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POLL: What do U think R the ugliest first names ever? - Posted By: NielsonFamily

Mildred, Edna, Bertha, Doris and Gladys top my list!

Any points on sightseeing in Maine and New Hampshire, just highlights that are most worthwhile. nm - Posted By: MTPA

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Is rad a whole different animal (sm) - Posted By: wannaknow

when it comes to transcribing it? I would like to expand my specialties, but have never done rad before. Any info would be appreciated! Also, can it be learned just by doing, or would I need more thorough training, i.e.; more schoolin'?

Sanyo Memo-Scriber TRC 6030 - Posted By: Terri

Does anyone here have one of these units? I have lost the manual that came with the machine. I am trying to get the erase feature to work but I am not having any luck.

What's the thinking on Vera's 10th? - Posted By: ClinicMT

I know some of the older editions were very highly thought of. Anyone using this edition and finding it helpful?

Need bonus ideas! - Posted By: Editor-in-Chief

The company I work for is setting up a new bonus-type incentive program for QA audits - something like this: 99% accuracy and above (bigger bonus), 98% accuracy and above equals passing (smaller bonus).

What we'd like to know is - other than enormous money suggestions ;-D - what would be a nice gift? Remember, this is separate from a Christmas bonus-type thing, which would be bigger. We do our audits every 4 weeks (per the clients), so it would be a smaller thing.

Gift certs? Realistic dollar amount ideas? Paid time off? Shoes (kidding - I'm a shoe freak - ha!)? Any ideas welcome!! And thank you!!

Sample of MTSO Contract - Posted By: At home MT

I have one office/account of three OB-GYN's that I provide MT service for and am in need of a sample contract for them, between myself and their office. Is there any place I can locate one or does anyone have one that they may be willing to share???

Thanks so very much.

one of those days - Posted By: everydaymt

I can't concentrate, my head hurts, and I can't hear half of what is being said.

Sorry, I needed to whine for a minute.

Thanks for letting me

Transcribing/Word Count for Scientific/Technical - Posted By: Terry

Hello. I just started transcribing for an interpreter who does work for various medical institutions and mainly for foreign pharmaceutical product descriptions. The work is very tedious and time consuming and pay is $15 per 1,000 words. The work involves a lot of inserting of symbols, outlining, turning off and on bolding, italics, underlining, and doing a lot of indents and tabbing. He said my work was flawless but I feel like I'm making $2 an hour. Any ideas or thoughts on this rate of pay? Being new it's taking me quite a while to do all the extra formatting, etc., and it�s not just straight transcribing. He also mentioned that he does translation and dictation for medical journals and just bought a Dragon program. I�m assuming he�s doing the easier work on his Dragon program but I�m not that familiar with it. Any additional HELP would be great!!

need some HONEST feedback regarding onsite and relocation - - Posted By: -

I have spent quite a few hours on this board, reading all the various posts and responses. I realize that this board is ideally for transcriptionists that want to work at home and working for national companies; however, I did see that there are hospitals that post for onsite transcriptionists.

I would really appreciate any honest feedback from transcriptionists on this. I currently am working at a hospital that offers both onsite and at home transcription. We are paid by the line, and the line rate is equivalent to what the services are paying, plus our insurance and PDO is great! We are also allowed a great deal of flexibility as far as completing our 8 hour shift, meaning we can go pick up our kids, run to appointments, etc., as long as we complete our 8 hour shift within 12 hours. And believe it or not - WE ALL GET ALONG GREAT!!! WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY BACK BITING OR PROBLEMS! We have three openings - and before you jump to conclusions - our openings are because two people retired and one is moving out of the area (all a great loss to our awesome team). We have a great group of people to work with, the area we live in is great, but there are no transcriptionists in our area. The hospital has placed ads in the newspapers, but to no avail.

So here is my question - in all honesty, how many transcriptionists would seriously think about moving to a new area for a job if relocation fees were offered.

