Yes, I agree with you, and the poster below.

Nice rant. Agree completely. [2008-09-06]
I know what you mean. My sister and I both work for the Q and sometimes we'll get together and start bellyaching. It's nice to have someone who's going through it too.

I agree [2008-09-05]
I had one like this a while back and I started leaving everything in and sending a note to QA. I got into trouble for this, butI emailed PS that I do not type free paragraphs and either they can: Not give me this dictator anymore (ha!), speak with the dictator about it (anotherha!),or just fire me as I get this dictator at least 4 times a day and I, again, refuse to type for free. I also invited my PS to actually listen to a whole dictation of this dictator and then tell me I need to type and delete. This was a year ago and I have not heard anymore about it ANDshortlyafterI didnot get this dictator again (I think he moved on).

I agree with Belle01. You are not alone. [2008-09-04]
Prayers and hugs to you. I feel your pain. I hope we ALL get through this.I do not think it is fair thatsome MT's get to be happy and some are miserable. Just not right.Bad management.

I agree that MQ needs to keep their staff happy. If you watch the video on QTube [2008-09-04]
at MQCentral and go toTown Hall Meeting (4th one down), he states that for the last three years the company has tried to grow.He stateswe NEED ALL U.S. MT's and wants to Higher every MT we can domestically every month. He also states, Supply declining in the US and we LOVE AND NEED ALL OF OUR DOMESTIC TRANSCRIPTIONISTS IN THE U.S. AND WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE. He also states, We have an active recruiting program andlook to find ways to higher more transcriptionists. The company should focus on how to keep the MT's they have.GET A CLUE. He also states that MQ has about 40-50 MILLION sitting in a bank. Well then, start giving out raises to the MT's every year, especially the MT's who have not had a raise in 5-10 YEARS. My gosh, GET A CLUE. Then the company would not have to spend money and find more ways on how to higher more MTs. TRY AND KEEP THE ONES YOU HAVE. The Board of Directors allget raises EVERY YEAR PLUS HUGE, HUGE BONUSES and if it was not for us MT's, ME's, QA's, they would not be making the money they are making. It makes me sick to my stomach even writing this. Sorry for misspelled words. Gotta go.

I agree that MQ needs to keep their staff happy. If you watch the video on QTube [2008-09-04]
at MQCentral and go toTown Hall Meeting (4th one down), he states that for the last three years the company has tried to grow.He stateswe NEED ALL U.S. MT's and wants to Higher every MT we can domestically every month. He also states, Supply declining in the US and we LOVE AND NEED ALL OF OUR DOMESTIC TRANSCRIPTIONISTS IN THE U.S. AND WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE. He also states, We have an active recruiting program andlook to find ways to higher more transcriptionists. The company should focus on how to keep the MT's they have.GET A CLUE. He also states that MQ has about 40-50 MILLION sitting in a bank. Well then, start giving out raises to the MT's every year, especially the MT's who have not had a raise in 5-10 YEARS. My gosh, GET A CLUE. Then the company would not have to spend money and find more ways on how to higher more MTs. TRY AND KEEP THE ONES YOU HAVE. The Board of Directors allget raises EVERY YEAR PLUS HUGE, HUGE BONUSES and if it was not for us MT's, ME's, QA's, they would not be making the money they are making. It makes me sick to my stomach even writing this. Sorry for misspelled words. Gotta go.

Agree. New CEO's background managed onshore and offshore productivity. What does that tell you?n [2008-09-04]
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I agree. [2008-09-04]
This is exactly why I quit. What makes it worse, I think, are the lies told when they first hire you...like hours are flexible for one. You are also right, now I will get negative replies.

