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Does anyone still have recipe for 20-garlic chicken in crockpot? I can't find - Posted By: it in archives. nm HUNGRY

:)

convert Instant Text to Autocorrect - Posted By: JJ

Can anyone help me with this? I am using eScription as well as Inscribe software and it does not appear to be compatible with Instant Text (if it is, please help!) so I was hoping to be able to convert my IT glossary over to autocorrect if at all possible. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Some good shortcuts on this list - Posted By: sm

You know these were posted for free for us to see and use if we can find them useful. I appreciate MTs trying to help other MTs out without asking for money for it. I wish there had been more MTs to me out a 100 years ago when I got started.

Thanks for telling us about this website.

http://medicaltranscriptionexpandproductive.blogspot.com/

Is it urgent? - Posted By: ndmt68

I e-mail my supervisor 3-4 times a month on average. On average, she replies about 50% of the time. Of that, 50% of the time she has not understood the question and answered a different question entirely. As that communication doesn't suit me, I try to hold strictly to either IM or phone.

The phone, of course, she has the option not to answer (and exercises that option). On IM, she asks if it is urgent and then to e-mail her.

If a company requires you to be on IM for business purposes, and you can find your supervisor between Out To Lunch, In a Call, Be Right Back, or Busy, does it have to be URGENT? I am not sure of IM etiquette, and as far as I am concerned nothing about my job is URGENT, but I only IM when I think it is IMPORTANT. I don't ever IM and ask how the weather is or who she thinks will win the next Survivor.

It is getting to be a make or break deal for me. Should I be able to ask her if it is URGENT when she IM's me asking if I'm there. Or what I am working on? Or if I will do a stat report for some unheard of location that she is going to send me anyway?

Are you seriously supposed to ask the question you IM'd about while you are trying to give it an URGENT rating? I think it is rude and demeaning but maybe other people see it differently. I would love your thoughts!

Dish Network versus Direct TV. Need advice..sm - Posted By: viewer

I am trying to decide between Dish or Direct TV and would like to hear from those who have (or have had) either as to which system is better. I have done research on the web but would like opinions from users as far as reliability, service, channel selection, cost, if you can split a receiver between different rooms or need a receiver for each television in order to watch a different channel, etc. Any opinion is appreciated! Thanks.

Spheris Platform - Posted By: anon

Can anyone give me anything positive about Spheris and/or the platform Cornerstone? CHS sold us out and within a month I will be working for Spheris. I never hear anything good, which is so discouraging. Is there anything at all positive about working for them? Also, we were told we would not have to take a test and have been informed that we DO have to test. Does anyone know how that is? I have not taken a test in 15 years! Starting to get really, really worried. TIA!

In MS Word I did something to delete my little disk on the....sm - Posted By: AzMT

task bar and also the page that opens a new document and the print preview page. There are probably more missing. How do I get them back?

thx so much

Ever have one of those days - Posted By: by

where even after doing this for 15 years you feel like a newbie? I keep second guessing myself today and it is taking me FOREVER to get my work done. Ugh...Thank god today is my "friday"

Question about heart palpitations/menopause. - Posted By: ME

Has anyone else in the throws of menopause experienced heart palpitations, shortness of breath (very infrequently), and other odd feelings? Just asking before I race to the ER. Thanks in advance.

QA question....sm - Posted By: TGIF!!

In the body of the report, doc clearly states specialty and doctor's name, but information is incorrect. The doctor he lists is in a different specialty entirely. Do I let this go because it IS what he said, or flag it? TIA!!

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See's Candy Christmas Tin (value $30)

Please help on Word Board . . . - Posted By: Thank you (nm)

xxx

Per Line for Other Specialties? - Posted By: Faith

Hi! I'm new to the forum and was wondering if any of you experts are familiar with the rates for specialties other than medical? I've been approached to do some court work and general transcription, but they need a 65-character line rate and I have no clue what the going rate - or a fair rate - is for subs. Any suggestions? Thanks bunches!

Have a blessed Sunday,
Faith

Which one scared you the most? Night of the Living Dead - still scared - Posted By: still scared

Two jobs? - Posted By: mom-CMT

I am wondering if it is possible to work for another company part time (approximately 15 hours a week) and still have a regular 40 hour a week job. I am on the verge of splitting up with my husband of 13 years. I know he will carry the kids on his insurance, but I don't know how the child support thing will work. I want to give the kids a few "extras" and I was hoping maybe this might be an option. The problem is the computer I have belongs to the company I work for. Any suggestions appreciated.

