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Anyone ever had trouble installing Emdat sm - Posted By: mlstoo

on their computer? I keep getting the error installing spellcheck setup.msi.

Anybody know of any good sites for surgical term reference? nm - Posted By: AH

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Are there really any jobs that don't have 85% OR BETTER ESL? - Posted By: hillbillymt

Really hard to make a living this way.

Questions about getting clients. sm - Posted By: MT

I want to get a client and was hoping to get some suggestions on what has worked best for others.

I was wondering how I should dress when going to an office to give out flyers. I was wondering if flyers were a waste of time. Any suggestions to help get my services noticed would be appreciated.

word help! - Posted By: Mary

Has anybody heard of something used in echocardiograms called (s/l Olfex, Offex), maybe some kind of contrast?

C-Phone Manual - Posted By: Megan

Does anyone have a CPhone manual? I have found where I can buy one but I was hoping that someone might have one here they might email me.. Money is on the tight side.

Am just now getting back into transcription after a short period away from it and I can't remember all the darn programming and keys.. LOL

Has anyone ever sold jewelry? - Posted By: Unexpected expenses

I want to sell a DeBeers' diamond that will get me out of a tight financial bind. However, an ad in the the newspaper made me think of how easy it would be to knock my over and steal my ring. The jewelry stores said that it would sit on their shelf possibly for a few months. My dog is requiring emergency vet care and it is going to total much money. I know the pawn shop is a possibility. Any ideas? I hate this idea because I know I will not get what it is worth but it is the one thing I have that would bring me hard cold cash. Thanks!

So much for the new year being better than the last. - Posted By: depressed out-of-work MT

Life could be a lot worse, right? I know, but I still have no work even at a different job. I still have no money. My bills are still behind because my jobs have just snowballed in the past three months. Home life is the same old, same old. Can't get the kids to pitch in without complaining. Still can't get them up in the morning despite moving their bedtimes back. Can't get the husband to cut back on the budget. His job has been really slow since Thanksgiving, too. Christmas was the same old thing. I wound up returning my Christmas presents again this year. Nobody gives refunds even with gift receipts so I get to use the gift cards to buy groceries. I don't know why I thought the new year would be any different. It's so darn depressing. What's the point of trying so hard when nothing ever changes?

Job Hunting - Posted By: Amy

Hi-

Could someone offer up some information on aquiring a position Transcribing with little current experience. I seem to be hitting some walls.

Tailbone hurts - Posted By: Romey

Need advice, my tailbone just started hurting about 2 months ago for no reason, have a Herman Miller Aeron chair that has been the best, but now need some relief for my tailbone. My rearend does not hurt, just my tailbone.

Went on line and the good doughnut pillows are tailbone pillows are very expensive, anyone have any cheap home solutions?

Imagine that!! - Posted By: Mom-CMT

My DH just got a promotion at work. It is a pretty big promotion. He sat down and talked to me and told me how happy he is to have me at home working, because he feels he is where he is because I pick up so much of the slack with the kids, etc. and he gets to focus on his career. For a while I was considering getting out of the business (major burnout), but now I'm here to stay!!! He told me now that he is making more, not to worry about working so hard -- take some more time off for myself!!! Am I lucky or what!!!!

Anyone ever have problems with sink holes in your yard? - Posted By: I mean real sink holes not just dips in soil

My grandson was just walking across the yard and his foot gave way and went down to his waist. There are other areas, some large where the ground appears to have sunk somewhat. They live in southeast georgia. If you have experienced this, please share.

I may be - Posted By: opening up a can of whoop***

I just read an MT company's site that states that one of the reasons for outsourcing of MT work is the lack of qualified and quality MTs here in the US. Is this a fact? Does anyone know? I am thinking this is a cop-out because I think the reason for outsourcing is the bottom line and I do not believe that someone in another country can learn to become an MT more quickly than someone who is American and speaks English - since American healthcare is still dictated in ENGLISH. This company has embraced and is apparently making money by teaching transcription to people in foreign countries and then outsourcing their accounts to these foreign countries. Despite all of the conflicts and setbacks including broadband problems, platforms, foreign government, and even cultural holidays put in the mix of why things go wrong - they press on to move their MT work overseas. Please, someone, help me to understand this. It just makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Names in dictation - Posted By: Inquiring Mind

My accounts don't allow pt. names in dictation, following AAMT recommendations, but what about names of family members? They could certainly be used to identify the pt.

