If you like to type (fast), are fascinated by medical field, enjoy working solo, you will be fine.
Posted By: Good at spelling and fast reader help. on 2008-08-04
In Reply to: trying to decide - Carol
You may have to go through three jobs (over several years) to get to the big money. Best to chose a specialty which you find intriguing and tends to pay well (surgery, radiology perhaps).
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- If you like to type (fast), are fascinated by medical field, enjoy working solo, you will be fine. - Good at spelling and fast reader help.
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how fast you can type, has little to do with how fast you can transcribe
Let's face it, we can only type as fast as the doctors dictate... worse, we can only type as fast as we can *understand* the doctors. Given someone who slurs or has a heavy accent, someone who clears his throat constantly or shuffles through the paper, given an unfamiliar account or work type, or an area we don't have much experience in and have to look up words, etc., any and all of these things combine to make typing speed not really relative at all. I personally type 110, but not when I'm transcribing. I tell most folks who ask, if you type 65-75 wpm, you're solidly in the ballpark for doing medical transcription.
Who do you know that is in the medical field?
Think of any friends that you have that may work for physicians. That is how I found my clients. Also, type (not email) your resume and a cover letter and mail them to individual doctors who have their own practices. I have worked for a private physician for 12 years, I set my own fee, and I get paid weekly regardless. I found this job through a friend who referred me. Most of the time it's who you know. It can be done. After you get yourself established with one physician, you can ask him or her for any referrals. Where I live, doctors are always looking for transcriptionits. I have never worked for a transcription company. I have always been independent and have been very happy. It is a good living when you work for the right people.
I've always loved to type, enjoy words, & the act of
I just had to write and wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Enjoy the day, whether you are working o
  Happy Turkey day!
Fellow is a highly respected title in the medical field tho--
not for medical transcriptionists!
How fast do you type? I do about 130 wpm.
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This job is not about how fast you type, SM
but how smart you type; meaning using lots of macros. There are numerous books on the topic *** to get ideas. It's not about speed.
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In Description Field type {@KEY Left}-year-old
In Keyword, type
yo, OR yof, yom, yog, yow
In Description Field, type:
{@KEY Left}-year-old
I use the following as well:
{@KEY Left}-year-old-female,
{@KEY-year-old male,
{@KEY Left}-year-old gentleman,
{@KEY Left}-year-old woman, etc.
Good luck rebuilding your ShortHand. I back mine up to a little portable drive on a keychain, I'd be lost without my ShortHand.
Wise
After 30+ years of working in this field
on VR I make 4 cents a line and 8 cents for straight. Most now is VR. Knowing that my pay would go down this way, having typed 2000+ a day with straight, just decided I would have to do over 3000 lines per day on the other and do that to bring my pay up. I love it myself and would never want to straight transcribe again all day long.
I agree. It is not how fast you can type, rather
whether what you type is accurate or not. It is better to be slower and better than faster and typing gobbledygook.
There is no way I could type as fast without an expander.
My Expander does about 60% of my keystrokes. I can transcribe a whole sentence or even paragraphs for some of my docs with only a few short keystrokes. There is no way for me to type that fast. I could see if you had a hard time remembering your shortcuts then an expander might slow you down, but my shortcuts are second nature now and I don't even have to think about them. In fact, when I don't use an expander, I still often will type a shortcut and then will have to go back to expand the word when I realize my expander isn't open.
Can you type as fast on a laptop keyboard? nm
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I'd think 8 hours; depends how fast you type - sm
and how good the quality is of the dictation. If you have to break down multiple people talking I expect it will take you longer than 8 hours.
Can you tell me more about alphagrip, it really looks intersting, can you type fast?
nm
You are fine unless you are working for an
MTSO or facility that says use AAMT/BOS, etc.
That should be fine except for the hyphen (type 2 is not a compound modifier). nm
nm
it's working fine for me, no problems at all.
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Mine is working just fine.
Fine working at home if you can
afford it but no money means no home, right? The MTSOs pay less because what they know and see. Read above where they read these postings. No work, work low, waiting on work. I would never fuss about lack of work and/or money if I did nothing to change my situation.
Just create a command entry and use a short form that's fast to type. sm
This will bypass the Extext command. Make sure you put the trailing underscore at the end of your entry so you won't get an extra space from your marker key. Your entry will look like this:
{command}{Alt.}_
Nine cents is fine if you're working for someone else. sm
But, not so good if the account is your own. :)
There is a $150 fine if caught working at home-sm
w/o business license. From 2002-2005 the fee was $50. Then city changed it and now have to take copy of tax return to City Hall and the fee is based on previous year's income. Woman in my Chamber of Commerce group was turned into the city by a rival and was fined.
My MJ is fine for just regular use, but don't think it would be good for working with... nm
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Working fine for me, some problem with your keyboard.
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Mine is working fine and turning purple...
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It's working fine for me. Email to support@mtstars.com with the exact problem
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It's healthy to enjoy some alone time. You'll adjust and enjoy it soon.
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Prob is then you may get all fast fast fast talkers...not a fair way nm
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Office politics. That is why I enjoy working at home. In the office,
people are in other people business. Just mind your own business.
