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I'm not sure if this is the right board, but...sm - Posted By: Computer Dummy

My computer is in a different room than my cable modem so I use a wireless router. I bought a wireless laptop computer and it won't connect to the internet. Do I have to install the software for the router in the laptop? I thought that was what the built in wireless thing-a-ma-jig was for. I could just wait until tomorrow and call someone, but I wanted to try to get it set up tonight. TIA.

I need help finding a good company with steady work..sm - Posted By: good MT

that pays a minimum of 10 cents a line. I have been an MT for 27 years and I take pride in my work. Things have changed at my current company and cherry pickers have taken over so I end up doing all the reports no one else wants to do. This takes me longer and my line count is suffering. I know there have to be good companies out there that pay well and need good employees. I have left my email address if anyone would like to offer me some hope and share names of companies. Please no flames, I am just an honest MT wanting an honest job with decent compensation. Thanks for any help.

MT videos on you tube - Posted By: cindyoh

If you guys need a laugh (or maybe a good cry, depends on how you look at it), check out the videos on you tube about medical transcription, the schools, etc. Check out the one on the Azimuth academy. I watch other things on you tube, never thought to key in "medical transcription."

Any experience using Embarq high-speed internet? - Posted By: ktmom

Hi, wondering if anyone has experience with Embarq for phone/high-speed internet access. They merged/absorbed Sprint a while back, apparently. They are the only provider for a nearby small town and I'm wondering if it's even a good idea to move there...

Thanks!

anyone coment on either the new - Posted By: mn

Microsoft 7000 keyboard or the 4000? Thinking about getting one for my wrist/hand pain.

Chronicle Transcripts - Posted By: Patti

Can anyone give me some information on Chronicle Transcripts in California and how they are to work for? Thank you!

A Must-see Video - Posted By: Holly

This video is sooo sweet! Probably should have posted it on Gab board but wanted more to see it. Love is the strongest instinct after all. If the link does not work this way, I will try another.

Magic Jack - is it reliable? SM - Posted By: RockinMT

I have seen discussions about this on these boards and I was wondering just how reliable is it. I currently have Vonage which is costing me 30 bucks a month. I've heard a lot about Magic Jack and unlimited long distance and it would save me a bundle in the long run; however, I don't want to ditch Vonage because it works great.

Mind you, I don't use my Vonage line for transcribing. It is strictly my business/personal telephone voice calls only. I found there is a lag when using my C-phone with Vonage that drives me nuts. I have DSL through the local phone company and so have an analog phone line through them. That is the phone line I use for my fax machine, transcribing, etc.

I'm looking for a way to trim some of the fat off my home office budget. I need/want two phone lines period. I won't have it any other way. I didn't sign a new cell phone contract in lieu of a prepaid cell phone. At this point, I have a new job with a hospital and I won't need to be using a C-phone. Everything is digital and through the PC.

So here's the short answer - is Magic Jack reliable and functional?

Question regarding long nails. (sm) - Posted By: AzMT

I just got nails put on last week and am having a difficult time getting used to them. If you have long nails, do you type with the tips of your nails or your fingertips? My nails are not very long at all, but it seems like they are hitting the wrong keys and I'm constantly having to back up and fix mistakes plus my wrist is starting to hurt.

Any ideas besides removing them? I'd like to give it a little more time to see if I can adjust.

Thanks.

Another Shorthand Question. How to Bold - Posted By: Sunny

I know this has been on the boards before, but would appreciate instructions on how to bold with Shorthand. TIA very much.

Style question about bolding colons. sm - Posted By: CCC

Do you bold colons along with the subtitle, i.e.,
PHYSICAL THERAPY: (all of it bolded or just the subtitle)?

Very confused and frustrated! - Posted By: Debbie

I have worked for the same ortho office for 16+ years. During that time I was offered the opportunity, by my boss, to work at home which I have been doing for the last 4 years. I had to buy all the equipment to set up, nothing was paid for by the company. During these four years I have been told to work in the office to cover for vacations, sickness, etc. I understand that and have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is my boss telling me suddenly she wants me to work back in the office for awhile. When I said no she seemed okay with that. She then kept asking me when I was going to get DSL. I finally got it (at my own cost) and then 2-3 months after I did get it my scheduled suddenly was changed by my boss to work in the office every Monday. Shortly after that my schedule was changed to work in the office full time all week every other week of the month. I feel like a lab rat that is being experimented with! The only reason she will give me is that "it is a business decision." There is one other lady who works at home also and the same thing is being done to her. There are two other transcriptionists who work in-house who had no idea these changes were coming or why. What would you do?