Problems posting - Posted By: Curious

Is anyone out there having problems posting a reply? It seems as though on some of the posts it indicates an area to "post a quick reply" and on the others those words do not appear!

Anyone else experiencing these problems?

Start Stop foot pedal pre-programmed for EMDAT problems - Posted By: Cris

I just got my foot pedal but have no idea how to get it to work with EMDAT Inscribe; much to my dismay a manual was not included with the pedal. Obviously, even though it was pre-programmed to work with EMDAT, I can't just plug it in and get to work. UGH!

Can anyone help me here. I'm a real computer dummy so I need to be walked through the steps as though I were a kid. BTW, my hot keys are F7 Play, F6 rewind, and F4 RR.

TIA

Is expanderic working properly for those who have downloaded it? - Posted By: sm

I had to disable it just to type this message because it keeps deleting characters that I type and adding spaces. Anybody?

refresher course - Posted By: jean

Does anyone know of a refresher course for MT's. I have at least 18 years experience as either an MT transcribing the acute fours, but for the past four years I have been working as a nurse. I would like to get back into medical transcription. My terminology is great, but my speed needs polishing up! Any suggestions?

Happy New Year everyone! I'll be out of town over the weekend. If you have any - Posted By: problems, email webmaster@mtstars.com. Administrat

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MTSO versus national - Posted By: dls

I known this may seem like a dumb question, but I need to know. Is there a different between MTSO and national companies and if so, what?

Suggestions for getting back on track? - Posted By: Slacking

I have been doing transcription for quite a while now, 14+ years. I am finding that my count is dwindling and it's not due to lack of work. I think I'm just burned out. I love my job, but just can't seem to get it going again. What do you all do to increase your production and get yourself out of a slump other than the obvious word expanders, etc. Any advice you can give me would be really appreciated. My husband is about to kill me because my check is not where it should be.

Voice Recognition Software - Posted By: angie

Just curious to see if any MT's use voice recognition software to aid in translating dictation? I know some of the larger companies are using it to assist in translating dictation.

PT transcription.... - Posted By: anon

Has anyone typed for a PT Department, and how is the dictation. On a level of 1/10 what would you say. I'm currently doing neurosurgery, family medicine, orthopaedic, and pulmonary and thinking of possibly taking a position for a PT Company to do transcription in house. Any info would be greatly appreciated.javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','

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NO PAY SM - Posted By: NVMT

The company I have been working for for about a year decided they were not going to pay this pay period because they claimed they did not get paid because of "bad transcriptions" and they were looking to see who were behind the bad transcriptions and then pay next pay period, which is a month after the work is completed as it is. Also, the work has been under 100% QA, so how could there be "bad transcriptions" still getting through? Does anyone know if there are legal remedies, as they owe me three paydays if they decide to not pay me.

To the poster unsure about the platform - Posted By: sm

that Amphion uses, I work there. You do not. Obviously. Please do not direct someone the wrong way. It can only hurt and not help. You have to have the last word, I realize, so will let it go after this.

New to Board - Posted By: Mikki

Just checking this board out, seeing how it works :)

All Dictaphone EXSpeech users, do you have advice.. - Posted By: HELP!

on how to increase line counts? Can we all list a few "tricks of the trade" here or things that have helped you? Been on EXText for years but fairly new on EXSpeech (now on EXEditor), but I know I am probably not using the system to its full potential. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated!

Losing expander by switching companies - Posted By: Jeanie

If I decided to switch companies but am using an Expander program that is the company's software, I would have to start from square one with new company. (There is no way around that, correct?)

Not planning on leaving now but was just thinking that if that should become a consideration, my line count would drop big time until I could build all those expansions again. Has anyone ever gone through that? Do you remember how long it took to get back up to speed?

graveyard shift questions? HELP!! sm - Posted By: txmwmt

for those of you who work the graveyard shift, when you initially started how did you get your sleep pattern to adjust? i did this for 2 nights and loved it!! i got sooo much work done without any interruptions and it was wonderful so i have decided that i would prefer to work at nighttime but i am having a hard time staying awake now through the night and by 1ish i am falling asleep. how did you get ahead on your sleep well enough to get you past the initial getting used to it? and do you keep that same schedule even on weekends or when you aren't working as far as sleep routine?

