I know of Meditech, DocuScribe, TA+ and ExText for HIM and sm
Posted By: KS Lead on 2008-09-11
In Reply to: Keystrokes platforms??? - nnn
Radnet, Meditech, HBO Star and Misis for radiology.
All of those are compatible with Shorthand.
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I went from Docuscribe to Extext. It only took about
a week or so to get up the required line count; but I had to put all my short cuts in over again, so that slowed me down somewhat. All in all its not a bad program.
extext versus meditech
How does ExText compare to Meditech as far was actually working? Is ExText WORD based? Or its own particular like MediTech?
chart script vs extext vs meditech
Could someone list out the similarities/differences, pros and cons… Ease of working on them, frustrating parts of each, which you think is friendliest..
THANKS
Wrong! This is for one of four new accounts! Two are ExText, one is Meditech and two are Chartscr
Keystrokes is constantly advertising because of new accounts and accounts that want more from us, not to replace people or for bad accounts.
Since the beginning of the year, we have added over 20 new accounts and have over 20 more starting in the next month to two months.
I wouldn't be so quick to cut down Meditech either. Some people (me in particular) really like it. Once you are used to it, it is easy to work in, easy to get lines and easy to use expanders.
Scared off? You should be afraid of companies that are losing accounts, not getting accounts!
Similar. ExText is Word based. I prefer it to Meditech for ease of use.nm
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There are two types of Meditech. One is Meditech Magic, which has a blue sm
screen and is like WP5.1. It is a bit cumbersome but not bad once you get used to it.
The other is Meditech Client, which is WONDERFUL. It opens into Word and populates the demographics for you.
Neither are bad once you get used to them. I make great money using Magic and a lot of others complain about it.
DocUscribe...
platform Medquist uses that we all know and love. 
DocuScribe
Anyone know how this platform is?
Docuscribe....sm
That account is full of horrible ESLs. I like Docuscribe, but the ESLs, I would say, make up about 60% of the account. It is awful, I won't deal with this much longer. Changes to account day in and day out sometimes 3 times a day...Can't get production going, always something changing....but what can one expect considering where the hospital is located. I am so disappointed.
Docuscribe
I work there and love it. My account just went to Docuscribe and I love it. My production has jumped a good bit. I have plenty of work just about all the time and they leave me alone, pay me on time, etc.
KS regarding Docuscribe
Is KS still looking for people to work on the big account they started a while back? I know it was utilizing Docuscribe and I was hired for it but because of the great amount of ESL dictators, I decided not to stay with them. I really didn't mind the Docuscribe though, and can't figure out why they would require experienc on Docuscribe. I didn't think the platform was difficult to learn at all.
Would love to be on Docuscribe at KS
love to be on it again..it beats Meditech any day!
For any Keystrokes MTs on Docuscribe
How do you feel about the Docuscribe account now that you have had a chance to work on it a while? I read there were lots of ESLs, but how is the work load and have you gotten into a rhythm with it? Thanks.
DSG out of Atlanta uses Docuscribe. nm
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They are saving a fortune on Docuscribe (sm)
Since switching most of us have taken a deep dip in wages. A little perk to keep morale up wouldn't hurt.
Anything out there part time DocuScribe except MQ? n/m
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They are the ones calling it Medquist Docuscribe, not me. nm
Bayscribe versus DocuScribe. Which is better?
I've used both but wondering which people generally prefer. Me? I'd have to say DocuScribe is more user-friendly to me. Ideas?
Does Keystrokes use Docuscribe? How are they to work for?
I am tired of geting burned by some of the companies that advertise here. I want a job that has a lot of work, does not outsource and have good accounts.
My resume is looking worse and worse because I appear to be job hopping. I want to find a good company where I settle in, work hard and retire in 7 or 8 years.
I worked for MQ for 11 years and loved DocQscribe. I just saw an ad from Keystrokes that they use it and want to know if they are as good as they seem to work for.
This is so confusing. Most of the companies either run out of work, send work to India or conveniently forget to pay for work done. Help! I need a good company!
I just started on the new account with DocuScribe. It is the same as MQ. sm
I worked for MQ for a long time. When they got this new account, they asked if I was interested in changing accounts because I had the experience with the platform. It is the same one exactly. The difference is that KS has a lot of work and we are not pooled. They have taken on a lot of MQ accounts in the past few months. I think that they have a great reputation with their accounts and in general and that the fact that they do not send work offshore is very important to hospitals. It is to me :)
Keystrokes Docuscribe Account
Did anyone out there get hired a few weeks ago by KS for a new account that is on the Docuscribe platform (the same one that MQ uses)? If so, how do you like that platform and how is the account? I am very curious about this because it stated in the ad that they will be putting a lot of new accounts on that platform in the coming year. Please share your experience thus far. Thanks a bunch.
Keystrokes New Docuscribe Account
I asked this question last week and would like to check regarding if transcriptionists who were hired for this account feel any better about it yet? Last week there were a lot of negative posts stating too many ESL dictators that were very difficult and they were not able to produce a good line count. Has it improved any for you? Also, how do you like the Docuscribe platform?
No. We use DocuScribe and have no intentions of selling to MQ. sm
They have a separate department for technology, used to be Lanier, and they keep it separate. It is the same as using WebChartMD or EmDat. We pay what we use.
Does/Did MedQ use Docuscribe program?
I quit the big Q several years ago and can't remember what program I used. (Old age memory problems, LOL). Does anyone know if they do or did use Docuscribe? TIA.
Does Smart Type work with Docuscribe? sm
entertaining an offer and need to know about this. Thank you.
