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Posted By: Heather
Every since upgrading my Inscribe I can no longer use my Instant text. Is there a way to fix this? I am totally lost now. Are there any other programs that will work with this? I have tried several times the patch or whatever it is called but still not working. I even tried to uninstall and reinstall IT without success. Any suggestions?
AAMT CEs for medicolegal -
Posted By: C Primeaux
Does anyone have any ideas as to where I can find anything that I can use for medicolegal CEs for AAMT recertification? I believe I have enough articles to summarize from JAAMT and Plexus for the other categories, but can't find any for medicolegal, and I understand after March 2007 we will need 6 in medicolegal. There are not many seminars, etc around here, that I know of. Any help would be appreciated. If anyone has articles they have used for medicolegal CEs, can you please let me know, e-mail them to me, or tell me where you found them at least. Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Word Expanders -
Posted By: Carla
I am looking for a word Expander to purchase and I was wondering if any of you have Instant Text Pro and how exactly does it work. Are there entries already in there? Also, what is the difference between Instant Text Pro and Shorthand. Thanks so much. Do you think Instant Text Pro is worth the money?
Oh, and yes, outsourcing will collapse in times to come when the financial divide reduces among nations, especially once major unions like the EU are formed. Moreover, research indicates that it's more of a hassle to manage and offers only marginal cost reduction.
DM
November 11, 2008 09:02 PM
Outsourcing is what caused the demise of the United States economy, in my opinion. The rest of the world depends on the U.S. economy; listen to the news. Multilingual for the U.S.? Realize we are from different backgrounds, but in the U.S. English is the official, unofficial language. In the U.S., learn the language. Reap the benefits but can't speak the language? Automate Spanish and French for our bordering countries but beyond that? I have had very bad experience dealing with customer service reps from another country. You can't even understand each other some of the time. Ask them where they are from and they mispronounce the name of the city and state. Ask them their name. Fake one given. Very misleading. Our country in the last few years has gone downhill economically--lost jobs, lost homes, medicines unavailable for those who need it, because they cannot afford it, etc. Keep people in jobs in the U.S., and the U.S. will do better economically, hence the world would do better economically. Worldwide recession did not start until after U.S. failed--the trickle effect. 24/7 coverage? Pay people enough, and they will work. Heck, at this point, pay them anything and they will work the off shifts. Some people want the graveyard shifts. Americans working in America who aren't bilingual in certain areas (Texas, for example) can't even get a job at Wal-Mart. Think about it. Outsourcing was our demise.
julia
November 11, 2008 09:06 PM
I agree that stopping the outsourcing would be better for the economy since Japan blamed its problems on outsourcing and temp agencies 2008.
Gail
November 11, 2008 09:59 PM
In our big publishing company, help desk and infrastructure support have been consolidated and outsourced several years ago, with disastrous results. Since then, we have had to deal with extended production-critical outages, with CSRs who don't understand simple technical words that everyone in U.S. knows, and with CSRs whose heavy English accent is no good for any kind of customer support.
Observer
November 11, 2008 10:45 PM
It is of course expected that someone from Nuance Communications, which makes IVR software, would be in favor of automated response systems, which drive their revenue. And of course Nick Sharma would prefer outsourcing to India. What are needed are neutral viewpoints. If customers could get a choice of country (Press 1 for U.S., Press 2 for India), when they call their support line, this would make clear what customers prefer.
My issue with outsourcing has nothing to do with the call center agents themselves. My issue is with the executives who implement this solution without thinking it all the way through. They are puppet masters, walking off with all the money on the backs of their employees. Their only concern is the bottom line, the shareholders, and their yearly bonuses. Customer satisfaction seems to have taken a back seat to greed long ago, and outsourcing is merely one facet of this big picture. Don't blame the tech in India who's busting his ass for next to no money to feed his family, just like us "high-and-mighty" Americans do. Blame the executive who hasn't spent enough time and money on training these people, sending them to English class to speak and write clearly, and not paying them enough to get the high quality people that they need to man the call center.
My eye doctor says I am a good candidate. I would like to hear any positives/negatives from any of you who have had the procedure. Thanks.
What's for Dinner Tonight? -
Posted By: Hungry MT
We are having pasta with steamed veggies and parmesan cheese, salad, garlic bread. Vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries for dessert. MMMMM
I was warned when I started transcribing at 19 that it would appear. I'm 39 and here it is. LOL. But then again I do have 3 kids and a frig readily accessible 24/7
Just wondering what everyone does to stay in shape. I need to get into a program or you'll see me on "The Biggest Loser" TV show next season.
Spirits in the house - go ahead and laugh, or tell me you wanted a serious answer. That is one. I've seen it before.
usa transcription? -
Posted By: Shae
I'm looking for a company called USA Transcription or something like that. Can anyone help with some possibilities? I have spent an hour on the archives and could spend hours more....lol
Okay, I feel so dumb, but it has been about 10 years since I used a C-phone. My question is, I plugged in my head phones but the dictation is not coming solely through the head phones, but also through the C-phone. How do I get it to come just through the head phones.
