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I can't seem to figure out how come i can't get the full list of forums (left column) as i have on my job computer, put onto my personal computer...i used the exact same address in the address bar ...any help would sure be appreciated! 

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For an employee with benefis  - what happens if you don't meet the minimum line count?  How do companies enforce that?  I've always been IC and considering changing.  Thanks

Help!  I want to move to the country where apparently DSL is about as rare as an honest politician... with slighltly better luck with cable.

I'm reading here from time to time (jobs) that "satellite won't work).  Anyone know why?  Is it the reliability of signal or something? Because it shouldn't be a speed issue.

Also, what about wireless?  Anyone with success stories about using either of these modalities?

Thanks for your help

Finally, I had to stop him in his tracks....I told him I emphatically disagree.  There is not a shortage of US MTs.  The problem is that you or any other Internationally based company is not willing to pay the US MTs what they are worth.  You want cheap labor, and you won't get that in the US.  Our MTs here in the USA produce such a high quality patient record and you have to be willing to compensate for that.  If you are interested in USA contracts but want to use cheap labor with no concern for quality, than I am not the person for this position.

I am so furious right now as I mull over the conversation......am I just blind or is there really a shortage here in the US of quality-driven MTs.

I am an MT myself as well as QA Specialist and I just do not agree with this mentality.  I think they use this excuse to justify their wanting to offshore.  I see through the smoke screen; however, I guess I just need to hear it from my fellow MTs. 

What are your thoughts on this issue of not enough trained and experienced MTs here in the USA?  Personally, I don't agree. 

This was an executive-type position with an awesome benefit package and salary; however, I turned down any opportunities with this company.  I will not encourage or support giving our MT jobs to the Philippines, India or anywhere but the USA.

Does anyone know of a program or how to go about finding a program that works like the Apple computer parental settings for a PC.  How I would love to turn this PC in for an Apple computer!!!! but alas - I have to work on this PC! 

The Apple parental control works like this.  If the kids want to get on a specific site, I have to authorize it with my initials and my password.  Once I allow it, they can go to that site any time but cannot go to any site that I have not allowed.   It works great for my kids but sometimes it is easier for them to jump on the internet on my computer because I'm already connected (like on my lunch break) and my son has asked me to take control so that he cannot get to things he is not supposed to!  He is 13 and when he asked me to do this - I was really proud of him that he has the desire to resist temptation!! 

Can anyone point me in the right direction?  Also remember this is my work computer (it is my personal computer) so I have to be able to do research as well.

Who will be watching the show finale tonight?  I would watch the show with my daughters when they were in grammer school now they have better stuff to do and I still watch it.   Was a great show.  

Oh I so hope and pray that it is as good as I need it to be! 

Hello,

I've had a Bytescribe pedal for about seven years now.  I think it might be "going bad."  I have two questions.  Has anyone experienced your pedal taking a few seconds to play after you've pressed play, like a lag?  It also seems to go back further than I have it set for rewind when I take my foot off.  These are new happenings with this pedal, so I'm wondering if this is a sign that it might be time to get a new one. 

Next question is can I use Express Scribe with this pedal that I have now, and does any have any opinions on Express Scribe?  If I do have to buy another pedal, I don't have to buy a specific pedal as long as I have the correct software to play the files, is this right?  There are so many software and pedal options out there, and money is tight, so I don't want to leap on something and it not be what I need.  I also don't want my pedal to break down in the middle of working.

Thank you in advance!

Sometimes don't you wonder if they should take this test before they begin dictating???

I just finished a long total knee arthroplasty and it sounds like this doc had a few cocktails before he began dictating.  Slurring his words and changing his mind several hundred times.  Don't ya just hate that?

Just had to vent cause I have him again.  I am ready for a cocktail or 2 myself now.

My 16-year-old son has his first job interview at K-Mart.  He has basically applied for any position they will give him.  I'm insisting that he he wear a nice pair of Dickies and a polo shirt (which I will have to go buy but this is not a problem as I expect to do this).  However, My DH is insisting that it's ok for him to go in the nice pair of shorts (not Dickies but more along the lines of baggy shorts that the teenagers are wearing these days) and a t-shirt.  Am I in the wrong here?  I've seen the way these kids dress after they get the job (although I'm not sure if they wear t-shirts and shorts).  Am I being old fashioned in assuming that you dress decent for a job interview (although if he was applying for a welding position at the local shipyard I don't know if I'd make him dress up).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  TIA

Is anyone else out there having connectivity issues with Comcast?  I was formerly with Insight which was recently bought out by Comcast.  Since that change, the connection is often slow, often resulting in timing-out, which means I have to log back in repeatedly.  This is making work very difficult.  I called Comcast which did no good.  I have reset/reconfigured my router and modem, and done just about everything else I can think of  . . . all to no avail.  I am seriously considering changing to a different internet service provider, but dread going through that process.  If anyone has any tips or ideas, please let me know!

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I went from hospital from MTSO and have had the toughest time getting my line count.  I am getting paid 65 charcter line including spaces, no headers and footers with the MTSO, same with the hospital.  We are using the same platform.  I even bought a new Expander program which helped but I am still not where I need to be.  I qualify for PT but not FT and I need benefits.  I can sit and work and do nothing else for hours and it seems that counter barely moves.  I am doing clinic transcription not acute care anymore.   With the hospital, I was getting 1200 to 1300 lines a day.  With this MTSO I do good to get 800 to 900, and on real good days I do 1000 but I really really have to sit there the whole 8 hours, eat at my desk during lunch.  I had been there 6 months and I am getting very discouraged.  I thought about trying another MTSO but afraid I will probably jump from frying pan into the fire as most of them have VR.  I am doing straight text, I have not experienced VR yet. 

What size of monitor are you using??? I am seriously considering buying a new one and would appreciate input as to what people have, including brand suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

I must've hit something, but I've no idea what.  My upper toolbar is all messed up and my font keeps going from big to small when I scroll!  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

With all of the talk about expanders, autocorrect, autotext, and productivity we could use a forum for that on mtstars.

It has happened to me 3 times now.  I answer an ad, am asked to test, then never hear from the recruiter again.  Never sent a test, nothing.  Is this a common problem in the MT world?  I'm fairly new to all of this, finished my course just 7 months ago.  I've had a good job, but recently accounts there are being shuffled and I'm not happy with what I am getting so want to move on. 

Would you contact the recruiter and ask if they still want you to test or just move on and forget it?

I signed a one year contract last September as an IC for a MTSO I'm now unhappy with. The platform is slow and difficult, templates outdated and sloppy, and only 7 cpl. Of course, signing the contract on day one, I had no idea of what was to come and now am interested in searching for something else. I understand all the non-compete clause, etc., that is binding, but am I stuck with them for a full year?

I feel ashamed that I didn't know what I was getting into when signing this, both the quality of their system as well as how bound I would be to them. This is (obviously) my first go-round with contracts and have always left other MTSO's on mutual, friendly terms. Any advice?

I was just wondering if anyone looking for new accounts has sent out postcards to doctors??    If so, did you have any success?

TIA, and have a good Monday. 

Just in a silly mood.... 

After exhausting my Google search and reading the government website, I am resorting to pestering fellow MTs with a tax question.

If I live in an apartment complex, can I claim a deduction for property taxes?  If so, how do I calculate it?

While preparing my taxes with an online program, it asked if I rent a "home."  I clicked yes to see where it would go from there.  It asked the amount of rent, which I entered.  It then showed a what seemed to be a significant influence to my state return. 

Does anyone know anything about this?  I am in Michigan, if that makes a difference.

Any info. will be soooo helpful!