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Relax.... [2008-11-13]
First off, OP didn't rant about anything. They just asked a simple question. I don't know how fabulous your CPs are, but the ones I have checked for this particular question haven't said anything about it. You're right, any place you work for will have specifics on how you're supposed to do things, but most of them won't give you 20 accounts with 20 different ways to do things and then not bother to answer or give you the information you're trying to figure out no matter how many times you ask. There you have it, I've done the ranting against your post, it just so happens that it's against the judgmental attitude within the post rather than your actual answer. If you don't want to be helpful, then don't bother answering people's questions. It gets so very tiring when people post just to complain about complaining but don't actually offer any help.

i say relax [2008-10-13]
i'm a full-timer, but i have been written up for not making my line count, and ijust don't worry about it. they do what they have to do, write you up, talk to you, remind you of what you are supposed to do, blah blah, you say yes, i will try, blah blah, then everything goes back to normal. Medquist is all about blah blah. i try not to put too much of my time or energy into it and just do my job as best as i can. considering all the road blocks they put in our way, its amazing we get as much done as we do.

MT's, Please Relax [2008-09-01]
Note to MT's from QAS. P L E A S E relax. QA Dept does not have as much control as you think. We just fix stuff, and send it on to the client. You are regularly audited by a SEPARATE DEPARTMENT, on SEPARATE REPORTS than we fixed. Yes, obviously these people have had QA experience, but reports edited by QA have NOTHING to do with what the audit team audits. If, by chance, a QAS notices serious, chronic errors while doing your reports, the worst that happens is we notify your supervisor and they all decide what action to take. Perhaps it is then decided to do an audit on you, butthey don't use QA-corrected reports! They use your own reports, before QA input. If you know in your gut that you verify big things (like diagnosis, medications, doses, etc.), then you have nothing to fear. So CALM DOWN, and don't blame QA Dept if you have low quality, even if we messed up and fixed something and did it incorrectly. We pretty much have nothing to do with anything except fix things and send on. And trust us, we have our reports audited, too!

No -- petty QAS not doing their jobs properly are the ones who ''need to relax'' [2008-09-01]
Your post is pretty much beside the point. Whether QA has ''control'' or not, whether points are taken off or not, any MT who experiences incorrect unnecessary nit-picking of her work has every right to be upset. Companies do not pay good money for QAS to impose their personal preferences to what was fine in the first place. They are to fill in blanks and correct errors that affect meaning. Not waste time abusing their position, playing wannabe school teacher. Any QA guilty of this is the one with the issues'' mentioned in the earlier post and the one who needs to ''relax''--NOT the MT. Any QAS guilty of this should face major consequences by their superiors as they are not only undermining/slowing down MTs (some with knowledge/experience exceeding that of QAS) who now are second-guessing themselves but they are also hurting their own company's reputation -- not many expert MTs would want to work for a company that lets its QA people run amok unchecked. And how many reports with REAL problems--blanks, errors that DO affect meaning--sit waiting while some QAS with issues wastes time imposing her own personal style preferences. QAS like the one mentioned above are just as guilting of hindering/keeping down the MT as any crooked MTSO and are also collecting a paycheck under false pretenses by not doing the job they were hired to do. So, no, it's not the MT who needs to relax it's the out-of-line QAS.

relax [2008-07-02]
i was given a verbal and a written warning when i had maybe a month's worth of averaging about 147 lines per hour, when i was learning ASR and my line count was going down down down because of all of that. but even still, i could give a rat's you know what. seriously don't worry about. it happened to me again a couple of pay periods ago where i think i averaged 148 per hour and nothing was said. in general, i make my line count, but its a struggle, but i think they just warn you to 1) cover their butts, and 2) to motivate you. its their way of getting the whip out. i was fine with it. i knew i was low and it bothered me and i was trying and it was going up anyway when they notified me. i think it must take a lot more than a slightly less than they want line count to get fired. i do a good job and i'm just so completely over worrying about Medquist and their rules and regs. i follow the rules as best i can, and i try not to sweat the rest. i spent a year with anxiety and stress beyond belief worrying about this crap, and i'm done. just apply yourself, do the best you can, and don't put a lot of energy into worrying about the e-mails and things you hear from or about MQ. you'll sleep better. : )

