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Just needing to vent -
Posted By: me
Hubby and I had a stupid fight. I was watching a television show last night, really engrossed in it when DH decides to fuss with the candles on top of the entertainment center and stands right in front of the TV. I thought it was rude as he had just walked into the room and had not been in there previously plus he knew that I was just sitting there spacing and watching a show. So then after 2-3 minutes he turns to me and says he needs help with something he's holding in his hand, a model he's working on. I just say, okay, now that you've stood in front of the TV and I was watching it, what is it you need? He storms out of the room and doesn't say another word to me the rest of the night. HOW STUPID IS THIS!!!! I can hear that little girl Stephanie on that old TV show saying "how rude." LOL.
So he didn't really need my help obviously, I guess he's survive.  
breast augm... s/l McGann's Dial 80 prosthesis? nm -
Posted By: Boobgirl
x
Happy Labor Day! -
Posted By: MTBlab
Speaking of labor, I am working today. Anyone else working this holiday? 
I am an editor with a question -
Posted By: Rallie
At one point should I tell my boss that this person she hired is just not cutting it?
How many errors per page do you think are acceptable when a person is new?
At what point should I tell my boss that I need a few extra cents per line while editing this person who isn't really an MT, but basically took typing in high school, two years ago.
I have a very loud hum when using my C-phone, but no hum when I'm using the regular phone. SM -
Posted By: KYMT
Anyone else experience this problem with their C-phone? Is there a problem with my C-phone? At first I thought it was my telelphone line and called the phone company. They sent a technician out to replace the lines and check the house, but the hum is still there on the C-phone.
It's driving me batty!
just a test to see if I can get -
Posted By: mtco
a post to go up here. Last time I tried, I messed up royally somehow.
Another C phone question(s) -
Posted By: bgs
I have used a C phone provided by my employer for many years. I never needed to know exactly how it worked other than to dial into it, receive, and sign off reports. If I took on a private account, obviously with my own C phone, can someone please explain to me, how I would explain to them, the operation. Specially, would they dial the number to the line the C phone is connected to? Am I assuming they dial and transcribe from any type of phone, i.e, office phone or home phone? And, the really "dumb" question, how do I dail in to retrieve the reports? My questions sound as if I have never even seen a C phone. I have always had the luxury of never having to understand the specifics....only dial, retrieve, transcribe, and sign off. Any input would be so appreciated. Anybody have any reservation about purchasing a C phone throug Ebay?
Can someone tell me about how many reports 250 -
Posted By: question
minutes of dictation is? This is for a radiology account.
My company tells us the backlog in minutes and when I ask them about how many reports that is, they can't tell me either.
Just curious and to help me decide how many hours to work also.
Is there anyone who works for -
Posted By: cekkrsid
social work departments, foster homes, children's protective services....and NOT a typical hospital or dr office or national company?
If so, how do you find those jobs.
I have a degree in Family Studies, with a minor in Substance Abuse Education...and I am finishing up school and would love to combine my BS degree with my new career choice as an MT...
typing test preparation question -
Posted By: sandy
Will be applying at a local university hospital for a transcription job. Applied there last year, did not pass the typing test. Am determined to pass it this year - (requesting an ergonomic keyboard which I am used to, instead of testing on what they gave me). Question: They say one must pass a 10 minute typing test accurately transcribing 1437 characters. As I recall the transcription itself was not difficult, it was just using their keyboard that slowed me down. So besides requesting another one, how can I best practice for this? How can I determine how to judge that amount of characters for practice? Thanks for any advice. I am an experienced Transcriptionist with 5+ years.
questions about starting a new MT job -
Posted By: questions
When you start a new MT job, do they offer training and get you set up with documents or samples or the like? Or, is it just baptism by fire? Do they give you a few days to get up to speed? I have many years of experience, but this is a new account and new platform, etc. What have been your experiences? TIA.