I agree: who made BOS "God," anyway? nm [2008-09-02]
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I have to agree. ASR is EQUALLY as dangerous... [2008-08-27]
as canned text; however, we are being told weCANNOT use canned text (which will increase our salaries), but we MUST use ASR (which will decrease it). They are both tools, equally as effective, equally as dangerous, but we can only use the one that benefits MQs bottom line. Nice.

good one and agree. nm [2008-08-27]
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I totally agree. I don't post often...-sm [2008-08-26]
but I feel that this needs to be said. There were times back in the good ole days that I could do 6000 lines in one day (not a typo) when I really needed the money and there was one of the great bonuses out. I could regularly do 400 lines an hour with most report types, and 500 lines an hour with ERs. My bonus rate was WELL over $30 an hour, and that was including the time I had to take to send in my reports every hour, etc. I once again repeat that not only the company devalues our skills, but so do we. A good medical Transcriptionist is WAY MORE than just a typist. To prove this point, I will once again point out that I am now in my third year of medical school, less than 24 months away from my M.D. I am doing this while working two jobs (both as a transcriptionist), which of course leaves very little time to study. I am one of the top 10 students in my class. I have passed the USLME (United States Medical Licensing Exam) essetially without studying (I have friends who have failed 3 times already). And all of this is based upon the knowledge I have gleaned from being a transcriptionist. If the company is going to insist on making this a minimum-wage job, then I think all of us highly-educated, dedicated professional transcriptionists should move into other fields, such as M.D., P.A., R.N., etc., where our skills are valued, and leave the field to the other minimum-wage earners (burger-flippers., etc.) who generally cannot put a complete sentence together.

I agree we deserve a decent living wage [2008-08-25]
But I do not agree with short changing the client to get it. If you aren't making it at one job, move on. And no, if MQ loses accts it is because the clients did not get what they want. the bottom line is your responsibility to perform the job you were hired for, not the job you want to do. If, indeed, MQ loses the clients, they will have to sit up and take notice.

I actually agree with you to a certain extent [2008-08-21]
this job allowed which made the fact that we never receive cost of living raises, but rather continual cut in pay is history as well. Hello!! We have to clock in our own living rooms (or spare bedroom..or garage..wherever your office is)..and are kept to an extremely tight 8 hour per day schedule, even though we are paid by production. So that argument went out the window with E-time and the 25 chiefs I answer to.

I agree [2008-08-20]
We were told to send support info about ASR not learning, etc.. but since I can't seem to find out how to contact support and don't get paid to do this, I guess I won't be sending them an e-mail or calling. .

The poster is trying to say basically that they [2008-08-19]
Yes, it used to be easy to do, but any QA who is being careful should not have it happen very often. Especially since it is a horrible negative feedback and message which really hurts the innocent MTs, its no excuse anymore. Slow down and be careful, as its a careless mistake for QA to make. While it might not impact the patient record itself, it obviously can crush the spirit of the MT, at least for the day they receive the wrong feedback. Also, its a sign that QA is being careless. If you can hit that key wrong, who knows what else could be wrong. Just a reminder to slow down and be careful, MT feedback included. Why hurt someone for no reason? Encourage, don't crush.

You're the only nasty poster in the entire thread. [2008-08-15]
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Totally agree... (nm) [2008-08-15]
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I agree [2008-08-14]
Common sense would almost tell you to check it but if they never explained it to us properly say in an email whenever people were trained on it not everyone would know the proper way of signing off. I was told about it in docuscribe training session but I guess that could have been missed by some since those sessions can be somewhat boring.Since being on docuscribe now for about 4 years I have never really heard so much about it as I am lately. I would hear aboutit here and there a while back but not to this extent. Maybe more newbies not knowing about it is causing more of this to happen??

I agree [2008-08-14]
one of my exsupervisors sent an email out stating that you should not be logged in to etime while notphysically typing. it was as descriptive to say you should not be eating at the computer askeystrokesare counted while you are logged into docuscribe and E time and it couldlower your pay rate such as for pto. This was after he found out people were being logged in for 8 hours but actually working only 5 hours!This was about 6 months after statutory turned employees. I do not know about the rest of you but every 6 months my PTO rate is either a little higher or lower than before so after those experienceswhat is thebig deal about logging offbecause like you said you are not typing the whole time. I am just replayingthe voice pedal and maybe filling in a blank.

