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I have mine on index cards right on my desk and flip through them. The CPs I bother with are [2008-02-17]
pretty luck as of late and rarely going out of the BOB. Good ideas from Dazey too! These are the kind of posts I like - informative and helpful to someone who may not have the idea of simplifying the crazy CPs.
My PS suggested index cards for all the pertinent info. At first I [2007-11-14]
cards and they are great. Small and easy to shuffel through.
I have all the rules about patient name, allergies, PE/ROS and anythiing that is really major like *absolutely no abbrev*.
Of course when something major comes up, I have to F5 and read the CP.
The cards to me are easier now than just printing the CP.
I did, it worked, but no "MT" in index? [2007-10-10]
this is strange.
i do index cards and counted them this am. 40!!!! nm [2007-08-09]
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Under 'abbreviations' in the index. It does not say [2007-06-02]
to not abbreviate entirely, but I am just wondering if I start doing what it says if I will get marked off since I have been using abbreviations and there hasn't been any mention to me not to. BOS does say to expand and then put abbreviation in parentheses and then use the abbreviation throughout the document. Is that what everyone is doing?
OF MORE INTEREST!! [2008-07-25]
see #5 -- is this a slap in our faces or what?? wonder how come the exec didn't put his name to his comments -- he or she is no dummy. I could say more but I need to calm down, so on that note I'll let someone else take over the comment arena - let her rip!!
Economic Woes Have Many Retirees Getting Back To Work
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Economic woes have many retired workers thinking about getting back in the workforce.
A new study finds that middle-income Americans entering retirement will have to reduce their standard of living by 24 percent to make their savings last a lifetime.
I don't think I've ever seen the economy as bad as it is now. And I'm very concerned about it. I don't know that our savings are safe, said retiree Carolyn Bemis.
Experts recommend small jobs like house sitting or dog walking for anyone looking to make a few extra dollars.
Here are the 5Best Jobs for Retirees by Tory Johnson.* Read the entire article here.*Tory Johnson is the Workplace Contributor on Good Morning America and the CEO of Women For Hire.
1. Caregiving Services Organizations are working overtime to recruit 50+ workers because they excel as personal and home care aides. It's become the second-fastest growing occupation, focused on non-medical care: companionship, errands, accompanying to doctor's appointments, preparing meals, especially when a family member isn't available to do these things. There are national companies that do the hiring, such as Home Instead, Senior Helpers and Comfort Keepers.
2. Pet Sitting Maybe you don't want to take care of people, but you'd be more than happy to tend to their pets. Fetch! is one national pet-sitting and dog walking service that lets you set your own hours and choose your assignments, and they're looking to add 2,500 sitters across the country before the end of the year. You can also check with your local pet-sitting services, which exist in growing numbers, for opportunities.
3. Temporary Staffing Finance, accounting, administrative support and legal are some of the areas where temporary help is needed right now among experienced professionals, which is good news for seniors. These roles are filled through national staffing firms like OfficeTeam, RobertHalf, Manpower and Kelly.
4. Retail Sales: Bookstores, Drugstores and Specialty Chains Retailers like seniors because they're typically more patient with customers and provide a higher quality of service. They're also more likely to stay, which lessens the cost of high turnover. Stores like Borders, CVS, Crate Barrel and Target like to hire people who know their merchandise, so apply to places you like to shop.
5. Medical Transcription Just yesterday I spoke with an executive at MedQuist, one of the largest medical transcription companies in the country, and they say there's a shortage of talent in this industry. So if you're looking for something you can count on for the next five, 10, even 20 years, this is a smart field to consider. You have to invest in training, which can take six to nine months, but there's ample opportunity if you are skilled in this arena.
