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A dog question - Posted By: ke

I hope Im posting on the right site..my poor little Lhasa Apso is constipated..can dogs take milk of magnesia? What remedies are there for constipation in dogs?

Keep your kids off the monkey bars - Posted By: The Gingerbread Man

How many reports have I typed just this week, 7 year old fell off the monkey bars, sustained both bone forearm fracture. Monkey bars must be among the most dangerous things on earth. Always hear warnings to keep kids off trampolines but I've never typed anything on 7 year old fell off trampoline.

RE Herman Miller Aeron Chair below.. - Posted By: got very similar one from Office Max

I looked up the Herman Miller Aeron chair on the internet to see what all the fuss was about after reading these posts. I noticed the chair looks a lot like the one I got from Office Max. I'm not sure what the name of mine is, but it is a VERY comfortable, fully adjustable chair. I've not seen anything like it. I paid $79 as it was on sale from about $139. I noticed that this Herman Miller is much, much more expensive. Just thought some of you might like to check out Office Max's line. I love mine!

Templates raising line count ok? - Posted By: Sherrie

I have a doc who wants to start using templates with many "much-repeated" phrases already typed in. The template could be rather lengthy for new patients, not so much for rechecks. That's fine with me, but it is causing my line count to go way up and I'm not sure that they will be willing to pay this much of an increase once they see just how much it is. Do I let them make the call, bring it to their attention or keep quiet? I just don't want to start depending on the extra money and have it jerked away suddenly when they "come to their senses." Any input is greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!

Acute Care? - Posted By: Cynthia

Subject: Acute Care?

I have been applying for jobs but all or most of them say Acute Care experience. I am not sure what that means? I have been with a small company for almost 3 years now and type several different docs for them. What is acute care? Sorry. May be a dumb question but this is the only place I have worked since I started transcribing! thanks.

s/l zidea, xydia, videa - Posted By: Jean Petree

The patient has bipolar disorder, hypertension, type II diabetes. Have searched Google and my medical word program -- can't make out this drug. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Late pay?? - Posted By: sm

Ok, I've never had a problem getting paid before, so I'm not sure what to do. I worked for this small MT company and they still owe me a month's worth of pay. I've tried emailing the person, but she just keeps blowing me off. What should I do next?? (Of course, I quit.) Thanks.

Any plans for Mother's Day? Hubby is taking me on a wine & dinner train ride. - Posted By: Tammeeee

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MT Referrence sites? - Posted By: sm

I am searching for some good MT referrence sites to refer to for drugs, Expander tips, medical words, etc. Anyone know of any?

"House" discussion!!! - Posted By: Romey

What are everybody's thoughts on the show tonight regarding House and Stacy. Do you think he told her no because:

A: He feels he is not good enough for her.

B: He does not want to hurt Mark after Mark came to see him.

C: He feeds off his misery and can't give that up.

What a great show, great lines tonight.

Meditec Internship - Posted By: Burner

Is anyone out there involved with Meditec's internship program? If so, would you respond and tell me what you think about it?

Thanks!!!!

Does anyone know what the pay scale is for MQ? At what line - Posted By: count does it go up a half cent, a cent, etc. NM

if you don't mind my asking?? - Posted By: ALMT

what do you average your houly salary to be. No IC answers please. I'm talking working 40 hour weeks, no OT, no ASR. I can only seem to get to about $16/hr and I hear all these people on here talking about $25/hr. How in the world do you do it? I'm not being nosey, i'm just wondering if i'm at the low end of the totem pole. TIA

Anyone can recommend headphones--good to great sound--Help-- See inside - Posted By: MommaC

Hi everyone. I have a need for some headphones with great sound. Years ago at Radio Shack for approximately $50.00 you could get the best headphones, like the CIA uses for listening I think :) The sound was fantastic and far better than our MT headphones.

Well, now I have an account with very unclear, low volume. I just need better sound coming to the ears. Like in the olden days when I just typed because I could actually hear what they were saying!

If anyone has any great headphones, that minimize listening time and maximize typing time, please post or email me. I left my email address, just click the link to email. Thanks SOOOOOO much. Thanks. Really. Thanks.

My SIL wants to be a transcriptionist... - Posted By: The Singing MT

She wants to study at home, but I went to college for it like 15 years ago. I don't know anything about computer courses or whatever. I don't just want to "google" it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Jodi

Medical Mystery. Man has his uterus removed! - Posted By: sm

Nah, not really. But, my dictator actually said that today. I split my side laughing. Almost had to go to the ER to get stitched up!

did anyone get any... - Posted By: anmt

kind of recognition for MT week? I hit a new low... just a sticker on that week's pay envelope saying happy MT week, which is actually fine with me because I like the company and hate most of the junk these MTSOs send to show their "appreciation." Does anyone else think that MT week will soon be a thing of the past?

Does anyone know anything about... - Posted By: ca

California Transcription Unlimited? I think they are a radiology company but wanted some more info. Thanks.