It may sound like I'm bragging about my town, but I'm really being honest when I say this is picturesque east coast small city, about an hour and a half from major cities and airports, ocean is about 45 minutes away, summertime vacation spot, schools are phenomenal, lots of family things to do and shopping, farmers markets, boating, mild winters, etc., but there are no transcriptionists in the area to hire.

I would really appreciate some honest feedback. Thanks so much for reading this.

I also need debt help. Any advice. - Posted By: We are behind on the mortgage

because of slow work this winter in MTing, but now with a new job, maybe making more to finally get caught up, our mortgage company is threatening us. I only owe 1700 over but that is a lot when you don't have it. This is not FHA loan. Has anybody else been in this position and what did you do.

I am annoyed... - Posted By: Ann

that MT graduates are getting jobs and they have no grammar skills when they post on forums.

I thought I saw it here awhile back but I can't find in archive search. sm - Posted By: need info

I'd read here (I thought) about herbal antidepressants including 5-HTP and something else, but I can't find where I saw this. If anyone can be of help, I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks.

voiceware/voicescribe - Posted By: colormedainty

hi there! does anyone know or encountered these softwares before? i hope someone could give me an overview of these. thanks. appreciated it...

Yes, you can Transcribe Privately in public - Posted By: NightOwl

1) Use your own USB wireless access card, NOT the public WiFi. They cost between $40 and $60 per month and are available from Cricket, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, USCellular, Alltel, etc. If you can get a cell phone signal, you can transcribe. I've transcribed in my car parked at a Pilot station before. When the battery ran low, I plugged it in to my cigarette lighter adapter and kept typing. (I did have to turn the car on while recharging).

2) Invest in GOOD headphones that keep your dictation IN and external noises OUT.

3) Buy a 3M privacy screen for your laptop screen. Once installed (it's a cling-on thing) NOBODY can see your screen EXCEPT YOU.

People work on laptops in public ALL the time, and nobody cares. If you have a privacy filter on your laptop screen, nobody needs to know that you're working on confidential information but you!

Need help quick! I am in the middle of baking cupcakes for - Posted By: me

tomorrow and i only have 2 eggs and recipe on box calls for 3. Does anyone know what will happen if I use the 2? I live in the country and the store is way too far to get eggs. No neighbors either! :)

What would you do? Go ahead and try it or ditch it altogether? I was in the middle of mixing when I saw I needed 3 eggs!!!! Thanks so much!

Any Lanier platformers in the house? - Posted By: anon

Would love to hear how you feel about the Lanier system. Easy to learn? Line counts accurate? Expander efficient? Does it give access to patient or MD archives? Patient demographics easy to verify?

re: How do I convert total words to line count? - Posted By: Question?

Based on 65-character line with spaces, I think.

Bose Headset - Posted By: ghost

I remember someone talking about getting these headsets. Did you get them? Did you like them for transcription? I'm hoping to get them for Christmas, but would like to know if they are worth it.

Pay Per Line - Posted By: RosieGirl

I have always worked for salary and now am doing contract work from home. How much should I expect to be able to charge per line for transcription services? I'm in the New York City area. What's an average charge per line the hospitals are paying transcription services to do their work? Any ideas?

trouble with heel pain using foot pedal? - Posted By: sm

I took my bead-filled wrist pillow and put it under my heel -- wow, what relief! Just thought i might not be the only one, so wanted to share!

some advice - Posted By: janett

Just need some MT style help, if a letter is started Dear Joan, and it is to a doctor but the informal style is used, do you put a comma or a colon. I was QA'd that I need to put a colon but I thought if it was informal you put a comma. Just need a little help, bad day here.

drug sites - Posted By: MT

Does anyone have any good drug sites for ophthalmic ointments and drops? I always have a hard time finding these. TIA!

With regard to Jester's Touch. Ms. Jester contacted me via email - Posted By: Administrator sm

this morning to announce that she has "been told to cease any other communications" with MTStars. As well, she has told a tissue of lies regarding the labor board denying Ms. Latta's case. I have learned this morning that the case has NOT been denied and is still being processed.

