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My 4 yo is having trouble. -
Posted By: Lynn
Hi, I could use some advice here. My daughter just started preschool a few weeks ago, we just moved to a town that offers it. The teacher has been sending notes home that she won't listen or concentrate on the work. They are starting word recognition and writing in preschool now. The notes express concern for her in kindergarten next year. My daughter has never really been interested in writing or coloring. She likes to look at books and play with dolls right now. The teacher tells me that her hands are "weak" and that I need to work on that. I've spent the evening crying since she brought home the latest note. Her father and I are separated, so I'm kind of alone on this. He thinks she has ADHD because it "runs in his family". I'm not sure I believe in that. Perhaps my marriage and impending divorce have really impacted her badly, but I don't think that has anything to do with writing or drawing. Please...I could use a stiff hug right about now. Thanks for any advice. Lynn
Comcast -
Posted By: ILMT
Just wanted to let everyone know that I just ordered Comcast digital phone service. There are no restrictions. Unlimited is unlimited.
Dinner tonight -
Posted By: Dano
Meat loaf, mashed potatoes and brown gravy, creamed corn, broccoli/cauliflower salad and Kentucky Derby Pie for dessert. I love to cook.
Breathalyzer tests for docs -
Posted By: jm
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.
Medical Malpractice lawyer work -
Posted By: really curious
I've read here before about some MTs who work for RNs transcribing their notes for medical malpractice lawyers, particularly in So Cal. If anyone out there can give me more info such as need, what to charge, how to find, etc, I would be so grateful---I'm an MT/editor/quality auditor with 10 years' experience needing to make more money out of my skills.
Thanks!
How do you begin to come up with a line rate.. -
Posted By: Bigstep
to pitch to a new account? Been working for others as an IC, now contemplating approaching an account on my own. No clue how to not hang myself and selling out at too low of a rate vs giving a quote that's too high and will make them back off quick. Would it be a good "rule of thumb" to take what you make as an IC on someone else's accounts and add .05cpl? From what little I've gathered over time, that's about the ballpark of what the MTSO gets paid per line for the account vs what the IC gets paid to do the typing. Does this sound about right to those of you who have experience with this? Tks
Cat loves dog vidoe on MSMBC -
Posted By: Misha
Funny
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=420300C4-8D32-42A3-9481-8F9A8739A1BD&t=c156&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_viralvideos>1=8506
Bull to running of the bulls -
Posted By: Animal rights advocate and proud of it
This is once again an example of senseless slaughter of a poor defenseless animal. Shame on you Spain, for allowing this as well as bullfighting to to go in this day and age. Any one who gets thier jollies watching animals suffer is a deeply disturbed individual and I believe this says alot about our society and where we are and where we are going. And we call ourselves civilized? How different is this from throwing the Christians to the lions in ancient Rome? ITs just reversed, only the animals are getting thrown to the humans.
2 cpl for editing post - where is -
Posted By: this industry headed??? sm
I can't believe this is a valid offer (posted on MT Jobs). They claim these are "high quality" txs. Who cares? 2 cpl????? Is it even worth it to listen to and read these?
Need help on word board, please. TIA :) -
Posted By: Help?
Info on Probity Medical -
Posted By: stay at home mom
Does anyone work for Probity Medical Transcription?
I have been offered a job and just wanted more information on the company.
I have already searched the archives.
anyone else working for MQ on the DQScribe program (sm) -
Posted By: just me?
feel like their line count has gone DOWN? I am finding it harder and harder to reach production each pay period since starting on the DQS program. I thought it would be better, but I'm not so sure anymore. Anyone else having this problem? Please dont tell me it's just me!!! 
Diff between IC & subcontractor -
Posted By: Wanda
What is the diff between these two? And do most of you have set hours that work as a subcontractor or do you pretty much have flexible hours? Thanks!
Is there anyone who does -
Posted By: MT/ME/QA
Their own business that would be willing to explain to me how to do this? I mean from getting a client to hiring MTs and payroll etc. Equipment that should be used. The easiest, fastest way to do this? I would greatly appreciate it.
Just need to vent ... get tired of clods who hear what I do and say "easy job." grrrr sm -
Posted By: long-time MT
After all of these years, I should be used to it, I suppose, but it is a bit insulting when people come up to me and say, "yeah, I'd like to work at home -- must be great, sitting around in your jammies all day" ... "I'm a fast typer (gotta love the typer part), maybe I should do that job." To heck with grammar, knowledge of the terminology (not only the spelling but also the meaning), medications (including their usual dosages and uses), etc. Just pull up a computer, put on some sloppy clothes, and *poof* you're a medical transcriptionist! 
Well, gee, I'd like to have a lawyer's income, so I guess I'll just go be a lawyer! 