Relax [2008-02-03]
Our local medical center has had EMR for at least 9 years, and there is still a need for MTs at that institution. The docs type in notes as the patient sits there in the examining room, and this apparently replaces what used to be clinic notes. I can't even imagine a day when a doctor would sit and type an op report or any other type of medical record other than clinic notes. It's great for inpatient notes, too. The record can be accessed from anywhere in the hospital,and some of the docs have access at home. If I am hospitalized with a heart attack,and a cardiologist is caring for me, my primary physician can read whatever is in my electronic chart for the time I spent in the hospital. It does not eliminate the need for MTs. This hospital still needs MTs and still offers OT, so in 9 years, things have not really changed much for the MTs. Clinic notes have just been pretty much eliminated. Who wants to do those boring things anyway?

Relax...they have until 1/31/08 - give them a break [2008-01-17]
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Please, relax, file an appeal and don't worry. [2007-10-03]
and it states that the QAS gave incorrect feedback. It was overturned. Please don't stress. Just file an appeal and don't worry about it.

Relax , take a laxative or whatever is needed. Just noting that (sm) [2007-09-15]
I would think when they instituted this they would have had everybody on board and at the ready knowing they were going to be bombarded with questions/complaints/etc. And by the way, this board IS for us to communicate amongst ourselves. If I have a direct question for management I make the request to them. This is just chat among co-workers.

Have a cup of tea and relax. You are not alone [2007-07-18]
This is hard for the most seasoned MTs. Is there anyway you can work at night a little? I find more of my primary available at night because there is less coverage.

Relax, you'll get your wish soon enough. nm. [2007-06-24]
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relax a bit [2006-11-08]
gee whiz.

Take a deep breath and relax. I worked for [2006-08-18]
MQ for 9 years on one account that I loved and which they lost. I have tried multiple other companies and found them to pay LESS, even they say they pay more, have slower software than DQS, do bait and switch with accounts, etc. I decided to go into an entirely new field not related to medicine that is working out well. What I did to save my hands and my neck from transcription while I was doing it was spend a lot of time in the chiropractor's office and wore gloves and used an arm rest to keep my hands from going numb. I also did daily stretching exercises on my hands to keep the carpal tunnel stretched out. It helped but did not eliminate the problem. The bottom line is if you want to continue in transcription, MQ is probably the best place to be. The grass is not greener, I am sorry to say, so if you want to stay in this field, make some adjustments that will help you survive. Good luck.

relax - they're overnighting you another one.....nm [2006-08-16]

They can't relax Busy [2006-07-13]
they seem to love ~the fight~. Sad. Thanks for the info, I figured it was just a management meeting. No biggie :-)

Go - relax and enjoy. That is what it was always like [2006-06-20]
to get a week off. It is much better now for sure. Somethings may not be better for some, but somethings are definitely better for some.

Excuse me, you need to take a deep breath and relax. sm [2006-04-12]
My PS is excellent as is the WFC I work with. You have suffered a lot, obviously, but there are some good people left at MQ.

relax. there is a difference in being detached [2006-03-29]
and impersonal and the terms you are using -- viciousnses and meanspiritedness. it isn't vicious or meanspirited in any form by not replying to an email. it is detached and impersonal. you obviously have an extremely oversensitive and overexaggerated perspective.

do recur......relax...............nm [2006-03-15]
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some people are not......relax - take it easy...nm [2006-03-14]

BINGO!! MONEY DEPOSITED IN MY BANK, HOPING TO RELAX SOME NERVES FOR ALL. [2006-01-25]
As of 2:10 am the check is deposited! My bank usually does direct deposits around 2am, so it's there folks. Now, I'm just hoping it does not vanish before I get to it in the morning lol. I hope this will help qualm many nerves across the board for my fellow MT's that yes, there is hope. Now, just need to bombard support at idiot.com as to why some are still SE's???