Not that poster, but I think she's looking [2008-08-10]
at the company as a whole - as in if everyone were to *steal* $80 from the company (if there still are 9000 MTs), that would be $720,000 companywide.

OP, original poster, said she got jobs back that the [2008-08-09]
If a client returns a report to MQ, it goes on the MT file and is most definitely counted against an MT. Have several reports returned from the client for errors, and you can be dismissed. If QATL was just going over old reports that is a different story.But if job gets returned from the client because they were unhappy with it, its weighted heavily against the MT. Most accounts get refunds and credit for returned reports, so MQ does not consider it no big deal. You have your MT jobs and I have mine, and one should not just laugh at getting your work returned from the client.

I agree. I'll leave pretty much the second my paycheck declines, but not before. [2008-08-08]
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agree [2008-08-06]
I agree with you. So many comments have been made about clients not caring if it is done offshore. My experience is physicians are for the most part very very picky about their work. My Quality Assurance Lead is constantly sending E-mails on specific complaints and specific requests made by individual doctors on how they want their work done. If there notes are not accurate, it could be a liability for them if taken to court, and the last thing they want to do is spend their extra time proofing their notes as they would prefer to send that extra time with the patient. They want a service that will save them that time by having confidence in the services quality of work generated to them. For the most part, they do care and want the most accurate work done for them. I worked in-house for many years for a facility of over 400 physicians and dealt with doctors on a daily basis picking apart the littlest errors in their work aiming for complete accuracy. If accounts go to Cbay and are done in India, I hope they have pretty darn good QA specialists.

I agree [2008-08-05]
Just days before the major cut backs, first lower management, then QA, their jobs were secure asper upper management. Days later, they were gone. QA was not even given the choice to remain with the company as an MT. Oh yeah, I believe him, NOT!

I agree with this. [2008-08-05]
What else is there to do. Why not give it a try. My pay has already decreased and should notcontinue. The latest email from MQ does not state who CEO would be and from the article below, it is Kumar along with the other five proposed directors that was mentioned in the email and in the article below.Also some parts of the article below was also in the MQ email. That bothers me. Ialso will takeemails. http://www.hemscott.com/news/static/rna/item.do?newsId=65753801837046

hope you're blanking the h___ out of the jerk's report [2008-09-06]
I'm sorry, but that's all these idiots deserve -- sure, I really feel sorry for QA having to struggle through as well, but you can't tell me that they realize one iota of how crappy they're dictating -- I'm tired of making under minimum wage per hour trying to make sense of them. If we were compensated as we should be for difficult dictators like we once were supposed to be but even that was somewhat of a crock then I would put the effort into it, but it's just not worth it and management just doesn't care. If they did they would stand up for the crap that we MTs have to put up with. Bottom line, the suits want their huge salaries and take the credit for the company's success, but they sure don't want to acknowledge that there wouldn't be a company if it weren't for the MTs who have been shoved to the bottom rung of the ladder for respect and crappy compensation for what we're subject to on a daily basis. I wish some MTs would bring a law suit against them for physical and emotional ailments, which I'm sure every single one of us who works at MQ has because of the hoops they subject us to and just keep on pushing and nit-picking about crap that they shouldn't be caring about. It's money, money, money and the MT doesn't fit into the equation when it comes to the compensation part of it. Do any of you remember when the bonuses were really simple and they were really motivating for you to want to put in more time as it was really feasible to attain them -- now, the bonuses read like a legal document -- there is no fricking sense for that -- they want the work out of us and then pull the plug when we get right to attaining the bonus knowing full well that it's impossible most of the time to get them as we get thrown into the national cesspool. Oh, golly, I guess I better stop -- just had to vent, and the d___ audio is about to drive me insane -- it just distracts from concentrating on trying to figure out the d___ bad dictation --- I'll stop now. Hope all MTs working today have a somewhat good day, but with MQ that is just not a possibility any more -- it's a fricking struggle just to motivate yourself to log on knowing that you day is just going to be like all the others -- you think I sound negative, well, I used to didn't be but trying to be positive with this company is just not working for me any more. And like another poster previously said you'd think that WHEN management reads these posts that they would get a clue -- but as I've always said about this company LOGIC IS JUST NOT IN THEIR BRAINS -- MONEY, MONEY, MONEY FOR THE TOP!