RE: Not enough US MTs. There would be enough - Posted By: MTs is pay decent. No US MTs just excuse. nm

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Gateway lap top question - Posted By: ER MT

I bought my son a Gateway laptop three weeks ago to take to college. He has already seen the "blue screen of death" and has barely used it. Because I am computer illiterate and I know some of you are much more informed about these things, is this a MAJOR problem, i.e. take it back and get a completely different brand or is this something I can easily get fixed?

Thanks for your help!

NEWBIE JOBS????? - Posted By: Sher

I am so glad that I took At-home professions medical transcription course....it has been absolutely no help in finding a job.....still looking since April.....anyone have any suggestions?

At-home does not prepare you for medical transcription!!!!! When it comes to software and pedals and all sorts....I KNOW NOTHING!!!!! This is absolute crap!!!!

All I wanted was to further my career since I have previously taken a Medical Assistant course and left the field due to my children.......and to date, have had no luck finding employment! HELP!

CMT Exam - Posted By: ??

Have any of you taken this recently? If so, what did you find was the better study tool - the AHDI website online study prep or Stedmans CMT Review Guide? Thanks in advance.

have any of you tried these? - Posted By: look inside

here's the website, any testimonials from you guys? I would like to find the best keyboard that causes the least amount of pain....thanks in advance

http://www.fentek-ind.com/ergo.htm

IC advice please... - Posted By: CA IC

I need advice on how to increase my rates as an IC. Does anyone have a sample letter with this information? Do I give them two weeks notice of the rate increase? Should I give specific reasons for the increase? I have been working for these doctors for six years and have never increased their rates, it is now time. I do know that I may be losing my job as a result of the increase, but I am willing to take that chance. I feel like I am so underpaid, especially after adding up all the expenses I pay out of pocket. I, like you, work very hard to make the dollar in this business, and it is time to be compensated.

Thanks for any and all advice.

MTSOs: Politely declining a job opportunity? - Posted By: Tonya

I sent out some flyers and got 2 accounts at roughly the same time. One is wonderful, keeping me busy, and I love, love, love it. The other one negotiated the price down and has not been particularly cooperative. I realized today the latter account hasn't signed the service agreement, and I would just like to tell them properly and politely that it simply isn't working out, but I don't know how to go about it. Has anybody had to do this before? How would you suggest going about it? I don't even know where to begin.

Thanks in advance,

Tonya

Terror attack in London, explosions in the subway, many deaths - Posted By: On Fox news. nm

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errors & omissions insurance - Posted By: Betty

I was wondering if anyone could recommend an insurance company for errors and omissions policy other than AAMT? I don't really want to renew my membership just to get a policy. I have searched the archives, but I did not find any other sources other than AAMT. Thanks for any/all information.

newbie job search HELP - Posted By: Fresh out of school

Hi...I am fresh out of school and looking for a job...have you ever heard of MedScribe or MT Recruiters?...I am also beating the pavement tomorrow.

Working while sick! - Posted By: popping ears

Well, it has finally hit my house, specifically me, hard! The flu has come. I have coughed and gagged so much that my ears have popped and now everything sounds like it is in a hole or muffled. Any ideas on how to get my hearing back to normal? I haven't worked in 3 days as I have not been able to even sit up. Today is the first day I have even felt like attempting to do anything and I need to get back to work. It is so hard to work when you can't hardly hear your dictation.

Can a statutory employee draw unemployment if terminated from job due to restructuring of company? - Posted By: Ladybug

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lanier voicewrite ex - Posted By: chica

Can anybody out there tell me how to unassign a job on a lanier? Also is there a way to find jobs that u have signed off? Like a list of jobs? TIA

wav software question - Posted By: Julie

Does anyone know of .wav transcription software that doesn't distort the audio when it is sped up or slowed down (that is, the voice remains the same pitch, and is not mouse-like sounding when sped up, or drunken-sounding when slowed down)?

Thanks -

Julie

Need info ASAP - Posted By: Alice

WordZXpressed in Georgia, are they any good, what do they pay, etc.? Any info.Alice

Direcway satellite drop-offs all day... - Posted By: Rosie

Is anyone else having problems with their satellite connection this week? After 6 months of no problems I am now getting constant drop-offs until 5 p.m. I am on the west coast and no weather problems. I have called "customer service," but that was beyond frustrating. Dial-up is excruciating to work with after being used to the high-speed. Thanks in advance for any info.

Vacation time - Posted By: Burned out!

I am an IC. Contracted with just 1 drs. office since they generate plenty of work. There is another at home IC, who works there, too. We have been backed up quite a bit lately, so they hired another IC to work prn. My question to any other IC's out there is--Do you ever take family vacations? How do you accomplish this? Do you tell them your office will be closed for a week? What do they do about work while you are gone? What usually happens to me is they punish me the week before by giving me extra work. While I am gone, they just pour all of my work on the other IC and she gets backed up, and then when I returned I have twice as much work to do. I feel like--why did I bother taking vacation?! I get burned out prior to vacation, and after returning to work I get burned out again from trying to catch up. I mentioned today that we need someone to cover when we, the 2 IC's take vacation. I was told the other IC "never takes time off" with a smirk. I felt like saying, "Well, I am sorry, but I have a family and a life and it doesn't revolve around this office!!!!" Got any advice? I am so burned out and need some time off!!!!