Blasted cold out today. It was 104 degrees last week, but it's 40 degrees today with rain. - Posted By: Weather and dinner poll?

However, I do like cozy days like today when I don't have to go anywhere. I'm done working, the house is clean, there's chili on the stove for dinner already, and I'm just putzing around. I think I'll go bake some jalapeno cheese bread to go with the chili.

psychiatric transcription - Posted By: scarolina

I have been doing ortho work for the past 10 years until job was sent to India. I have always wanted to do psyc evaluations. Is there any place to get experience since most job ads require experience. Thanks

Advice on expanding my skills.. - Posted By: Momathome-6

If I want to specialize in Orthopedic or Cardiology or some other specialty, what is the best way to do this? I currently only do ER.

Would I have to enroll in an on-line school or can I just use practice tapes?

Any advice is appreciated!!

off today and bored... - Posted By: anyone wanna chat? nm

Hospital MTs: What is your pay scale? - Posted By: not going there! sm

Just wondering what your base pay is, and how your incentive program works. If you would like to give your city or geographic area that would be nice, but not necessary. I'm just hoping to get an idea.

Also, what benefits does your hospital offer? I'm specifically wondering about 401K and whether any hospitals match the employee's 401K contribution.

Expanders for Dummies - Posted By: Irish

Over the last several days I have been reading about Expanders on this board. A few names mentioned have been Mary Morten, Barb Grow etc. I do have IT but am still learning to use it. Many advised to Google ABCZ.

I am sure this is all good advice (always is), but I always wonder what in the world are people talking about.I am not new to transcription but I am new to production. My mother is seriously ill and I chose to work at home to avoid placing her in a nursing home. My pay is still VERY LOW and I look at these boards for help. I must admit, though, that most times the posts (not medically) are way over my head.

Can someone steer me in the right directon?

Thank you and may God hold you in the Palm of His Hand!! (green for Irish)

Job pride - Posted By: MT

After seeing several posts here about how boring this work is, I wanted to take a poll and see how many of you take pride in this job. Do you see it as data entry/typing or a rewarding career?

MT Student Has Question - Posted By: Jessica

Hi,
I am a medical transcription student at Sinclair Community College in Ohio and I am taking a business communications class that requires me to interview a medical transcriptionist. I don't know any MTs personally so I was wondering if anyone here could possibly answer 10 questions for me. I would really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance!! The questions are below.

1. How long have you worked as a medical transcriptionist?
2. What certification have you received?
3. What attracted you to pursuing a career in medical transcription?
4. What type of environment do you work in (i.e. from home, physician�s office, hospital, other).
5. What do you think are the most important skills a medical Transcriptionist should have?
6. Did some skills come naturally to you, while others required more practice?
7. In addition to transcribing medical reports, do you engage in other forms of business writing while on the job (such as memos, proposals, or progress reports, etc.) to clients, coworkers, or supervisors? Please explain.
8. What do you think is the most difficult aspect of medical transcription?
9. What do you find to be the easiest aspect of medical transcription?
10. As a medical transcriptionist, do you often need to collaborate with others to ensure that all the information in your reports is correct?

THANK YOU!!!

let's take a poll - Posted By: ticked

I am ticked about something that I probably should just forget about and count my blessings. I work at home usually until about 5 or 5:30 pm. My husband comes home from work at 4 pm. He does not even say hello or give me a peck on the cheek let alone a hello smack on the lips. He thinks I should get up out of my chair and quick working for a little bit if I want attention. Anyone else in this same boat?

Every time I transcribe someone who has lost their spouse...(Sm) - Posted By: AzMT

or other family member and is having a hard time getting through it, my heart just sinks and I feel so bad for them. It is amazing the empathy we can feel for people we don't know. This pt is having a hard time today because it is the one-year anniversary of her father's and sister's death. How very sad.

MT going back to school.... - Posted By: sm please..

My two career choices are either nursing, really interested in psych, or a dental hygienist.

I know more about nursing than the dental and was wondering if anyone could give me any insight on either one, as far as school, working conditions, salaries, anything basically.

I think I would enjoy nursing more, but the schedule for the hygienist appeals to me more with 2 young kids at home. In my area, the schooling is about the same and the salary seems about the same too.

TIA!