I love how MQ has come up with [2008-09-06]
words to make the MT look bad like padding and cherry picking, when most MT's do neither. I can remember when it was our job to use proper grammer and actually make the reports look professional instead of slang and clipped sentences. I have grandchildren in the first and second grades who can make a better sentence than most of these doctors, and now it is considered padding if we do that, and God forbid should we add anything like and, the,or to anything because then we are padding again...PLEASE our jobs are hard enough with the dictators not being told they have to speak English without MQ nit picking our work apart over these trivial things. Again the QA staff cannot agree on alot of this cr##, let alone for us to know exactly how to do it, but your right it's a hit and miss situation. On my CP all addendums are to be put in as a heading, but I have QA people who repeatedly take out the heading and just make a separate paragraph of them even though my CP specifically states to make them a heading, so go figure what your supposed to do, but again this has absolutely nothing to do with patient care or anything else except for they are so concerned about us adding 3 letters to a report that is otherwise so unprofessional its pathetic. Again if they would just let us do our jobs without finding ways to nit pick our work apart then maybe we would actually stand a chance of even making line count without our shifts ending up with the MTs being in tears all the time. We have enough to worry about and adding words like and, the, or to a sentence to make it read like it should, should not be what MQ is worried about.....JMHO...

I hear you 100% [2008-09-05]
I agree that dictating physicians need to take more responsibility and be more aware of how it is affecting the MTs...but I seriously doubt that is ever going to happen. I have one DP routinely that is a habitual delete that delete that..and she says oh sorry, sorry over and over. It almost makes me feel sorry for her because she obviously is in pain trying to get it all spit out. LOL. I've learned by now though what is going to happen...so I always listen ahead before I delete anything because I know invariably she may put it all back in. What I sometimes do if she is really struggling, is to put in the @markers to set it off@ before deleting anything and then proof before completion and take out anything that really needs taking out.

i think more [2008-09-03]
i think i change more than 60% with ASR. its almost like i'm actually transcribing the report, only that would be way faster. the main problem is how it has affected our attitudes. i tried to stay positive for a long time, kept plugging away, but i'm now with the poster who doesn't even bother to check QA or listen a second time. i used to go back and re-listen to everything. not any more. i simply can't afford to pay my mortgage if i did that. i'm actively looking for a new job. i'm so grateful for this second job i have. without it, i'd be on the street living in a box, probably the box MQ sent their computer in. well, if i fit. give it time though...i'm eating a LOT less now.

Thanks everyone. While there appears to [2008-09-03]
be about a 33% increase, like the poster said below, it's still a 7% decrease in pay. So, it's probably even more of a decrease since this ASR happened to be abnormally great. They are going to be in for another mass exodus if they try to lower the ASR pay even by one more hundredth of a cent. I can deal with 70% (barely) because ASR does increase the actual line rate (for me anyway). Although it does decrease the line RATE a bit, I think the small extra amount I get for the extra bonus lines on the monthly bonus might barely make up for that. Still stinks though because why couldn't they have done the DECENT thing....and maybe only lowered the ASR pay by 15% so both the MTs and MQ could benefit? No, they had to take it ALL. And I will NEVER believe that they lowered what they charge the client. They can say that till they are blue in the face. If they charged the client 12 cents per line before...you can bet they are STILL charging 12 cents a line, be it ASR or regular transcription.

