (OT), MSc, PhD and Arthur F. Dalley II, PhD
For more than 60 years, students have made Grant's Atlas of Anatomy the centerpiece of their anatomy lab experience. Now in its 11th Edition, this classic atlas continues to provide students with accurate anatomical images presented in an effective, clinically relevant manner. Organized by body region, this atlas presents anatomy in a sequence that unfolds as though you’re performing the dissection. Thus, you have a clear, accurate roadmap as you proceed through anatomy lab. As an added bonus, Grant’s also comes packaged with a student version of Dynamic Human Anatomy, an interactive electronic supplement which includes all of the illustrations from the 11th Edition of Grant's, as well as USMLE-style review questions in anatomy.
2005/848 pages/softbound/#0-7817-4255-2/$68.95 2005/848 pages/casebound/#0-7817-4256-0/$99.00
Memmler's Structure and Edition! Function of the Human Body
8TH EDITION
Barbara Janson Cohen, BA, MSEd and Jason James Taylor, BSc, MSc
The 8th edition of this widely read classic is an excellent primer on normal anatomy and physiology and the interrelationships between structure and function. Renowned for presenting information in an engaging and reader-friendly style, Memmler’s Structure and Function of the Human Body continues to set the standard for excellence, with features and art that are unsurpassed. A beautifully revised interior with an updated and expanded art program includes numerous new photographs, photomicrographs, and anatomical line drawings that will enhance readability and learning retention.
Softcover Text: March 2005/390 pp./ 258 illus/ 0-7817-4233-1/ $39.95 Study Guide available: 0-7817-5185-3/ $21.95 Text and Study Guide Package: 0-7817-6206-5/ $55.95
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A Regional Atlas of the Human Body 4TH EDITION
Carmine Clemente, PhD
Using the beautiful Sobotta images, this atlas is perfect for learning basic regional anatomy.
1997/580 pages/1009 illus./#0-683-01733-0/$61.95
Acland’s Video & DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy
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American Medical Association Manual of Style
9TH EDITION
The primary standard for many publishers in the medical and scientific communities, this edition covers all aspects of manuscript preparation, ethical and legal considerations, editorial assessment and processing, style and format, abbreviations, nomenclature, measurement and quantitation, correct usage, and more. AMA Manual of Style, 9th Edition also includes a complete glossary of publishing terms along with an extensive section devoted to writing/publishing-related resources.
Writing and Publishing in Medicine
3RD EDITION (Previously Titled How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences)
Edward J. Huth, MD, MACP, FRCP Former Editor, ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
This practical, “how-to” guide for effective writing in the medical sciences offers a solid sense of direction for the writing-to-publication process. Designed for novice and veteran writers alike, this mainstay of the professional medical wordsmith's shelf has been revised, refreshed, and reorganized to reflect today's fast-paced publishing environment and sensibilities. • Five main sections: Before Writing, The Content and Format of Papers, Writing and Revising, You and the Journal, and Books • Specific suggestions on reporting several types of research: clinical trials, observational studies, and reports of laboratory research • Chapters on writing and editing a book and the difficulties nonanglophone authors face when writing in English
1999/348 pages/casebound/#0-683-40447-4/$35.95
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• Expanded chapter on legal and ethical concerns in publishing • Extensive chapter on statistics, featuring a section on study design • Specific chapter on nomenclature • Current policies for eponyms and numbers style • Larger references section, including style recommendations for electronic references • Expanded discussion of inclusive language and abbreviations • Broadened coverage of tables and figures • Comprehensive typography section
1998/casebound/#0-683-40206-4/$42.95
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