Ordering avorites menu on www - Posted By: Confused

Hi,

Over the past few days some weirdness has been happening with my "Favorites" listing: Everything was ordered precisely the way I wanted it, but I look up one day to find that they have been put into alpha order. At one point they went back to how I had them arranged; the next, they're in alpha order again.

Have no clue what I touched/hit, the Microsoft help website is of absolutely no help, and I'm going crazy trying to find things in the spot where they used to be. Don't want to re-train my eyes, my memory, or my fingers to searching for things in alpha order. It's really not useful or convenient.

Any ideas? (short of manually moving everything back into place? Thanks.

selling home - Posted By: meMt

Has anyone sold their home without a realtor or with one of those FSBO companies? If so, I'm just wondering if it was easy or a hassle. I'm getting ready to put my house on the market but hate the thought of paying a huge commission to a realtor. Any input is greatly appreciated !

Another eScription EditScript - Posted By: question....

If you had to transcribe a report on the eScription platform instead of edit, would you be able to use the AutoCorrect feature in your Word program, or another Expander program, or are you using the Word on the eScription server and would an expander program be available?

Just venting about TAT.... - Posted By: gettinold

If these hospitals are so picky about turnaround time...These docs come in on Saturday night and dictate 50 charts from the last 6 months that they haven't done, every report is 15-20 minutes long, and by cracky, they had better be typed and on the chart within 48 hours, or the transcription company gets a fine.

OK. I feel better now.

Is it just me being - Posted By: change-phobic.

Our OM sent us an e-mail saying that when a radiologist says 3D reconstructions then we are supposed to add a sentence saying "performed due to......" and the radiologist is NOT going to dictate that. We are supposed to catch it. Well, we have been getting several more E-mails saying "axial and coronal" add the same sentence. Last week he said Sagittal reconstructions, I e-mailed my OM, who took at least an hour to respond to say yes add that sentence if it is in the subject line. I said well, it is in the subheading. I am still waiting for a response. Well today and MT sent an e-mail out saying that they did not know it but when doc says sagittal, axial and coronal we are supposed to add that sentence.

Okay, I am getting upset. I think if they want that they could at least say normal or something. I don't think it is supposed to be up to use to guess. It is THEIR report afterall and I thought it was THEIR responsibility to have on there what is needed. Do I have a right to be upset? I am wanting to talk to my OM about this or should I just let it go. I am wanting to see what others take is on this before I do this. Maybe this is the norm.

Sounds like Combivent KEETEK. - Posted By: me

Any suggestions? Can't find.

I found a way to get rid of a doc if you are an IC. sm - Posted By: Me

Present with them a contract that they believe is just not realistic, that's how! Get this.....I get a call last week from local internal med. doc wanting me to do their transcription. I MT'd for them briefly (2 days or so) a few years back and they remembered me, etc. I work FT for a co. at home, so I really wasn't interested. Office manager called me last Thur., Fri., Monday and I finally decided to do it on Tuesday. Went in, picked up tapes and basically said I'd do it until they found someone else. The office isn't that close to me and with the price of gas, the fact that I have 2 little ones at home with me all day, just didn't seem feasible for me to pick up tapes, etc. Okay, fast forward to today.

I decided last night that I would make them sign a 3 month contract b/c I've read horror stories here of unpaid docs and wanted to covery my butt. Here is what I asked for in contract: 10 per 65 character line. Reasonable right? How about 15 cents per 65 characters for stats or 12-hour or less TAT. 2.00 per faxed page. And a few other things. But basically, they would rarely need anything but 24-48 turn around on tapes.

I also included my invoice from the tapes I've done so far and the total came to 589 lines. Nothing big.

Here is what this doc wants me to do: Count the lines manually using less than 1 inch margins on both sides. Use 11 font instead of 12 (thinking he will get more per LINE), come in 4 days a week. HAHA Isn't he funny? He is ESL who apparently had a newbie do his work for the past 2 years who counted her lines manually which I did just for fun. I counted 240 lines when Word counted 589 lines. What a joke.

So, needless to say, I'm not going to do it. Can you believe this guy? He was complaining that "he doesn't make that much money...can you cut down on your rates?" OMG. This guy lives in a gated community for crying out loud! I typed 27 patients in just one day. I doubt he's broke. I wanted to tell him all he is SAVING by hiring an IC. Say he did sign a contract with me and I worked for him, he would pay me approximately 12,000 a year. Does he realize that if he had someone in-house that this same employee would cost him 30-40,000 in insurance, taxes, wages, etc?