Okay ... I'm done ranting now ... back to work for me. Thanks for "listening." :-) 
Has anyone increased their production with -
Posted By: simple change of keyboard?
Does anyone eat out a lot. I don't like to cook but am bored with the same old fast food. -
Posted By: Tired of my own cooking.
Got any places not too expensive where I can get food to go. To go is the key. Bored with McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, delivery pizza. (Boston Market?)
Thanks.
Anyone using VoIP (internet phone) with a -
Posted By: ??
DVI or C-phone to transcribe, and does it work well? If so, what company do you use? Are those companies cracking down on transcription like the regular LD carriers?
IC versus Employee status? -
Posted By: CardioMT
 I am just curious which you prefer, and why? I have never been an IC before and have just accepted an IC position and am a little nervous about it. I like some aspects of it, but some things have me a little concerned. I would just like to get a feel for what you think.
operative report vs procedure -
Posted By: confused
I used to think I understood the difference between these two types of reports (operative versus procedure). Somehwere along that way, amidst dozens and dozens of account profile specifications, technology advances and MDs who always key in the OP code regardless of report type, I am not so sure anymore. I would like to try to elicit a consensus on how transcriptionists distinguish between these two report types and what criteria they are using to do this?
Testing for Jobs -
Posted By: NewbieMT
I'm finishing up my transcription certificate at a local college and I've been testing for jobs. I've lost count of the jobs I've been turned down on because of the transcription part of the testing. I'm following the BOS and I'm pretty confused. Would it be inappropriate to ask these companies what my errors are?
Getting IC work with family practice experience -
Posted By: stanggirl
I have 15 years of experience at home transcribing for family practice and currently work part-time at home as an IC. I would like to keep the account I have but perhaps add another to bump up my hours a bit. Almost every job I see posted requires acute care experience. Does anyone have input as to whether it is possible to obtain work without the acute care experience? I love the work I have done. Yes, it is probably easier than ESL or acute care but it does require attention to detail and accuracy just like everything else.
Please advise what someone in my position should do. I am sure these jobs do not appreciate people posting without the experience listed so I have not done so.
My current work is local and is on tapes but I am willing to learn a new system or possibly obtain different equipment. Any input will be appreciated! Thanks in advance.
Who do you think... -
Posted By: pollster
Will be voted AAMT employer of the year? Who would you consider the worst company to work for? 
Can you ever expect a raise!? -
Posted By: JJ
I've been an MT- for 15 years, so I'm not new to this, but is it still common to keep on at the same per-line amount that you were hired at year after year!? I have been at my current job for 3-1/2 years and still make the same per line and also get no paid days off. I hate starting new jobs and when I hired on the per-line rate I got paid was higher than most, although it is IC work with no benefits. The cost of living has gone up so much and I need more money to make ends meet, but I am a bit wimpy about approaching my boss.
I would love some input on the going per-line rate (I do ER and clinic work) and also how often you receive a raise if ever so I can decide how to approach this issue. Thanks so much!
This is a ? about the KVM switch mentioned below - who knew! sm -
Posted By: computer illiterate....
Is it easy to install? I am a dunce when it comes to loading stuff. Can it be used on the computer that is hardwired for wireless? If so, do i have to install the comcast software on that computer as well - my cable internet provider. Any problems that come up when you use it? I also struggle with the computer situation and too many computers doing too many things. Then are both computers hardwired? I am assuming a best buy or somewhere will carry it? Gosh...thanks.
Have most people had good luck with their MQ office closing and moving to the regional office. Have -
Posted By: sm
things gotten better or worse for you.
need online file storage location -
Posted By: free2beme
We transfer our files back and forth via email and very frequently the clinic is "missing completed" files which we have sent them. This is beginning to take up way too much time to look up and resend.
I need an online storage site where us transcriptionists (3) can send a copy of finished work and also the clinic receptionsist can also access to look for "missing files." (Preferably free or low priced) Any ideas?? Thanks. Free
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
nm
ANY GOOD IDEAS FOR VALENTINES DAY GIFT FOR HUBBY - BESIDES ME! -
Posted By: NOT MT RELATED
I love flowers and he surprised me tonight (since he is working tomorrow) with a beautiful plantar full of different plants and flowers I can keep inside and transplant outside this spring. Would like to surprise him as well but stumped as to what to get? What do you get a man who has everything?
How the h@ll can I get this thing to erase! -
Posted By: dawnsun
Sorry! I have been trying to get this Lanier Vw210 to erase a tape. I even had medquist email me the directions. At least I got a good deal on the unit. Brand new (someone decided they did not want to be an MT). Got the unit, plug, headset, foot pedal all for 200, which is a steal because its all brand new.