Does anyone use VR at home? nm -
Posted By: wondering
I am from Northwest Indiana and have Comcast. It is always down. Does anyone else from Northwest Indiana have this problem with Comcast? Are there other companies out there to choose from? My husband swears up and down that Comcast is all we can get here. I know south of us there is Nitco, but I do not believe you can get it where I live. Any information would be helpful. I am trying to obtain a new at-home position and am worried about the Internet connection going down on me while I am working.
SCIP or SKIP protocol -
Posted By: Kelly
Has anyone ever heard of SCIP or SKIP protocol? This is a surgeon talking about prophylactic antibiotics. I have found on the internet SCIP protocol for skin care intervention program but am not sure if this is reliable info. Does anyone know which way to spell this/what this is and have a source to back it up?
Doesn't matter if it is someone you took care of or someone you typed a report about. I just did a report on a 103-year-old man and once while working as a aide, had a 104-year-old male patient. Cute as a button and sharp as a tack. Also had a 101-year-old lady at the nursing home. Poll -
Posted By: Romey
What would you go into if you left the MT field with this being your only skill, in your late to early 40s, and having a high school diploma?
Raises and starting out. -
Posted By: tab
I was thinking about going ahead and testing up with my company so I can get me one of those wonderful raises... the only thing is that if I fail then they will performance manage me.... so I wanted to ask around and see how long everyone went before they got a raise.
I started out at 6 cents a line 2 years ago and really was hoping they could give me just a tad bit more. A lot of the people on my account are getting 8-10 cents, but have been working a few more years then me.
Profile ID: 442891 matches... Project ID: 173147 Title: Need sample encoutners Category: Admin Support (Legal, Medical, & Accounting) Description: We are looking for some sample medical encoutners for some research on a product. We do not want real patinet demographcis at all Make the patient Mickey Mouse.
We need encounters for the following 1-chief complaint simple encoutner 2-chief complaint complex encounter 3-multisystem exams 4-mulitple chielf compalaints
Please let us know what you can provide to us. We need ledgible encounters that follow the soap format. we are doing this for research for our emr application
So what do you think? Real F****** Einsteins. And I will guarantee you that there will be one person out there that thinks "Oh those poor people are just trying to make a living like us. I think I'll help them and I'll charge $50...."
I am looking for a good all-in-one machine. I have, in the last 7 years, been through 2 Brother machines, 1 Lexmark, and now a Kodak 5500 that is not even 1 year old. This Kodak was great at first, and I loved it because the ink cartridges are only half the cost of the Lexmark (which, by the way, produced great quality pictures and copy), but the Lexmark just up and stopped working on me one day. I don't remember the exact message it was giving me, but it was something I found out I was going to have to contact Lexmark about and basically have the machine refurbished, which I did not do because it would have cost about as much to do that as to buy a new one. Then my husband brought home the Kodak, which I loved up until about a month ago, when it started just not copying at all, and it changed ink colors on me all on its own when I tried printing something. Black is yellow, red is green, etc. I changed ink cartridges thinking maybe that was the problem, but with brand new cartridges it still does the same thing. I am going to contact Kodak and see if they can tell me anything, but in the meantime does anyone have a recommendation for a good, reliable AIO if I can't get the Kodak working? I hate paying for the ink cartridges for AIOs too, but that is unfortunately the kind of machine I need. Thanks very much for any ideas.
Lately when I proof my work, I don't remember typing things near the beginning of the report and thinks it is something I forgot to remove from a macro. Then I have to re-listen to that part to verify; wasting time.
I didn't use to do this and don't know how to stop. - Any tips?
Hi Everyone...I am new to this board and would like some advice from experienced MT's out there! I have been working for a company for the past three years and things aren't quite panning out to my satifaction lately. I'm thinking of applying for other jobs with more benefits. Here's my question - What do you guys do when you aren't happy with your present employment? Do you list your current employer on your resume? Okay....What I'm getting at is this >>>>Will my present employer be contacted for a reference check, etc. should I be considered for another job?
It seems most Transcriptionist have to have more than one job. I want to work for just one company but have always worked for two and three to make sure I had work if one was low. Does anyone work for just one company ?
Two jobs? -
Posted By: mom-CMT
I am wondering if it is possible to work for another company part time (approximately 15 hours a week) and still have a regular 40 hour a week job. I am on the verge of splitting up with my husband of 13 years. I know he will carry the kids on his insurance, but I don't know how the child support thing will work. I want to give the kids a few "extras" and I was hoping maybe this might be an option. The problem is the computer I have belongs to the company I work for. Any suggestions appreciated.
this is kinda fun.....sm -
Posted By: casey
I am getting so nervous I am having trouble working. She has decided to sing Sara Evan's "Born to Fly" as her first song and it she is chosen in the top five, she will sing Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You." Two totally different songs. The elimination process has been easy thus far but now MOST of the 12 are good so it is hard to pick a top 5 which I hope she at least makes. Wish us luck.
Not to flame but every day there's posting after posting about how awful MQ is -
Posted By: so my question is this
Is VoiceScribe a program such as Scribe? Is this something that a transcription service provides to the Transcriptionist (IC or employee), or does the transcriptionist need to purchase this?
