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Can anyone tell me anything about a company called MT Solutions.

Thanks.

I was wondering if Instant Text and PC ShortHand work together.  Thank you for any help in this matter.

Anybody use a laptop for MT work?  Is is pretty reliable when you are using wireless?  I assume you have to have an electrical output for the foot pedal.  Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks!

I'm looking for a company called USA Transcription or something like that.  Can anyone help with some possibilities?  I have spent an hour on the archives and could spend hours more....lol

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

I received a notice in the mail that my driver's license is suspended. Why? I had no clue. Looked it up on line and apparently I received a speeding ticket for over $200 back in June. Do I remember getting it? No!  Do I know who could've used my name? Of course, I do. My sister is a &*%$*(*%$$&**$%$$(&%$#@$%. I have received 2 tickets exactly one year apart for the same offense and that was in 86-87 (I think) for not wearing a seat belt as a passenger. Only time I get a ticket is when someone else is driving.

I now have to take tomorrow off to clear up my license. Anyone have a clue as to what I need to do? Do I have to pay it? Do I have to file identity fraud charges? If I file the fraud charges, do I still have to pay the ticket? Obviously they didn't use my car to speed in it so I'm sure that her vehicle tag will be listed on the ticket. I have been freaking out since I got the mail today. Am I going to get arrested since I didn't pay it? I don't know, that's why I'm freaking out. My poor dog and kids won't come near me right now because I keep calling my sister and screaming at her through the phone. Stupid &*^&%^ won't pick up her phone.

I have not had work for most of July.  I am an IC and have been doing this for years.  This is the slowest I have ever been and I'm stressed out.  Luckily, hubby pays the majority of the bills so I am not starving!  I have applied several other places with no luck.  Is this just a summer slow period or what?  How can I keep from going a bit crazy?  I am getting rather depressed.  TIA

The company I work for has seemingly dried up work-wise ever since the end of August or so.  It's gotten worse and worse and now none of us are getting our lines/hours in.  Allegedly it's the same way on all the accounts with this company.  This has rarely been a problem with this company before (and has always been short-lived before) so it's puzzling.

I've been kinda looking at these Boards to see if everyone else is in the same shape but I'm really not seeing anyone in crisis mode out there.  The bosses are saying it's maybe because of "everyone" being uneasy about the economy and the upcoming elections, etc., but if that were the case it seems like all my fellow MTs out there would be sounding off on here about making NO MONEY, too! 

Personally I think the real reason is that more and more of the jobs are going to India, leaving us holding the bag.  Yes, I work for a company that sends work over there but due to not having access to high-speed internet I don't have much choice except to work for a handful of companies that I read all kinds of complaints about here. 

Guess I'll go buy a lottery ticket...

What would be a reasonable line rate for dermatology. Current MT is charging .12 per line. I will be typing very short one or two paragraph letters with no progress notes. 

Also, I need a dermatology reference books - Any suggestions?

Thanks    

I just signed a contract with a clinic to be one of two or three transcriptionists working from home as an independent contractor.  I can't decide if I need to send them a thank you letter for taking the time to meet with me, discuss the contract and sign or not..  If I am offering a service and they are my client, then Yes, correct? 

Okay, then what do I say?  I'm just kidding, sort of - Just thank them for taking the time to meet with me and that I look forward to serving them???

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Obviously this is my first direct contract with a clinic rather than through another transcriptionist..

Does anybody know how to export Smartype stuff into other word expanders? 

If so, what are the easiest/best ones to export into?

http://www.myanimalart.com/pages/galleryliberation.html

posters you can buy, as well...

T1 and dual spin echo weighted a blick and coronal and T1 weighted a blik.  This is what it sounds like it is Radiology.

Check this out - it seems that the outsourcing is growing and growing.  Now the DMV in Orange County, California is outsourcing to Mexico.  It seems they are blaming the media for publicizing this, but not admitting to the potential for danger that this poses.  See the link below:

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/07/27/outsourcing-dmv-data-to-mexico/

I am wondering how you all handle alternate patterns for expansions when they conflict (keeping them straight).  I have lots of them created and so many times I have to deviate from my normal pattern because another word, words, or phrase has already been designated for a particular one.  The problem comes in when I am typing and trying the different versions to figure out which it is OR if I have even made one for it all thus far.

It is not bad if I type one or two accounts and not so many dictators in a shift, because then I typically use the same ones enough to get a good flow going; however, shifts when I am doing 3-5 accounts and numerous dictators, I have quite a bit of trouble.  It seems I spend too much time checking, fumbling, creating, etc. and never get a good typing flow going. 

