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Anyone know where I can get a list of new drugs - Posted By: that come out every month for free?

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Let's Do the Math!!! - Posted By: Deenie

Okay, here and on other boards there are many questions as to "which school to attend" and "best schools" and "only three schools matter" and so on and so forth.

There are at least 100,000 MTs working in the U.S., according to the BLS stats.

100,000.

Not even 1/10 of the working MTs could have possibly gone to those schools.

That leaves 90,000 MTs trained elsewhere, for those of you following along at home.

And yet, the constant refrain is "Andrews, M-Tec, and CS."

And they are good schools, certainly, especially the first two. But they aren't the ONLY schools and people who are spreading the hysteria that "you won't ever work unless you attend on of those three schools" are not helping the profession. Some of the message boards on other forums (fora) are so obviously biased that it's laughable, yet the newcomer to the field might not pick up on that.

A challenge: Tell where YOU went to school.

I went to Meditec and I'm working, folks. And doing well. And enjoying it! I have several "online buddies" who attended MT Advantage. They are working, too!

And to those who will say it was "mere luck:" 90,000 people gettin' lucky -- I like those odds!!!

How you you all back-up your computer files? sm - Posted By: Mia

I am getting a new computer and want to transfer all my files over, but I've never done this and have no clue how to do it! Also, I work on Escription and ExText so is it possible to transfer these files over as well?

Tired of ONE-SIDED contracts that say one thing... - Posted By: suzyq

and mean another, always written in contradictory terms to the benefit of the MTSO... I am tired of ONE-SIDED contracts. want to work for what I am worth!!!!!

Last question, what is the best way to learn Word? - Posted By: new job

I've used WP5.1 for 15+ years and now having to switch to Word. I've had a little bit of exposure to it, but don't know enough if I have to do any formatting. I know how to do autocorrect entries, but don't know how to create macros. Any suggestions on where to start?

Need help on technical board - Posted By: tyia

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Owner/Moderator - Posted By: I want my resume removed from the bank

Will you PLEASE address this issue? I don't want to hear you tell me you are trying to get things together since you claim to have been the web developer for some years. If you want people to trust you, do the right and LEGAL thing and take action. Cutesy little picture of the 2 of you ... wonder what else was cooking that night?

what peculiarities go with being an MT? - Posted By: sm

it seems to me:

I am noise sensitive.

Give way too much detail upon being questioned or in conversation sometimes.

Find that I research anything I buy with almost an obsessive nature.

Uncomfortable in many social situations.

Is anyone else tired of MT work? - Posted By: TiredMT

I have only been doing MT work for a little over 6 months and I am already burned out. I am tired of typing and listening and rewinding, etc. The only part about the job I like is that it involves the medical field. Does anyone feel like this? I don't know whether to try a different area of MT (thinking maybe I am bored with the specialties I am doing) or to get out of this field and do something else. Does anyone have any ideas for other jobs where I could use my medical knowledge and not let it go to waste?

Meditech Magic - Posted By: oldmt

Meditech Magic - is it easy to learn? Any hints? TIA.

Overwhelmed by new job. Don't know what to do. - Posted By: one week down

There are too many emails, documents, and files. I can't find what I need when I need it due to the sheer volume of it all. I can't remember any of it either because there are hundreds of pages of it and it's not organized the way I would do things. It's all so different than anywhere else I've worked. It's as if I'm unlearning 10 years of grammar and style training. The dictation sounds like psh, spht, sp, snarf, spt because the sound quality blows. It's taking hours longer than the schedule I agreed to. I don't even have time to deal with my personal and family responsibilities! I'm exhausted and stressed out. I don't want to quit, but I don't want to deal with all of this.

For anyone who uses Dial Dictate & Express Delegate, please email me. - Posted By: Thanks! Administrator nm

admin@mtstars.com

As an IC MT, how much should I charge for correcting their mistakes? - Posted By: MT ?

This happens often lately, due to being new at dictation. I never charge when it is my mistake, but lately I am wasting an hour a day making corrections to their previous reports. Should I charge by the time it takes to make the corrections and also to reprint the report? What is the norm?

Thanks again!

Need Help!! programming DVI for Dictaphone System - Posted By: Andrea

Can anyone tell me how to program a DVI transcriber for Dictaphone System. The documentation I have for my DVI says it is compatible with Dictaphone but when I try signing onto a Dictaphone system, nothing works - keys or foot pedal. Any suggestions?

