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PS Leadfeather: MQ and Philips are together working hard on the VR technology...

Posted By: MTMT on 2005-08-13
In Reply to: VR, Transcend, MT profession, etc. Long msg - Leadfeather

that is why Philips bought MQ.  I was reading that yesterday.  this is something they are working very hard on, which is why I do not think Philips will let go of MQ - too much invested, even after the loss they have been taking over the recent problems MQ has had...

Philips, however, also does a lot of good things in the medical field, which is pretty impressive a philips medical...


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Why make us hard working MTs have to .....sm
deal with that every day. I love this board and it is very unfortunate you do not have to register yourself here. I am sure you would not be posting all the garbage that you do. You would have to actually stand behind what you post.
To Leadfeather sm
I can tell from your posts that you are a born leader.  Have you really thought about what will happen if all, or most, MTs follow your advice and move on to the few remaining good companies?  Your ideas might, and probably would, have worked 10 years ago but that isn't the answer today.  Ever hear of trickle down effect?"  Well, that's what's happening in the industry, actually in all industries.  MQ gets away with it and one-by-one the others follow suit when they are in a position to do so, just as we are seeing happen with the people posting about different companies on this board.  I, for one, am glad that I am at the end of my career and work because I want to, not because I have to.  My husband, a retired Teamster, gets a retirement check the first of every month for $3000, the reward for putting in 30 years.  How many younger workers have anything close to that to look forward to?  And...yes, that includes Teamsters retiring in the future.  Their membership has dwindled so the "old" benefits just won't be there.  Maybe won't even continue to be there for those who have already retired.  How far down will the American workers go before they say "ENOUGH!"?  Maybe when they are the ones living on the streets and eating in soup kitchens?
Your are right Leadfeather!
I, too, will not take a VR editing job. There was an ad in the local paper a while back offering transcriptionists the opportunity (?) to go to India and teach transcription. Cannot imagine any American Transcriptionist who would do this..... but there are some. I personally think VR will be perfected in the future but I will not be one who edits VR or anything done overseas - will change careers first.
Leadfeather, you are right on the money SM

I could have written your post myself, especially about standing alone.  I worked for Medifax when they started cutting pay.  Being the outspoken person I am, everyone wanted me to stand up and speak for all of us.  Wanta know what happened?  Yep, you guessed it.  The powers that be weren't stupid, they gave token raises to the lower producers and there went the ballgame.  Those MTs suddenly were "happy" THEY got a raise.  I told Medifax to shove their job and moved on to MRC.  Wanta know what happened?  A few months later these "happy" MTs were calling me asking, "what are we going to DO?"  (Medifux had taken back their raises and some more to go along with it.) My answer, "Beats me."  Most of them ended up at MRC.


I was with MQ when they joined Philips too (bought out along with ddi), and I sure saw the handwriting on the wall.  Some MTs think they are so good they can never be replaced.  Wrong.  I'd wager that in a few years MT, by whatever name it's called, will go back where it came from...to minimum wage jobs.  I know of one very excellent MT who was trained by doing editing.  I didn't train her but I know who did.  She simply listened to the reports that had already been transcribed and looked up the terminology.  They'll simply have maybe 1 lead person to oversee the work of 40?  200? "medical language specialists."  MTs.....gone.


Leadfeather, they expect us to edit VR because they can

They (management of companies who ask us to do this) know that most people who do MT are not wealthy people, or even average income-wise and are desperate for any work/income they can get.  They use this information to their advantage and always will. You said it when you said "a few measly hundred dollars".  To many MT's that's a lot of money.


Unfortunate but true.