9cpl and 11 cpl for weekends. Use ExText. My ExText version wasn't compatible with theirs
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I work on Docuscribe (not MQ) and have also worked on Chartscript in the past. My line counts went
down significantly when I went to the DQS platform. Don't know if it is being manipulated or not, just simply stating the facts as I have seen them.
Meditech
Will anyone having typed on Meditech system please tell me what it's like? Is it user friendly? Thank you very much.
Meditech
Meditech is okay once you are used to it AND if you can use Instant Text rather than those clumsy combinatio keys to do your macros. I think it has improved since I used it about 6 years ago. It is a BIG change from WP or MSWord, sort of like taking a giant step backwards.
meditech
I thank you for all of your comments. I do use Instant Text so would definitely want to be able to use that with Meditech system. But it actually doesn't sound like something I'd really like doing, from what I've read. More negatives than positives so far.
Meditech Rad
I use Meditech for radiology for windows, have been for 10 years. Over the years we have upgraded the program several times. I think it just depends on if the hospital is up to date on the programming. I took a second account that used Meditech and I don't know if the hospital was behind or the MTSO just did not understand the program like I do. For rad, after each report you do have to go through a series of screens before the report is saved. But that is just me. Another hospital could be different.
Meditech
Anybody know which companies use Meditech?
meditech
Spheris uses Meditech.
MediTech
I have been working in Meditech with Citrix Server now for 2-1/2 years and it's the pits. Even with new updates all the time, it will never compare to today's modern platforms.
Right..I do ERs on Meditech..(nm)
Is this Meditech?
If it is a slow platform, then you'll need at least 9.5 cpl just to make a go of it! 
Meditech
I have been working on the Meditech platform for one month, so I am fairly new. I am averaging only 100 to 125 lines per hour. I still have to refer to the instructions for things like, for example, how to close up spaces. It is a bit inconvenient to have to go through a bunch of screens before I start typing. I guess I would have to say I do not like the Meditech platform! I do have easy dictators, though. I am not a newbie; I have over 20 years of medical transcription experience, by the way.
Meditech
Place you a sticky note or short note pad to your monitor with the function key commands. Where you were referring to closing spaces, were you talking about joining lines? Go to the end of the sentence and space, then do Shift F6; this joins your sentence together. Do you mind telling me the account you are own? Send it to my email. I will be starting soon and was wondering about the account. Thanks.
Meditech
Very easy to learn, but you need a high-speed internet connection
meditech
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Don't like Meditech
There are too many screens to go through before you actually type. I can't get more than 125 lines an hour no matter what. Others do like Meditech, though. This is only my personal opinion.
Meditech
Jill, you have to go through screens and it is a database, which is hard to find a rhythm, but some really like it. It lags and goes down a lot, so be prepared to save your document if it is way long because if that connection gives out on you there goes your report. I would suggest being prepared to really lose money with Meditech at first. There are much better platforms out there. Meditech is a hospital program so it so drawn and bogged down with users especially during peak hours. Good luck whatever you decide. 
Meditech
I absolutely love MediTech! But then again I was there during installation and I am a superuser in RAD, OE and PCI modules so I comes a lot quicker.
I quit a facility that I still go back and work part time at and I can pick right up and I actually put out more work there. Of course it works better when you are working at the facility. Dial up would be hell due to the hang ups. If you are not familiar with medications and terminology it's tricky because it technically has NO medical dictionary. Keep Stedman's by. If you are working on a Word based system you should have access to your medical dictionary and then it converts back to meditech. When I type for this company at home I type in word and then I go to thier facility and copy and paste into meditech. I have to fix the bold and underlying which will not convert using C&P method but it saves me a 2 hour driving time. Just make sure you always spell check from the top of a document or it will tell you there are no errors! Both Rad and Order Entry have data entry sections but when you get the hang of it you can fly right through those. Use the canned text/expander a lot. In order entry or departmental typing for acute care stuff, when typing directly in the module, I don't have to send my reports right back so I actually hold them and then spellcheck and print all at once since spell check is so slow. Good luck. Hope that's not my part time job you're taking! 
If you cannot get around in Meditech to get more than 100 lph, than you sm
are not trying very hard. The hospital I work for outsourced our work to another company and I went to work for them (not Keystrokes). I have used Meditech Magic and Meditech Client and a strange one that is half-way between the two and never have had a problem getting more than 200 lph. I use an Expander and really use it a lot.
Then again, I used to love WP5.1 and it is very similar.
Different strokes for different folks.
are you on the meditech
platform and making 20,000 plus lines a payperiod?
meditech
Typing on Meditech is driving me INSANE. I find myself wandering away from the computer and not being able to stay focused as I really do not like the platform. It is SO antiquated. It needs to be sold to India for a tax credit or something.
Never used Meditech.
what is blech about it?
Meditech.....
Does anybody have the scoop on this company?
Meditech
Any info on this platform?
What about Meditech?
I asked the recruiter this same question and she wasn't sure. She's suppose to double check with the tech ppl and email me, however her manager told her that since DocQScribe is a proprietary platform and Meditech is not, they probably wouldn't be able to save any of my expanders. So I won't get my hopes up, but Meditech already has lots of commonly used macros already installed so all I'll have to do is customize. At least that's the way it was last time I had used Meditech. If that's the case then it won't be nearly as bad as say starting from scratch.
Meditech
How do you create your own templates? And what did you mean by the F-key thing?
I just started an account using Meditech. I am getting a run-around about short cut/macros. I think they dont want to tell me anything that will cause them to pay me more ya know.
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