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Orthopaedic surgery - Posted By: Joy

What is the best reference book for orthopaedic op notes?

Finally steady money. whew. Applied and got job at Dept of Law Enforcement entering - Posted By: criminal info. Not mind boggling but kind of inte

They started me way above minimum because of my experience. I was shocked and happy all at the same time.

And of course I'm esctatic to not be wondering how much money I would be getting each pay check. Working on production in transcription now is like playing Russian Roulette.

There's good benes where I going, retirement, sick days, no games with my health insurance. I should have done this long ago.

ESL from heck today. It sounds like he's saying - Posted By: Oh, Goodness!

The patient is courageous when he poops.

I know that can't possibly be right.

Will filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and District Attorney do me any good if a sm - Posted By: Anon

I live in a different state than her. Also the amount is less than $100. Thanks.

Anyone work for InScribe in Kentucky. nm - Posted By: PAMT

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I need advice Please Help - Posted By: Tarah

Hi Everyone! I am new to this place and need some advice from you at home transcriptionists. I have been working for a hospital for 8 years now. I do just some cardiology reports for the department I work in and it is dwindling and I am having to do receptionist and scheduling stuff too which i do not like. I have been wanting to go home to work forever but have been scared. The benefits at this hospital are great but I hate my work i am doing right now. Pluse my hours are 6-2:30 and I have to get my daughter up and take her to the babysitter.

I got offered a job yesterday from an outside transcription company as basically a subcontractor. She told me I would be self employed. No benefits, no taxes (how does that work?) It would be full time and I would be doing all the other different reports that I have wanted to do plus do other work for the same cardiologists I have been typing for years for. The big issue- I have a 3 year old and a baby due at the end of July. I have 8 weeks of paid maternity leave with the hospital. If I quit-i lose this and will probably only get a couple weeks off possibly unpaid if I start with this new company. I am very nervous but they need an answer asap because they have several new accounts and need help now. This is my opportunity to do what i love but the timing sucks with a baby on the way.

Please help me. I so badly want to work from home but losing my benefits and my leave is scaring me. I can go on my husbands health insurance through his work but my maternity leave with be short. Please give me your opinions. Thanks a lot!!!!

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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Just good news - Posted By: Lara

Just heard on the TV where a teacher got choked on a salad at school. The only person around her was an 11 year old student of hers who asked if she was alright, she told him no and he immediately got behind her to do the Heimlich maneuver and dislodged the stuck food. Now get this, he said it must have been intervention from above- he did not know the name of what he did, had never even seen it performed and basically he said just had to move and move quick to try to help her. Is that not a good story??

positive voice recognition? - Posted By: medhead

Are there any MTs on this board who are doing voice recognition work and enjoying the job and pay?

shorthand help - Posted By: janett

Does anyone know how to add to ShortHand the following: PLa then subscript the #2 in font of 8 instead of 12. It is annoying to keep going to font size and then to subscript and then back to font size and then back to no subscript. I am looking for an easy fix, any help?

Need psych testing resource - Posted By: anon

I'm looking for a website(s) that has information on various tests used in psychological evaluations. Mostly I just need the names of the tests for reference. Any info is appreciated!

What makes everyone happy? - Posted By: Terry

I run a small MTSO. I would like to know what everyone thinks is important to them when working for an MTSO. What kind of things, in your mind, would make my company an excelent company to work with? I am trying to make sure we are a good company to transcribe for so I thought I would put this post out and ask what you thought was important.

Thanks for the input.

I have a curious question - would like some input or opinions - sm - Posted By: sandy

I'm on Guru and Elance for freelance work, and I have been a Transcriptionist for 17 years. Now, if you're not familiar with Guru or Elance, it's a site where potential employers can post projects for anything and you bid on them, BUT YOU have to pay Guru if you are awarded the project. And a lot of times, the projects posted will state what the project pays IN TOTAL, and a lot of times it is $40, $30 - EVEN $10 for something like 2-3 hours of transcription. $10!!! For what could be up to 10 hours of time of transcribing, plus, I believe, you have to pay Guru a portion of that.