Where are all the part-time IC jobs? - Posted By: Maddie

It seems like most companies are only hiring 3rd shift, acute care, full-time employees right now. The few places that do hire PT don't pay diddly. Come on now, $.06-.075 cpl for someone with 10+ years of experience? Did the medical transcription market totally tank in the past year since I last tried to find a job? Where did all the good accounts go?

Word count program - Posted By: Terri

I have an older model puter that is slowly going up and have word 97 count program on it. I am looking for something that is compatible with that - that also does all headers and footers - not just the header and footer on the first page that I can put on my new puter. I have checked in to SPellex and that is really slow counting. I also checked in to Abacus, which was fast and pretty accurate; it actually gave me a little more on a few of my reports as a trial run. ANyone have any ideas on this. Thanks for any help.

MS word tool bar - another question - Posted By: sammypot

I also lost the "paragraph" symbol and cannot seem to get it back the same as the print and print preview method. Can you guide me on this one as well

What does Meditech Direct Type mean - Posted By: Ludi

Hi -

At the risk of sounding like a dolt ... could someone please tell me what Meditech Direct Type is? I have spent years typing hospital reports into various Meditech programs through a VPN. Is this considered direct type?

Thanks.

The up side to not making enough money is - Posted By: MSMT

that pretty soon the fridge will be so empty it will be significantly easier to clean. And I do mean soon.

Started power scribe, have to use my mouse for play/stop. Do you know of (sm) - Posted By: jj

Any keyboard functions for start/stop. I don't have a wav pedal. Thanks for the info!

Snail Mail Holiday Cards - Posted By: Maryann

Do you send Christmas cards or other holiday cards? About how many do you send out?

Anyone out there use ergonomic split keyboard? - Posted By: I bought one...........sm

I bought a micrsoft ergo split keyboard. I am not sure if I am going to like this. Apparently one is supposed to use their left hand for the letter B....after all these years I have been using my right! Whoops. Anyone out there really see or feel the difference in the comfort or have any of you tried it for a long time and still just do not like ergos? Let me know your thoughts.................thanks friends!

Working for a company or IC - Posted By: anon

For those of you who are ICs, have you regreted taking that giant leap of working for a national company versus working as an IC? I know there would days of feast or famine, but at this point I need the flexibility. I am in my late 50s and do not yet qualify for Medicare.

The other problem is too that I will have to buy my own health insurance. Would anyone recommend a good national insurance company for getting medical/surgical benefits for myself and spouce that do not charge a fortunate?

I still get to type hospital dictation since I am an acute-care MT with 29 years exp.

So undecided.

Bad Dictation - a twofold question - Posted By: Dixiekaye

Have you ever had a dictator you could not transcribe for? I have been an MT for 5 years and finally had to call my supervisor and ask to have this doctor taken out of my pool. Is this a common occurrence among MT's?

When I worked with MQ there was one QA there that had a personal "device" that filtered out all background noises, adjusted volume, tone, etc. that he used. Does anyone know of such a device? It sounded much more sophisticated than the Koss Equalizer. I sure would like to have one.

Easier way to sort an address list in MSWord? - Posted By: probono

The only way I know to sort an address list in MSWord is by making the first line of the address a Heading. Is there an easier way? I received a 150-page address list from a doctor and it isn't organized in any way whatsoever. And *snif* I'm not looking forward to manually changing the first line of each addy to a heading, but I don't know any other way to do it. Hey! 'Tis the season for miracles, no?

flex hours - Posted By: Intrigued

The company I work for used to be very lenient of when we typed just as long as we got in our hours for the week. This got out of hand and they wanted more of 8 hours a day, but still lenient of when we typed (some where putting them all in at the beginning of the week and having long weekends every week, making the workload really crazy on Monday and not good for patient care). Now they are making different hours they want covered and we have to work exactly the times assigned. Some of us are fine with this, others are not. Do you work scheduled hours or whenever you want. Just curious what is happening out there in the rest of MT world.

I would love to know how many hours are spent - Posted By: doing the shuffle

listening to papers shuffle! Even when I fast forward these annoying reports there are minute-long paper shuffling that goes on and on throughout the paper! I wish these doctors would get organized!

thanks for vent.

Word expander list for Autotext? - Posted By: Where can I find one?

Is there a way to add a premade list of words or phrases to Autotext (not Autocorrect)? I need that little suggestion box to pop up for me. Is there a way to do this or do I need to add every word individually?

Thanks

Why are companies willing to train - Posted By: sm

offshore MTs but refuse to hire American entry level/new grad MTs?