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Like I said, I'll take my decade of first-hand knowledge of her over

Posted By: your less than professional presentation! NM on 2006-04-02
In Reply to: LOLOL--business owner - me

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    Please don't post what you have no first-hand knowledge of. sm
    It just makes it difficult to sort through what is true and what is not.
    Right hand and left hand dictated on same report.
    dd
    because the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing... EVER! that's how.
    xx
    EMR has been around for over a decade...
    It took forever to catch on because the hospitals and docs did not have the technology and didn't budget for it...don't blame Obama because the medical industry is finally catching up.
    EMR and Transcritpion can go hand-in-hand

    IMO, until the old docs retire, they will use EMR and transcribed reports hand-in-hand.  There is no reason to totally go away from dictation, since typed reports can (and probably are already) be added to the EMR system.   


     


    Starting in 2011 when the big roll-out starts, until 2015 when Medicare/Medicaid penalties go into effect for any doctors not using EMR, there should be no dramatic change in the number of MT jobs.  After 2015, I believe that as Transcriptionists retire, those jobs will simply not be replaced.  It may mean medical transcription schools will have fewer people to train starting in 2015 because of the decline in NEW transcription positions, but current Medical Transcriptionists should be able to retire from this field, if they want to.  JUST MY OPINION. 


     


    Here is an interesting article giving the pros and cons of both EMR and transcription from a doctor's point of view. 


     


     


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    Returned after a decade away from MT
    I was in my own house and the div was proceeding. Now, I needed a job. Had been an MT from age 19 to 33 years of age. Only made sense to return since I had no other skills that could earn me a decent income. MQ and QA got me back here.


    oh, you made my decade!!!
    My stated my sentiments very well! The only other thing I would add is that with CB at her side, D went down hill fast. Something about lying down with fleas comes to mind...
    Stated Goal: Eliminate MTs this decade

    Most are already aware (it is pretty obvious), but because some still refuse to open their eyes, I am posting the below from the Nuance website.  It is actually a timeline of the Dictaphone Corporation's history, which is pretty interesting and goes back to Alexander Graham Bell.


    Still, I find it noteworthy that they state in no uncertain terms that they want to "eliminate most manual transcription for healthcare in North America this decade."


    "A major development took place in February 2006 when Burlington-Massachusetts-based Nuance Communications announced that it would acquire Dictaphone in a cash deal worth $357 million. In a news release Nuance Chairman and CEO Paul Ricci commented on the acquisition, which was completed by the end of March, stating: 'The combined resources, experience and talents of Nuance and Dictaphone will help accelerate the adoption of speech recognition to eliminate most manual transcription for healthcare in North America this decade, delivering over $5 billion in savings to care facilities and transcription service organizations.'


    Under new parentage, Dictaphone was named a division of Nuance--the Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions division--and Schwager was named its president.


    gosh -- it's been over a decade since I've heard of anyone being sued ....
    I could understand if they wanted to fire people who they felt were bad actors or had bad atttitudes, but I've never understood how/why they'd sue individuals for expressing their opinion -- unless they could prove that there was deliberate misrepresentation going on --- and I personally cannot imagine why anyone would try to make any MT company look artificially worse -- so many have such real problems -- like overstaffing, crappy platforms, lousy supervisors, crazy-making QA departments -- endlessly -- and so on

    I remember when I first started with a national years ago (not TT) and discovering that they had sued MTs for posting over at MT Daily -- I couldn't imagine why they'd bother. Even then there was more competition for really good workers (who might chose to work elsewhere based on some internet postings) than there seems to be these days ...

    What a waste! Better they all clean up their practices and spend the money doing some employee satisfaction polling ...
    If you'll read through past posts you'll find lots of
    recent info.  Why do you need menitoring if you already work as an MT.  Unless you do clinic work most companies will require you to work at least one weekend day, at least initially. 
    I have seen this first hand with my own BIL
    who is an M.D. He fired his own MT (IC) because he got a voice recognition program and decided to do it himself to save $. Like he needs to pinch pennies. He let her go after 10 years and sits at home doing it himself. Then tells me I should think of another career path because I am going to lose my job to his new program, hahaha! That was 2 years ago and my national still bothers me every weekend to work.
    On the other hand...
    We could all be totally thrilled and happy with the "new and improved" Medquist about to be unveiled. I'm staying POSITIVE!
    W2s in hand?
    Well, that is good to know, but who is going to monitor them, the W2 police? What is our recourse if we don't get them on time? It is aggravating to be ready to file returns and have to wait.
    On the other hand

    Most of us don't have much choice where to buy our water, natural gas or electricity. But hospitals can shop around until they get the transcription on the cheap.  And some well-thought-of MTSOs are losing accounts that have been totally satisfied with the work, because some other MTSO promises the client pie in the sky, 99.9% accuracy, 1-hour TAT at a real bargain price.  Might take the hospital quite a while to discover you should *love the one you're with*. 