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Transferring expanders link [2008-07-12]
Hello. I've included a link that gives instructions on how toconvert DQS Expander files (.aco) to MS Word files (.acl or AutoCorrect). Hope this helps!
http://www.productivitytalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3920
CBay info/educational stuff! [2008-07-09]
OK. Here we go. I have been keeping up with Cbay and came across this new stuff today. Cbay launched some sort of platform today called Kyps, some jargon, but that led me to see if I could find anything new. First, below is an article on Cbay's website. The interesting stuff is that Cbay calls the purchase of MQ a reverse takeover, which it is. So, off I went to Wikipedia to learn exactly what a reverse takeover is. Very informative. Basically MQ will be the empty shell company, and Cbay will call all the shots 100%. Please see the 2 articles I copied and pasted below. The good stuff on CBay is about halfway thru, and all of it is interesting in the Wikipedia article. Just want us all to be as informed as our sneaky suits!
Press Releases
S.A.C. PRIVATE CAPITAL GROUP AND LEHMAN BROTHERS AGREE TO INVEST USD 123 MILLION IN CBAYSYSTEMS HOLDINGS LTD.
CBAYSYSTEMS HOLDINGS LTD. AGREES TO PURCHASE A 69.5% INTEREST IN Medquist INC. FOR USD 287 MILLION
CBaySystems Holdings Ltd. (AIM: CBAY), a holding company with a portfolio of investments in medical transcription, healthcare technology and healthcare financial services, today announced that affiliates of S.A.C. Private Capital Group, LLC (“SAC PCG”) and Lehman Brothers have agreed to invest USD 123 million in CBaySystems Holdings. The proposed investment will be made through a limited partnership and will consist of a subscription for new ordinary shares in CBaySystems Holdings at a price of 70p per share, equivalent to approximately 57.8% of the enlarged share capital of CBaySystems Holdings. The proceeds of the investment will be used by CBaySystems Holdings to finance the proposed purchase from Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (“Philips”) of its approximately 69.5% shareholding in MedQuist Inc. (MEDQ.PK), the world’s largest medical transcription services company. The purchase price for Philips’ shareholding in MedQuist is approximately USD 287 million, equivalent to USD 11.00 per MedQuist share and representing a 47% premium to the closing price of MedQuist shares on 21 May 2008.
Headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, MedQuist provides a suite of healthcare technology and medical transcription services to more than 1,500 hospitals and large physician practices in the US. For the year ended 31 December 2007, MedQuist reported total revenues of USD 340.3 million.
The subscription for shares in CBaySystems Holdings and the acquisition of Philips’ shares in MedQuist are expected to close concurrently during the third quarter of 2008 and are conditional on applicable regulatory approvals, approval by the shareholders of CBaySystems Holdings and re-admission of the enlarged CBaySystems Holdings shares to trading on the AIM market, among other conditions. The closing of the share subscription will only occur if the conditions are satisfied and the purchase of Philips’ shares in MedQuist is completed. As the proposed acquisition amounts to a reverse takeover for the purposes of the AIM Rules for Companies, trading in the Company's issued share capital has been suspended with immediate effect pending the publication of a shareholder circular comprising an AIM Admission Document providing full details of the acquisition and notice of a general meeting, which is expected to be published in the third quarter of 2008. Upon the closing of the transactions, MedQuist will join CBaySystems Holdings’ portfolio of operating companies, which includes CBay Systems Services Inc., CBay Systems Private Ltd., and Mirrus Systems. MedQuist will operate independently with its own executive management under the financial oversight of the holding company. It is anticipated that, over time, synergistic opportunities may be identified among the operating companies within CBaySystems Holdings to enable them to enhance their portfolios of products and services, to accelerate growth, to improve operational performance, and to better serve the needs of their customers.
Raman Kumar, Chairman and CEO of CBaySystems Holdings, said: “MedQuist, as the world’s largest medical transcription company, has impressive technology, management and employees. We look forward to working with the MedQuist team as it seeks to enhance MedQuist’s revenue growth and to deliver an ever-expanding portfolio of products and services to MedQuist’s customers. We welcome the support of SAC PCG and Lehman Brothers in this transaction, which we believe will be of significant value to all stakeholders.”
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A reverse takeover occurs when a publicly-traded smaller company acquires ownership of a larger company. It typically requires reorganization of capitalization of the acquiring company.
