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Focus Informatics QC/Editor, any info on what this entails??? thanks.

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Any info on Focus Informatics would be appreciated... Thank you! nm
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Focus Informatics
I have worked for them for 8 months now and don't have any complaints.  My pay is on time.  Yes, the management and tech guys are out of India and are a little hard to understand, but no one has been rude to me.  If I have a question, I instant message them and get a quick response.  The one negative I would have to say is that I do a lot of editing instead of typing.  I would like some more standard reports to do.  I am only part-time, so I do not depend upon my salary to pay the bills.  That is my only drawback with them.  I did have my check deducted a few times when I went below 99.0%, but just this last pay, I was a little under 99.0% accuracy and I wasn't deducted.  They may have changed that policy
Focus Informatics
Does anyone work for Focus Informatics?  I was just wanting to know a little about the company.
Focus informatics

Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of Focus.  I thought I read a lot of negatives and problems with this company.  Anyone work for them?


Thanks!!



Focus Informatics
I have been working for FI for about 3 months and I have no complaints at all. The tech people and my supervisor are Indian and they have been very courteous and helpful. The training was a bit hard because it was rather difficult to understand the accents but they were very patient.

I love the work. It is a mixture of standard transcription and voice recognition editing. I think at first I ran out of work because they must have given me just one type of report until I got comfortable. Now that I do all types of reports there is always plenty of work.

So, thus far my experience has been a good one.
Focus Informatics

Can anybody give me some info on this company, the rates etc, heard the jobs are on escription platform. Thank you


Focus Informatics
If you do an archive search, you'll find my message regarding them. Yeah, they were a little lacksidasical with me. For reasons stated in that earlier message, I wouldn't rely on them for my sole income.--CTT
Focus Informatics

Focus Informatics.  Just accepted at PT Editor/Transcriptionist position with the company.  I do not know much about them by reading different blogs, so I was hoping someone could give me some feedback on how they are and if I made the right decision in acceptin a job position.  I have been transcribing medical records for 7+ years now.  Worked all of those years with a local based company here in S.C.  Looking to supplement my current work load as it is just not enough...any info on Focus Informations would be greatly appreciated


They purchased Focus Informatics.
Focus is Indian-owned and based in Woburn, MA just down the highway from Dictaphone. I was told the match was for labor and not particularly software save for the fact that Focus was and maybe still is an Escription provider as well when purchased and certainly gave Dictaphone the opportunity to get a look at that software as a vendor!
Any Focus Informatics employees out there?
I just started last night and I have a question about the platform. Does it take a long time for you to download jobs and also for F8 to open the audit software? I am wondering if it is my computer or the platform. I am not going to get a lot of editing done with how slow the program is. Thanks!
Company Focus Informatics, Inc. Anyone working there please let me know how it is. nm
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Focus Informatics - enough negative, want positive

Does anyone have anything GOOD to say about this company?  Please, I tend to look outside the box and would like to hear something positive on here. 


This isn't a medical document, editor. Focus. :)
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Editor info...
For editors, they just switched to once monthly pay. You turn in a time sheet on the 5th for the previous month's work, and they send checks out on the 15th. However, they're trying out a new timeclock thing, where you're logged into their server, which they are going to use to calculate your time in the future, and so they will do away with you sending in your monthly time sheet, is what it sounds like.

Also, pay scale is $12 to $14 an hour, and you can ask for a raise after a year, is what I was told.
Any new updates on Focus for QA? Good info/bad info? sm msg
I checked the archives and read all the messages.  Have things changed for the better here?  Is there steady, reliable work?  Able to make any decent money?  Thanks!
Thank you for Focus info.
That is just about what I was hoping to hear as I am needing to make a job change. I've almost always used Escription, so I take it that I can use my own computer and not have to use theirs as with some companies. Again, many thanks.
Thank you for your Focus Info! sm
Yes, I'm currently working for penuts and am still trying to get back pay of just over $1000.00. I've been looking around for greener pasture. It sounds like Focus might be just what I need. Again, thanks for your post.
What about Focus Info????
Would someone tell me about Focus Infomatics.  Are they really bad to work for?   I do not know much at all about this company.   Would appreciate anybody who does know about Focus Info.  
Info on Focus Infomatics? - sm

Just a question on Focus Infomatics (their ad was removed).  Everyone is posting that they are totally an Indian-run company.  It looks like their corporate office is in Massachusetts. I am a little confused about how they are set up and whether the company is run from India or just employs most of their MTs from India. Any information would be helpful.  Thank you.


FOCUS INFOMATICS any info please
thanks
New info on Focus Infomatics

Does anyone have any updated information on Focus Infomatics.  Just offered a position with them, need to know what they are like.  Thanks!!