My advice is ignore the small stuff, it does not [2008-09-02]
especially as you get 10 different responses from the 10 different QAs reviewing. I agree...this job is difficult enough...if the medical information is correct, if the punctuation is not changing the meaning, then leave it alone. There are many newbies who quite frankly need better training on medical content and terminology, not ; versis ,

still have to meet turnaround time ... [2008-09-01]
but I do agree there should be a better system of scheduling ... have an additional status; 1. off 2. standby (call in and be released if no work at certain intervals during the day) 3. working (plan on sitting there)

same experience with ASR trial [2008-08-31]
When they first came out with the ASR and they were doing the trial basis and you had the option to not do it, I did the very same thing that you did. I may have given it 30+ days, don't remember anymore, and when I saw what a farce it was and how my pay was going to be affected I refused it just like you did and I've never looked back. If you're going to straight type anyway (deleting the ASR crap because it's just so ridiculous) you might as well get full benefit. But you get the crappy cream of the crop dictators who obviously wouldn't survive ASR so it's not like you're doing any better than anyone doing ASR. Where the H___ did common sense go to with this company and with dictators -- forget the written mountain of rules that we have to abide with -- what about just plain ole respect in everyday life?? Come on, docs, residents, PA's, etc., --can't ya even put yourself in the ears on the other side of your sloppy dictation -- would you want to hear that garbage -- I've always thought that they should have a mini course on dictation etiquette -- have the dictator do his usual style of how he dictates and play it back for them to hear -- it might not affect every one, but I'm sure that it would change some of the more conscientious dictators sloppy and disgusting way they dictate. Oh, I better stop, this could go on and on -- when I was living in a city where the group of hospitals whose dictation I did was there, I had the idea of actually going to that hospital with a poster stating something to the effect of Love a Transcriptionist and then put a list of things that would make our job easy (you know what those are so I won't take up space on that issue) and walk each floor to every nurse's station. Well, didn't do that -- probably would get arrested anyway for trespassing -- LOL -- I've said enuf -- all you bros and sis's have a good day and may wonderful dictation come your way and let's keep everyone who's in the path of Mr. GUSTAVin our prayers.

Evaluations? [2008-08-28]
I've worked this job for TWELVE years, with 27 total years experience. And in 12 year I have never ONCE gotten an evaluation. And I'll bet I know why. If you're constantly giving evaluations of 100% accuracy to your employees, they might just ask for a raise, and we can't have that, can we? And if you think I'm being arrogant in thinking that my evaluations would be 100%, please see my previous post, where I mention I am less than 2 years from my M.D. Yes, I'm that good, and if I wasn't, I wouldn't be getting my MD because I wouldn't put patients at risk. And for all of you who are going to start mentioning idioms that nobody's perfect, I totally agree. Nobody is perfect, but our work can be.

Wow, that's a pretty self-righteous post there. And I'm [2008-08-28]
pretty sure no one here WONDERS why they don't make top dollar. Pretty obvious it's bc of pay cuts NOT because no one is following directions. Besides, like the poster below pointed out, you're not quite right.

Yes [2008-08-28]
I agree wholeheartedly, verbatim is ridiculous, but I type as the client wants because that is whatthey pay mefor. If there is something dictated in a way I feel is dangerous to the patient, I don't type it and leave a QA note to that effect. If they want a report that is grammatically sloppy and unprofessional looking, well, you get what you payfor.

ASR will not result in poor patient care. [2008-08-27]
ASR is just another tool. If you, the MT, do not operate it correctly it will not work. I agree newbies have no place using ASR but to say that ASR will cause problems is not true. MTs cause the problems - we are operators behind ASR.