RELAX [2006-01-25]
From my husband's employer, a national company in the midwest who also uses ADP: *The checks were not delivered today Wednesday 1/25/06 therefore you can not pass them out tonight. However they will be delivered tomorrow by 10:30 am hopefully, so make sure that if any of your employees are wanting to pick up in the morning that they call first to make sure they have been delivered. Reason for late delivery ADP didn�t process on time. Thanks for your cooperation.* So, all the complaints about MQ may have been in vain.......

Chill...Paranoia setting in...I understand, but relax!! [2005-10-24]
nm

relax, it's really EZ. .. [2005-10-22]
But depending on what platform you are coming from, you may find that you have to type longer to make the same amount of lines. For instance, my previous platform paid me for footers, headers, cc lines, etc. You don't get that on DQS.

QA sez [2008-12-03]
When the MT says that an ADT match could not be found and I am able to find it, I usually leave a note stating how I was able to doget it to come up. I'm not intimating that the MT didn't bother to look, or the MT is lazy or stupid. Sometimes I just get lucky. No points are taken off, no supervisor is notified, nothing, zero, zilch, nada. relax.

I understand where you're coming from...(sm) [2008-11-20]
but you should also understand where we are coming from. We can't just let something go if it is incorrect. Our work is also reviewed. You just think we are anal. Try getting back one of our reviews...LOL. I don't say this to be mean. In fact, I feel for you because I've been an MT before too, so I know what it's like, as do most other QA staff. You should also remember that the QAS staff is also comprised of people, and people make mistakes. You may well have one QA who will put a hyphen in and another who won't. Personally, if it's something that would be correct either way, I won't change it. You don't lose anything (that I know of) from QA at this point. I know it's hard to swallow coming from me, but just relax, learn what you can, look up discrepancies, and do what you know is right. There are much more important things going on right now besides this.

As a "seasoned" MT... [2008-11-20]
relax and learn???? I too have sent in reports with 1 QA marker and have had it come back withnumerous corrections, personal preferences on the part of the QA person. I have many years of MT experience and am an adult and know the English language. To have a report come back with punctuation added or taken out, words being changed around that do not in any way alter the meaning of what was dictated (from a foreign dictator no less who speaks garbage anyway) is an insult to me as a professional. QA needs to take their personal preferences out of it and stick to making real corrections that are directly related to patient care.

Geezzz...(sm) [2008-11-20]
I'm just trying to answer a post to QA. I'm not trying to demean her in any way or make light of the situation. relax: Yeah, I said it,relax. As in it's hard enough to make a line count withoutstressing about something that doesn't effect you anyway. Learn from it: If there are valid corrections, yes learn from them. If there is a discrepancy, figure out what is right and learn from that. I'm pretty sure I also noted that I do not do *personal preferences,* so I'm not really sure what your beef is with me other than the fact that I do QA. Maybe you could enlighten me.

Whatever you are doing now, you should continue [2008-11-13]
Just because you do get off 100% QA does not mean you can relax what you were doing to get off of it. As a newbie, you should be getting feedback from your QATL.

I wonder if this happened...... [2008-10-06]
QA wanted to fill in *hypo* but it expanded to hypothyroid accidentally? I'm not sure if their Expander words while in the document, but I would think so. I try not to let this kind of thing bug me. I figure for every mistake I find from QA, I've made at least one they have to correct. If everyone would just remember that every change QA makes is obvious that it was made, maybe everyone could relax. The ONLY time I'd even bat an eye was if the correction affected patient safety (never had this instance).