Well, I've never been awarded anything because quite frankly, I can't compete with the $40 and $25 per audio hour people. I mean, really, I don't think I can transcribe an hour of multiple voice transcription that for every hour of transcribing, I'm only making $10 and then have to give a portion of that to Guru.

Here is my curious question - the people bidding on these projects have just as many years, if not more, of transcription experience and they are bidding $40, $30 or $25 for the WHOLE project. Why would experienced transcriptionists sell themselves so cheap! It baffles my mind. It actually frustrates me because I can't help but think there are transcriptionists out there with 5-10+ years experience working for $7/hour and sometimes less, especially when the whole project pays $10 or $20. Yet, it seems that the projects are always awarded.

Just curious as to the thoughts some of you may have. Oh, and by the way, these are being awarded to US transcriptionists most of the time.

Making sure that I can save all my autocorrect entries... - Posted By: JH

Hello all....My new computer is on its way, and I will be taking my Word 2003 off of the old computer and putting it on the new one. I am not the most computer savy person out there, so I am asking you to help me with making sure that my Autocorrect entries that I have stored in there will make the transition to a new computer. Do I have to do anything special to save them, or will they automatically just be there when I load Word to the new computer? Also, what is the best way to transfer files that I have saved on my desktop over to the new one? This is where I keep all my sample copies of doctor dictation, and templates.

Again, thank you for your help. It is MUCH appreciated!

One hand goes cold as ice when typing...?? - Posted By: Sheryl

My right hand goes ice cold when I type all day long. I asked the ortho doctor about this a while back and got a dumb look in response. Anyone have this or have any clues as to what is wrong? That wrist has a ganglion in it. The other hand remains normal temperature.

Thanks!

Regarding the CMT exam, do you have to show proof - Posted By: of your 2 years of acute care experience??

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Expander Question - Posted By: donna

Is there any way to get Instant Text into ShortHand 9.02 version ? Any help would be deeply appreciated...

Thanx in advance.

At what point do you ask for a change? sm - Posted By: Curious

Ive been on this account for about a month. The account does have a high ESL ratio. Understanding most of them is not really an issue, but I do think it slows me down as I do often have to pull old reports to decipher their mumblings. I am concerned because I am not consistently maintaining line count on this account. Would you ask to be reassigned or is that asking for trouble?

Question for QA - Posted By: mmoore

Can QA give you a major error for typing a message to them from the doctor. Don't these just go to them for their eyes only?

Anybody use Instant Text Pro V and if so...sm - Posted By: curious

what are your thoughts on this program? Does it seem to help a lot ?

Thanks....I appreciate it.

Printer not printing - Posted By: sammypot

My hp LaserJet 1300 will not print what I send to it, however, it does print a page with a single line at the top - ?%-57755}euom%oog/ and so on.

I turned off the printer for 1/2 hour and tried again and it is still doing this.

Any ideas?

Thank you. Barb

Does anyone know of a good free antivirus software that will work with -sm - Posted By: Wilson

windows XP. I currently have AVG but I am not happy with that. Thanks.

meditec - Posted By: Lea

I know I've read a lot of posts about not paying for mentoring programs but has anyone actually taken the program with MediTec? If so how did it go? Is it legit? It is easy for those of you who have your foot in the door to say we shouldn't pay (and I agree) but we need to get started somehow and I think there just aren't enough opportunities for newbies to get going.

A little comparison. - Posted By: it's a no brainer for me!

Option A: National: Two hours of emails, faxes, unpaid headers, using expander. Total income $9.60 in two hours.

Option B: Small MTSO: One hour of straight typing with only one researched name and address. No emails, no faxes, paid headers, no expander. Total income $20.00 in one hour. I just wish they had more work!!!!

I have a small C-phone with - Posted By: C-PHONE AUTO BACKUP

just the two dials and keypad. I desperately need to know how to adjust the auto backup to rewind when I hit "play" for 3 seconds. Contact administor was what Executive Communicative Services said but their C-phone looks like a telephone. You know what I mean.

Help - I have a doctor who is so very difficult I am about to go crazy. I am not kidding. Seriously. I am swearing up a storm here.

Misys, compatible shorthand programs - Posted By: MT

Does anyone know if ShortHand or InstanText is compatible with Misys? If not, are any other 'shorthand' programs compatible?