DIALUP?? -
Posted By: FLMT
Please give me some companies that I can do QA or edit for? thanks, I don't have broadband right now.
Does anyone know how much AAMT charges for a new BOS? I am looking to purchase the 2nd edition AAMT BOS (have the 1st edition) but cannot get on the AAMT website to comparison shop. I have looked at Amazon and Half.com. Any help or suggestion would be much appreciated.
Shorthand 9 -
Posted By: Loves to Type
I just started a new job and the expansion program that works with their platform is ShortHand 9. I am wondering if there is anyway to import your AutoCorrect entries from Word? It's going to take me forever to enter all those expansions manually. TIA!
Anyone interested in an orthopaedics account - see message -
Posted By: dizzi
If you are in the Connecticut/Massachusetts area and are intersted in a digital upload orthopaedic account - 3 doctors and PA - probably keep one person fairly busy, please email me. I can't handle the extra workload so would like to find a nice match for them.
Diskriter -
Posted By: mbd410
I hope I'm posting on the right board, but here it goes. My elderly mother was in the hospital back in January and on Friday received a bill from a nephrologist who saw her briefly once and billed Medicare $375 for his in-hospital consultation. Medicare paid them $15.68, they "wrote down" $240.40 and the supplementary paid $3.92, and now they are billing her $115. This is the first time she has ever received a bill from anyone as her insurance has always paid. I keep thinking that they have used a wrong CPT code for their billing as it is beyond me that Medicare would only pay $15.68 for an in-hospital consultation. I will have to wrangle with these people tomorrow, but wanted to know if anyone had any opinions about this and feels like I do. I don't think this is her deductible amount as she had seen many physicians before him seeing her in the hospital. I know I will also have to call Medicare to see if in fact they are the ones that got their bill in first and this is in fact her yearly deductible, but as they say, knowledge is your best tool before someone tries to pull the "wool over your eyes."
I'll never have one done. It has to be the grossest report I have ever typed. When I do op notes I find it very helpful to visualize in my mind what the surgeon is doing. Well, with this report, I was ready to heave all the way through it. My face can wrinkle and sag til the cows come home cause I will never have facelift done. YUK!
Question for MTSO1 regarding docshuttle. -
Posted By: sm
I was just wondering what part of docshuttle is free? I went to their web site and their fee is .20/minute (under 1,000 minutes of dictation) for the use of a 1-800 number for dictating, and then there are also start-up costs for each dictator, transcriptionist, and transcription administrator. Isn't this the same as a TASP?
I don't mean to be rude or sarcastic, but just need clarification on the "free" part of this service.
Even with all the start-up fees and per minute charge, is this a better option than owning your own digital dictation system where you pay for the equipment and phone lines? I am looking into the Bytescribe Orator Pro, but am still researching my options.
Some in the office I work in said there are HIPAA rules that apply to transcription, such as font size, etc. Does anyone know about this and where I can get more information.
If you work at home for a company out of Canada but live in the United States and are a US citizen, do you have to pay income tax on the money you make for the Canadian company?
VR may NOT be the Next Big Thing... -
Posted By: kyradmt
MedQuist has been trying for years to push VR on the hospital radiology department I transcribe for and they absolutely REFUSE to use it. MQ was always like "try it, you'll like it" and I believe they did try it one day and that was it. MQ finally gave up. So there is hope for us all yet! I'm sorry, one more Vonage thing... -
Posted By: Dial-in MT
They cut me off in mid--report. No dial tone. Nothing. Then they emailed me a note saying they were going to charge me $39.99 to cancel my account.
Fortunately I can use my regular phone line as the account I am typing on tonight is local.
I am freaking out. Setting this home thing up is the hardest thing I have ever done in my whole life. SoftScript does not automatically have a word expander. Where do I get one? I have Vista. How do I do this? Is there free ware? Can I just make a million macros in Word 2007? I want my word expander!!!!!!!!!!!
Lines per minute???? -
Posted By: MTinTX
What is the average lines per minute? I know it is going to vary, but I just want what the average is.
Client needs to rerecord some old micro cassettes. I have no idea where to send him, important stuff going to court. Any ideas for us? All help appreciated.
coffee and potatoe chips... -
Posted By: bd
After 3 days of no work, I quit MQ. I was very happy with MQ before "the packet". I liked my line rate, I liked the work and I liked my shift. I had plenty of work and I was making money. I didn't give a hoot about the production bonuses they were offering in the packet, I was satisfied with the status quo. My family can live okay without the extra money. It was nice to have because it gave us a few extras and we were paying double on the mortgage per month. I'll find another job soon to help out. Who I feel sorry for right now is the people who DO depend on the money to live. I hope everything works out for everybody.
Anyone work for Freedom Type sm -
Posted By: curious
Do they have SE and employee status or just employee? TIA!
Okay, I feel so dumb, but it has been about 10 years since I used a C-phone. My question is, I plugged in my head phones but the dictation is not coming solely through the head phones, but also through the C-phone. How do I get it to come just through the head phones.
I am freaking out. Setting this home thing up is the hardest thing I have ever done in my whole life. 
Hi all,