I posted this below, but because that thread was older... [2008-08-26]
I thought a new thread should be started because I wanted you all to read this. This was concerning the poster who was concerned that she could not make the line counts that she previously used to make. I don't often post here, but I feel that this needs to be said. There were times back in the good ole days that I could do 6000 lines in one day (not a typo) when I really needed the money and there was one of the great bonuses out. I could regularly do 400 lines an hour with most report types, and 500 lines an hour with ERs. My bonus rate was WELL over $30 an hour, and that was including the time I had to take to send in my reports every hour, etc. I once again repeat that not only the company devalues our skills, but so do we. A good medical Transcriptionist is WAY MORE than just a typist. To prove this point, I will once again point out that I am now in my third year of medical school, less than 24 months away from my M.D. I am doing this while working two jobs (both as a transcriptionist), which of course leaves very little time to study. I am one of the top 10 students in my class. I have passed the USLME (United States Medical Licensing Exam) essetially without studying (I have friends who have failed 3 times already). And all of this is based upon the knowledge I have gleaned from being a transcriptionist. If the company is going to insist on making this a minimum-wage job, then I think all of us highly-educated, dedicated professional transcriptionists should move into other fields, such as M.D., P.A., R.N., etc., where our skills are valued, and leave the field to the other minimum-wage earners (burger-flippers., etc.) who generally cannot put a complete sentence together.

Thanks for reiterating my post.... [2008-08-25]
I do believe you just reiterated everything I already said. I did say anyone can file, and the employer can fight it. And I wasn't going to go into the numerous bulletpoints of who can and cannot be eligible. My point was that the poster I responded to had it backwards that if you quit you can collect (ehhhh, wrong answer, in 99% of cases) and if you're fired you can't. That's backwards. So thanks for agreeing with me.

silly me!! [2008-08-25]
I obviously misread yours! Too early, too stressed out, too old, too something! and yes, I do agree with you.

I never said I worked at MQ....unemployment was my subject [2008-08-25]
I was responding only to the post where the person had it backwards about being fired and quitting on whether you can collect UEI, nothing else. My whole point was that it wasbackwards whenit was saidone CANNOT collect if one is fired, when in most (see the word most, which means not all?) cases one CAN collect if one is fired; it's if one quits that one cannot collect in most (there it is again) cases, because it is considered that one is removing oneself from gainful employment when one is able bodied. Wow, and talking about seeing a word, did you see where I said I'm a paralegal in my very first post? I don't work for MQ either. Since you are the only one responding anymore,I assume everyone else's comprehension skills are fine. How hard is it to understand that UEI is for people who are fired, not for people who quit? Go to any of your state UI webpages and look up the eligibility for UEI if you don't believe me. I'm not just pulling this stuff out of my rear end. I post a couple times a year here and only when I can offer some expertise or advice on something. I'm not out to make myself look better than anyone else, it's just that I know employment law and I was offering up that the poster I originally responded to (whether that was you or someone else) was mistaken in saying if you're fired you can't collect, but if you quit, you can. WRONG, that's backwards. I don't know how many other ways to say it. I can draw a picture maybe.

Are you one of those who lurks around [2008-08-25]
these boards to bring in clients? Just curious. BTW - my comprehension skills are fine, but I wonder about your reading skills. I say again, find the word QUIT in my original post. I'm sure you won't, but you can find it in this post: I QUIT -- you win. There, feel all high and mighty now? Why not encourage the poster not to follow her employer's instructions, so she can get fired and hire your firm for her case? I hope you read legal documents better than you do these boards.

That's a great way....sm [2008-08-25]
to lose accounts or like the other poster said...get canned. Any way you look at it there's just no justifying it. JMO.

I agree we deserve a decent living wage [2008-08-25]
But I do not agree with short changing the client to get it. If you aren't making it at one job, move on. And no, if MQ loses accts it is because the clients did not get what they want. the bottom line is your responsibility to perform the job you were hired for, not the job you want to do. If, indeed, MQ loses the clients, they will have to sit up and take notice.

my biggest google frustration [2008-08-24]
Is on meds, where I have to keep looking to determine if it's capitalized or not. And then there are the ones with trademark thingies in all caps. It must be easier out there somehow. I do agree with immediatelyweeding outpatient websites.