PC Anywhere - Posted By: TD

Has any one every used this software? I am going on vacation for a couple of days and trying to figure how I am going to try to get my work done away from home. We are digital and tranfer files back and forth through a FTP site.

I have got a laptop, keyboard, mouse, carrying case? Now what?

Thanks

Why I'm happy to work at home - Posted By: Bloggin' Momma

Gas just hit $4.03 a gallon where I live, gads. This is reason #342 why I'm so dang happy to work at home.

How do I set Express Scribe as my default for wav files?? - Posted By: Sherrie

Question - Posted By: Tam

Question - I am a salaried transcription and do not get paid by the line. I have been asked to do other duties other than transcription. I have been asked to do a billing grid in Excel everyday, which includes patient's name and the follow-up level for each patient. I do not mind doing this for the doctor, but I am constantly getting phone calls from the billing dept asking questions about this billing grid, which takes time away from transcription.

If I am salaried emp should I do other work other than transcription? Confused!

Going rate for typing a CV - Posted By: dl

Does anyone out there know what would be a good rate for typing a Curriculum Vitae for a doctor. He had his old one printed out for me with some changes and I retyped the whole thing with the changes. Just wondered what a good rate would be. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.

Cherry pickers really make me angry! SM - Posted By: BeFair!

I work at-home for a fairly small community hospital. We have maybe four ESLs on staff at this hospital. We all have the capability of looking up what reports are on the system and we are allowed to self assign provided we do not abuse it. The powers that be decided to allow us to have this capability because on second shift and weekends there may be occasion where a report is needed stat and there is no one in the department to assign it and so the person needing the report can simply check to see what MT's are on the system typing and email one of us and we can self assign and do the report.

I usually work first shift, but this week I am filling in for another girl and working second shift. It is me and one other MT on second. I plugging along and I get rather lengthy consult by an ESL doctor we all kind of dislike doing because A) He is an ESL dictator and B) All his reports are looooooooong! So, I get an 8 min consult and I type it, takes me about 20 minutes. Then, a couple of reports later I get another consult, same dictator, 10 minutes long. Now, I'm thinking okay what's the other girl doing. So check on her and she is sitting on the same report she was on when I got the first 8 minute consult. Her report is a 4 minute H&P by a very American, very good dictator. So I type the second, 10 minute consult, with just a little irritation nagging me. A few reports later I get yet another 15 minute consult by the same ESL dictator. Now I'm steamed. I look at the job list again and find that she is STILL on the same 4 minute report she has been on for the last hour and a half! Presumably she has been waiting for me to clear out all the offending dictations so she doesn't get stuck with one!

So now I'm considering letting the supervisor know because it just burns me up when someone treats their co-workers so unfairly. If she's doing it do me, she's done it to everyone. But I'm afraid if I gripe about her to management, they will simply take away our self-assign capability and take away our ability to see what is on the system and I hate to penalize everyone because of one person's self-serving and unfair attitude.

What would you all do?

My doctor told me I have all the symptoms of "Andropause"... - Posted By: RadGuy

Otherwise known as "male menopause"!! Sheesh! That explains a lot, lol. She said most men start to experience in their mid to late 40's (I'm 47), and I do believe it. Darn, I thot guys were spared all that "hot flash" stuff!

EMDAT or ETRAIN program - Posted By: dsccw

I am starting a new company and just wanted to know if anyone has ever used the EMDAT or ETRAIN program? If so, does this program have a really good line count, i mean when typing reports does a person usually get a lot of lines from a report, of course depending on what kind it is?

How do I clean my keyboard? - Posted By: Keyboard help please :)

My keyboard is getting nasty down under the keys. The vacuum used to do the trick, but now some dust, crumbs, and Lord knows what else remains in the bottom of the tray. If I unscrew the screws on the bottom, will that allow me to lift the top off?

I figured I would ask, because I often do things like that only to end up with the wrong part coming off or nothing at all happens. (I hate that.)