In the event the larger company is not publicly traded, the reverse takeover results in a privately held company becoming a publicly held company by circumventing the traditional process of filing a prospectus and undertaking an initial public offering (IPO). It is accomplished by the shareholders of the private company selling their shares in the private company to the public company in exchange for shares of the public company.
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[edit] Process
In a reverse takeover, shareholders of the private company purchase control of the public shell company and then merge it with the private company. The publicly traded corporation is called a shell since all that exists of the original company is its organizational structure. The private company shareholders receive a substantial majority of the shares of the public company and control of its board of directors. The transaction can be accomplished within weeks. If the shell is an SEC-registered company, the private company does not go through an expensive and time-consuming review with state and federal regulators because this process was completed beforehand with the public company.
The transaction involves the private and shell company exchanging information on each other, negotiating the merger terms, and signing a share exchange agreement. At the closing, the shell company issues a substantial majority of its shares and board control to the shareholders of the private company. The private company's shareholders pay for the shell company by contributing their shares in the private company to the shell company that they now control. This share exchange and change of control completes the reverse takeover, transforming the formerly privately held company into a publicly held company.
[edit] Benefits
The advantages of public trading status include the possibility of commanding a higher price for a later offering of the company's securities. Going public through a reverse takeover allows a privately held company to become publicly held at a lesser cost, and with less stock dilution than through an initial public offering (IPO). While the process of going public and raising capital is combined in an IPO, in a reverse takeover, these two functions are separate. A company can go public without raising additional capital. Separating these two functions greatly simplifies the process.
In addition, a reverse takeover is less susceptible to market conditions. Conventional IPOs are risky for companies to undertake because the deal relies on market conditions, over which senior management has little control. If the market is off, the underwriter may pull the offering. The market also does not need to plunge wholesale. If a company in registration participates in an industry that's making unfavorable headlines, investors may shy away from the deal. In a reverse takeover, since the deal rests solely between those controlling the public and private companies, market conditions have little bearing on the situation.
The process for a conventional IPO can last for a year or more. When a company transitions from an entrepreneurial venture to a public company fit for outside ownership, how time is spent by strategic managers can be beneficial or detrimental. Time spent in meetings and drafting sessions related to an IPO can have a disastrous effect on the growth upon which the offering is predicated, and may even nullify it. In addition, during the many months it takes to put an IPO together, market conditions can deteriorate, making the completion of an IPO unfavorable. By contrast, a reverse takeover can be completed in as little as thirty days.
Additionally, many shell companies carry forward what is known as a tax-loss. This means that a loss incurred in previous years can be applied to income in future years. This shelters future income from income taxes. Since most active public companies become dormant public companies after a string of losses, or at least one large one, it is more likely that a shell company will offer this tax shelter.
It is highly unusual to preserve any benefit from the tax loss carry forward in a shell company. The tax regulations normally reduce the loss carry forward by the percentage of the change in control. In a well structured reverse merger, the private company should end up with 95% or more of the stock after the merger, thus reducing the tax loss carry-forward by this amount.
[edit] Drawbacks
Reverse Takeovers always come with some history, and some shareholders. Sometimes this history can be bad, and manifest itself in the form of currently sloppy records, pending lawsuits and other unforeseen liabilities. Additionally, these shells may sometimes come with angry or deceitful shareholders who are anxious to dump their stock at the first chance they get. One way the acquiring or surviving company can safeguard against the dump after the Reverse Takeover is consummated, is by requiring a lock-up on the shares owned by the group they are purchasing the public shell from, otherwise there very likely will be a stock dump. Other shareholders that have held stock as investors in the company being acquired pose no threat in a dump scenario because the number of shares they hold is not significant and, unfortunately for them, they are likely to have the number of shares they own reduced by a reverse stock split that is not an uncommon part of a Reverse Takeover. Possibly the biggest caveat is that most CEO's are naive and inexperienced in the world of publicly traded companies, unless they have past experience as an officer or director of a public company.
