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I started with a company a few months ago and with the exception of one paycheck coming on the actual due date every check has been late.  One was two weeks late with all other ones being a little over a week late.

I like the accounts but this is putting me in a bad financial situation when it comes to paying my bills.  Is it worth staying with a company because of good accounts and good pay if this is happening?

I have emailed several times about this but it keeps on happening.  I have recently let them know that I would have to find employment elsewhere if this issue was not resolved. 

I do not want to start over again though.  Any comments/ways to resolve this would be great.  TIA.

Stuck.

Hello all,

I'm a newbie to the board and in fact was just hired today by DSG. I've read some of the old messages regarding DSG but can't seem to find anything written about them lately. So I'm asking...does anybody out there have any advice/suggestions or revelations regarding DSG?

Also: I've never worked from home transcribing before, but I'm so excited and feel BLESSED and THANKFUL to be able to finally get to do so. I am, however, a little concerned about how difficult it may be to learn the accounts they assign me to. Do any of you have advice or wisdom regarding how long it generally takes to "get used to" your account(s)?

I am aware that the company uses DocQScribe. Are there still problems with the program?

Thank you all SO MUCH in advance for your help!

liz, oklahoma

Do doctor offices use at home or in-house transcriptionists when they use  Allscripts EMR system? 

This is what my client is trying out

I'm interviewing for a company that uses WordPerfect in their transcribing and they said that they pay bitwise, not cpl.

Can someone please explain what that means!  I have looked through WP to find this, but can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks!

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Sorry forgot this one!!!

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold; the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was.
The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!

The morals of this story are:
1) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut

Thanks Transtech for the American Express Gift Cheque.  You guys are the best!!!!

I use a program called iType.  When I add an autotext entry it is there until I shut down and open program again.  I know that I have to add autotext entries outside of the actual iType program - I open word and add them there but they are being deleted somehow.  Any help would be appreciated.  Oh, I use Word 2003. 

Thank you.

This thing is driving me CRAZY.  Yes I know that there are times during the day that a dog is not considered "disturbing the peace," but these people moved in about a year ago and they now have a Yorkie that they leave outside ALL DAY on a 6 foot leash and all that thing does is "yap, yap, yap, yap, yap!"  CONSTANTLY. . . ALL DAY LONG until they finally bring the poor thing in for the night.

We tried to welcome the couple to the neighborhood, but they don't assoiciate with anybody.  When anyone comes near their property, they run inside and lock the doors, leaving the "yapper" outside to "yap" even louder if anyone is within 20  feet from their property.

I've actually resorted to yelling out the window, SOMEBODY MAKE THE DOG STOP!  PLEASE!!!!"

We have a dog, but I wouldn't even get one until we had fenced in the entire back yard and then trained him from a puppy not to bark.  Of course our dog will bark if somebody knocks on thedoor, which is a good thing,  but I shake a coffee can with some pennies in it (Hint from Heloise) and he stops.

I feel bad for the poor Yorkie who never gets walked or paid attention to as he sits all day "yapping" on his 6 foot chain. But I don't want to cause any discord in the neighborhood either. 

What to do?

She has had significant tragedies in her family life, so she is carrying very heavy rodents. 

(burdens)

Can anyone please explain what this is?  Is it just another platform like Emdat or Escription?  Do companies usually provide it or is it something an individual MT has to purchase themselves? 

THANKS!

I've been working from home as an IC for my 7 years of MTing.  MUCH has changed in my life and I find that it may be time to leave the home office and get back into the world of the living.  I spoke wiht a hospial in my area and got a bit of info - full time position Monday through Friday, full benefit package, tuition reimbursement, life insurance, healthcare, disabiliy, etc.  The top pay is 6k less than what I'm making now, but that is not that important as there are other factors I have to take into consideration.  My question to those of you who are in-house MTs, would you share your hourly rate - just a ballpark.  This is the first time I've ventured down this path and actually received figures from a potential employer. 

So, what do you all think?

I was reading on another board...   The problem with the larger companies was switching from account to account to account.  However, learning the account specifics (or at least printing them so you can refer to them) should not be that hard.  I want to know what is so hard about jumping around? I work 7 accounts as an Editor and never have been able to figure this particular "gripe" out.  Docs are docs are docs.  No matter what hospital they are at.  Reports don't change that much.  How hard is to jump from to another? I just don't see why this is such a problem.  Your paycheck should not be an issue, because as an MT you should be able to transcribe any doc out there.  If you really have an issue with this, you might want to rethink what you do for a living.

But in saying the above, just for a note, I don't understand these MTs that can only do 800-1000 lines in 8 hours either.

I am an older MT (16 years) and have had to do all of it.  Never thought once about any of it except do my best at it, learn from it and then excel at it. 

No rate is given, but the pay rate is listed as the taker getting paid by the word, five characters (no lines) constitutes a word.  What would be the going rate for those 5 words?  Any help appreciated.  Thanks.

And one who is not living with you?

Is it every day, every other day?

I'm pretty annoyed with mine right now as he was supposed to call me LAST night, someone calls and hangs up and leaves no message.  I only stepped out for a moment, excuse me!  This to me is immature and as much as I hate to ignore people at Christmas time, I think he deserves it.

I have been annoyed with this dope for 2 days now.  Honestly, I think if you care about somebody you should talk every day unless there is some kind of explanation. 

Does anyone have any juicy gossip us MT's are forced to hear when docs forget to hang up the phone after dictating? 

Well, I had a 57 minute report to listen to once, coming from the surgeon's lounge.  Most of it was pretty boring - except when this one, young, cute surgeon was talking about how good it feels to put BenGay on his testicles!!!!   I kid you not people - this is what I heard. I thought I was going to fall off the chair.  And do you know, to this day, I cannot look that guy in the eye without envisioning that!!!  God help me!!   lol

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I know that a lot has been said about the changes at Transcend and their platform for some accounts going to Beyond TXT.  It is a VR/typing platform.  It has received some negative publicity here on MT Stars.  I just want to give another opinion of it for all those who might have or are considering a position with Transcend.  I believe some of the posts may have scared some people off. 

I have been working on the new platform now for a little while and I have to say that I absolutely love it.  The platform has been designed specifically for MTs with many of our suggestions implemented into the making of it.  It is quick and very easy to type on.  The thing I love the most about it and the company is that they are consistently making changes to it.  The changes are generated by emails from MTs who type on it, making suggestions to make it better and better for us.  I have never worked for a company that goes to that length for us. 

This is my experience at Transcend and I understand not everyone has the same experience.  No need to start flaming me for my experience.  Just wanted to give my side to the changes that are happening at this great company.  And NO I am not management.