Okay, fist off, no you are ultimately responsible for what you [2008-10-05]
for their part, what was changed, and blanks and all. Second, QA does mean they have all the answers, IMO nobody does 100% of the time. Just like an MT does not obviously know it all or there would not need to be QA. I am not QA, but a very experienced MT who has helped out QA on occasion, and its not an easy job, so I will defend them. I think you need to just relax and not sweat the small stuff. It it was a MAJOR medical error, then I too would be upset, but capitalization, come on now - life is too short for your kind of reaction - again my opinion - not a QA person.

LOL Let's really think about this first. [2008-09-25]
Accounts come in and out of any business regularly. Sometimes contracts are renewed, sometimes not. Sometimes they are terminated by either party prematurely. Just because I don't get a certain account anymore does not mean (1) the account is gone nor does it mean (2) The Transition (whatever that means) is taking place. Please try to relax a bit.

don't worry about it! [2008-09-08]
seriously, the list of things that Medquist doesn't care about is huge, and their equipment is the bottom of that list. you'll get your computer and the equipment just fine. try to relax, and try to STAY relaxed, as in, don't put a lot of energy into worrying about ANYTHING, because it simply is not worth it. don't worry about the training, don't worry about QA corrections, don't worry if you can't understand the dictators. just do your best, like you probably always do, and relax. you'll be fine.

MT's, Please Relax [2008-09-01]
Note to MT's from QAS. P L E A S E relax. QA Dept does not have as much control as you think. We just fix stuff, and send it on to the client. You are regularly audited by a SEPARATE DEPARTMENT, on SEPARATE REPORTS than we fixed. Yes, obviously these people have had QA experience, but reports edited by QA have NOTHING to do with what the audit team audits. If, by chance, a QAS notices serious, chronic errors while doing your reports, the worst that happens is we notify your supervisor and they all decide what action to take. Perhaps it is then decided to do an audit on you, butthey don't use QA-corrected reports! They use your own reports, before QA input. If you know in your gut that you verify big things (like diagnosis, medications, doses, etc.), then you have nothing to fear. So CALM DOWN, and don't blame QA Dept if you have low quality, even if we messed up and fixed something and did it incorrectly. We pretty much have nothing to do with anything except fix things and send on. And trust us, we have our reports audited, too!

No -- petty QAS not doing their jobs properly are the ones who ''need to relax'' [2008-09-01]
Your post is pretty much beside the point. Whether QA has ''control'' or not, whether points are taken off or not, any MT who experiences incorrect unnecessary nit-picking of her work has every right to be upset. Companies do not pay good money for QAS to impose their personal preferences to what was fine in the first place. They are to fill in blanks and correct errors that affect meaning. Not waste time abusing their position, playing wannabe school teacher. Any QA guilty of this is the one with the issues'' mentioned in the earlier post and the one who needs to ''relax''--NOT the MT. Any QAS guilty of this should face major consequences by their superiors as they are not only undermining/slowing down MTs (some with knowledge/experience exceeding that of QAS) who now are second-guessing themselves but they are also hurting their own company's reputation -- not many expert MTs would want to work for a company that lets its QA people run amok unchecked. And how many reports with REAL problems--blanks, errors that DO affect meaning--sit waiting while some QAS with issues wastes time imposing her own personal style preferences. QAS like the one mentioned above are just as guilting of hindering/keeping down the MT as any crooked MTSO and are also collecting a paycheck under false pretenses by not doing the job they were hired to do. So, no, it's not the MT who needs to relax it's the out-of-line QAS.