In using the theory that I should make a glossary for everything (every which way it is dictated), I spend time checking to see if I have made one for so many words (and phrases) that it often feels like a waste of time and endless battle.  - Plus, it seems like as time goes on (I've been doing this just over a year), I find better combinations (easier for me to type, or due to new words phrases) and tweak many I have already made.  I can see how it might all come together in a few years, but right now it gets frustrating and takes up time.

I recently purchased the Saving Keystrokes book.  My main pattern is typically a bit differnt but some are the same and basically the same idea.  She agrees that we should create endless expansions, but does anyone else find this a problem?

Can those of you who feel you use them a lot tell me what percentage of your typing is expanded and what percentage is straight typed?  Also any answers to the other issues I have mentioned with this would really be appreciated. 

Sorry this is such a long and rambly post, and thanks so much for your help! 

Hi,

I have always been able to play DSS files using my WAV Pedal (WAVPedal 5). I just wiped my computer clean and renistalled all of my programs, including the WAV Pedal 5. Now it will not open and play DSS files.  Any help?  Thanks,

Dave

Do you think that schools are getting away from teaching curriciulum in general and focusing more on teaching things that are on standardized testing?

My elementary school age child is already getting stressed because the teachers constantly remind them of the CRCT testing that will be given in the spring and if they don't pass, they can't move on to the next grade.  Each week we get memos about what type of things are on the test and that is what the kids are working on.  Good grief - it's only September and we're worried about tests in the spring and not teaching anything else?

 What about your state/area?

Do you like it? I just received mine yesterday. It does not put a link on the Word  toolbar like the old one did. I called support and they downloaded a file for me to load and now it's on the toolbar, but now I get the message "QLDB.exe" not found.

I have uninstalled (like tech support said) and re-installed but still get the same message.

I checked the CD and it does not seem to have this file on it. Does anyone else have this problem? My task bar is already full so I really need it on the Word toolbar. Thanks

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

All of sudden all my macros give me the "Code Execution has been Interrupted."  Then I have to click Continue, End, Debug, or Help.

Why is this happening?  I've tried deleting the macros and re-recording them, but it keeps doing it.  HELP!  It's making me crazy.

He thanked me for my letter, said that as he understood it, this bill didn't cover anything of what I had mentioned.  However, he said he would be paying more attention to this bill when it comes before the full senate for a vote.  He said he was against outsourcing.  Below is my letter to him:

Dear Senator Barrasso:
 
I am writing to request that you support the above bill. I am a medical Transcriptionist in Wyoming. I moved here 2 years ago from Colorado, bringing my job and income with me. I make an above-average income, which I spend in my community, but my job is at risk because so much of this work is being outsourced, particularly to India. More importantly, the health and privacy of the American public is being put at risk by this practice. First, Indian transcriptionists do their job poorly and inefficiently. The gross errors jeopardize health care. Every error has the potential to injure or poison an American citizen, including many young children for whom accurate diagnoses and medication administration can be a life and death issue. To add insult to injury, Indian transcriptionists are NOT required to honor HIPAA. Once a physician's dictation leaves this country, it is no longer private.
I am a very hard working medical transcriptionist and I am still able to earn a decent living in this industry, but it is certainly not what it used to be. I am paid 9 cents for every 65 Keystrokes I type, whereas an Indian is paid 2 to 3 cents for the same work. This undercutting has hurt this industry and every woman (95% of us are female), many of whom are trying to support families on their own, has been dragged to the poverty line because our wages have not grown with the cost of living. I make 9 cents today and I made 9 cents in 1996, the year my career began.
Please protect the healthcare and privacy of Americans, and help to protect yet another industry from moving to overseas. Support and sign S.810/H.R. 1653.

Has anybody ever worked in this program?  It is easy to learn?  Is is MT-friendly?   Is it Word-based?  Any input is appreciated.  Thanks in advance!

on my PC would turn itself all the way down?  It's driving me nuts!  It's like it resets itself to the low possible setting and when I go to work, I'm turning my speakers up full blast trying to hear and when I check my volume controls on my PC, the wave setting is turned all the way down.  I turn it back and everything is loud and clear and I have to turn my speakers back down and then I'll do something the internet and BOOM it resets itself!

I feel bad because I've been accusing my kids of messing with the controls and they have been swearing they didn't do it and I haven't exactly believed them, but it has happened twice to me this evening while I'm working and I know no one else has touched my PC but me.

I know that a lot of you guys are anti-CBay because they outsource but I've got to go where the money is instead of sitting here posting on forums while I wait for some work to come in.  My question is....Anyone currently working for Cbay as QA? I've done my interview and tests and the pay/benefits are very alluring.  I'm tired of MT work and want to move up/on without having to work 12 hours a day. I've read all the other posts "hating" on them but is there anyone out there that has had a positive experience??? Aside from sending work overseas, how are they really?

And hopefully he has now been blocked.  You guys owning and running MTStars are THE_ABSOLUTE_BEST !!!!