I cringe just sitting here thinking about this cheapskate. I feel sorry for the gal he's been 'screwing' for the past few years. She must have wised up!

Just had to vent!!

What are the things that keep MTs - Posted By: from making high line count?

I'm putting together a list of things that make it hard for MT to get decent line count. Can anyone give me their opinion? TIA!

Anyone else - sm - Posted By: Hazel

do their household chores in their nightgown? On my cleaning sprees, I get all of it done before I shower, and just wondering if I'm the only one.

Meditech instructions - Posted By: Christy

Could someone be nice enough to help me find some instructions for shortcuts or commands in Meditech. I have asked employer and only get a few basic ones. Where can I look?

Anybody know of any good sites for surgical term reference? nm - Posted By: AH

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Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! - Posted By: MARIO BOSIO

i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

Anybody with mitral valve prolapse that seems to have problems with palpitations. I have had this - Posted By: MT

fairly regularly for a few years and have given up caffeine. I think they seem worse when I get on a candy craze and just wondering what other people find with MVP.

auto correct capitalizing after cm - Posted By: Mina Parlin

I'm typing in WORD and copy/pasting into Meditech; however, it is not capitalizing the first letter if it comes after cm. or mm. I have everything checked in options and it works the rest of the time. Any suggestions on this, or anything else re: typing this way for Meditech (radiology).

TIA Min in Ga

Tapes - Posted By: MTMommy

Can you reuse the same tapes (standard size) over and over? I have been for a while and I was wondering if they eventually get bad.

Thanks!

dictaphone help - Posted By: Jen

I am in need of help figuring out how to transcribe remotely from a dictaphone c-phone calling into a dictaphone straight talk system.

american idol tour - Posted By: ss

Do Simon, Paula, Randy and Ryan go on the tour or is it just the idols?

Mouse vs function keys? - Posted By: suzylyn

OK, I just started with a new company and going through extensive training on-line. Been doing MT for 15 years and am very comfortable with the mouse. Trainer is trying to get me to use function keys. She says it helps greatly with speed and the mouse slows you down. I even have a "cheat strip" of all the function keys but cannot for the life of me get comfortable with using all the commands. How do you know (besides looking at the "cheat strip") when to use Alt, Ctrl or shift key in combination with the F keys? Is there any mindset you can get into that makes you remember Alt is for this type of function, Ctrl is for that type of function, shift for another? How many of you use the function keys vs the mouse and is it really that much faster with time and practice?

Lots seem to be afraid of VR and the salary they think they will make but - Posted By: Kate

I posted below asking with the drop in pay per line, just what does anyone think they might make as compared to now. I work on VR and work partime and would just like an overall consensus about how a person thinks their salary will be, say pre- and post VR. I think maybe the unknown about this has MTs worried about will they even be needed once VR is up and running or whether they will be able to make enough to pay their bills. Give me some feedback on this- would love to get others ideas and maybe I can tell you from my standpoint about VR. Thanks!

Be the first to get the first heated keyboard - Posted By: romey

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE! - Posted By: nm

Footpedal question - Posted By: lm

I want to get others' opinions on this. With your footpedal, do you have to hold down the play pedal the entire time to make it play? With every single other application I have used, I just tap the play button to make it play and then tap it again to make it stop. With this new company I just got a job with, I started to do my first job and in order to make the dictation play, I had to hold down the footpedal the whole time. I thought something was wrong and contacted tech suppport and they said they "weren't sure" but they think you have to hold it down and nothing was wrong. I guess I am just spoiled, but I do not want to have to keep my foot held down the entire time. My leg will get tired out quickly. Where some of you guys work, is it this same way with holding down the pedal? If so, I guess I will just have to get used to it or somehow open the voicefiles in express scribe and do it my way.

Washed my keyboard in the DW - Posted By: sm

and now it is FRIED! I did as directed but it will not work. Has been drying out now for about 8 days, just peeps when I plug it back in! It was my favorite too! boo hoo.

NOT PAID - Posted By: Anon

This is the response to my telling this company that I would taking legal action against them. (NOT PAID POST EARLIER THIS MORNING)

xxx that is fine I am not going to get into this with you. You do what you need to do. But like I said he did mail the check so you should have it any day. If you do not have it by the time you get back let me know because I will be happy to try and stop payment on the check and send another one.

Just because someone did you wrong in the past does not mean everyone will. I am recouping from ACL reconstruction surgery and I am unable to even walk to the mailbox myself so that is why I gave it to my husband to mail.