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How to receive daily digest?-please help - Posted By: bon

Many, many months ago I somehow figured out on this site how to receive a daily digest through email each day and I enjoy that.  Now I would like to tell a couple MTer's how to receive this Daily Digest as well, but am not able to find the directions on this site again.  If anyone could tell me how to sign up for the Daily Digest, would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks. 



Would someone please explain to me how a c phone system works? - Posted By: sm

I have been an MT for 15 years....started with typewriter! LOL  Anyway, am now up to digital dictation with local hospital but am looking for other employment.  I'm trying to understand the c-phone system and how cost effective it would be to work using one.  I have been offered a job but need a c-phone and unlimited long distance.  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for the help.

honest transcription company - Posted By: Private

 Does anyone know of an honest transcription firm.  Looking for names.



Satellite/wireless/transcription? - Posted By: Shel

I really want to be a traveling Transcriptionist for the next couple of years, living mostly out of hotels, due to hubby's possible new job assignment.  Anybody heard of doing this productively.  Can you give me some pointers on where the begin?  I know a lap top is probably first, right?


Please help ASAP!!


Thanks in advance!



Need help with migraine medication--No one responded on drug board - Posted By: Georgia MT

S/L afsurg, atsurg, nafsurg, natsurg--migraine med


No response on drug forum.


TIA



Correct way to type drug dosing - Posted By: pauline

I have a question and I have seen it typed many ways: 


This is regarding proper way to type q.4 h.  I have BOS on my computer.  I know one is not supposed to mix Latin and English, and BOS and I know what it says about mixing Latin and English, but I work for a National CO and I have seen diff QA tell fellow MTs diff ways to type this.   This is a a verbatim account.  Have to type what doc says.  Before I check with AM, I would like to have an opinion on how you all type the above before I  send a note to the Lead QA person.   I have also seen it q.4 hours with a space between the 4 and hours.  It seems like the QA team with this company has diff opinions when they check your work.   Thanks.  I was wondering if there any rules or changes on this subject in the short while or a website that I could check into for the latest information.  There are so many changes that it is hard to keep up with it anymore.


 



Medical Dictation Services Inc - Posted By: MSH

Does anyone here work for this company that is based in Gathersburg, MD?  If so, I would like to talk to you.  I have been away from transcription for a couple years but want to get back into it and am hoping to hear from this company.  Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks!  MSH



Non-MT Work? - Posted By: Rose

Does anyone have any ideas for work that can be done on the side of a part-time MT job? I'm interested in hearing different ideas! Thanks.

MT and non-related work - Posted By: Andrea

Hello Fellow Transcriptionist.  I was wondering if someone out there could answer a  few questions to set me on the right track.  I would like to freelance medical and non-medical transcriptions as well and was wondering how to charge for this  by the page or by the line count?  Also would like to know things to avoid or helpful tips with this adventure??  Thanks a ton.

Anybody else get letter from Frank today? - Posted By: ssc

Got a letter from Frank about "document preservation"  and the ever-threatening "new pay plan."  He keeps mentioning his new pay plan, but never has the balls to tell us what it is.



Thank you! - Posted By: Ray

Thanks for the help folks I am new to this site.

entertaining education... - Posted By: nm

in looking up a term encountered today, i googled to this page, on Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy -- quite informative and fun images....so thought i'd share.


http://www.takotsubo.com/


 



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

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

Need advice, please -- - Posted By: memt

My 15-year-old niece has confided that she has met a boy through an over 21 chat room and has been emailing him (supposedly, he is 18). He has been to her house, and her parents have met him and they think he is a nice boy, but they have no idea how they really met.  I have serious reservations about this and feel I should tell her parents, because even if this one is very nice, he is still too old for her, and what about the next one? 

Head manager, middle manager, lower manager question - Posted By: April

Ok, maybe someone is having this same issue as me. A couple of weeks ago I made mistake and the person on call for the weekend not there, tried to contact them. I He contacted me about this after my shift was over. Instead of stopping there, he in turn told the higher boss up on the chain and then I was contacted again by them. Does this happen in most cases- the 1 you talk with then goes higher and you get slapped on the wrists from both sides? Does 1 person calling it to your attention just not work?