i'm sorry [2008-08-08]
i know this is probably a dead thread by now, but i just wanted to say that i'm sorry you got fired, but all things considered, it is probably the best thing to ever happen to you. and i have to say that i thought the same thing as you for probably the first 8 months of my working for MQ (i haven't been here 2 yrs yet)...i figured they wanted 1200 lines a day/150 lines per hour, if i was over that i could kind of goof off, relax a bit. its a strange experience working for a company that tells you nothing and makes you do all the work in finding out the answers to questions you never even think of! i think what straighten me out was when i got my new benefit rate and it was ridiculously low, as well as discovering these boards and listening to what folks here have said. along with all the doomsday, end of MQ, talk, there is also a wealth of knowledge i've gathered from you all. i doubt that you are the only person who has had this misunderstanding. when you get paid by the line, there is a minimum requirement for said lines, its easy to think that that is that. i also understand their policies. somewhat anyway. i'm trying to hang in and ignore all this cbay talk and lay offs and such and just get through my day. i have recently gotten a part-time job with a great small little company where lines are all that matter, they are flexible, work when you want, and THEY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. i can pick up the phone ore-mail and they are right there for me to walk me through any problem. it is as an IC, which is fine for part-time. but if i should get layed off by MQ, at least i know i'll have a paycheck, as i know i can increase my hours and make more with these other guys. i won't have benefits though, so i'll have to continue looking. there ARE other places out there, a lot of them seem to suck just as bad as medquist, but not all. look around. we aren't dinosaurs just yet.

Perhaps some useful advice - sm [2008-07-27]
I found, too, that when I left to work for another company I was making a lot of *stupid* mistakes. The majority of it is nerves, but I also think a small part of it was that my last year at MQ, I had no QA feedback. With Qasar being down, I think I let my guard down a little and maybe got sloppy. I'm not saying that's your case, just maybe what happened to me. I felt so focused on getting my line count in at MQ that I tried to go faster than I probably should have. I also didn't proof any reports at MQ. I did get over it though and got off QA with my new job.So just try to relax and slow down. Proof your work. You'll get there. One of the things I did that really helped was to make a list of formatting issues on a sticky note that I put right in the corner of my monitor. I went down through this list before sending every job through to make sure I had it right. Most of my errors were formatting. The other thing that really helped me was going back through each report and reading OUT LOUD. This helped me to catch any grammar/word discrepancies. Good luck -- You can do it! MQ MTs are tough cookies.

Thanks, I think I will take some of the other poster's advice (sm) [2008-07-15]
and email her and tell her that I will not be working on those days and if there is a problem she can contact me (that will probably provoke a response). I have a laptop, but who wants to work while trying to relax with the family???

Can you find the report with the comment on it and [2008-07-03]
get any information for your super to find it? QA IS NOT supposed to leave the MT any nasty or derogatory remarks-UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE! Also, the QA person DID NOT handle the situation right by telling you to leave what was said if it didn't make any sense. Blank and flag is the rule! This is an issue with QA at the moment and the management is trying to straighten it out, procedure-wise, so all are doing the same thing. We just got an email about correct procedure 2 days ago so this may have been before that, although a good QA would have already been doing it right. Sorry for what happened, but you might have to eat it, relax, and document from now on.

I felt the same way you do about applying [2008-06-16]
looking around and talking to companies, I felt much more at ease when they started telling me they want me. I got 3 offers immediately, finally accepted the best offer. So I encourage you to look around to see what's out there...I had no idea how much there is. Good luck! And try to relax, you will be wanted out there!

Anyone (QA?) know how to delete a QASAR [2008-06-08]
report? I know that you can *mark as read* and it will go away, but there are 7 reports (old ones from many months ago!) that are there but when I try to click on to see it and then delete it says *report no longer available to view* or something like that. If I can't view it I can get rid of it. Thanks in advance! PS - Just wanted to say how much I really appreciate QA people. I am reading a lot of complaining about how QA has wrongly corrected a report or did this or that....I say.....yes, now and again I see something that MAY be incorrect. However, the majority of the time QA is correct and gets the blank. Seems like more people come on here to moan about their blanks not being filled in correctly than to thank QA when they ARE. I think we all should just IGNORE anything we don't agree with...it will get straightened out eventually....there is no penalty anymore, so just relax and be thankful you have someone else to listen and hopefully get the report complete. We are supposed to be a team!!!!