Has anybody watched the TV show "Earl?" - Posted By: how do you like it?

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best office space - Posted By: IC MT

I have my office in a corner of my dining room. I am alone during the day and work as an IC. I would like to move my office to an upstairs bedroom. I've been reluctant to do this because I thought is would be too isolating (and bathroom is on the main floor). But it's a new year and I am starting a new account, so I thought what the heck? I have struggled lately with maintaining concentration. I look around a can see all that needs doing and I wander away from the 'puter and do it. A habit that has cost me! I am hoping the new office area will anchor me a bit. I would like to hear from MTs who work in a defined work space like this, the pros and cons. I want to be a more productive focued IC in the new year. Any input would be helpful. Thanks so much!

What is an electronic keyfobb? - Posted By: MslaMT

What is a keyfobb..and why is it worth $500?

Travel and work - Posted By: Julia

As my parents are getting older I would like to visit with them more often. I live in the south and they live on the West Coast. I would like to work from their house, but they don't have an internet connection. I have thought about wi-fi but this presents privacy issues and the inconvenience of having to drive to Starbucks every day. My parents are not receptive to getting an internet connection as they do not have a computer. Anyone have any ideas how I can get some work done and yet still travel to see them several times a year?

DEDUCT FOR ERRORS, INFOMATICS - Posted By: michelle

Do all big co. deduct for less than 989% accuracy. They deduct 5% Really leary of this company and am supposed to train tomorrow. Seems it stays at 8 cents forever with no differentials or anything.

Smart Type with - Posted By: Needtogetfast

MedRite-XL ... what would the benefits of using Smart Type rather than the MedRite expander? Need to to anything I can to get faster.

Need help with this please... - Posted By: wise1

Where is the setting that will allow more than one window open at a time? When I have something up and start another page it closes the first page, and I don't want that... but can't find where to change the setting... THanks in advance.

Seen any good movies lately? - Posted By: survey says

I liked The Pacifier and National Treasure. We are planning on having an outdoor movie night using a white sheet nailed to the side of the house and a projector to the DVD player on the computer, but I can't think of anything good to rent.

How do you get a water ring mark off a wooden table, nm - Posted By: Romey

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? re: airports and MT equipment - Posted By: Traveling MT

I will be making a trip soon and hope to be able to work some while I am gone. Has anyone experienced any difficulties with traveling with a laptop and foot pedal recently? I would like to take it as a carry on due to the expense of replacement.

auto text has shut off - Posted By: AnnaPhylaxis

i was deleting some entries in my auto text and now when i am typing, they aren't coming on...i must have shut them off and i can't figure out to turn it on again.

Softscript- the truth of the matter - Posted By: frelvis

Having recently joined SoftScript a few months back, and having 15+ years in MT, working for many different companies, I researched what the boards were saying about ALL the companies I worked, or wanted to work for. I noticed some bad stuff posted about SS. I also saw that most of it was 3 years ago or more. I decided that things change and came over. I like it- they have plenty of work and matched my last line pay. The managers I know and talk to have been cool, at least to me. But I never give anyone trouble either. I work alot, and don't miss much work. I know they are always looking to beef up staff, editors, mentors, etc. Line requirements are low enough to meet easily. They do have a high QA standard, but then who of us doesn't think we're the best out there and can easily get 100% in QA? Should give them a call and apply and find out for yourself. You'll be glad you did! Let me know if you do- I'll get a referral bonus too!

Newbie needs experience - Posted By: Jackie

Anyone know of companies that will give newbies with schooling a chance?

Drawing unemployment --- - Posted By: anon

I was just reading the unemployment site for my state and came across some interesting information.

It said if you quit your job due to a "material change" then you could still draw unemployment? What would constitute a material change?

Would it be a forced shift and day change after 2 years? Would it be the fact that you've gone from $1000 a week to $300 a week and you are sitting in front of a computer about 16 hours a day to do that, plus working 7 days a week? Would it be having to work third shift instead of first?

Any thoughts, any suggestions? If I am only going to make $300 a week, I want to draw unemployment so I can go to college and not have to deal with this BS anymore!