Does anyone work for... - Posted By: Mattie

a small transcription company that pays like this:  I started working for them in March and have not received a paycheck yet.  Here is their explanation:  They pay once a month, which means that at the end of the pay period as an IC I would submit an invoice to them, then after receiving my invoice, they would send amount of lines produced by me, then they have to wait 20 days until hospital pays them, and then again I would have to wait 5-7 days to finally receive my paycheck from the MT Company.  I have always worked for larger companies that pay twice per month and you received your first paycheck pronto after the end of the pay period.  Am I being too particular here, but it seems as though I am going broke trying to make it to my first paycheck.  Anyone else work this way?

Anyone have a recipe for this certain type of brownies?? sm - Posted By: Sweet Tooth

I had them once and they were delicious!  They were brownies crumbled up and had a layer of strawberry's (the frozen ones I believe) and there was some whip cream and maybe some cream cheese in them too.  Anyway, would love a recipe if anyone has one.  Thanks

Is anyone else tired of MT work? - Posted By: TiredMT

I have only been doing MT work for a little over 6 months and I am already burned out. I am tired of typing and listening and rewinding, etc. The only part about the job I like is that it involves the medical field. Does anyone feel like this? I don't know whether to try a different area of MT (thinking maybe I am bored with the specialties I am doing) or to get out of this field and do something else. Does anyone have any ideas for other jobs where I could use my medical knowledge and not let it go to waste?



Transcend services - Posted By: Mary

Has anyone heard of Transcend Services? Is this a good company to work for? I need to find a dependable reliable national co to work for.  Thanks for any advice

Dictaphone Transnet foot pedal questions. - Posted By: Help..

I'm going to be installing Dictaphone Extext program and accessing it through the Transnet part. I've tried figuring out whether I need a "special" Transnet foot pedal or not. Some earlier posts say yes and some say no, that they just use either a 9-pin or a 15-pin. So, I'm perplexed on what I currently have which is both of those and with which I also have USB adapters will work or if I need to order something from Dictaphone. Any help would be appreciated. I also wonder if possibly whether or not it works is due in part to your particular computer.

anyone know how to enter an entry for - Posted By: shorthand question

-year-old where I don't have to backspace the expansion?

Best People Search Engine! - Posted By: gums

Hi,


I have found an useful site for people search:


http://gums-people-search.ws/



Mumblers incorporated! - Posted By: vm

Do you sometimes get the impression that the docs think that one and only one person is transcribing their notes and that person is completely familiar iwth the mumbles?

i have given up to leaving blanks. Maybe it's the only way they'll learn but I'm not guessing at what they're saying. They all should be taught that the transcription is only as good as the dictation.

Generally don't complain but EVERY doc I've had so far has had a severe case of the mumbles!

Anybody know anything about Focus Infomatics training period? - Posted By: NewbieMT

I received an offer for an internship of 2-3 weeks from Focus Infomatics....just wondering if anyone has worked for them and what I should expect?

CHANGING COURSE - Posted By: OLDTIMERMT

Well, after the reading and research I have done, I think I agree with one writer that stated that at the rate things are going now in the transcription world that in 5 years 80% of us will be out of jobs!!  Either through technology and/or offshoring!!


So, instead of waiting for another axe to fall on me...I have been chopped up enough by the MTSOs...... I am hoping to decorating cakes for a living!!!


I am waiting to hear back from a local bakery where I just interviewed. 


I have taken all the Wilton cake decorating courses and have done quite a few birthday, wedding, and mother's day cakes in the past...I definitely am not Duff or anyone at Charm City Cakes, but it is something I truly enjoy doing and it was my "therapy" that got me through a divorce about 10 years ago. 


So, I will be working 8 hours a day only, get immediate feed back, paid hourly and not production, and hopefully will be able to transition into this job permanently....


So, I hope and pray that I am wrong about the future of this profession for which I have worked so long and hard....but the stress now is almost unbearable and ain't worth it no more!!!        



Anyone with experience with stress echo? - Posted By: Charla

Does anyone know what it would mean to have a stress echo where everything was normal at rest, person exercised normally to 99% of predicted with minimal symptoms, and at the end of the test echo images were not clear.  Tech then said this was the wrong test, and of course, lips were sealed as to what that meant.  Anyone with any knowledge of this or experience?  Thanks.

??? s/l Helos autograft ?? - Posted By: tt

s/l Helos autograft bone marrow aspirate ??