Does anyone have any info on Focus Infomatics? nn
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Need info on Focus Infomatics, Inc.

eight cents a line? I posted my resume on MTStars site and received a form-e-mail from them stating they pay eight cents a line. Does anyone make more than that? Do they have a lot of ESLs, steady workflow, etc. Any info would be appreciated. I don't want to waste my time or theirs taking a test otherwise.


Thank you in advance.


Any info on Focus Infomatics? nm
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Any info on Focus Infomatics?

Are there any editors currently at Focus Infomatics that can let me know how the work conditions are?  I've heard there are positions for the SWAT team, but I'd like to know what I'm walking into before I take the plunge.


Thanks in advance.


This program same as Focus Info
Any feedback on making good production with Focus Informatics?
Any info on what VR editing is like at Focus Infomatics? TIA. nm
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Disregard info on Focus Infomatics, Inc.
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Info needed on Focus Infomatics sm
Good morning.  Can anyone tell me if Focus offers paid holidays and vacation to their employees?  Thank you! 
Have job offer for Focus Infomatics, need info (sm)

Could Focus MTs please give current information related to amount of work, flexibility, income potential and any other helpful information would be appreciated.  Thanks.


I was asked to test for Focus Info...sm
After making multiple posts on MTstars about the low work my company has and no backup account, I have been asked to test for Focus after sending a resume.  I just need another second job because as you probably know I have been getting little work.  If it is this or nothing, is Focus alright to try?  What other option do I have?  I need work.  Opinions please.  I have heard some bad about Focus.  I need to know if it is Focus or nothing what would you do?  They are the only reply I have gotten from my resumes except others to say they aren't hiring at the moment.
After much searching on this board, I am not finding any info on Focus for sm
rate in pay. Can anyone please spare a fellow MTs time and just let me know if their pay is decent?? I just got a 10% decrease in pay today with MQ and I am just so upset! I'm looking for a decent company, that's all. Thanks so much!
See the Focus discussion below. I posted some pretty interesting info.
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Opinions on Focus. Please. I read all archives. Please most recent info. Thanks. NM
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Focus, focus, focus on your work. It's amazing what you can do! nm
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editor pay
Do you mind if I ask how much you are getting paid for QA?
MW Editor Pay
I agree totally. I used to not be bothered at all about outsourcing, but now that I am experiencing these changes first hand I am developing a different attitude about it. It is certainly impacting MT pay, as it seems that our wages are becoming comparable to 3rd world countries. :(
MT/Editor
My employer is making the MTs become editors also. Has anyone else experienced this?
MT/Editor
No, I mean editing MTs, no VR involved.
Editor pay
Thanks me!
They pay 1.5 CPL for EDITOR!!!!
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MT or editor?
I work as an Editor and yes there have been changes.  The insurance went up by 50%, but the coverage is better.  The deductibles on the cheap insurance were killing me!  My only complaint is lack of information, too little managers watching over too many people so you don't find out much until whatever the subject is has already been put in place.  You rarely hear from account managers, it seems all the power is with the team leaders.
editor
Please tell us where you work. Jobs like that are very hard to find. Most only want to pay 4cpl for editing and 8cpl for typing.
Editor

I think I can help you. Pls mail me ASAP.  


Thanks


I have been an editor for 7+ years,

and an MT for 16+ years.  I can edit roughly 4000+ lines per day easily (but I love to work).  At 1100 lines per day, we are only talking 2-3 hours of work at best.  I work for SS part time (yea I know the "bad" company) and can edit 1500 lines in 3 hours on bad days.  No worries! If you know your terminology, you will be fine.  If you have to look up a lot of stuff, then no good.   I also work for a smaller company full time at an hourly rate (yea I love them) and even still, I edit minimum of 100 reports a day and usually a lot more.  YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! 


But on another note!  I read a post from just below this one that said you would make about 50 something dollars a day and you would "starve." Now while I agree this would NOT be a good pay for editors, I do, however, believe that earning 7+ dollars per hour is not the worst thing in the world for MTs (especially new ones).  You have to start somewhere, but like any production job, you only earn more when you work more or get faster.  That is the name of the game.


I am a QA EDITOR looking for work
that was not kind.
I applied for editor
how about ESLs, a lot/few? Do they supply equipment?
What kind of health insurance/how much premiums?
MediType Editor
Any info. on MediType Editors?  How is the company to work for?  They are offered 3 cpl for editing.  This seems awfully low.  Any input?
Editor positions
I would be interested in becoming an Editor ... I have been an MT for 25+ years and would welcome $14.00 an hour.  Please send email.. thanks
I have been with them for almost 2 years as an editor. sm
Please feel free to email me.
no matter - sorry - I need my own editor! nm
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