A few good posts to consider..... [2008-06-07]
Here are a few good posts from below you might want to read: I posted it about MTs not seeing notes to the client left by QA. This does NOT include incorrect words. I SAID if there is a discrepancy in the dictation or something that does not make sense, whether or not the MT has left a QA note or not, sometimes QA will send a note to the client to alert them to look into it, i.e., right versus left, etc., that you do not see! However, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE incorrect terminology. If you leave a QA marker for a word or phrase that you do not know, QA will fill that in (hopefully) and you should be able to go back and see it in your reports-AND LEARN FROM IT. That is the end of your responsibility. I think you all need to relax and just concentrate on doing your best to complete the most accurate document possible that you can. Let the people at the other levels take care of it from there. You do not know all the levels of QA and what we can do and can't do, so concentrate on being an MT and let the rest do their job. After all, once it leaves you and is sent to QA, you are not responsible for incorrect corrections, things not making sense, how the document looks (wrong spacing), etc. Just do your job and let us do ours (QA). Please don't bother to answer this post with derogatory remarks about how incompetent QA is, we have supervisors too! #2 Interesting to me on reading here today how the focus of the board has overnight gone from the real issues, like CBay and all of our futures, to QA bashing again. I was pondering this, and realized its because of QASAR being dumped on us overnight, and thinking, what bad timing on MQ's part. But then I realized, actually, what great timing on MQ's part. They never do anything by accident, even the stuff that seems like a train wreck. So, how clever they were to drop the CBay bomb, and then when we were all getting together and making progress on some plans, they dropped the QASAR bomb to distract everyone, along with the screwed up DQS upgrade out of nowhere at the same time. I now see it as another clever management move, and I also personally believe they are the ones who start the inflammatory threads that get us fighting with each other, MT versus QA. Quickest way to distract us is to get us fighting. It works every time, and still is. Let's not fall for it.

MTs complaining about QA, please read this post.... [2008-06-06]
I posted it about MTs not seeing notes to the client left by QA. This does NOT include incorrect words. I SAID if there is a discrepancy in the dictation or something that does not make sense, whether or not the MT has left a QA note or not, sometimes QA will send a note to the client to alert them to look into it, i.e., right versus left, etc., that you do not see! However, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE incorrect terminology. If you leave a QA marker for a word or phrase that you do not know, QA will fill that in (hopefully) and you should be able to go back and see it in your reports-AND LEARN FROM IT. That is the end of your responsibility. I think you all need to relax and just concentrate on doing your best to complete the most accurate document possible that you can. Let the people at the other levels take care of it from there. You do not know all the levels of QA and what we can do and can't do, so concentrate on being an MT and let the rest do their job. After all, once it leaves you and is sent to QA, you are not responsible for incorrect corrections, things not making sense, how the document looks (wrong spacing), etc. Just do your job and let us do ours (QA). Please don't bother to answer this post with derogatory remarks about how incompetent QA is, we have supervisors too!

thanks QA!! [2008-06-06]
i just thought that this paragraph needed to be said again!! I think you all need to relax and just concentrate on doing your best to complete the most accurate document possible that you can. Let the people at the other levels take care of it from there. this is the wisest thing i've seen here on this board. thank you! we are all so quick to jump all over others. i think if we just kind of mind our own business and do our jobs, and not sweat the small stuff, we'd all live longer and do our jobs better. QA can be both our best and worst friend. i know when i first started working here, before QASAR existed, i would get e-mail after e-mail with my mistakes, and it made me crazy, because i was being corrected on things that i've been told were correct for YEARS AND YEARS!! and now, here i am at MedQuist, having to relearn everything all over again, because Medquist does things differently than the hospital and doctors offices i had worked at for over 20 years. just take disk vs disc for instance. i was ALWAYS told it is ALWAYS disc, whether eye or spine. now, i have to put disk. and that just seems wrong. in fact, as i'm typing this, i'm looking at my phone book at the neck and back center, where they discuss herniated and degenerative DISCS...not DISKS! but whatever, i do it the medquist way now. what i really wanted to say though, is that there were a few in QA who were HUGELY encouraging, they could tell i was struggling, and they would send me e-mails of encouragement, letting me know i was improving and making few mistakes, and i just want to thank them for that. i might have quit in the first couple of months without those e-mails. (though of course now i'm thinking i should have, haha).