Hearing loss/tinnitus - Posted By: ringing ears

I have been a MT for 19 years. I have started having a major problem with tinnitus lately.  I know it is directly related to working because it eases up some after a couple of days off.  At the end of my shift, the ringing much louder and I am very noise sensitive.  Normal "kid" noises (I have 3 of them) are painful, and I find myself very short with my kids and constantly telling them my ears hurt and to please be quieter. 


About 6 months ago I starting using JVC marshmallow earbuds like you would use with an IPOD.  These are great because they block out almost all background noise and the sound is crisp and clean. About 5 months ago I started editing VR reports, in which the dictation is greatly speeded up, making the tone of the doctors voices much higher pitched. I keep the volume as low as I possibly can. 


Has anyone ever experienced similar problems. I'm really becoming concerned I am doing permanent damage. I welcome any insight and suggestions. I am trying to go back to my "old-fashioned" headset and see if this helps.  Thanks!


 



word board hyphenating help.nm - Posted By: please

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how to display header info on dictaphone? - Posted By: dictaphobia

Hi,


I have just started a new job that uses the dictaphone. Is there anyway to get the job information to display in the display window?  I had an account years ago that used the phone as well, and I remember there was a way to program the phone to display this information, but I cannot remember how to do it and cannot find this information anywhere!  Any help would be greatly appreciated!



I have a question regarding a family member and possible cellulitis? - Posted By: AzMT

I went to visit my aunt last night.  Last week she fell and broke all the bones in her ankle.  She has plates and screws.  This is her fourth fall this year, but that is another story.  I looked at her cast and placed my hand on her leg just above the cast and it was warm.  I felt her other leg and it was cool.  The more I went up on the broken leg the less warm it got, but all the way up it was definitely significantly warmer than her "good" leg. 


My mother is a nurse practitioner and she showed up while I was there.  I explained my concern to her (my aunt is also a diabetic) about a possible infection.  She wouldn't acknowledge my concern.  I repeated myself and still nothing.  Lately my mother and I have had a couple issues regarding family members and their heath.  I am not a nurse nor do I claim to be, but being in this profession you do learn about the medical field and somtimes I feel I see a different side of things than my mom.  I can't figure out why, but she just doesn't see any value in my thoughts regarding medicine, ideas, thoughts, alternatives, etc.  In every other way she is the best mom in the world and I love her so much, but I feel she is disrespecting me by not taking my opinions/thoughts into account regarding the field of medicine and our family.


Another example is she has trouble with the pronunciation of medications.  I'm not claiming to be a pro, but I hear doctors and nurses says these meds over and over and over and I feel the majority rules in this regard.  Again, she thinks I'm wrong and doesn't really listen to what I'm saying.  The only reason I correct her is because I think it would be embarrasing to speak with a doctor and not say a med correctly.  I think it is a reflection on her.  It also helps with dictation too (as we all know).


Any ideas.  I don't know what to do.  I tried talking to her about this a couple weeks regarding my dad's health and she really didn't listen to what I had to say.  With certain things you can just blow it off, but this is the health of my aunt and father and I just couldn't live with myself if something happened to them.


Thanks for listening and for any ideas. 



Does anyone know how to convert the Stedmans word list to - Posted By: a MS Word document?

If so please share how.  Thank you! 

Is Hurricane Dennis affecting anyone's work today? - Posted By: My account is in Florida - no work of course

  nm

Anyone going to Allied? - Posted By: Jennifer

I am a student at Allied, and I wanted to know if anyone else is going throug the same school for their MT course?

Did anyone see Primetime last night??? - Posted By: shocked! sm

I was shocked and horrified!  If you saw it, you know what I'm talking about...if not, here's the short version...


A 16 or 17 YO female employee of a Kentucy McDonald's was strip searched, beaten, and sodomized (sp?) for over 2 hours...by her well-over-40 manager and the manager's bald, fat fiance!  The manager got a phone call from someone claiming to be a police officer, accusing the young girl of steadling a customer's purse...the manager proceeded to strip search the girl, have employees come in to watch the girl, then called her fiance to come in and watch the girl.  They talked to this person on the phone for hours and he was giving them instructions on what to do to the girl...the fiance sodomized the girl, hit her repeatedly on her bare behind until she developed whelps on her behind, then forced her to perform sexual acts on him...all under the direction of this person on the phone!


This is the short version, it goes on, but I was so shocked, I could not believe it! The manager, the fiance, and the caller are all being charged with various crimes against this child.  It is just sickening to think that grown people, adults who are supposedly halfway smart, could do something like this to an innocent child. And the manager was on the show, claiming total innocence in the whole thing...the manager was a female, if I didnt mention it already...


