and the same in many countries

Posted By: sa on 2009-05-08
In Reply to: Are there not enough physicians in India to keep work plentiful for their native transcriptionists? - TGIF

I suspect. I believe Indian MTs are specifically trained to do the US work; it's not that they were working for an Indian hospital but didn't have enough to do.

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Are there not enough physicians in India to keep work plentiful for their native transcriptionists? - TGIF
- Ha! Indian physicians used to do MT! - Golden Oldie
- All the Indian doctors are practicing here in the US! nm - deb
- The Indian MTs CANNOT even understand...sm - nn
  - Reply to 'nn': I hope this is not a 'stupid' statement and I do not get - ==
    - there is more than one language - sa
- I am not completely sure about this, - ==
- There is a not enough of a middle class to keep - doctors/hospitals busy. Sadly.
- Have you looked in the............. sm - m
- and the same in many countries - sa
- You're missing the whole point - NJMT2
  - Hallelujah. (Blanky Blank). Where's the Tylenol? - So True. So True.
  - of course it is about money - sa
- must clarify: I meant using the excuse of a shortage of U.S. MTs. nm - TGIF
  - There is NO Medical Record keeping in India for hospitals/physicians. - Very Simple. NM
    - Yes, I was hesitating saying this in my post before, but this is true, - ==
    - Exactly. The majority of the population can't afford health care. - Happy MT Robin

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They told me the same.. that they would always have transcriptionists in both countries. sm
Remember the lovely talk not too long ago about the sale of the company, and how even if they did sell, the new company would want to keep MTs and QAs who knew the accounts?

Ha!

Then all got quiet for so long. We were supposed to hear by December... then February... nothing from Paulik. I knew something was going on. They were too quiet.

Then supervisors started getting extra whiny about every little thing, changing everything, work dropped off.

I can't wait until everybody gets theirs. Wait until they outsource the supervisor and HR jobs.

Does Lee Perfect outsource to foreign countries? nm
X

when did they start Offshoring (not outsourcing) to other countries?
nm

new option is now going to Eastern bloc countries
and Ireland and away from India as the cultural difficulties have led to problems, plus they have great tax incentives.

Just dont ever forget the work that goes to India and other countries. I guess they will be doing
weekends etc. I am sure MQ has this all very nicely figured out.

Transcription Rebuffs American Needs So Countries Elsewhere Negotiate our Demise.

My heart goes out to the MDI folks. Best of luck to all.