GEEZ PEOPLE [2008-06-04]
this outsourcing has been going on for over TWENTY YEARS!! this isn't now happening to the MT profession. this has been going on for a long LONG time. why people are freaking out now is beyond me. i'm grateful we've last this long. i was told way way back in the day to find a new profession because of this. it just took longer than anyone expected for the technology to catch up with the ideas. anyone who is shocked and disgusted or any of the other emotions i'm seeing going around, well, you have simply been naiave and/or ignorant. just relax, keep working your job, and stop reading all the stuff here that is upsetting you so. its all going to unfold how it unfolds, it may not be as bad as we think, it could be worse, there is little any of us can do, so sheesh....let it go, do your job, and enjoy your day. life is too short to be filling up message boards withall this negativity andnews that is so not new. hey...don't worry, i'll be back to my old negative self in time i'm sure, heh....i'm just happy for the reprieve from it all, and i feel sad when i come here and see everyone just stirring an unhappy pot that just doesn't need the stirring.

absolutely confused ! [2008-05-27]
I'm not at ease, just not stressed. I don't think anyone should relax and say all is well, but there is no need to panic today either. Each person needs to assess their particular situation. I think the time is now for some to move on (those in the pool all the time particularly) and maybe later for those who are still happy and successful, or not at all if things improve, which is also possibility. I didn't stop to look up that quote from Mr. Hoffman, but that was the first red flag for me as well, from the very first time I read the e-mail. (original 5 cents poster here)