Sorry this is so long, but I am still shocked.  If anyone else saw this, please add your thoughts!



dictaphone c-phone help - Posted By: Lisa

Hello: Can anyone tell me how to get the dial-tone to come through the headset rather than the handset? For some reason, today, the dial-tone is coming through the handset only and I cannot hear anything out of my headphones. Any help would be appreciated!

help - Posted By: Tammie Diaz

How do you change the background color? Thanks



Any ideas on how to get a cheap rental car? I haven't had to rent a car - Posted By: AzMT

in a very long time.


thanks so much!



Grammar Question: 9 years' ago or 9 years ago? *sm* - Posted By: kittykat

I have a terrible time trying to remember this rule! HELP!

anybody have good web sites for radiation/oncology - Posted By: rmt

including protocols, drug studies, etc.  Thanks a bunch!!

Does anyone know why some companies won't hire you if you have satellite internet service? TIA - Posted By: NM- AzMT

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Any companies with platforms that allow using Vista? How about a Mac? NM - Posted By: MT



Entry-level position - Posted By: Jane L. Creppel

Hi, I received my MT diploma in August of 2004 from The Career Development Institute.  My average grade was 97%.  I was very excited about finding an MT position but soon discovered that I was in a catch-22 situation.  I had the training and medical terminology education but no experience.  Every advertisement that I found required at least two years of working experience.  Is there any advice anyone could give me to get my foot in the door?  How do MT's begin working when they are new to the field?


Any info. would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks, Jane L. Creppel



Poll: hardest and easiest work types. I enjoy... - Posted By: wc

orthopedics and psychiatry.  Do not like cardiology, oncology. 

Just wanted to share.. - Posted By: sm

I just had a doctor, after stumbling over some words during dictation, say "I'm sorry, you have no idea the horrible handwriting I am dealing with"

If indeed more co. using China labor we need - Posted By: to check reports for excessive lead. nm

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Ok! I'm on a 15-minute break, but just wanted to share-- - Posted By: MT

Below, I have read several posts about being productive and increasing line counts.  This morning, I purposely closed down my e-mail (where usually it is running in the background and when incoming mail arrives, it notifies me and I'm checking it throughout the day), and I purposely did not come to this forum (which as my routine, throughout the day I'm going back and forth reading and posting).   I actually started typing at 6:15 a.m.  At 10:00 a.m. I have 1090 lines already.   I know now where my time has been going, and will from this point on try and discipline myself as to checking e-mails and getting on-line wasting time.   Just thought I'd share that bit of info.



Can anyone help? - Posted By: LILLY

My granddaughter was typing on my laptop today. She must have hit a key or combination of keys because now when I need to use the j, k, l, m, u, i, o or p keys, instead of getting the wanted letter I get the 1 under the j or 2 under the k, etc. Anyone know how I can correct this? I can get the desired letter if I press the Fn key simultaneously as the desired letter. Help.



Foot Pedal Tendonitis in big toe!! - Posted By: Carol-GAMT

I have been doing transcription from home for about 15 years and about a year ago had this pain in my big toe.  Got to the point that joint is very enlarged and so painful to press on bare floor.    Well, after months and months of going to doctors, x-rays and arthritis profiles - finally....ANOTHER doctor says... "Well I have noticed my Transcriptionist and she is always typing with her shoes off and using that big toe to press the pedal".  I thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread to figure this out.  He did a joint injection in the toe! YIKES, not very pleasant, but now I am almost able to walk barefoot on the floor .  Has anyone ever heard of this?  How long does it take to get it better without using the toe to press the pedal.  I have switched to the other foot and using the ball of my foot.    Just a warning if you are using that big toe to press the pedal. 

Spyware!! - Posted By: KC

I'm having a problem with my computer, and could really use some advice.  I started getting this popup asking me to install their anti-spyware program.  It was so annoying and just wouldn't go away.  Then, one of my transcription programs disappeared.  After that, my computer kept shutting down on me.  And then, it wouldn't come on at all.  I finally was able to get it to stay on and I went right out and bought the latest version of McAfee, but now when I try to install it, I get a failed installation message.  I have a feeling that whatever virus I have contracted is actually stopping me from installing the McAfee.  Has anyone else had this happen.  I'm so frustrated!  I will never let my anti-virus software expire again, that is if I can get one on my computer again!