HELP ON WORD BOARD PLEASE - Posted By: theresa

thanks

Who is/are MTIA? - Posted By: cj

I never even heard of this organization before. It was always AAMT which is now AHDI. Has MTIA been around long and how did I miss them? Been an MT for 30 years!
Can anyone tell me anything about them and are they actually a significant voice in the MT workforce?

does any one have a GATEWAY---- - Posted By: my input

notebook. Are you happy with it?

I think average MT is intelligent - Posted By: Bunion

And we are not now being paid for what we have in our little heads, along with the common sense decisions we have to make on a daily basis.

On the other hand, I am so ANNOYED with these people in so called Govt positions, insurance positions, etc. that we have to deal with, no matter where or what situation in my life, I feel they are being paid more than myself and are really not intelligent. I have to constantly correct, especially situations after I have gone to a doctor and my insurance company or billing screws up, and we know how long that takes getting tied up in the voice recognition of the insurance companies, etc.

Anyhow today, called a Govt office that asked for donations over the holiday of unused cell phones to send in to recieve $5 a piece for recycling. Once she finally answered her phone at 9:22 a.m., yes they are still collecting. I was asking exactly where she was located. She told me. Then I asked on the north or south side of street, and she said it depends on which way you are coming from. NOT, I said, excuse me, but north and south do not change. She was dumbfounded. Just a moment of silence, and changed her answer to right or left. In her position in this company if can bet she is probably being paid somewhere bettween 40K and 50K. Go figure. This is just one example of many unintelligent people making more than myself and that burns my big butt.

I swear for some jobs you have to take a stupid test and pass to be hired.

Not looking forward to job hunting.

Shopping for new carpet but not sure - Posted By: Off topic

I have 4 animals so it would have to be durable. My budget does not allow for anything but carpet and the one I have has had it.

Can anyone suggest an attractive yet durable carpet? I also wonder about the glue and will there be fumes?

Thank you for your time.

Dumb question about companies that require - Posted By: sm

you to live in a certain state but want you to work at home. I don't understand. What if you had unlimited long distance? Are there other reasons?

How do you fight fatigue? - Posted By: me

I find that after a certain amount of hours, say 4 or 5, my arms and hands turn to jelly, and my body gets sore and fatigued from sitting in a chair. It is to the point where I actually dread working. And it's not because the work is hard, because it isn't. It's because it takes a lot of of me physically.

My question is, what are some tips to help fight fatigue? It's almost to the point where I want to only do MT for 4 hours and find another job to do for 4 hours a day, one that doesn't demand so much physically. Although I wouldn't mind doing this until I retire, what it does to your body pretty much has made that not an option for me.

Does anyone know how to reset a DVI? I purchased one at a yard sale and *sm* - Posted By: mh

it did not come with a manual. I am trying to use it for the first time and the dial tone comes up but it is asking for a log in ID. I would also like to purchase a manual if anyone has one. I do believe I can go to the DVI website and ask about purchasing one but that will not help me throughout the weekend in trying to figure out what do do now! Assistance is greatly appreciated!

MS Word question - Posted By: Jennie Mills

I heard there was a way to set up MS Word to flag certain words of my choice as I type. They thought this was either in dictionary or grammar, but were not sure. I cannot find any option. An example of what I am talking about would be for one of my jobs I am constantly dealing with EEGs and on the other job I am dealing with EKGs. With this option it would flag both words so that I notice it just to make sure it is right. The person that told me that this has been done before said the words were flagged by being underlined in green. I hope this makes sense. If anyone has any idea how to do this please let me know. Thanks.

does anyone know anything about long-term disability insurance?(sm) - Posted By: wondering MT

How long is considered "long term"? If you get some sort of disability that takes you out of the work force for years, does long-term disability cover that? TIA

FirstAid Software Corporation - Posted By: LadyRed

Does anyone have info about this company. A fellow MT of mine is having trouble getting paid. Any info would be appreciated.

State Boards - Posted By: Heather

Anybody else having trouble getting on the state boards? When I try is says it cannot display the page. Just wondering if it is just me.

Happy MQer-Hurry, look out your back window! - Posted By: ER

I see T.W.H. getting out of a lawn chair in your back yard and stealing your grill to cook up a Nathans Hot Dog.

playmates - Posted By: marilyn

OK, it is 5:15 central standard time here - where are all my early morning playmates? I have to log on at 5:30 and usually stay on here until the very last minute, getting my adult conversation for the day. Have a good day everyone, and for those of you getting off the night shift, peaceful dreams, see you tomorrow!