Did you read the winning ones? (here) [2008-05-21]
They were pretty good! I especially liked the third one. :) Submitted By: Sharolyn Suek Medical Transcription I have three girls, ages 11, 9, and 6, and they get the general idea of what Mommy s job is all about. Recently, they were playing Hospital and drug out my electric typewriter for Monica, my 11 year old, to use as she was the secretary. I found one of their medical records later that day and have typed it here with spelling errors included. The names used are their made up names and not the names of real people (even they are aware of the HIPPA concerns, apparently). Dear Dr. Car Gender: Girl Name: Lusie Last Name: Harver Hair color: Brown Heith: 5 feet 2 inches Wieght: 100 pounds Lusie has got problems in her left ear. Her ear could possibly be inffected. If her ear is an ear infectison, it could be a pretty dramatic infetion. The parent are ablolutely feared, nervis,, and breathless.Truly, hop for Lusie to feel less stressed. She has also got somthing fearsly rong and somthing in her stomach.Parents are also absolutely nervis on this sugery. Have hope for the Harvers. She is also pretty yong for this surgery. Lusie is only at 1 years right now and surgans have got to be very careful Clearly, She has lots of prayers coming her way. Lusie Harveer has VERY high blood pressure. Has an 105 fever. Her parent can t believe what kind of mess Lussie is in and how harsh she looks. Certainly, Dr. Car better be absolutly careful. Sincerly, Carly Clasin (WINNER: Sharolyn S) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roused from my bed before the break of dawn, I stumble to my desk and turn my computer on. The house is still dark, my toe I might stub As I begin the day�s work to earn daily grub. The doctors are chattering, my keyboard is clattering. The medical words across the screen are smattering. Oh, no. What�s this A doctor is mumbling and now my fast flying fingers are stumbling. Never fear, for trusty Google is on call Ready to rescue the day after all. I search, I paste, I cut, and I copy. Was that word really gastroesophagoduodenoscopy Soon my shift is complete, the work day is ended. My e time is logged, my hours are tended. The doctors are happy, line quotas are met. I ll relax with my honey, my best time of day yet. I reflect on my day and the job that I love. Transcription and I fit like a hand in a glove. But just as I think I can leave it like that, A last check of my email reveals jobs out of TAT. (WINNER: Janice M) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY EXPERIENCE/JOURNEY IN MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION: In 1968, in a very poorly lit, almost dark little room about 6 x6 , a manual typewriter, an old Dictabelt transcriber machine with clonker type foot pedal, an uncomfortable typist chair (rollery type), an almost elderly, tiny lady, whose father was one of the first African American doctors in Chicago, in practice, introduced me to Medical Transcription, and it took me a while to get into transcription, but here I am 40 years later. From Manual, to Electric, to Electronic, to MT/ST, Mag/Card, CPT Word Processor (numerous Word Processors), Personal Computers, to Internet Driven Platform. From Dictabelts, Magnetic belts, Cassette tapes (all sizes/speeds), Transcribers (all types), C Phones to USB ports to the Internet. In Hospitals, Offices, Doctor s Offices, Home, Home, Home, Home..... Dictation from Americans only to current United Nations variety of dictators, and the ability to take a Foot Pedal and work from any State in the USA via High Speed Internet. I have witnessed the Evolution of Transcription to High Tech, State of the Art Automated Transcription to include Automated Speech Recognition, and that is like coming from COVERED WAGON to SUPERSONIC JETS..... My only regret is not keeping at least a photo of every Transcription Set Up that I have used. I would have a Transcriber s Museum.. (smile) An ever learning ever rewarding occupation. (WINNER: Sarah A) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will never be bored. You will always be frustrated. You will be surrounded by challenge. You will carry immense responsibilities and very little authority. You will step into people�s lives that you have never even met, but your quality in work makes a huge difference in their lives. You will love the voice of some doctors and hate the voice of other doctors, but you will always do your best with what you have to work with. You will type life ending ~ and will type life beginning. You will experience resounding triumphs and some devastating failures. You will cry a lot ~ you will laugh a lot. You will know what it is to be human and to be humane. (WINNER: Alisha R) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE PERFECT SHIFT Waking up to Internet connection first try... Starting off good. My first report, my favorite account... Smiling before first cup of coffee down. Next report, new account. Short client profile, Dr John Smith AND he wants a standard inserted.... Doesn t get any better than that. End of shift, schedule worked, line requirement met... Happy face from my production supervisor. Working for Medquist PRICELESS. (WINNER: Vicki K)

quality [2008-05-17]
Never be ashamed of your lines per hour, whether you are new or a long-time MT like myself of about 25 years. Sometimes you have good days with better line counts and other days less. I would think quality is better. I used to work with a woman in a hospital that typed phenomenal lines but her accuracy was horrible and people seemed to overlook that. I never understand that one. Anyhow, relax and give your best, which it sounds like you do. Have a good weekend and don't worry, you will be fine.

Regarding unwanted phone calls. [2008-04-23]
I wanted to share my success story. I switched to Vonage a few months back, and it is an answer to prayer, literally. It is so neat - you can work with it while online and put your settings on whatever you want. You can have all calls go straight to voice mail - or you can have voice mail after different lengths of rings. The best thing is that you can get an email notification instantly if you get a phone call and/or message. You also can see every call that came into your home via the online site, as well as every outgoing call. I have my trusty old cell phone that my friends and family know to call me on 24/7, but the number is a secret to MQ. I was shocked the other day to see that Impact Room had called me probably a dozen times, and while I was working, no less. And the best part, all of this is literally only $30 a month - unlimited long distance calling. So no more answering machines, your phone can be simple, all your settings are thru the website for Vonage. Installing it was so easy. If I did it, anyone can. You just plug it into your cable line. Impact Room does not leave messages when they call me, and I've not heard 1 thing negative about it. If I want calls, I change my settings. After 5 pm when I'm done for the day, and don't want to know anything about work, I make sure its set for straight to voice mail and relax. Again, family and friends can reach me anytime. Its like a secret phone.