    Some of us have had an experience with deregulation of public utilities in our areas.  A small natural gas provider offers cheap rates on gas, using the big company's transmission system.  You sign up, then within a month or two the little company *discovers* it can't afford to sell the gas at those rates and has to raise its prices.  Sounded like a good deal at the time, but getting un-signed up and back with the company you never should have dropped is a real hassle. 


    Not unlike what happens when a hospital gets courted by a new MTSO and finds that the price is nice but the quality stinks, because it is either bad VR, or offshore outsourced.  Have you ever noticed that a client hospital gets super picky about QA issues that never were a problem before?  This is how they justify breaking a contract before it's up, to go with the cheaper company. 


    On the other hand
    They hope that we're all sheepish enough to make nice with them until they get the accounts transitioned over, so even if they may not care if we stay or if we go, they're pompously (but probably accurately) assuming enough will stay to make the transition smooth FOR THE CLIENT.

    Glad I'm not one that will be helping out in this regard.

    I figured one good turn deserves another and walked on MDI-MD immediately.

    I hope this has 'FAIL' stamped all over it.

    Enjoy your $16 mil, D...I hope you're sent on a slow boat to India to spend it.


    Not to my knowledge...nm
    nm
    I have some knowledge..
    How long have you been there and why are you not happy there?
    OSi and knowledge
    I think that many of you who challenge the skill level of those working at OSi are full of sour grapes.  I think just like any company OSi has a variable learning curve of skills in both MTs and Editors.  Everyone comes into their job from a different knowledge base, whether it is formerly working in-house, formerly working on a clinic account or just out of school.  I think all of us need to be more tolerant and help others move on an upward curve rather than a downward one.  By the way, I love working for OSi and I have been there for almost 4 years now and I have always found everyone to be helpful.
    To the best of my knowledge
    everyone has been paid. Don't know why no one else has posted this fact. It is notable that no one posted the company's name, which I think suggests a certain loyalty as they have been a very responsible employer.
    To the best of my knowledge sm
    They have everything traditional on Extext. Some ASR is on eScription, some on Nuance. Standard XP computer is fine and Word 2000 or 2003, and I didn't read the ad, but whatever they said.

    You'll love it, I sure do.
    Not to my knowledge, but I don't know everything that goes on. sm
    I do know that I have a great account and can get 300 lph, so the money is good. cpl rate is better than most as well.
    Hold my hand??? sm
    How about returning my calls instead of hiding behind the answering machine!! How about answering one of my dozen emails!! Give it up Lee. You're just making the obvious more obvious.
    Yep!! I have experienced that first hand.
    On more than one occasion, the company I worked for knew that I had worked 22 days in a row without a day off. They were so back logged and desperate that their response to me (CEO's response) was so, I've worked 24.
    Right hand does not know what the left is doing!!
    nm
    You obviously have your hand in AAMT...sm
    or HIS or you wouldn't post ignorant stuff like this. If you don't have anything supportive to say, don't say anything at all.
    Aren't we all. Why do you think someone should just hand
    9
    They sold off what they have. They might have more on hand, but I think that sm
    once it's gone, it's gone.


    So, no they do not provide equipment. They sold what they had for dirt cheap. Some accounts need it, some don't. If they have it, they will sell it to you very cheap, if they don't you have to find your own.

    Okay, now calm down, it's okay. I see a hand too sm
    when I have the message open, then scroll down to see the list, it is pointing to the one I have open. Do they have rooms with a view there?
    The Mysterious Hand
    Oh thank goodness someone else sees it.  I have never noticed this before, and I have been coming on this forum for months now.  Yes, there is a window view, and we only have to wear the straight jackets in the afternoon to give the staff a break
    Gotta hand it to ya
    :)
    No your hand is up, because apparently
    you think it's normal for somebody not to be able to spell the name of the company they work for. Sorry, my hand is down because I agree that's a little weird. Sorry if that offends, people, I just think it's strange.