Amybody heard of AAMT changing - Posted By: their name. They are looking for input

on this from others. My opinion is they want to take out the word American since they seem to be so supportive of offshoring work to other countries. They can't keep calling it AAMT. I think this is the chief reason they want to change the name.

Hyphen usage in the following - Posted By: Alma Brewer

arthroscopic report: crabmeat-appearing cartilage Yes? shovel-like basket forceps ?

CHS Acct Mgr posting on job seeker's board - Posted By: Suspicious

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is Ascend. If anyone finds out what company this is, please let us know!

disabled transcriptions - Posted By: lacikins

Thanks to all of you that gave me an answer. It is for my friend and I will pass on the information as this is something that she really wants to do as being disabled it is much easier working from home than trying to use public transportation in our little rural town. I will certain pass on you sugestions.

I am so burned out....someone revive me please!!!! - Posted By: Tami

I have been doing this job for 14 years and my production has just bottomed out. I just can't seem to get anywhere. I have a great job working from home for a hospital who sent us all home eight years ago with health insurance, great dictators, large volume of work (270 bed hospital) at 11 cpl on a 60-character line. I also work for a brain and neurospine clinic at home and they pay me 13 cpl on a 65-character line. I could be making all kinds of money, but I just can't seem to get motivated anymore. I really don't want to change jobs, I just need some ideas on how to get yourself going again after being in a slump. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated before my husband kills me for not pulling my weight on the financial part. Thanks guys

Average MT pay - Posted By: Abby

What would you say the average MT with one year experience should be making right now?

Thanks,

Abby

Petition to keep medical records from going overseas! - Posted By: ConcernedMT

If you have concerns about losing your job to offshore transcription companies, please sign this petition, http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/medrecords. Ask your friends and family to sign it if they have concerns about their private information being sent overseas. If they don't want their medical records sent offshore for transcription, ask them to sign it too. Its going to all of the big-wigs in DC, and the sooner the better. If we all stand up together, we can fight offshoring in our industry (some?), save our jobs, and protect our private information! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/medrecords

Okay: I have a problem with my cat and his litter box. Someone please help! - Posted By: sm

He's a good kitty. He's a big kitty. Actually, he's a 27-pound kitty and he's not but about 2 pounds overweight! BIGGGG KITTY!

He's always been great about his litter box. Lately, however, he seems to be missing it (it has a lid or housing on it). So, I've been watching. Doggone it! He is leaving his whole back 2 legs OUT!!! He crawls in head first, and then DOES HIS BUSINESS RIGHT THERE ON THE MAT!!!

He crawls out after scratching around a bit in the litter and then sniffs on his business on the matt and scratches the mat and the floor!!!

WHAT?!?! HOW do I get this cat to get his butt into the litter box? Same litter box - no problems before. Just suddenly seems to like leaving his behind out!!!

I'm exhausted!

Anyone work as an IC for more than 1 company? - Posted By: NewbieMT

I'm wondering how this would work out. I am an IC for a company, but don't have enough work in my specialty. I'm not as productive, obviously, when doing a different specialty and am losing money when picking up the left-over work.

Are there others out there who do specialty work as an IC for 2 or more companies? Of even do work for a company and also pick up your own accounts that are not through a company? How has it worked out for you? Do MTSOs usually dislike this or are they generally okay with it. I just don't see myself being able to make a living if I have to keep switching gears when there are no jobs for my specialty.

Thank you for any replies/insight.

Which Rx Drug Book to use? - Posted By: jlo

I'm looking for a Rx drug book that I can incorporate into my spellcheck or expander. I've looked at Stedman's Plus, QuickLook, and Saunder's Pharmaceutical Word Book. So far I'm leaning to Saunder's since it seems like it'll do what I want it to do plus I get downloadable updates. I'd hate to spend $100 on Stedman's only to find out it's nothing more than a dictionary, when I could've spent $30 on Saunder's.