A major disadvantage of going public via a reverse merger is that such transactions rarely introduce liquidity to a previously private stock unless their is bona fide public interest in the company. Without decent analyst coverage, many reverse merger companies end up relegated to the OTC market (also called the pink sheets), and never end up giving holders of the formerly private company the liquidity they expect. While probably an overstatement, there is an adage on Wall Street that companies which use reverse mergers to gain a stock exchange listing or quotation are doing so not because it is convenient, but rather because it is their only real choice. Whether this sentiment is valid, it has a significant and adverse impact on the perception of reverse merger companies among Wall Street analysts and other investment professionals. In other words, whether you are a private company that is being talked into such a transaction by investment bankers or a retail investor who keeps getting calls from brokers trying to pawn off shelf company shares, buyer (and seller) beware.
Need $$? - Become an egg donor [2008-06-22]
Ad in today's Craiglist :)
HIGHLY REPUTABLE AGENCY SEEKS EGG DONORS. $5K to $10K per donation. Healthy women (non-smokers only) between the ages of 21 and 34 (sorry, but absolutely no exceptions) are needed as egg donors to help infertile couples realize their family-building dreams. You must be prepared to travel. Compensation is from $5,000 to $10,000 per donation, and egg donors may donate up to 6 times. Egg Donor criteria are as follows: 1) Donor must be between the ages of 21 and 34 and in good health. 2) Donor must have obtained a high school diploma or GED. 3) Donor must have been a non-smoker for at least 6 months prior to submitting an application to donate, and must continue to abstain from smoking. 4) Donor's Body Mass index must be between 18 and 29;
5) Donor cannot have obtained any tattoos, body piercing or blood transfusions within the past 12 months.
6)Exceptions made for older medical transcriptionists whose work is being offshored. Compensation: 5k-10k
This is a part-time job.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
I think this says it all [2008-05-27]
http://www.cbayusa.com/index.html. End of story.
Cbay links [2008-05-24]
http://www.aaita.com/Cutomer_comments_KPMG.htm
http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/node/809
http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/node/809
https://www.cbayscribe.com/index.php3?cbay_session=bb8838d24ad97802a9ed985157e8ea56
http://in.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idINL2212218520080522
Links to lists of media email addresses [2008-05-23]
http://www.rumormillnews.com/MEDIA_EMAIL_ADDRESSES.htm
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111
paycheck [2008-05-09]
thats weird. i have this bookmarked
https://ipay.adp.com/iPay/index.jsf
and had no problem viewing and printing my paycheck today.
New issue of Advance: Royal Phillips rolling out SPEECHMAGIC to biggest hospital in Norway [2008-05-01]
Anyway, check out their website and read all about it. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.
http://www.speechrecognition.philips.com/index.asp?id=518
Fly on wall [2008-04-26]
Found this site looking for *pus* VS *pussy.'* VERY interesting, especially the part about ASR. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-258784.html
IPay [2008-04-25]
No paycheck stubs anymore. My PS gave me region number and code, I used them to get in, followed instructions and finally (2 days ago) after mucho years I am using IPay. Email PS and ask for region and code. Here is the website
https://ipay.adp.com/iPay/index.jsf
Rebates coming earlier than expected sm [2008-04-24]
CNN is reporting rebates will be direct deposited 04/28 instead of 05/02.Here's the link:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/24/pf/taxes/Stimulus_checks/index.htm?cnn=yes
Moving DQS Expanders [2008-04-23]
Try this website called Productivity Talk. I don't know what you're trying to convert it to, but they may have it listed here.
http://www.productivitytalk.com/forums/index.php?s=62a228ddeb6261617cd44d8941efa146&showforum=34
System for CP's [2008-03-31]
I have an index card box with tabs that I use to keep up with my CP's. I have found this to be very useful.
