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Court? -
Posted By: doxielady
Thought I had a great, lengthy report the other day, for it to be over 7 minutes of one physician talking with another about getting sued by a patient due to overmedicating - the patient overmedicated, but the doctor prescribed the meds. Anyway - have any of you ever had to go to court and testify? This, along with Dr.Infection (almost every report I get is someone who has had surgery and now is infected - and this is not an infectious disease physician but the surgeon), I am wondering if I will ever get called in. I can't believe that none of these patient's are suing. Just wanted to vent and get someone's take on this.
Monitor/Admin - sm -
Posted By: thank you
Please see message on Monitor board.
Looking for -
Posted By: PT work
What companies require either a line quota to meet daily or allow you a window to work your stated hours for the day?
setting the tone... -
Posted By: sm
This is meant for e-mail but it is also helpful on message boards too...enjoy:
http://www.ewriteonline.com/index.php?display=ArticleDetails&id=358
I have a problem with followup versus follow up -
Posted By: Help, please
Which is correct.
Followup in the office tomorrow or follow up in the office tomorrow?
He was told to followup or he was told to follow up?
he presents for followup or he presents for follow up?
Thanks so much for any help.
QA question. -
Posted By: me
I think maybe some companies are not performing QA as they say they do because it is costly, especially for a large company to pay QA people to check. I am sure they do QA, but I wonder how often, etc. It seems to be these big companies are always trying to cut costs and looking for ways to pay less and less, so that would include QA also. Just thinking about this tonight.
How long on average (hours) does it take to type -
Posted By: 2000 lines a week
I know it depends on lots of things such as difficulty, typing speed, expanders, etc. Just looking for how many hours people have worked to get to 2000 lines.
beyondtext -
Posted By: ex-MQer
Is there anyone here who is happy with BeyondText or at least is doing well on it? I've read some old comments in the archives about it but nothing written this year. I'm at Transcend and I'm wondering if going with the beyond text option is the right thing to do.
I'm having serious doubts after looking at this message board. :(
Need a good expander. -
Posted By: just me
Any suggestions compatible with Word.
How much should I charge.. -
Posted By: one-time project
How much do you think I should charge per double-spaced page for doing a one-time project, on my own equipment, for someone doing mental health interviews for a research project? If it was 12 cents per line, how much per page would that be? This is a parent at my kid's school who knows I work for a transcription company. I wouldn't use the equipment owned by the company, I have dictaphone machine that takes tapes. I'm not sure how long the project would be or the format yet. Just give me some idea of what you guys think. Thanks -
Has anyone worked for Rapid Text? Any info would be great -
Posted By: Anne
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DocQscribe Platform and Medical Spellchecker. -
Posted By: nymt
Does anyone know if it is possible to get a different spellchecker to work with DocQscribe? I have one from Sylvan Software that I love and I hate the one in DQS. I also have Sylvan's Shortcut word Expander and that works automatically with DQS.
How do you add in auto correct? -
Posted By: Word 2007 question
2007 is really different than 2003. I can't seem to find how I do this. Thanks.
Oncology accounts -
Posted By: calmt
Anyone know if oncology accounts generally have a higher rate of pay?
Does Anyone Know of A Good Medical Spell Checker For Office 2007? -
Posted By: kittymt
Hello all! I am new to these boards :) . My husband bought me a new computer with office 2007 installed on it for Christmas :). I was curious if anyone knew of a good medical spell check for Office 2007. Thanks In Advance!!!
The STRAW that broke the CAMEL'S back!! -
Posted By: another mt
 Can you believe there is trainee from India, living here in the U.S., who has been training on my primary account for the past TWO months at least....the problem is all she wants to do are the good American dictators and she is ALLOWED to skip, pass over, cherry pick past her own countrymen's bad dictations.
I've watched my line counts go down now for quite awhile wondering if all the decent dictators on my account were hijacked somewhere, now I know why!! How long should it take a person to get used to transcribing ALL the dictations???
This, to me, just adds insult to injury....first all we seem to be getting are the terrible dictators from India....now even if we are "lucky" enough to have a transcriptionist from India living here in the US transcribing on our accounts, all they want to transcribe are the good American dictators. I've turned my cheek more than once but am beginning to think enough is enough!! What say you????
spyware -
Posted By: me
Does anyone else's pc get infested with Spyware after visiting this site?
Can someone explain a header and footer..nm -
Posted By: mttired
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Meditech line count -
Posted By: curious
Hi all. I will be starting an account in Meditech and my previous experience is that it always counted by the gross line. Can this be changed to accommodate a 65 char. line?? Thanks!
DOCTOR STATES OPINION AS FACT -
Posted By: just an MT
I have a dictation that I really hate to send to put in the patient's chart. The doctor has stated as fact an opinion about this patient's illess (namely pain and depression). The statement that was made is going to follow this patient and probably keep her from receiving adequate treatment now and in the future. I know that as MTs we are to transcribe what the physician says, but I really feel for this patient as this physician is doing her a diservice - and I would think that if this gal is smart she would find herself an attorney, as this doctor is working on opinion rather than facts. The physician is foreign and has a much different view of the subject than informed "American" physicians - I just hate to have my initials on this poor woman's chart, knowing that the doctor is not adequately treating her problems. Okay - my vent for the day.
working away from home -
Posted By: Stacie
I was wondering what do you need besides laptop to be able to take work with you if going away for holidays?