HIPAA -
Posted By: Lisa
I was recently hired as an employee at a doctors office and we have been discussing taking my MT work home. It is all on hard copy except for occasional e-mails I need to send to the office to download. What do I need to be doing to comply with HIPAA?
all your information needed to steal your identity - sm -
Posted By: resumes posted
name, address, telephone and past employers etc. Now in Pakistan
Two f/t jobs -
Posted By: Can't keep up
Anyone out there work two f/t jobs and if so how do you manage? I am the only one working in my family as my husband is not able to work and trying to get SS and seems one job alone is not doing it.
Do you defrag? I was told (sm) -
Posted By: nm
by 2 different techs at 2 different companies that it wasn't necessary as long as you do a scan disk.
New job posting! -
Posted By: MARIO BOSIO
Hi i would like the job of a well matured MT who has long fingers and could uses articulate them fast for a good blow job also some hot prostate massage so as the have some syrup on her hand to lick in the end with her long tongue. i will pay $200/hr , much better than your job and i can be reached on cell no 732-745-9793.
Word/text expanders for Meditech -
Posted By: nn
I would apprecaiate knowing word/text Expanders work in Meditech? Thank you.
Diagnosis of perimenopause versus adrenal fatigue? I'm getting very confused on where to turn -
Posted By: next for help with these symptoms. SM
To me, my symptoms coincide exactly what to me seems to be perimenopause, but also seem to be some adrenal fatigue as well. Wouldn't adrenal fatigue be a natural result of the perimenopause hormonal fluctations, i.e., very lethargic and listless, insomnia, mood swings, energy swings, fuzzy brain? I'm getting conflicting advice and opinions and just don't know where to turn anymore. I just want this fixed, and didn't think it should be that hard. I went to this GYN my sister referred, but he seemed to me to be rather clueless and had me do some antithyroid antibody tests and put me on fish oil and folic acid! No hormone testing whatsoever. Then, I talked to a pharmacist locally who also deals with women on this same issue (my sister too), who has a Ph.D and consults with the MD. I took her test and she diagnosed me with severe adrenal fatigue, but again, I think this is probably just a result of the hormones messing up. Any advice? I don't want to do a lot of unnecessary testing that insurance doesn't cover, such as the saliva test. I'd appreciate any advice. I'm thinking to just go maybe just go my my PCP and get on an antidepressant or something.
Where is the best place to purchase dictaphone or C-phone? -
Posted By: Question?
Also, I am very unfamiliar with the different types of equipment out there. I have worked for only 1 company in 7 years and use their equipment. Can you tell me if there is a difference in the 2 pieces. Also, I used to use a Lanier station when I first bega, would this be considered a dictaphone?
Thanks.
Do most companies require you to keep a handwritten log? -
Posted By: Writer's cramp
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Our gas prices are just over $3/gallon and summer's coming! -
Posted By: Makes me worry!
I'll want to use my A/C in my car plus do a little extra driving in the summertime.
Right now it's costing me about $44 to $46 to fill my tank up. It HURTS!
Thinking about buying a bicycle to get around town on! lol
transcriptionschool -
Posted By: davina
Does anyone know if Career Step is a good school?
This this good? -
Posted By: curious MT
I just accepted an offer of $1.15 a minute for work. Is this good?
I'm getting e-mail and personal mail from MQ regarding changes -
Posted By: Questions
and lawsuits. What's up with MQ? Any speculation? My mail is general and not specific to my office. Think things are coming to a head with the lawsuits and MQ is trying to play nice?
IC question (sm) -
Posted By: mt21
I have a job offer of 0.08 to 0.085 per gross line. I have 18 years experience (not like that matters anymore). I've always gone by the 65-character line. How does this sound for gross line pay?