Recommend Drake & Drake Pharmaceutical Drug book. sm [2008-08-24]
The 2009 version ought to be coming out soon. In the meantime, try RXlist.com if you haven't already. If you can get your hands on a PDR (Physicians Desk Reference), the front sheets are a big help. Before we had drug books geared to MT, I'd ask one of my docs for his recent old PRD and I'd tear out the front pages, keeping the rest of the book for reference, too. Those front sheets have drugs in generic, brand, and by category (antibiotics, painkillers, etc.) A huge help! Agree that Google is frustrating. It's difficult to tell sometimes what is trustworthy, must be especially so for new MTs. Don't be afraid to invest in reference books. It's an investment in a successful career (and education!).

I love a friendly debate!! And I think you realize [2008-08-24]
that and will accept this in that spirit. I agree 100% on Google and I made reference to those odd hits where it is great. Can I personally find a photo of necrotizing fasciitis in 5 seconds or less in my personal books? Yes. I am really, really fast with books, out of years of necessity. Yes, Google can be a great tool, but my point was, as QA, I see it as a hindrance to many MTs who use the entire internet actually, incorrectly. They choose drug names based on a layman's board, killing the spelling. These MTs are not learning or even attempting to learn. Your CTR was a good example, but again, the MT should have the knowledge of scar formation rather than the random luck of having Google fix or finish a sentence for you. I have used it for that myself, like those incredibly complex genetic results, stuff like that, but again I then go on to read the entire article, and my rule is always triple reference at 3 valid sites on the internet. You sound like a super MT and obviously very intelligent. Unfortunately, lots of your peers do not share that gift, so they could search for a drug, like dijoxin, and they see a hit and immediately think its correct. You would not believe the errors we see in QA. Its scary. As O&W opines, books designed for MTs are great, approved tools - yeah, there is the occasional typo, but they are designed for us to find terms fast and efficiently. Lots are garbage, but I have my collection of 10 or so that are the bombs in the MT world, and well worth the $$ spent each year to renew them. Again, all the medical articles and journals are online now, too, which is a great resource, but not many MTs read them. Again, its the knowledge that is key here, not the expanders. Google and the internet are unbelievably fantastic tools, but most do not use them correctly, or to their fullest. Give me a good medical reference book anyday!

reference books are an antiquated way of [2008-08-23]
print, they are outdated. If you looked at the post correctly, you would see the poster encouraged confirmation of websites. That is the difference of being good at Google and not really getting it.

I know how you feel about losing your [2008-08-22]
I routinely produced 1800 to 2000 lines a day..now I struggle to make 1200. I have tried and tried to figure it out..what happened?? I do think it is harder to make a line..but that is maybe 100-150 lines less a day...It is not my account..I am so lucky..I love my primary and I am in it all day...It is the corporate nature of MedQ, the extremely low pay, the micromanagement of my time, the too many chiefs corporate mentality. If they paid me a fair rate..at least 9/cpl, took away e-time and not dock me 30% for ASR (which is robbery pure and simple..I would agree to 10%), and let me do what I do best..my production would increase exponentially. Never gonna happen.

you were fine [2008-08-21]
yes, i agree with your point, it was my response that wasn't clear....i agree with you.... i guess i can understand some of the strictness with e-time and such, considering they give benefits. the part-time IC job i have only has a minimum line count per week requirement, and they just kind of want a ball park idea of when you'll be working. its so great. but i guess with benefits, you can't quite allow that...or can you? i don't know. i guess in a way i'm glad i didn't discover Medquist back in the good old days. the way they are now is bad enough....i think adjusting to changes is harder than starting in when its already bad.