What internet works best? Would you need one of them wireless air cards if family member does not have internet? I am totally lost.
Any input would be appreciated.
I have to laugh - did anyone see this posting on Guru?? -
Posted By: giggle
We are looking for someone that can transcribe 60, 90, or 120 minute
audio files. The transcript must be typed into microsoft word.
Compensation is as follows:
60 minutes $10.00
90 minutes $15.00
120 minutes $20.00
There will be repeat work for the right pro.
How are you planning to deal with the oncoming high winter heating bills? -
Posted By: Inquiry time
I'll be bumping the thermostat back another degree or 2, down to whatever leveI I can not be cold at. Otherwise there will be less "fun" money spent if it has to go to the oil companies!
Has anyone participated in employer health assessments? -
Posted By: CalifRADMT
Aetna is my ins. co. This year, I was dx'ed with BC, grade I, Stage 1 (thank you Jesus!). The ins. co. apparently sends a person to my home to draw blood.
The participation results in discount in health ins. premium for employer (I think!). I am receiving mail to schedule my appt for the home visit. I find this rather invasive somehow.
Has anyone heard anything bad that can come of this?
Thanks Mates - Feliz Navidad!
Using MS templates with EMR -
Posted By: inu
Anybody create Microsoft templates for EMR documents?
I have a new account that uses EMR. I want to include Microsoft fields into the document so I can easily tab through them but I just don't want the code Word uses to generate a field to conflict with the XML code used for the EMR system.
Does anybody use fields in EMR documents without any problem?
The post about the resume bank has been removed. It was discovered that the person -
Posted By: Administrator (sm)
who made the post was lying and got caught. Administrator
Two 1099 for one company for 2008? -
Posted By: NVMT
I just received a second 1099 from Lee Perfect Transcription from last year, who I quit for partial non-payment. They are for two different amounts. The second one is $50 over what I made for the year. The second one was under what I made. The two together obviously are WAY OFF. I called and they gave me an email address to write to, which I have not heard back. Did anyone else have this? Thanks.
Equipment For Lease -
Posted By: PartTimeMT
Hi! I would be doing part time transcription for two months and would need micro casette transcriber. Does anybody know if there is any company that lease transcription equipment. Thanks in advance.
Help with Extext/Word -
Posted By: if I'm being honestwimt
I'm having a problem where when I'm in a word document using Extext, I can't click anywhere in the document. I scroll with the mouse wheel, but I can't click on and move the bar on the right, can't click anywhere in the document. I can only move around by moving the cursor with the arrow keys. I don't have that problem when in a word document outside of Extext... only within Extext. I also don't have that problem on my desktop, but I'm working while out of town this week and am having the problem on my laptop.
Does anyone know if this is just a setting I need to change in word while within Extext or anything? Thanks for any help.
Complain about Toth to Better Business Bureau -
Posted By: Powder
By using this link: http://pittsburgh.bbb.org/Find-Business-Reviews/
question about templates. -
Posted By: newMT
I have a question about during a physical exam portion, I know what it means to "flush left, sub headings all caps," but what is the other instance of "stacked form". thanks.
I just found out you can only install Bytescribe Docshuttle 3 times! -
Posted By: Jill
I had no idea of this and apparently this is in the fine print of the license agreement (shame on me for not reading it!) So I have DocShuttle Client at $99 and DocShuttle Admin at $299. I have to reformat my hard drive this weekend so I will be on my third and last install. I really do not want to have to purchase this all over again because that is a huge chunk of change.
Does anyone know of any other software that I might be able to use when the time comes? I want to start my research early because I can't get myself into a bind if you know what I mean.
Thanks!
Instant Text and Shorthand (Reposting) -
Posted By: just me
Is there a way to convert my ShortHand to Instant Text or merge the two so that I can use all my Shorthand entries on a new platform that only uses Instant Text? (Platform is Medrite.) Any help appreciated.
Any opinions about Instant Text also appreciated. I've used Shorthand my entire career and am really nervous about not being able to use it and having to use IT.
My lack of experience... -
Posted By: Debbie
I was told today by a national transcription company that "due to my lack of experience in the last eight years...." that I was unqualified to work for them as they need people with recent acute care status. I have worked for a group of orthopaedic surgeons for eight years and went to work for them because my job at the hospital was phased out due to outsourcing. I have 36 years of experience as a Transcriptionist and all but the last eight were in a hospital setting. I am shocked to find out that I do not qualify for their company. The work at our clinic is dwindling and even though they are hiring three new docs this coming year, none of them are going to be allowed to dictate as they will be required to use the EMR only. All of us sit by our desks waiting for that next job to show up and hopefully if you are lucky enough, you are the one who grabs it first. I used to work every evening and weekend. That has happened in the last five months. Sorry for the venting. It has been a tough struggle with a laid off husband, one income, and 10 grandkids to shop for, for the holidays.
an old message -
Posted By: nn
About a week ago somebody posted about at home positions, not MT...needing an extra phone line, answering the phones, and I believe accepting orders, etc. Alas,I didn't write down the web address....sure would like to have it!