I love doing pathology, but it is hard to find a position for working at home. Gross pathology is
easy, descriptive typing.  Microscopic is a little more difficult, but once you get the terminology down, it goes really quickly.  I also found it easy to get lines in with pathology.  If you've done acute care, you should not have a problem with the transition, IMHO. 
You can thank technology!
With all the available options with the internet now, overseas, voice recognition, etc., it has become the ruination of MTing as we knew it. Not to mention other things. Customer service jobs going overseas. Small businesses folding due to the internet shopping competition, like Ebay. And look at the children of the new mod-world, they don't even go outside to play anymore, they chat on the internet and hang out on MySpace.com. It's a very scary world.
CPR Technology
  That line about we take care of our people is laughable. They might take care of some favorites. 
CPR Technology

Email me if you wish. 


Not just technology
But the corporate mentality behind it. Now there are exceptions, but in general, once the suits saw $$ in Transcription, that was all she wrote. The hospital corporations may think they are saving $ but all they are doing is redistributing who gets the real $ and the quality of the medical report suffers in the process.
With technology progressing the way it is,
there's no reason the hospitals can't hire people in other states to do their transcription for them over the Internet or a toll-free phone line. I live in a very rural state, and that's what it's boiling down to. The hospitals can't find people willing to work inhouse, so they're setting up dial-in or Internet access for off-site transcriptionists. I worked for the local hospital for a while at home. We got sick leave, vacation pay, insurance benefits, and bonuses. I left them for a different job, but I wish I had stayed with them.
what has modern technology got to sm
do with my post about folks working from home and not taking this job seriously while raising kids? Obviously you want to argue the book versus internet thing again and its not going to happen.

Go back to India.
That "other technology...." sm
is already on the scene. It is EMR using POS terminals. Yep, we will just become generic patients with point-and-click illnesses, just as we will become unemployed persons with a huge fund of knowledge. That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee, but you'd better have a dollar!
I think this just fabulous technology!........nm
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MultiModal Technology
Just wondering if anyone is currently working for a company that uses MultiModal Speech Technology and if the platform is MT friendly?  I have a job offer and this is what the company uses and it sounds like an easy platform.  Thanks!
MQ technology has always been #1. Platform is state of the art
and others pale in comparison. DocQScribe is their newest platform, and its great. Really fast, really efficient for us regarding demos, etc.
To the MQ MT who posted above re state of the art technology... sm

I tried to email you through your post above; but got a message that email address was incorrect.  Need to ask a question about your post.  Thanks.


Transcription, Technology & Support (TTS), NH?
Any information on this company out of Chichester, NH?
Transcription, Technology and Support
I was thinking of applying to this company.  Could I please get some feedback as to the pay, work types, platforms and work flow?  Thank you!
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Transcription, Technology and Support
My pay was wrong several times. I was paid someone elses lines and my line rates were reversed and it was paid late often.
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Transcription Technology &Support, LLC
Anybody with any more input on this company? Thanks!
TRANSCRIPTION, TECHNOLOGY & SUPPORT

Does anyone have any information/experience with this company? 


Anyone know anything about TTS (Transcription Technology & Support LLC)

Anyone know anything about TTS (Transcription Technology & Support LLC)

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Does anyone know anything about this company?
Transcription technology Systems

Does anyone know about this company?  They claim to be flexible and pay for spaces on 65-character line.  Sounds pretty good so far.  Any employees of TTS out there.  Thanks for any information. 


Suzy Q


Transcription, Technology & Support
I was just offered a job through TTS and even though I searched past posts, I am so scared !!! I have been with the same co. for 14 years, so this is a big deal to me. Any feedback would be SO appreciated. Any present or past info?
TTS or Transcription, Technology and Support
Any info on this company. Have searched under TTS and Transcription, Technology and Support, both those terms pop up in so many posts that I can't locate something about this specific company. Would appreciate any good, bad, ugly and/or help finding past posts. Thank you.
TTS (Transcription, technology, support)
**** The former owner of mtstars, works for TTS. Need I say more?
TTS (Transcription, Technology & Support)


I'm looking for feedback on this company.  There are some threads but only as recent as this past fall and those aren't very informative.  I'm also unable to tell if TTS (Transcription, Technology & Support) is the same as TransTech.  I'd love to hear about current experience with this company.  If you have specifics, please e-mail me. 


