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hip-puh
its pronounced
hip-ah
hip-ah
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mindquick
well hip-ah is a better way to write how i say it. sounds pretty much the same as hip-puh
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mindquick
thanks!
pronounced like the feminine version of hippo.
Just say, Health insurance portability and accountability act ( i think)!!
yep...thats what it stands for! damn HMOs
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Except change that o to an a...
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mindquick
OK now i'm more confused than ever. is it high-puh or high-pay? i don't want to embarass myself in front of the med students on next week.
It's hip-puh. And it has nothing to do with HMOs, btw. 😕
HIP-PUH, that's h-short i-pp-schwa
Geez guys, can't you see that there are two "A"s?
It's pronounced Hip-uh-uh. 😎
It's pronounced Hip-uh-uh. 😎
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Blade28
The better question is, why are you guys worrying about this now? 🙂
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Blade28
Remember the AHSME in high school? Was always pronounced "ash-me."
OK, I'm a nerd. 🙁
OK, I'm a nerd. 🙁
No I don't. You truly are a nerd. Maybe we should just PM since we are just going back and forth on threads, haha.
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Blade28
Last post for a while, promise.
AHSME = American High School Mathematics Examination. Followed by the AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination).
Hip...Hipa...Hipaapotamus?
Not to wander off subject, but JCAHO has changed its name officially to just Joint Commission. They'll still drive you just as crazy though
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More people misspell HIPAA more than they do mispronouncing it. (common misspelling is HIPPA)
Brett /Farv/ from Favre.
Not to wander off subject, but JCAHO has changed its name officially to just Joint Commission. They'll still drive you just as crazy though
I agree, I was on a floor volunteering for an entire semester (mid Jan to the last week of April). Every week I was told the JCAHO was possibly going to be there next week. They never showed, as far as I know, over that period. I was peaking around corners, making sure no one was there to pick me off. I heard from several nurses and the coordinator that they like to talk to volunteers.
And to respond to LifetimeDoc, since I still can't figure out how to quote more than one person at the same time, if its even possible, that kind of irks me when I see HIPPA, haha. People then try to give the meaning of the acronym and its usually horrendous.
And to respond to LifetimeDoc, since I still can't figure out how to quote more than one person at the same time, if its even possible, that kind of irks me when I see HIPPA, haha. People then try to give the meaning of the acronym and its usually horrendous.
It helps if you think about the P in Accountability as being silent. 😉
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Yeah, I'm wondering myself where all of this HMO business came from. I think a bunch of y'all need to google HIPAA and read up on it...because more so than mispronouncing it is not even understanding what it is.
you always give him all the easy ones!!!!!
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mindquick
i think i might have violated it in my personal statement...
Did you give any identifying information such as DOB, full name, social security number, institution treated at, etc.? You should be fine if you said Nancy came into the hospital and crashed infront of my eyes. Dr So and So revived her and I knew I wanted to be a doctor from then on.