Need some help please (sm) - Posted By: monica

I have been trying to test with some companies on line. I have been having problems with filling in PDF questionnaires. I don't have Microsoft Word. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be? Do I need to buy Word? Do I have something locked that is causing me not to be able to fill in questionnaires? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Prior wedding inquiry update...sm - Posted By: June bride

Previously I had posted on this board as my fiance and I were trying to figure out how to handle letting people know that we don't want any wedding gifts (we each have a house and don't need material things as we're giving away tons of stuff with merging the home) but had chosen a charity for anyone who would like to make a donation in our honor.

My maid of honor and a couple of friends decided to host a party for us and on the invitations put on there that in lieu of gifts that we were requesting donations to a children's charity that we chose because of the reputation of spending the money wisely and being well known for its work.

This has gone over very well with the invitees. I've had many of them call and e-mail me or my fiance saying that they thought this was a wonderful way for us to help others less fortunate and yet celebrate our upcoming marriage. The charity agreed prior to our announcement to not pester these people afterwards with mailings and is simply sending those that send a donation a thank you card, and then they're sending me a weekly list showing who made a donation and their address, but not the dollar amount as I don't care to know what they gave.

So... for future brides that don't want gifts I suggest doing what we did - it's a win for the charity and lets the family/friends that wanted to do something special do this in a way that we chose (and we aren't stuck with household items we don't want or need!)

I guess I needed this and maybe others do too - Posted By: Need a break

Gratefulness, Not Hatefulness
Five things we can do to bring healing into our hearts.




Imagine a country whose citizens--maybe even its leaders--are brave, calm, and open towards each other; a country whose people realize that all human beings belong together as one family and must act accordingly; a country guided by common sense. To the extent to which we show ourselves not hateful but grateful, this becomes reality.

But gratefulness? The very word seems utterly out of place, even offensive, under the given circumstances. And yet, that we speak of �given� circumstances is significant. Whatever is given is a gift, and the appropriate response to any gift is gratitude. But what could be the gift in this case?

The gift we were given by the wake-up call of September 11 is an unprecedented opportunity: to wake up, wake up to the madness of violence and counter-violence. What happened to New York was as much and as little a first as what happened to Hiroshima. After all, we witnessed merely the most recent link in a chain of revenge for revenge. This recent retaliation is certainly not the first, but it gives us a unique opportunity to wake up and to make it the last.

Strange though it is, many of us were able to ignore the vicious circle of violence against violence--our own and that of others--as long as it was happening far away. We were asleep. September 11 was a rough awakening.

What now? We can show ourselves grateful for the wake-up call by staying awake, by acting wakefully. A danger recognized and faced is cut in half. The danger is violence regardless of who commits it, terrorists or legitimate governments. No rhetoric, no posturing can any longer obscure the fact that violence breeds violence. We must break that cycle of madness.

Violence has its roots in every heart. It is in my own heart that I must recognize fear, agitation, coldness, alienation, and the impulse to blind anger. Here in my heart, I can turn fear into courageous trust, agitation and confusion into stillness, isolation into a sense of belonging, alienation into love, and irrational reaction into common sense. The creative imagination of gratefulness will suggest to each one of us how to go about this task. I will list here five small gestures that have helped me personally to show my gratitude for the wake-up call and to stay awake.
But gratefulness? The very word seems utterly out of place, even offensive, under the given circumstances. And yet, that we speak of �given� circumstances is significant. Whatever is given is a gift, and the appropriate response to any gift is gratitude. But what could be the gift in this case?

The gift we were given by the wake-up call of September 11 is an unprecedented opportunity: to wake up, wake up to the madness of violence and counter-violence. What happened to New York was as much and as little a first as what happened to Hiroshima. After all, we witnessed merely the most recent link in a chain of revenge for revenge. This recent retaliation is certainly not the first, but it gives us a unique opportunity to wake up and to make it the last.

Strange though it is, many of us were able to ignore the vicious circle of violence against violence--our own and that of others--as long as it was happening far away. We were asleep. September 11 was a rough awakening.