If anyone has any advice about what program to buy, I'd greatly appreciate it!

non-MT related but - Posted By: ER MT

do cats go off to die alone? I had a cat which has disappeared. It's been about 2 weeks now since I've seen him. He did used to drink out of the toilet (gross, I know) and I'm wondering if this made him sick. Otherwise he seemed okay. Just wondering if this has happened to any of you.

Chartscript - Posted By: Curious girl

I am about to take on a new account that will be using Chartscript. I am wondering if normally when using Chartscript is the work is in a pool or is it assigned to each individual MT? Or does it depend on the company and how they do it? I am totally new to Chartscript and don't know what to expect.

Cool site to share with other business people - Posted By: Nancy

Just happened on to this site and thought I'd pass it on:

ZoomInfo.com

Most Comprehensive Online Source of People and Companies

ZoomInfo is a unique summarization search engine that finds, understands and extracts the latest online information about people and companies and instantly delivers it in concise and useful summaries.

KNEELING CHAIR (SM) - Posted By: Dixiekaye

Has anyone used a kneeling chair? Are the comfortable? I would like to alternate between my regular chair and a kneeling chair to change positions during the day, but was not sure how comfortable they were.

Question regarding hysterectomy *sm* - Posted By: ~nm~

I had a hysterectomy exactly one week ago today. How long does it take a person to get their energy level back? All I want to do is sleep. I cannot figure out if I am really this tired or if I am looking for an excuse to be lazy. I am not taking any medication right now although my doctor did give me a prescription for Premarin that I have not filled yet.

This is terrible....It was - Posted By: NCMT

70 degrees here today....just beautiful outside, and tonight the low is going to be around 30 degrees. They are calling for sleet and snow this weekend. Everyone is going to end up sick after two days of spring-like weather and then back to winter again.

Need help on Word Board - Posted By: MTPockets

s/l Tri-Est 1.25 mg - can not document anywhere. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Now Im curious - Posted By: not MQ'r

What is the condensed version of why people are quitting MQ? You guys could have your own board there is so much conversation! The rest of us seem mute. LOL

Does Instant Text work with EditScript? - Posted By: SM

I thought I read somewhere that it did. I have version 3.5 and it will "link" to ES but will not work. Is there a setting I need to change?

Anyone in the Hartford, CT area willing to give advice on what to charge. - Posted By: Typingfingers

Want to try to get my own accounts in this area, but unsure what a good rate for this area is. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Editing - Posted By: MTVET

What is the average pay per line for editing (including VR editing)?

Thanks

Anyone heard anything more about USMTA -sm - Posted By: Just wondering

(the new website an MT had recently put up for "United States Medical Transcription Association"). Just checked it and it appears to be down.

Any more news, poster-who-created-that-website? You had some great ideas.

Is there a reasonably priced digital recorder with a memory card/stick out there - Posted By: Need Help

that works well for transcription? I've been trying to research them and find Olympus has some, but pricey. The Sony's are less expensive, but they have proprietary software where you have to convert all your files to a format you can use, and I'm not sue I'd know how to do that. I just need a decent digital recorder for one doc to use and I'd like a memory card/stick so I can just stop in and swap out the cards to get the dictation. Does anyone know of one that doesn't cost hundreds? Or have a better suggestion for how to do just one doctor's dictation digitally? I don't need one with all the mailboxes/authors, etc., since it's only one doctor. Thank you!

I have a resident this morning - Posted By: sm

who is literally spelling everything under the sun. All medications, the word "supple", etc. He is driving me absolutely mad.

lulubellebooks.com - Posted By: heartbreaking, yet inspiring.

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minutes vs. per line - Posted By: gooseegg

I've always worked in-house radiology by the hour. Now, I'm considering going elsewhere but I have no idea what I average as far as lines/day. I know I average 15-20 minutes of dictation an hour, but what is that by the line? And what is a good radiology cpl pay with 4-5 years experience? Thanks for your input!