    Raise your hand... SM
    ...if you work for Acusis and your pay was cut during today's conference call.
    Me to, I sit there with 1 hand on the mouse and the other on the
    keyboard, reading along. When a correction is necessary, I put the cursor in that spot and make the correction and read on.
    I never use shortcuts and I cannot imagine that this would speed me up.
    Second hand information s/m
    My DIL works for them  and  has for some years.  She seems pretty happy, says as long as you do what you're suppose to do no problems.  She said she very rarely runs out of work.  I've never worked for them myself.
    A bird in the hand..... nm
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    Shannon may have tried to help, but her knowledge
    was too limited.  The only one I can rely on for help or a half way honest answer is Terri in the office, but I do not know if she is a teamleader or not.
    No direct knowledge but
    There's a message on the Career Step board by someone who says pay is late and by Paypal. Don't know about the rest but the Paypal payroll would be enough to turn me off.
    Not to my knowledge. My account
    right now has a backlog, as does a fellow MT's on a different account. I have NO idea what account this person has been on, but I have worked for MDI-MD two different times (took a few years off when I had a baby) and have NEVER run out of work. They're a great place to work, and you can get a secondary account in the off chance that your primary ever runs out of work.
    Well... it is common knowledge
    that the whole QA department is the laughingstock of the industry. What a joke... unbelievable. They wrote the book on inside politics. You never get promoted with this company unless you are in the right clique. Truly the blind leading the blind. Coordinators aren't even that bad. QA department in a league of its own. Now that I'm gone I can look back and laugh - really laugh. LOL LOL
    I don't have any person knowledge of them, but
    at least I can't remember hearing a lot of terrible things about them. Give them a try. Might work out great for you.


    ANYONE WITH SPHERIS KNOWLEDGE.. PLEASE..
    Is there anyone out there who has current working knowledge of Spheris?  Hospital just sold off to them, all the employees given little to no information.. they said they only send stuff to India on a third shift basis if needed... Please reply if you have had any current experience with them, either good or bad...  such as hours, flexibility, any information would be greatly appreciated.. thanks again all MTs out there...  cindy  
    Knowledge is power!

    I just wanted to thank you all for sharing.  Every opinion and every point of view are valuable.  The truth really will set us free --eventually.


    If you'll read the archives you'll find out everything
    you want to know, none of it good.
    My feeling exactly. I can count on 1 hand

    the number of times I haven't helped out when they have gotten backlogged, usually without being asked with never a thank you, but an e-mail or phone call asking me to do extra the next day and then the next.   I've always pulled my share and then some.  I don't care about a gift or even a card, but if I do my 40 hours/committed line that should be enough.   They aren't paying me when there isn't any work.  


    Ultimately it comes down to they don't care if I'm sick or I have a life or not, they just want the lines done.  They didn't used to be that way, or at least they would offer incentives, which they rarely do now.   I can't stand threats about losing accounts.  If isn't my fault if they lose it.   If another MT is not doing her share don't ask me to pick up the slack. 


    ooops, my expander got out of hand..lol - nm
    nm
    Until money is in hand, yes, we have been stiffed.
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    I'm not the one needing my hand held, now am I?
    NM
    A bird in the hand, well you know the rest
    probably. A place would never want to hear let me work a little while longer but as soon as I find something that fits I will dump you. I would have worked another job in some way, at least on a part-time basis, while getting out of the VR business. Good luck.
    bird in the hand my butt sm
    Do you call working for $5 an hour a bird in the hand? I was trying to be nice and give notice. I'm thrilled they said no. Now I can do whatever.......but not work as a slave. That is below minimum wage.
    Biting the hand that feeds you.......... sm
    Sometimes that is all one has to eat! LOL

    The MT field is transforming at an alarming rate and will soon require fewer MTs. I think it is time to open our eyes and really look at where we are now in comparison to 10 years ago and apply that difference to the next 10 years and try to project whether this field will still supply a viable income then. Personally, I don't think it will, and I don't think it will take 10 years to see that. Offshoring, EMR and VR are rapidly replacing the American MT, and if we continue to sit here at our keyboards with blinders on, we may be caught in a situation more desparate than the one we are in now.

    I wish everyone, whether they choose to stay or choose to go, the very best of luck and good fortune.
    I work for this company. To my knowledge, my DD's have ... SM
    A-L-W-A-Y-S been in the bank on time and usually early, and I have worked for this cmopany for nearly 5 years.

    Now, I don't know what happened to affect the DD this time, and I myself have not gotten my check as of noon on the day after payday. However, I do live out of state, and I know for a fact that someone who lives closer to the office that I do has already received hers.

    Can we not just give the company the benefit of the cout this one time? Can we not, just this once, accept tha maybe an error occurred, or an emergency, or some other mishap, and wait and see if everything works out to our advantage by the next pay period? Saying that this company should not be in business is really jumping the gun!

    I have a feeling that if you have automatic withdrawals that are affected by this situation, if you will talk to management, they will probably work with you with some kind of a reimbursement. They have always been more than fair with me in anything I have ever asked.

    I realize that paydays are not to be fooled around with, but come on, haven't they A-L-W-A-Y-S paid us correctly?