What now? We can show ourselves grateful for the wake-up call by staying awake, by acting wakefully. A danger recognized and faced is cut in half. The danger is violence regardless of who commits it, terrorists or legitimate governments. No rhetoric, no posturing can any longer obscure the fact that violence breeds violence. We must break that cycle of madness.

Violence has its roots in every heart. It is in my own heart that I must recognize fear, agitation, coldness, alienation, and the impulse to blind anger. Here in my heart, I can turn fear into courageous trust, agitation and confusion into stillness, isolation into a sense of belonging, alienation into love, and irrational reaction into common sense. The creative imagination of gratefulness will suggest to each one of us how to go about this task. I will list here five small gestures that have helped me personally to show my gratitude for the wake-up call and to stay awake.
All gratitude expresses trust. Suspicion will not even recognize a gift as gift: Who can prove that it isn�t a lure, a bribe, a trap? Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear. The air has been electrified by fearfulness these days, a fearfulness fostered and manipulated by politicians and the media. There lies our greatest danger: Fear perpetuates violence. Mobilize the courage of your heart, as the truly awake ones are doing. Say one word today that gives a fearful person courage.

Because gratitude expresses courage, it spreads calm. Calm of this kind is quite compatible with deep emotions. In fact, the mass hysteria rampant all around betrays confusion rather than deep feeling--superficial agitation rather than a deep current of compassion. Join the truly compassionate ones who are calm and strong. From the stillness of your heart�s core reach out. Calmly hold someone�s hand today and spread calm.

When you are grateful, your heart is open--open towards others, open for surprise. In the days since the wake-up call we have seen remarkable examples of this openness: strangers helping strangers often in heroic ways. Others turn away, isolate themselves, dare even less than at other times to look at each other. Violence begins with isolation. Break this pattern. Make contact with people whom you normally ignore--eye-contact at least--with the agent at the toll booth, the parking lot attendant, someone on the elevator. Look a stranger in the eyes today and realize that there are no strangers.

You can feel either grateful or alienated, but never both at the same time. Gratefulness drives out alienation; there is no room for both in the same heart. When you are grateful, you know that you belong to a network of give-and-take and you say "yes" to that belonging. This "yes" is the essence of love. You need no words to express it; a smile will do to put your "yes" into action. Don�t let it matter to you whether or not the other one smiles back. Give someone an unexpected smile today and so contribute your share to peace on earth.

What your gratefulness does for you is as important as what it does for others. Gratefulness boosts your sense of belonging; your sense of belonging in turn boosts your common sense. Your "yes" to belonging attunes you to the common concerns shared by all human beings. After the wake-up call, nothing else makes sense but common sense. We have only one enemy, our common enemy: violence. Common sense tells us that we can stop violence only by stopping to act violently; war is no way to peace. Listen to the news today and put at least one item to the test of common sense.

The five steps I am suggesting here are small, but they work. It helps that they are small; anyone can take them. Yet, if we do so, calm, courage, and common sense--a growing circle of light--will radiate all around us. Who would have foreseen that gratitude could shine forth with new brightness in these dark days? May it light our way.

Bro. David Steindl-Rast

Congratulations! Diana O. of W. Virginia on winning the third dinner! - Posted By: Administrator sm

Send an email to admin@mtstars.com with your full address and your choice of dinner gift card and we will ship it out to you immediately!

I NEED HELP with this Lanier LX-219-1 - Posted By: MommaNutzy

Please help...I am ready to pull out my hair....

I need to set up my Lanier LX-219-1 system into a vonage modem

and I am TOTALLY lost...have tried all kinds of different connections

to no avail....Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated...

Thank you...

Faxing and HIPAA concerns - Posted By: just wondering

I need to know the regulations imposed by HIPAA for MTSOs faxing medical reports to referring doctors. Thanks.

I know this is probably the wrong board, but I need positive thoughts - Posted By: totally OT

prayers, whatever you can spare. I've been having left-sided chest pain for a couple of months now. I had two irregular EKGs about 18 months ago but couldn't get in with a cardiologist before losing my health insurance due to job loss. They've got a huge waiting list to get in, and "younger" people are at the bottom of the list. I'm just feeling panicky because I'm worried that it's breast or lung cancer or heart disease or something, and I've got young kids at home. I just hope this doctor doesn't treat me like I'm a hypochondriac because I'm a female Transcriptionist over the age of 30.