I was always fascinated by Marty too, sm
He seemed so mild-mannered when he spoke, but when he performed, WOW!! I don't know why, but he fascinated me and scared me at the same time. Those intense eyes when he performed, WOW!!
Marie, what type of federal job, is this still medical? nm
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Robotics...it has always fascinated me since ready
Isaac Asimov's novels. I am not sure exactly what would be needed, but I would certainly start somewhere in that field. Probably lots of math, I imagine.
Since I am no longer single, however, I have to give that dream up.
The other thing I would like to do is get involved in ecology, studying the earth, etc. It is going through so many changes right now...like we are in a huge transition period while it grows and changes.
In any case, anything to get outside a little bit, I think...
How about you, Romey?
Make sure you have selected Medical as your speller type.
Tools, Options, Spelling and Grammer. Select Medical from the drop down list under speller type (right side).
I seriously doubt that type of work is as complex as medical reports.
nm
Fun? Working on patient medical records and
drinking. Ah, to have your ISP addy would be PRICELESS.
I would not; most of the time those type files, although not usually hard medical terms, take lots l
to type and are very difficult as it is hard to hear with background noise, different speakers, usually no macros, etc. I think they are worth more pay, not less. I also get paid by the word at 0.008 and had figured mine to be about 0.09/line as well in the past. stick with where you are.
Ctrl + F9 adds the field brackets - F11 jumps to the field.
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Exactly why type of file are you working with? sm
You say you're trying to download a "wav file"; is that the correct file type? I don't work with PC-Dart so I'm not familiar with the file extension that program generates. Check the file extension (.wav, .mp3, .vox) and make sure that it is a file type that can be downloaded automatically by Express Scribe. Click on Settings and then Automatic Incoming. Select the incoming method that you are using for these files, then click on the Properties button. on the left-hand side of the screen, there are only four types of files that will be automatically (or manually) downloaded directly into ES. They are .dct, .wav, .mp3, and .aif. If the PC-Dart files are not one of these four file types, you will have to download those files to a folder on your computer and then load them into ES from that folder.
You want also want to make sure that you can play the PC-Dart file types. To do this, open Express Scribe, click on Settings, then File Types. There are several file types listed; make sure that the file type you want to play is checked.
Thanks for your input. We type regular medical reports in Meditech and radiology in Cerner. SM
I am really considering presenting the idea that we measure productivity on minutes transcribed instead of lines. I don't know if management will go for it, but it seems like the best scenario considering all the trouble we've had.
Thanks again!
QT Medical. No "platform" type in Word or WordPerfect using VoiceWave. Very clear sound and
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Yes, way too often.....type a lot with my headphones on but not working, or just perusing the intern
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I used Stedman's when working in Meditech, but I would type in Word and
copy to Meditech.
thanks - nice to know I'm not solo in this boat!
I will send a certified letter (but she will lose it anyway LOL). Thanks again!
Kinesis Freestyle Solo....love it....sm
With the Freestyle V3. Got it about three weeks ago and already about half of my right forearm pain is gone.
Also have the RollerMouse Pro, which I got for my mouse overuse....and they are absolutely wonderful together. Should have spent the money and got them both at the same time!
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/freestyle.htm
http://www.contourdesign.com/rollermouse/
bought a Kinesis Freestyle Solo about 3 weeks ago
The price was a little over $100 and took two weeks to do the brain retrain but it so sooo worth it. I will never go back to a Microsoft. I love that I can place each half where I feel the most comfortable, and I love the soft little clicky sounds it makes! If I was you I would find a way to pay for another Kinesis.
http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/freestyle.htm
Please Help - anyone who uses the Kinesis Freestyle Solo split keyboard....
am considering buying one. However, I noticed you have to buy a keypad separately. I use the numbers at the top so I don't need a keypad. Or so I thought, until I realized I use the plus and minus key on the keypad when we are in the ADT screen to move the date back.
So, my question is: Do I have to also buy that separate keypad or is there a plus/minus key (that you don't have to use SHIFT to use) on the keyboard?
Thanks! 
you can be Sam-E solo and it is great with depression/mood swings. valerian root and/or melatonin b
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depends how fast the MT is......No one would want to pay me by the hour because I'm fast.
nm
I would buy new a Dorland's Medical Dictionary, Stedmans Medical and Surgical Equipment...SM
and Tessier's The Surgical Word Book, 3rd edition. Books you could buy used I would say would be Stedman's Pathology and Lab Medicine and Cardiology/Pulmonary word book. These are all the books I use the most during my day. You could buy other speciality word books as you need them and could probably go used with those.
I wouldn't bother with buying a drug book, new editions come out every year and I just stick to the FDA website and RXList as my drug references.
Also FYI, not a book, but I use my Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictationary a lot. It's easier to open the program than it is to pick up a huge 30-pound dictionary.
Medical Transcription In The Era Of Electronic Medical Records
EMR has revolutionized the healthcare industry in recent times. Many experts felt that EMR & Voice Recognition would totally replace Medical Transcription - however; the industry soon realized that transcription has certain advantages over point & click charting and many physicians preferred to dictate notes rather than document the data at the point of care themselves.
enjoy these...thanks! (nm)
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