Read this Getting Yourself Fired on Forbes.com [2008-02-22]
http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/03/business-basics-stupid-firing-cx_sr_0504sacked.html
More ...
http://www.itstime.com/nov2005.htm
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/catherine_s/2006/07/sec_gets_dooced.html
http://www.news.com/Police-blotter-Fired-over-Wicked-Weasel-photo/2100-1030_3-6141982.html
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/14/cnn-producer-says-he-was-fired-for-blogging/
Read #4:
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/careerbytes/CBArticle.aspx?articleID=560cbRecursionCnt=1cbsid=e009562576424bdb93a0e520ecac0f2c-257022541-J8-5ns_siteid=ns_us_g_%22fired%22%2B%22comp_
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/City_employee_gets_fired_for_accessing_a_web_forum_19,200_times_in_2_months
http://www.boston.com/jobs/globe/articles/070305_blogs.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070627024749AAjUDKO
http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2006/02/pssst_your_boss.html?t=archive
and the list goes on and on and on and on .... lol
No advice, but caution... [2008-01-23]
I have noticed a deformity in my right index finger from using the arrow keys. Been doing ASR for about 1 year now at about 60% of my shift.
This hint may help...sm [2008-01-12]
I turned off the yellow highlighted cursor thingy (which totally annoyed me)and I keep my left index finger on the CTRL key and my right index finger on the RIGHT ARROW key and scan the report that way. Also, use CTRL+K to break a sentence or to make a comma a period and vice versa. Hope this helps.
omg where did she look on the internet??? [2008-01-07]
if she had gone to the official Fosamax site she could have easily found the how to take section:
http://www.fosamax.com/alendronate_sodium/fosamax/consumer/how_to_take/index.jsp
I thought pretty much everyone who has been in this biz knew Fosamax wasn't a daily pill. Good grief! sorry for your frustration.
Anyone know what this is about? [2008-01-02]
Just finished reading an article and I'm not really sure what it means, but it doesn't sound good for corporate. Any business savy MT'ers out there that can make sense of this?
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_viewnewsId=20071230005033newsLang=en
Random funny...sm [2007-11-15]
Did you know you can make the dictatorrap by accidentally hitting reverse and play on the foot pedal at the same time?? Ok so this is really slapstick, I am really slap tired, so it was funny to me. Thought the system was crashing!! Hope everybody hit their goals for bonus.
Great for you, get some rest and then keep going...sm [2007-11-13]
there are 3 days left. Since you have met the bonus requirement,every line you type is at 10 cents (1000 lines is $100.00) PLUS what you earn at base pay, which again is more since you are over what you usually type in a pay period. Then you are happy with the extra money, you dance thru the house singing MO Money, MO Money, and you won't want to share it for psych care, see it's all good.
Dear Rose...sm [2007-11-06]
Being one of those pathetic people with no life, I sincerely hope you continue to post your outlandish and quick witted remarks. There is very little that makes me laugh, but your posts are one of them.
Heather and MT, I feel sorry for you. If you are finding the time to get on here, read through all the posts and bash the people who come here, maybe you are the ones who need to get a dog and get a life. No one says you have to come here, and no one says you have to read all the posts. How PATHETIC is it to get on here and bash people for the same thing you are doing?
There is a point here [2007-10-07]
You do have a point. You know, I have done other kinds of work in my lifetime and people are the same pretty much. The same kind of complaints...about how they are treated, what they are paid, etc.
Anyone who doesn't like the Q can move out here with me and go to work for the hospital here. If you want to talk awful...the office manager over the MTs acts like she is the only one who knows how to do this work, but doesn't know anything about the BOS II...they have a drug index and a medical dictionary in their office and that is it!
Oh, and did I mention, they want 200 lines/hour and they pay a whole whopping $6.00 per hour.
Let me think for a minute here...oh yeah, they have no QA system whatsoever, so the physicians will actually call you when you mess up because they are allowed to do that.
I believe the true and actual issue here is that MQ has ignored us for so long that when they give us attention we are offended.
Another tip I use for ASR..... [2007-09-06]
I keep my left index finger on the Ctrl key and use my right index finger for the the right arrow key and following the dictation that way.
Heads up, legal transcriptionists. [2007-09-01]
Looks like Philips is going to help the legal transcriptionists as well.
http://www.speechrecognition.philips.com/index.asp?id=505artid=2115
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