Does anyone like the new Healthgrade website after they upgraded - it only takes 4 or 5 steps to - Posted By: finally get a doctor address nm

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I would like to hear from anyone who uses Fusion dictating equipment... - Posted By: tia

Hospital just purchased Fusion dictating equipment. We had been on a Lanier system for almost 15 years. I've read some on the Fusion equipment and all it is suppose to do (even speech recognition). does anyone use this equipment with the call in station?

Broken tape. sm. - Posted By: DermMT

I just broke my dictation tape while rewinding it. Should I try to open it and put it back on the wheel. Any ideas. I has three days of dication on it. Thanks.

PowerScribe - Posted By: STILL learning

PS software is new to me. Does anyone know how to retrieve and edit a report once it has been sent? TIA.

Does Dictatphone Ex-Text have automatic save as you are typing? - Posted By: txmt

Thanks.

This MD is driving me crazy! - Posted By: mtgurl

Have you guys ever typed for a doctor who instead of saying period at the end of a sentence, he instead says "full stop". I am about sick of hearing him say that. I have never heard of that. Where do these dictators get this crap from? Please let me hurry and finish typing for this man before I have my hair pulled out!!!

Time Code Stamps - Posted By: Dan Edge

Hello All,

For any of you who have had to time code transcripts:

Would it be helpful to have an MS Word application that prints an automated time code stamp? I ask because a programmer friend of mine and I have discussed writing a program to do this, and I'm wondering how useful it would be to you all.

This is how we envision it working: First, you complete the transcript. Then you open the Time Code Stamper in Word, and start going through the audio again. Suppose you want to put a stamp every 15 seconds. When you press a certain keystroke combination (ctrl-shift-f1, for instance), the program inserts a time code stamp in the format you specify. Then you fast-forward the audio to the next 30-second increment. When you find the correct place in the transcript for the next time stamp, you put you cursor on the spot and execute the Time Code Stamper program again. It will automatically increment the time by 30 seconds (or whatever increment you specify) and print the stamp. If you make a mistake, you can click on the menu and manually set the correct time.

I tested this out once with a very simple version of the program, placing time codes in a transcript every 15 seconds, and I was able to complete the whole document in about a quarter of the audio time (e.g., 5 minutes to complete 20 minutes of audio). The few errors I made I was able to fix very quickly and move on.

Like I said, we haven�t actually built a full version of this program yet, I just wanted to get some feedback from the people who could actually be using it. We�re thinking of selling it for $29 or so. What do you think?

If this particular program would not be helpful for you, do you all have any requests for Word formatting programs that would help you? We�re trying to think of different widgets that would be of use to transcriptionists.

Thanks,

Dan Edge
i.am.dan.edge@gmail.com

Other than MQ, what other companies utilize DocQScribe?? - Posted By: Pat

What do I need? - Posted By: Wondering..

I just got asked to help out on some physical therapy work for a guy that I know. I have been doing this all digital, and he is not digital. He wants me to come and pick up the dictation so I can transcribe it. What would I need to do this if I am use to the digital way? Where is a good place to buy this?

Thanks so much for your help!!

Tendonitis - Posted By: hunt and peck

Any ideas on work for an MT who can't type? My left wrist has gotten so bad that after a few minutes of typing it locks up and falls asleep. Hoping to go to the clinic tomorrow and see if I can get a cortisone shot to hold me over until my insurance kicks in in August.

Judging by how long it took me to write this message, working one-handed won't cut it!

Tapes - Posted By: AZMT

This may be a sillyquestion, but I have always worked digital, so I don't know this. How are tapes played with a foot pedal? Thanks

Have shorthand on 1 computer but need on another - Posted By: Assistance anyone?

Is it very hard to transfer/export or whatever the term is to get my ShortHand from the computer to my new Dell? I use it so much and would be lost without it. TIA.

Any MQ MTs who worked on INET? - Posted By: MTinVA

This question is for MQ MTs who previously worked on INET (which would be Baltimore office only, as far as I know) - does DQS increase your production after the initial learning curve compared to INET production??

Also, anyone able to work successfully on DQS with dial-up? I don't have DSL OR satellite available where I live... So far, not so good, so I'm straggling along on INET until the issue gets resolved somehow.