Any tips appreciated!

Question about Internet speed - Posted By: Margi

Does anyone know what speed Internet an MT should have? I have cable (but didn't purchase the fastest) and have run tests on a free site to check it, but I'm not really sure what I am looking for as far as results.

Also, I am the one who posted about routers. I failed to ask before if the router can also affect the speed performance of the computer and, if so, what to look for there.

Any help much appreciated!

medical spellchecker software - Posted By: need medical spellcheck

I know this has been asked numerous times, but I just updated computers and had Stedmans medical spellcheck 2005. When I called them to activate it on my new computer (I figured they wouldn't do it, it being so old) they told me it doesn't support MS Word 2007 anyway, and it will cost $99 to upgrade to that version. My question is, what medicl spellcheck does anyone recommend for me that isn't so expensive but is a very good medical spellcheck. Since that is what you all do for a living I wanted to get some opinions. Thanks very much.

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MEDRITE question - Posted By: MT

Can someone explain the master view function to me. How can I bring up old dictations and can I cut and paste into shortcuts from there? TIA

QA - Posted By: confused MT

I am so confused. Every time I get feedback from QA it says something different. On one report, the QA person will say do this. So I will take note and start doing what they say. Then I'll get back those reports and a different QA person will say to do otherwise about the same thing and in the meantime every time it is coming back looking like I am the one making mistakes. I feel like I can't win for losing. What would you guys do?

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Refusal to do certain doctors... - Posted By: SCMT

Does anyone have a lot of doctors on an account, with one doctor that is impossible to understand and takes waaaaaay to long to do? Has anyone actually refused to transcribe for that specific doctor (and still kept their job!)?

Vonage - Posted By: sm

I am thinking of getting Vonage phone service. Does it really work that well and how easy is it to set up? I know the ads say that it is 24.95/month, is this really accurate? Has anyone experienced any hidden costs.

Just trying to test the waters before jumping in. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!

DocShuttle. Does it really cost $269 to get it? - Posted By: sm

Or am I looking at the wrong thing? I'd love to apply for a position that needs this but cannot afford that big a bite in my finances. Any help is appreciated!

Does anyone know of any websites where I can find different types of x-ray views? TIA - Posted By: anon

sony foot pedal help - Posted By: janett

I lost the disk to download the installation for my Sony FS-85USB wav pedal when I moved recently. Any one know where I can get one or download the installation? Also, lost my red line under misspelled words in Word. How do I get it back?

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ANY SUGGESTIONS?-sm - Posted By: ss

I am going back to acute care having been doing strictly radiology for the past six years. My reference books are old. Any recommendations for me? Am particularly interested in a good drug index. Thanks!!

Re posts below about IC status being no more(sm) - Posted By: IC status

What will the nationals who currently use ICs do, change everyone to SE or FTE/PTE status or will the ICs have to change to incorporated or some other status? I'd just as soon it fall on the nationals to have to change us to SEs or FTE/PTE. Any thoughts?

Do you capitalize orthopedic test names? - Posted By: MTToo

Is it correct to capitalize every orthopedic test, such as, Anterior Drawers Test, Alar Ligament Test, etc.

Thank you

Everyone enjoying their new residents? - Posted By: XtremeMT

I LOVE mine - they are sooo polite and articulate. One even said "Transcriptionist I am so sorry to impose on you but I need to make a correction." Boy will that change once they get over being "new" and then they will join the rest of the foul mumblers and slurrers, but at the moment I'm LOVIN' it!

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Please help on Technical board re foot pedal. NM - Posted By: setup

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getting a raise - Posted By: nn

How does one go about getting a raise as an independent contractor? I am not even in the same state. Shoud I e-mail or phone and how long should I wait before asking? In the past, I could always ask a co-worker, but my kids are my co-workers now. Does anyone know the correct protocol?

TRS Test - Posted By: Testing

Do you have to have a foot pedal to test with TRS? Several years ago I took a test for a couple of companies that did not require a foot pedal to test. I think I used the arrow keys and it was a pain; however, it did work.

Thanks.