Let's do some prize giveaways! ENTER NOW! Running 3 now! - Posted By: See inside for what's being given. Administrato

RUNNING GIVEAWAYS NOW!

$100.00 CASH courtesy of MEDITEC

HUGE GOLF UMBRELLA courtesy of PRN FUNDING

$10.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE courtesy of TVPS.

CLICK ON THE SANTA'S HOUSE BANNER AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN BOARD OR CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ENTER!

Radiology report rate - Posted By: HomeMT

Before taking a radiology transcription position with a transcription company, I searched the archives to see if I could find an average rate per report for radiology. I found all kinds of rates that are being paid, but I thought that $1.40 per report was probably the average. The rate I accepted was $1.10 per report.

I have 24 years of experience in many different specialties. About half of my experience has been in acute care and the other half in radiology.

So far with this new job I have realized that about half of the dictators are OK while a couple of the ESLs take their voice away from the Dictaphone, especially at the ends of sentences. I spend time listening over and over to get those last two words! I've been wondering if I sold myself short.

I'd love to hear opinions from other MTs regarding radiology rates per report, with experience, yet new to company. I would also be grateful for any advice about the dictators who move away from the recorder (or loudly flip films during their dictation).

TIA

Virus after downloading DQS from website - Posted By: Virus

Has anyone lately downloaded DQS from their website?
I down loaded two computers (PC and laptop). Both were
infected from a virus found in the WEBCORRECT.exe file.

Anyone else encounter this problem? My virus program isolated the virus and then I deleted the file. I forgot to write
down the virus, something like Trojan Backhorse? Not really sure.

Transcription/QA pay - Posted By: Inquiring

What is the average hourly pay for such a combo position? Southeast and Northern regions. TIA

Shorthand - Posted By: Old MT

Is there a way to copy text with bold headers into shorthand, bold headers and all? The text copies fine but I have to go back and use the special keys for adding the bold back in at every header because the bold from the finished text will not carry over. I've gone through the help section but maybe I'm not asking "how to" the right way. It just seems that my old version of SH carried everything over, but I can't remember. Anyhow, if anyone has the answer, would appreciate it.

How I got my links back (in the left, blue area!) - Posted By: At Home MT

I went to Tools, Internet Options and deleted Files and Cookies (although I don't know as though this had anything to do with it as I have done this MANY times in the past). I then experimented with my Norton Antivirus. You must do this at YOUR OWN RISK! Down in the right-hand corner of my screen, I chose "Disable Norton Internet Security" which when I reloaded the Main page here (after I had gone and done the above steps in Tools) it didn't make a difference. So, then I went back down to Norton Internet Security and chose "Disable Antivirus Auto-Protect" and reloaded the main page here and BINGO I had the links all back! I then Enabled all my NAV I had disabled, reloaded the page again and everything is still there! So, if this happens again, at least now I know how to get it back.

I thought I would share this info as I know there are others out there that has experienced this same problem and I have done everything the administration has suggested and it did not resolve the issue. So, apparently it has to do with Norton and I am not clear why Norton Antivirus (I would expect it more to be an Norton Internet Security issue) but in any event I am elated it worked! I hope it will work for someone else as well - again at your own risk. :)

I hope this might help administration/moderators to help others as well in the future. :)

This just made my day! :D

Sandi

When I click on Taxes/Finance I'm taken to - Posted By: the "State Board" forum? nm

It's going to be a long day - Posted By: Hoo Boy

Very first report of day. I just spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to understand what I thought was an important diagnosis. Turns out, all the doc was saying was "and period and next paragraph."

I wish they wouldn't dictate punctuation and spacing!

Instead of working, follow this link.... - Posted By: a little levity

http://search.windowsmedia.com/search/mgsearch.aspx?srch=william+hung&page=1&type=mg&num=0&culture=en-us&version=&WMPFriendly=false&cat=

Someone pinch me..... - Posted By: Dream Job!

I have just landed a really great job and had to share!! I have been doing just some overflow stuff and have been searching for something to fit me for months now! I have just landed a job that lets ME pick my schedule and they have no problem with the hours I want to work and the days that I want off during the week to accomodate being with my kids over the summer!! I cant believe it....so someone better pinch me so I know its real!! I am just soooooo happy I had to share! Have a Happy and safe 4th everyone!