Appreciate any input, espl from those who have experience with INET.

Flash Type anyone? - Posted By: mt

Does anyone here use this? I downloaded the free trial and emailed the webmaster but haven't heard anything yet. Do you have to remember all of your shorts with this, or does a screen pull suggestions up? So far, I haven't seen this, that's why I am asking. If not this expander, which one? Please, I already know about IT and I do NOT want to purchase it at this point. For the $ and the learning curve, I don't have the time right now. What Expanders are easy to use, and hit the ground running that don't cost a lot? Any info is appreciated! Thanks!

My life is pathetic. *sm* - Posted By: xx

I work outside the home and I make a good wage/yearly income. I took up medical transcription on the side in hopes that some day I could work from home. I have to travel almost an hour to work each way and I live where we have major snow and ice storms and the older I get, the more anxiety I get about driving in this weather. My husband hasn't been able to find a good job (he works about 30 hours a week at a dead-end job with no benefits) and I have a son in college. I find that I work all the time with almost no social life. I also have friends and relatives who seem to be working more than one job either both jobs outside the home or one job outside the home and then doing something on line. No matter how much I work, I never seem to be able to get ahead and it scares me. I do not have an extravagent home nor do I drive a newer vehicle. What is wrong with us that we have to work more than one job to make a living and how am I going to face retirement? I am thinking I will have to do medical transcription from home until I can no longer see and just pray that it is still around. I never in a million years thought that my life would end up like this. I should have listened to everyone when they said it was just as easy to marry a rich guy as it is a poor one.

I am newbie with some Acute experience... - Posted By: Tests

and I was sent a from a company in quicktime so I cannot use my foot pedal the sound quality is horrible (you need good sound for ESL, at least I do) so if someone is going to send you such a bad test what makes them think I would even want to work for them????? Is it just me???

med-tech company - Posted By: texan

Has anyone heard of this company? It is out of Marietta,Georgia. Any information would be appreciated! Trying to pick up some part time work.

Anyone here ignore the BOS rules? - Posted By: Anonymous

I find local docs and clinics here in NE do not care about the BOS rules and actually consider some of them "mistakes." They like things done the way they always were. It drives me crazy trying to stick to the "new rules" when even the samples they give me are set up the same way they have been doing things for years. I find they still make sense and cannot get my brain to wrap around doing things differently for each account. I am ready to give up.I was told by an ivy league institution health clinic to do it "their way" which has been in place since the dark ages. Am I alone in this predicament?

OB qestion on word board - TIA - Posted By: gmg

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Cruise information - SM - Posted By: CARDIACMT

Would appreciate any feedback on which cruise and/or cruise line you have experienced and if you recommend them. Would like to stay away from Disney, as it will be just hubby and I. All the websites are so full of "perfection" I would like to hear "real comments." TIA for any input everyone.

Going on my own... - Posted By: lisa

Hi Everyone,

I am new to this board and thought I would ask some advice. I have been in medical transcription for over 4 years now. I have an opportunity to possibly go completely on my own with an account. I live in Colorado and am wondering what the going line rate is for your own account? Right now I am an IC for a company in Tennessee, so I am kind of out of the loop as to what Colorado has to offer in terms of a line rate. I also need to have my accounts all digital and am wondering what advice you have to offer as to how to be HIPAA compliant and what digital software and recorders you recommend? Thank you so much! I GREATLY appreciate advice of ANY kind on starting my own company! Thank you!!!

Retirement Accounts - Posted By: nn

I am considering getting into a retirement account this year. I am a sole proprietor with no employees to contribute to. I am also looking to reduce my tax obligations for next year with this account. I am also over age 50, so this may be a consideration. Any suggestions from knowlegeable MT/business owners out there? Some of this stuff is very confusing. so any help would be appreciated. Also include who to go through for set up, if known.

thanks

need advice on router - Posted By: technically challenged

Does anyone use 2 different computers for two different jobs and have a router to connect both to cable internet? What do I need to get and is it easy to hook up? Brands? Computers are right next to each other if that matters. Thanks for any and all help.

Drake & Drake/Saunders Pharm Words 2008 is out. - Posted By: Got mine today! nm Wanderer

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