Are we a team or are we competitors - Posted By: work vent

Two days ago our supervisor came into our office because Dr. Neuro had dictated a report. It was obviously an EEG. She did not know what template it went on. Well, co-worker (super MT) just jumps up and said �I don�t know, you have to call home MT 1 and home MT 2 because they do cardio� Well mind you, super MT has only been there a year. I have been their 8 years and I have done ever single report that hospital offers including cardio, especially cardio because that is the first thing that pops into my Q. (Doc dictate EGGs under cardio, it is up to us to put it in the template). I found that insulting. Then yesterday one of our male MTs needed help deciphering what a doc said. Well super MT jumps tall cubicles to help so I just kept on typing. She could not understand it either so she gets someone else who is not even an MT to listen. It is petty but I find it insulting. I don�t do her that a way.

I am more of an introvert. Super MT has a lot of friends that come in our office just basically gossip about the other people who work next door. I try to tune them out because I only have 8 hours to get my lines in because I have to be out by 4:30 to pick up my two children. I cannot stay late like they do. I used to go to lunch with super MT and her buds but stopped lately because I joined a gym and I go work out with another girl who happens to be on the top of their gossip list. They don�t approve of her lifestyle, which it is questionable but it is her business. She is a pleasant person to work out with we just happen to have a common interest in exercising. All they wanted to talk about at lunch is talk about some TV show I have no clue what it is because I don�t have time to watch TV. I have 2 small children and when I get home I have to hit the ground running with supper, dishes, grocery store. I also have also turned down their outside parties, 1 because I could not find a babysitter (alcohol is involved at their parties) and the last one was because I was running on fumes until payday and a $20 meal just for me was way out of budget.

I have explained most of the above to her about babysitting, interest in loosing weight, tight budgets and needing to get my line count up which is why I don�t talk as much and go to my introverted ways (they called me an introvert and super MT is an extrovert), not that I don�t watch TV and could care less what the people next door are doing and really could care less what my workout buddy is doing in her spare time. Then again I may have told them that. Should I be bending over backwards to be in their crowd? I didn't know being their best friend was part of my job description. I don�t think they are all as great as they think they are but I don�t see why we cannot at least respect each other as professionals.

Have I just completely lost it?... - Posted By: joanna

Sometimes when I am working if I get a doctor with a sexy voice I try googling him to see if I can find a picture. Every now and then I do find a picture but most of the time I am disappointed with how they look. Does anyone else do this?

Word expanders - Posted By: 4evertyping

Does anyone have recommendations on a good word expander. Our office is transitioning to an web-based system which uses MS word. We currently use Word Perfect and have extensive templates stored in "quick words" which is great. Using macros in word would be a pain in the butt! Have never used a word Expander so any suggestions would be appreciated. Is there a limit to how much info can be stored - i.e. will it just expand to a sentence or can it be a whole page of type, and what is involved in using a Word Expander (is it just by Keystrokes or do you have to point and click). Thanks for your help.

Mold and mildew problems sm - Posted By: Speedqueen

I have a problem affecting my health. Have a weekend getaway that I believe has a mold/mildew problem which cannot be seen with the naked eye. I can smell it, have "cleaned" as much as I can with Clorox. My DH denies there is any mold in the house, yet I cough and wheeze each time I spend time there. Just had an inhaler and antibiotic prescribed by our MD for a cough that has made me miserable for several days. Anyone have any suggestions on how to handle suspected mold problems? Men seem to pooh pooh this idea; yet I have a definite allergy to mold and mildew proven in skin testing years ago. Help! I'm miserable. I should be just grateful to have this place but what good is it if it's making me sick, literally.

Anyone take the CMT test recently? - Posted By: jeannal

I was just thinking about taking it and wondered if anyone had any advise.

instant text vs short cut... - Posted By: looking for opinions pls. nm

:)

Legal/Moral issue advice needed - Posted By: Still angry

I worked as an IC for a company with questionable business practices and who treated me like a dish rag for about 8 months this past year and when I finally could not take any more, I quit. In the end I was stiffed for about $1900 in pay but I pretty much knew it was pointless to even try to get my money and decided to leave it in the past.

Well now, they have just sent me tax papers, evidently they never got my signed forms or lost them or whatever. My question is do I really have to fill them out and send them back, or should I hold out for my back pay, or what? I really don't feel like I should do anything for them even though I know that it is wrong. Does anyone know if I can get in trouble for not returning this form?

TIA,

Still angry MT