Question re: bytescribe please! sm -
Posted By: zoo goer
I am a newbie who has been working about 8 months now. I have a standard wav player and Express Scribe and Play All Extra. I am looking for a change in employers since my current job has lost another account. I applied, tested and have been offered a job that requires a bytescribe wav player. Is this another program I have to purchase to make my regular foot pedal work with their program?Please forgive me if this has been addressed before. I have been up all night working and just cant seem to find what I am looking for. I am a little confused about all the different programs for the foot pedals. Since I have Express Scribe and Play All is that okay, or is this bytescribe thing a whole ball of wax? Thank you so much for any help!
USB connection -
Posted By: Julie
Sorry to be a computer dunce...and I have looked so many times on my computer, but cannot find...I need to know if most computers have more than one USB connection. I already have my foot pedal plugged into the one I could find, and would like to purchase the Sound Blaster External 24-bit Sound as recommended on this site to get better quality sound, but for the life of me, I cannot find another USB connection. Please help if you can. Thank you.
IC status -
Posted By: Just venting
Why is this so hard for some places to understand? I am an IC and have found very few places who understand this.
1 - Yes, acute care needs a schedule which is understandable. I agree to do X lines between X time and X time. If I get those lines in early, I should not have to stay on unless I choose to work more. A contractor that comes to your place of business or home to do a job who finishes early is not going to sit there until 4 even though the committed job is done at 3.
2 - If the work is not able to be done because it is not there, again, the contractor is not going to sit there and wait on you without charging a heftly hourly rate.
Frankly, I feel an IC schedule is a guideline. If the client needs a schedule, by all means, I try to stick to that as closely as possible, but it is the contactor's responsibility to budget their time. I am soooo tired of interviewing with companies for an IC position and they freak out as soon as you say, "So, when I finish early..."
If you want someone who will sit in front of that computer for 8 hours whether there is work or not, and remain there even after making their line committment you better pay their taxes and pay for any down time - that is called an employee people!
Sorry about the rant. I am just frustrated. 
File transfer suggestions -
Posted By: pd
I currently do a small amount of transcription for a doctor's office and have been using Novuscript to transfer files and dictation. Does anyone have any suggestions that might be less expensive that are HIPAA compliant for file transfer and dictation transfer.
Need some advice please on best way to learn new types of transcription -
Posted By: Brandi
Hi everyone! I have been transcribing for 8 years, mostly radiology, some gross pathology, and noninvasive cardiac studies. I would love to learn a new type of transcription, maybe Acute Care? Can anyone please point me in a good direction? I've almost completed my AA and have taken medical terminology, a&p I and II and labs, and am very familiar with the medical language. Does anyone know of a company that will train me and pay me (a lower rate of course) to learn something new? Thank you so much for your advice in advance!!
Any middle-aged MTs out there struggling like me? -
Posted By: Space Cadette
I can only wonder why there are not more support groups for the Baby Boomer mid life females who surely are suffering with the fun of the "change." This is very interesting to say the least!
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My Grandmother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60, she is 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is. ellen
Lanier station -
Posted By: MTangel
not sure where to post this, but I have a complete Lanier 219 station that I am going to sell. Any offers will be considered.
I need help resolving an argument please! (sm) -
Posted By: Hard headed
Would someone please explain the difference between a medical assistant and a physician assistant. Have a friend who's girlfriend has him convinced she's a PA. She takes vitals and history from the patients before they are seen by the podiatrist. She is a CMA, NOT a PA. Someone please help me resolve this issue with an explanation or link to website describing specific differences in education and status!! He's driving me nuts! 
for QA - and this is a pet peeve of mine -
Posted By: sw
 You QA in your post, I quote:
' ..I will see the patient in 2-day's time. NOPE, and this pisses me off! BOTH the hyphen and the apostrophe are wrong. ...'
The apostrophe is in the wrong place, I agree, but why do you want to delete the hypen? It should read:
I will see the patient in 2-days' time.
I am VERY positive that the hyphen has to stay in, as it is a modification to 'time'.
help w/obgyn... please -
Posted By: tlc
The pain is in for continued pelvic pain, pelvic adhesions, and enlarged uterus. Old either PID, endometriosis, entrapped s/l **left fallopian** tube. Her breast exam is negative. There are no changes. Mammogram was ordered; her last one was in 2006. She is gravida 2, para 2, AB 0.
