Re: Gen: Medical Records

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Tue Jun 24 20:04:58 2008


In a message dated 6/24/08 3:31:00 PM, cchamber@embarqmail.com writes:

> Actually, when we were residents, that argument came up. One of the
> residents researched the phrase and found that biweekly can mean either every two
> weeks or twice weekly. For that reason, our division had to make changes to NST
> ordering forms to avoid the confusion. 
>

Pretty interesting. It CAN (minority view, apparently) mean twice a week.

Definitions of biweekly on the Web: • Issued twice a month. Thus, published every two weeks. Compare Semiweekly. http://www.usd.edu/library/instruction/glossary.shtml • Twice weekly or monthly (as opposed to every 2 weeks, every 2 months etc). http://www.101newsletteranswers.com/n_glosry.htm • means every other week; semiweekly means twice a week. http://www.buffalostate.edu/collegerelations/x855.xml • once every two weeks; type of payroll period that can be used in the percentage of wage-bracket method of withholding http://www.onlinepayrollguide.com/opg/glossary.html • semiweekly: occurring twice a week • a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) • fortnightly: occurring every two weeks wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn • In publishing, biweekly is a reference to an event that occurs once every two weeks. An example of a biweekly event would be the production of some magazines that have lower subscription numbers or budgets than the more common weekly printings, but a content or circulation making the more usual ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biweekly • Every two weeks. http://www.thescriptorium.net/glossary.html

Joe P.





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