Back to my problem, any help appreciated.
Thanks!!
Disc vs. Disk - Very interesting -
Posted By: oldwoman
I don't know who wrote this, but I found it online long ago. Since I was told I was spelling "disc" wrong by other MTs (never by a doctor), I decided to research this matter and found this at http://www.stedmans.com/MTFeaturePrint.cfm/1324.
disc vs disk
a 4-letter word
To what extent should one research the spelling of a word when there is more than one way to spell it? I suppose the answer would depend on a number of things, not the least of which is how much time one has to invest in word research. Productivity and therefore one’s pay suffers when ears, hands, and feet leave their transcription mode for any period of time.
If the word in question is a mere 4-letter word, it seems reasonable to believe that any one of respected resources would provide an appropriate spelling, so why bother with much research. Let’s face it, four-letter-word vocabularies are usually subject to more creative spellings than misspellings. However, because I was working on a special project, I decided to put to rest, once and for all time, the correct spelling of disc/disk as used in surgical dictation for a lumbar discectomy/diskectomy. Four hours and several resources later, I was sure I had my answer.
Au contraire.
I began my search in Stedman’s Medical 27th Edition. It is after all my medical dictionary of choice. Clearly the preference for disc/disk when referring to the spine is “disc.” I disagreed. My preferred spelling was “disk” for all things spinal, so I checked the AMA Manual Style. To my delight, they agreed with me. In fact, it clearly states that one should use “disc” for ophthalmologic terms and “disk” for the remainder of the anatomy.
Dr. Dirckx, noted medical language expert, explained disc/disk it in an article that appears in the January 2002 issue of JAAMT. His article begins, “As you have no doubt discovered, reference works show a striking lack of consistency in the spelling of this term.” Amen to that!
I almost always use Vera Pyle’s book for confirmation, she being the all-time guru and grande dame of medical vocabulary. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She directs that one use “disk” when transcribing ophthalmologic dictation and “disc” for the remainder of the anatomy.
All right, the gloves came off. Next stop, the revered AAMT Book of Style. “We recommend the spelling disk for all anatomic and surgical references …” I was satisfied and feeling pretty smug, so I declared the victory to a member of Stedman’s staff and suggested that the Stedman’s Dictionary team look into changing “disc” preference to “disk” in their new edition.
It is a good feeling to be right, and I was feeling real good. That is, until the S27 research team took my suggestion and consulted the world experts in medical terminology. Who are they? “They” are the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology, and “they” are the final word. Chairman Ian Whitmore states that Latin is the basis for the world's official terminology as found in Terminologia Anatomica (TA). Want to know more about TA? It is explained in S27 and makes interesting reading.
And just what do the world experts say about disk/disc? Disc is in for all things medical; disk is out. Why? Because Latin terms have official status and, though the origin of the word is from the Greek term “diskos, the Latin derivation is “discus.”
So, my fellow word junkies, if you have always used “disk” as your preferred spelling in all things anatomical, today is the day to change because “disc” is correct in the eyes of the world.
MS Word question -
Posted By: Jennie Mills
I heard there was a way to set up MS Word to flag certain words of my choice as I type. They thought this was either in dictionary or grammar, but were not sure. I cannot find any option. An example of what I am talking about would be for one of my jobs I am constantly dealing with EEGs and on the other job I am dealing with EKGs. With this option it would flag both words so that I notice it just to make sure it is right. The person that told me that this has been done before said the words were flagged by being underlined in green. I hope this makes sense. If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know. Thanks.
Is anyone out there transcribing for Cardiology? -
Posted By: smv
Just wondering if it is fairly easy to catch on or a pain in the butt? I might take a position but I'd like to know if I will be able to handle it as a newbie? What do you think?
Anyone had this happen to you? -
Posted By: Julia
Yesterday, I gave my notice to the company I have been IC'ing for the last 14 months because I found a job that pays more and pays weekly by direct deposit. My boss acted like I committed a crime and has been a total jerk ever since. This is not the first he has acted like a jerk. Anytime he has a bad day, he takes it out on his transcriptionists and treats us like crap. I am just really tired of it and needed a change. So now, he is not communicating with me or sending me any work. Have any of you ever had an experience like this?
Anyone know anything about T-C Transcription -
Posted By: mjb
in Florida?
Wow, on Discovery Channel - Preg woman delivering suffers leak of amniotic fluid into mom's -
Posted By: blood stream, causing her blood to turn to goo and
mom having an allergic/anaphylactic reaction.
Heart can't push the goo through.
Body went into shock.
She couldn't breathe.
Her blood began to clot.
Docs did emergency C-section in 6 minutes.
Then mom went to cardiac arrest.
Then another catastrophic thing happened.