Tell me about the good old days.... - Posted By: MTG

Hi all! I've only been doing the MT thing for about 9 months now......so I need to know: What were the good old days like for the MT business? Were you really able to make good money? Did companies really take care of their employees? Did you really have the feeling of family?

And, more importantly, how can we get things BACK to the good old days?

Is $15 an hour a good hourly rate for an in-house office position? - Posted By: Need Advice

An interesting article... - Posted By: MT

This article was part of a reading assignment I had for one of my HIM classes. It is an old article, but I think MTs can understand this situation quite well. It just goes to show how quality is becoming decreasingly important in the healthcare industry.

http://www.nurseweek.com/features/99-5/allied.html

Does MQ really seem like they want MTs? It doesn't seem like it - Posted By: to me.

When you make something so complicated, difficult, cumbersome, and frustrating, that sends me the message they aren't really wanting to be in the business. As far as I'm concerned, they have sent me a signal they don't want me to work for them. Wonder who they sent those surveys to.

FTP sites... - Posted By: Anon

Does anyone know of any FTP sites that do not have a user fee? I am currently using a software that charges me 0.025 cpl and I find it's a ripoff. I really don't make any money off this software, AND I paid an arm and a leg for this software. Can anyone tell me where I can find an FTP site that does not charge a user fee? TIA.

Need help with FTP. Trying to download file from FTP site -sm - Posted By: Wilson

and not having much luck. If I right click on the file name and try to save to a folder it tells me I can't do that. If I just double click on the file name it downloads the file but to Windows Media and then from there I can't get the file to a folder and into Express Scribe. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Not a computer whiz and I am so frustrated. Thanks.

What average line count do you type per pay period. what is considered above average and how long - Posted By: does it take you to do it?

copying or transferring Extext expanders - Posted By: movin' on

I'm moving to a different MTSO and would like to copy all (probably 20,000) of the expanders/abbreviations I've created over the years. Hopefully, I can copy these on to a disk and transfer them to the my new MTSO, which utilizes Bayscribe. It wouldn't be much

fun having to re-create these. Help, anyone?

pay per dictated minute versus per line - Posted By: JS

which is better being paid per dictated minute or paid per line?

Outsourcing to other countries - Posted By: medtran26

We are the only ones who can do something about this. I wanted to toss around some ideas.

A. We should research and get all the information we need, talk to lawyers and talk to anyone who can help us get started.

B. We should have a new association. American Medical Transcription Association � AMTA. That is just an idea.

C. Picket lines. OFFSHORE NO MORE!! Sorry, I borrowed the phrase from another poster. I hope you don't mind.

D. We should notify news papers, news stations, and talks shows that actually make a difference sometimes (Montel, Oprah��any other ideas for that?)

E. We should notify all clinics, hospitals, doctors, and any/every place in the United States and Canada that need transcription services.

F. We need to notify the general public�refer to D.

G. A specific board, group, or chat room dedicated only to OFFSHORE NO MORE should be created and moderated accordingly.

H. Union? What do we need to do to get this started?

I don't know where to start, but we, collectively, need to do something. I have been wondering we could possibly be (sp?) black balled if our identities are revealed? If so, it won't last forever. Maybe the beginning of all this needs to be the new association and that can be our steppingstone. We can make this better for our future and future MTs. The thing is that we need to do something. We can't just talk about it and complain against it and hope that someone else will do something for us or that someone else will take a stand. We have a voice if do this together. The ball just needs to start rolling�.

No More Independent Contractors - Posted By: babe

Has anyone heard that independent contractors are going to be a thing of the past within the next few months according to the IRS? I have been told need to be an employee or incorporate. Anyone have an incorporated small business from their home? Pluses or minuses? It is confusing. What about all other self-employed people in this country? It is the same thing:( So sad that government is taking over.

GRRRRRRR! - Posted By: upnorth

My pre New Years resolution is not to answer the phone at all when I am working for ANYONE other than for the school in case it is kid-related. My dad calls me everyday... many many times a day. I have told him repeatedly that answering the phone even once during my shift equals loss of $$. He just doesn't get it. Today I tried my new plan... the phone rang and rang and rang today. I just let it go. My production was pretty good, but more than that I felt like I wasn't playing catch up to interruptions. I just had a nice steady thing going.

So tonight after work I listened to the messages and returned calls. Can you believe that my dad was ticked off b/c I didn't answer the phone! Oh I am just feeling a little frustrated at the whole thing. I once again explained the situation to him (nicely I might add)... but do I continue with my new goal of not answering the phone or do I give in to make everyone else happy?