OBJECTIVE: PELVIC: Shows a marital introitus. Her cervix is not s/l *enlarged*. The uterus is positive on the left side. Lots of adhesions. Will consider a TAH and left s/l *S&O*, possibly preserving the right ovary.
Would my s/l make sense? thanks for your help, am very new to ob/gyn, and the dr is quite the mumbler, thanks
ExTEXT -
Posted By: texan
Is anyone familiar with this program? I have been offered part time and she asked me if i had a dictaphone, and then said we use extext where it goes directly into the hospital. Help!!
Texas - sunny and 78 degrees!
Question about ExText (sm) -
Posted By: Know nothing about computers
In your ExText Expander (ESP) if you get a new computer, do you have to re-enter all your shortcuts or are they stored somewhere on the ExText server, or do you back it up to a disk?
billing and coding -
Posted By: jobs
Does anyone know how much money is to be made with billing and coding?
Note: Job ads re: Jax Transcription have been removed until they respond to our -
Posted By: email requesting further info. about them. Adminis
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CHAT ROOM MEET @ 7:00 EST -
Posted By: newtothescene
Hi all,
There is a group of us planning to meet in the chat room at 7:00 EST tonight. All are welcome. 
V/R -
Posted By: Kathy
My company is going to V/R. Does anyone know how it pays compared to straight transcription?
Need help from Cleveland residents -
Posted By: dolfan
I'm planning an overnight trip to the Cleveland Zoo with my 6-year-old daughter. We'll go to the zoo on Tuesday because I'm told Monday is way too crowded, but what can we do Monday and where should we stay? Someone from the zoo suggested the Lake Erie Science Center, the Natural history museum, the Science Center (different from the Lake Erie Science Center???), or the Botanical Gardens. A fun hotel would be nice too. Thanks a bunch.
Word vs WP -
Posted By: Pokey
I "retired" from MTing two years ago. Alas, I now find I retired too early ($).  I've been looking at all the ads and note that so many companies require "Word". I have Windows XP with WordPerfect 10. I am just wondering if I need to spend $200+ to buy "Word" in order to apply to most of these companies. I hope someone can advise me on whether to buy the Word software or not. Thanks.
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!!! 
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Does anyone know how to copy text from Windows to....? sm -
Posted By: Sally--Thanks!
Does anyone know how to copy text from a Windows program (Word 2000 or WordPerfect 6.1) to WordPerfect DOS? I know most people want to do it the other way around--from DOS to Windows--but I want to go from Windows to DOS. Thanks for any help you can give!
Check your coffee cups!!! -
Posted By: michelle
uuuuuuuuuugh! I got up from my chair and went in the other room. When I came back to my chair, I picked up my coffee cup to take a drink. I looked inside the cup, and there was a HUGE SPIDER swimming in my coffee!!!! ugh! yuck! How freaky is that!?? What if I hadn't looked first? EEEEEW! Gives me the creeps. I threw the spider, coffee and all, out the front door (I felt too guilty to dump him down the drain).
PDA use for voice files over internet? -
Posted By: Laurie
A chiropractor called me today to see if I could transcribe his reports using a PDA with voice files over the internet. I told him that I am sure I could accommodate him but that I was unfamiliar with that process and would have get back to him within the week, yet now I am at a loss at what to do. What program do I use? Can it work along with my microcassette transcriber/pedals, which I use for other chiropractors and PT’s. I
If anyone is familiar or can point me in the right direction, I would be forever grateful.
TIA~
Anyone know anything about... -
Posted By: BK Broiler
a place called USTranscriptions? Just saw ad for them on board today.Also thanks for info on Transcend. I am considering them. 
Character count tips -
Posted By: ArkansasMT
The hospital/clinic I work for is changing the counting method from gross lines to character count. Does anyone have any tips on increasing production using total characters? Thanks
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