Paula began hemorrhaging massively from every part of her body....from eyes, ears, nose, every incision, every bump and bruise. All her blood clotting factors had been used up.
Docs poured blood clotting factors into her.
The baby's chances of survival were at 50/50.
Mom was then noted to have unusual swelling in upper abdomen.
Surgeons reopened c-section.
Astonished to find 1 gal of clot-filled blood. With the clots removed, her blood quit clotting.
Of the 10% of women who survive, most are brain-damaged. Only 1% survive without any damage. She turned out to be in the 1% luckily.
A day later she was holding her baby and was OK.
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All this started with her first labor pain of her second child. It was the leak of the amniotic fluid into her blood stream that caused her to immediately start to feel like her throat was "closing up" and she couldn't breathe (anaphylactic allergic reaction). She passed out pretty quickly.
Loss of American Jobs Poem -
Posted By: Not the author
You may not think this is very grand.
But it is written so even a President can understand!
Where are our jobs?
Where have they gone?
Are they over here or over there?
Are they behind a chair?
They are not over here.
They are not over there.
They are not behind a chair.
Are they on a train or a boat or a plane?
Are they in England, France or Spain?
They are not on a train or boat or plane.
They are not in England, France or Spain!
HOORAY! HOORAY!
They are in Bombay!
Where people work for little pay!
In China and in Mexico too!
Where it costs ten cents to make a shoe!
Corporations say they have the need
To cut budgets and save money, indeed!
Though most of us would call it greed!
Corporations pay our Congress well
So Congress will do whatever they tell.
GATT and NAFTA so no tariffs there will be!
So corporations can import and export anything for free!
They have sold us out (the American worker) its true.
Our government and corporations too!
So if you are feeling blue,
Because there is no job for you
And you are unemployed for another day,
There is something you can do.
Find a flag and wave HOORAY!
Since "patriotism" is the call of the day!
anyone have tips for testing? -
Posted By: Dawn
I'm one of those people that don't test well, I never have been able to test well, even in high school I had problems. I just took a test today, and I actually think I did pretty well. I went back and listened to each sound file a second time while reading through the transcribed file. I found a couple of mistakes and corrected them. Any other tips for better testing would be appreciated greatly.
Has anyone used the Smartboard keyboard? Everyone tell what keyboard they have and rate it nm -
Posted By: kdy
nm
I just picked up a UK account. I need a spellcheck for british medical. Any suggestions? -
Posted By: uk spell check needed
tia
What's for dinner or what was for dinner? -
Posted By: Grilled burgers, chips, root beer, I love root bee
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neat web site 'chemo angels'. Help cancer patients -
Posted By: sm
http://www.chemoangels.com/
Typing IME's -
Posted By: Wondering
Just trying to get a few ideas for obtaining more work.....probably like a lot of other starving MTs!
Does anyone type strictly IME's? If so, is the pay any better than traditional transcription? Any info greatly appreciated. Thanks!
ADVICE NEEDED - PLEASE :) -
Posted By: Irish.Nana
I was offered a home-based MT job as a direct employee of the hospital with an extremely good per-line-rate. But yes, it was too good to be true! Apparently on further consideration, the administrator now says it is too costly (technically) for home set-up; mentioned something about the Lanier DVI desktop and how costly etc. etc. and some other MT has the license (?what's that about?); also mentioned "Cquence" transcription software program. They already have 5 other off-site MTs.  Anybody out there with opinions and/or constructive advice...please.
Thank you, Moderator -
Posted By: Babe
Thank you for allowing the prayer request board on the Gab Board.
CONGRATS to WINNER Lynell T. of Hazen, ND on winning Judy's Glossary! -
Posted By: nm
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Line counting software - Need a good program. Have used MPCount in the past, but now -
Posted By: MTSO
cannot download the old one, as it has been replaced by some new version, which I don't like. Can anyone recommende a good line counting program. Thanks.
Unemployment question -
Posted By: ML
What a way to start a Monday- I just started working for a hospital in October-They are in PA, I live in WV. They called to tell me I am layed off- My question:
1.Do I file for unemployment in WV or where I work at in PA.
2.I do a side Dr. on the side, in Ohio, how to I do this. I am going to be losing him at the end of the month-he is moving out of the area, but I may be on call to pick up a Nurse Pract. dication. (not much maybe 100.00 a month) How will this all go down. Do I need to get rid of this account?
Thanks
Company thinking of buying a new --sm -
Posted By: DeeDee
transcription system. What features are most important to you?
Help please, word board won't let me post...sm -
Posted By: urology
a question and webmaster emails are not going through, so... has anyone heard of s/l "obtrex, optrex" TVT? "Patient is post obtrex TVT."
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