Thanks
SwiftText Word Expander -
Posted By: DM
If anyone has this program, can you please email me. How do you get the entries to show up in the main SwiftText Expander window?
Extra shift or extra work -
Posted By: tia
Has anyone taken on an extra job or shift with a new company for a just a few months to get out of debt or to be able to pay for something that is needed or wanted? I am thinking about taking on another job to get out of a stressful debt situation. I am just afraid I would be going into another stressful situation working more hours with the very busy family schedule I have.
free line count software -
Posted By: R.J. Gulley
I need a free download for line count software that is accurate, anybody know one. Thanks.  wordgenie
Lost in translation -
Posted By: SS
This patient died and the ESL just said "expired on ____and the patient was satisfied dead."
in toto or en toto? -
Posted By: me
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Odd question from an MT -
Posted By: slightly perplexed
I know, I know... an MT for 9 years and I don't already know this... well in my defense I'm just used to using FTP sites or being employed in-house. Anyway... can someone please explain what a C-phone is and how it works? lol... like I said.. odd question.
Thank you! 
c phone -
Posted By: diane
What is a c-phone, how does it work?
Took EPT - said error :-( -
Posted By: nm
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What I did about the C-phone and smoke. sm -
Posted By: So not happy right now
I have to go out of town next week so I got a few small trash bags and put in a Yankee Candle Car Jar, and wrapped it back up tight, as well as with the instruction manual. I'll leave it in there for a week and hopefully that will take it away. I did use rubbing alcohol on the C-phone too and oh gosh, you wouldn't believe how much yellow junk came off from the smoke, especially from the parts that are covered with clear plastic. It smelled up my entire room for a while and I'm still getting whiffs of it every now and then. Thank you everybody for your help and suggestions. I spent $187 on this and I did expect better, or at least a blurb in the auction that it came from a smoker's home.
New job first, save sick time, then surgery or surgery first? -
Posted By: Diane
I’d like to go back to medical secretary work. I’ve had cortisone shots in my ECU tendon 3 or 4 times and was warned not to have too many or my tendon could rupture. It’s been very weak for a year or so and my left wrist is smaller than my right wrist. I can’t type at all with my left pinky so I think it’s ruptured. I have Word auto correct and Instant Text set up so I very seldom type As, Qs, or Zs. I haven’t had surgery because I have my own account, no subs, a DD in college to support, and no disability insurance and didn’t want to take time off work for surgery. I do have medical insurance though my DH.
I’m debating whether to get a job, save up sick time, and have the surgery while getting sick time pay or have the surgery first without any sick time pay.
I’ve done medical secretary work before. I figured if I use Word there I can save their Auto Correct and transfer mine. If they use EMR, I can make my own shorts to stay away from Q, S and Z. I could only accept a job where I don’t type for more than an hour straight, which is what I do now. Then I started worrying about what if I have to use someone else’s computer? What if I unexpectedly have to type more than an hour?
I think I have cold feet about getting a job outside the home after over 7 years at home AND I’ve had cold feet about having surgery! Can someone help me think this through logically? I can’t think straight when my feet are cold.
Three-tier pay plan? -
Posted By: tired
What is a three-tier pay plan starting at 1200 lines/day? I have only ever been an IC so this is new to me. Thanks:)
Offshore Ad on this site? -
Posted By: UPset!!
I was just over on the State Boards forum and saw an Ad for AAAMT saying they charge 5.9 cents per line. Unless they have monkeys working for bananas, they must have offshore workers because we could not put bread on the table for what they would have to pay after Charging 5.9 cents per line. They offer everything that the big MTSOs offer at 1/3rd to 1/4th the price so I think we can be sure they are not hiring US MTs. I believe MTSOs usually pay the MT around one-third what they charge so at 5.9 cents per line, we would be making around 2 cents a line. Ads like this make me question this site's loyalty to US MTs. 
very cute site to see -
Posted By: Nanna23
Go to www.whitehouse.gov and on the right hand side there is a like to the BarneyCam. It's a very cute video Mrs. Bush made to take to the Children's Hospital in DC when she visited the kids. No matter your political persuasion, it's just too cute and you also get to see the holiday decorations. My grandkids have had a ball watching it tonight.
CMT exam question...sm -
Posted By: ??
First of all, I don't want to hear how the CMT is not worth the paper it's written on, it's a waste of money, etc etc. I've read all those posts.
I just signed up to take the test and I just want to know if there is anyone who didn't pass the first time and if anyone has any last minute advice. TIA!
MS Word problem....sm -
Posted By: Cindy
Hi,
I've got a problem where when I type something in MSWord and backspace the font changes. The default font setting is the same as the font on the document I'm working on. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? None of my enteries in AutoCorrect are in a different font so it's not kicking in from there. Thank you!
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