TIA


TTS or Transcription, Technology & Support


I'm looking for feedback on this company.  There are some threads but only as recent as this past fall and those aren't very informative.  I'm also unable to tell if TTS (Transcription, Technology & Support) is the same as TransTech.  I'd love to hear about current experience with this company.  If you have specifics, please e-mail me. 


TIA


Buy why bother to learn all that new technology
Its like, whats the point even? I wonder if the leaders of this country have any idea how HUGE the homeless and indigent problem is going to be here in just a few years. And they won't have the middle class to fall back on and bail them out, because the entire middle class will be gone. They'll either be living in their cars and begging on street-corners, or incarcerated for stealing in order to survive, or else they'll be dead. This whole business of putting Americans out of work, so the rich can become richer, is gonna eventually leave them with some big bills to pay.
Medical Voice Technology Services, Inc.

Can anyone give me info regarding this company that is based in the southeast?  Possibly your experience with them if you have one? 


Thank you very much!


medical voice technology services
Anyone familiar with this company?  Any and all feedback welcome!!
Anyone hear of TTS? (Transcription, Technology, and Support
I have been offered a job with TTS and can't find any info on them. They are located in New Hampshire. They had  a job posting on the job seekers board here so I was hoping somebody had some information. Thank you!
Does TTS (Transcription, Technology & Support) still have issues sm
regarding pay?  I checked the archives, and I found posts saying they didn't get paid on time, pay was not correct, etc., which is a bit scary.  I was only going to work for them part-time, but I still would like to get paid.  Any input would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Is TransTech the same co as Transcription, Technology and Support? nm
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Transcription, Technology, and Support of New Hampshire. nm
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Any info on Transcription technology and support, llc?
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Transcription, Technology, and Support in New Hampshire. nm
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Anyone with information on Transcription, Technology, and Support (TTS)?
It sounds like they have a lot of good benefits but it always appears that way in ads to sell themselves and then you find out it isn't what it appears. I am curious about their medical insurance, if it is affordable and what their accounts are like i.e. high ESLs etc. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Any info on TTS? Transcription, Technology & Support
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Proof positive that the evolution of technology
Manual Typewriters: At least they work during a power outage. And having to leave the keyboard to return the carriage by hand can help prevent some computer injuries. Downside - you had to hit the keys really hard, and they were slow.

Electric Typewriter: You could actually do things like make the document LOOK GOOD, and easy-to-read, not like the wrap-around cr@p our final product turns into at the receiving end. Downside - Power failures, and the memory writers never had enough memory for me.

Mag Cards: (You forgot these!) Even though they were older than the IBM memory typewriters, I really love my Mag-Card, because you could just keep feeding cards into it, so the memory was limitless. Easy to do normals on them, too. Downside - they were HUGE!

Straight Transcription: Produces a better, more-accurate record. I've done enough 'normals' and templates in my day to see some truly incredible mistakes because the doc didn't bother to pull the right template, or even read what it said. Straight transcription is also a lot more interesting to do. Downside - docs get tired of talking, and tend to go a mile-a-minute through the physical exams.

VR: It has its limited uses, but having seen the trash it produces, I think it has no place in medical or legal documentation. Upside - it makes for a lot of uproarious laughter when you're watching the Evening News with VR-produced, closed-captioning.

EMR: Again, it has its uses, for example, making it possible to immediately look up, or send, a patient's entire medical record, or to use the computer to find a specific part of a long, complicated record. But point-and-click yes-and-no sounds tedious to ME, and I work with words and tedium for a living. Imagine a busy, impatient doctor trying to do it. I think it would drive most of them nuts, and probably leaves them wide-open for major mistakes that could impact patient safety.
You said it. Technology is taking over, and we are going down the memory lane...nm
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Does anyone have experience with Advanced Transcription Technology?
I'd like to hear about other's experience there before applying.
Medical Voice Technology Services, Inc.- MVTS

Transcription, Technology, and Support, out of New Hampshire. Very low starting pay. nm
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