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Ever have one of those days -
Posted By: BEMT
 When you've typed an entire report and don't recollect having done it. You check it and it's correct. Frightening. My mind is elsewhere this morning. Too much caffeine (shh, don't tell my coffeepot). 
Is 9.5 cents per line a good rate using Meditech? -
Posted By: Linda F.
This is for a radiology account. TIA
OB/GYN web sites -
Posted By: freeby
Does anybody have any good web sites for OB/GYN and peds? I haven't done all that much of either one and I'm having a slow go with the acronyms. Any help would really be appreciated!
Keystrokes Definitions for EXText -
Posted By: Snow Bunny
Control A
Allows you to edit the copy (CC) list. We don’t use this usually in this capacity as the CCs are predetermined by the attending physician’s profile. However, if the dictating physician wants a physician added and you don’t know how to spell the name, you can Control A and enter the 1st letter of the last name plus a question mark i.e., A?. Al the physician’s with A as the beginning of the last name will come up. I use this quite often to confirm spelling of physician names.
Control B
Bold
Control C
Copy. You can highlight any text in any document and Control C to import it to a new document or duplicate it in an existing document.
Control F
Opens Word’s Find screen, which allows you to search the document for text, formatting, special characters, etc. You may also access Find and Replace from this screen.
Control G
This allows you to change the routing for the report, which has been set up by the profile. For example, when you leave a report for review, you would Control G and remove all the routing with the exception of Transcription Department. That would allow it to print only here and nowhere else until we have completed the report. Once you have printed the report with the new routing, the default routing reappears.
Control H
Puts a document on hold. If you were transcribing a report and could not quite understand the physician’s H&P, you can Control H and then search for another H&P by that same physician to review.
Control J
Brings the TES screen up. This comes in handy when you are typing a report, choose a date of transcription from the list of dates, and then find that the dictation is for another date. Control J will bring up the TES screen, you then place a ? mark in the visit box and all of the visit dates for that patient will be displayed. You can then select the correct visit date for which the physician is dictating.
Control N
Saves, spell checks, and distributes documents.
Control O
Opens a document that has been put on hold.
Control P
Pause session.
Control Q
Exits ExText without saving the document.
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Control R
Brings up any normals established for the client from which you may choose.
Control S
Search for a document.
Control T
Cancels document without saving it. Sends voice back to pool.
Control V
Pastes any copied material to where you want it to go.
Control W
Changes worktype. When the TES screen comes up as an H&P and the doctor begins his dictation by saying he is typing an OP or Consult, you can make the change on this screen. However, if the doctor does not say anything about the work type and you begin typing, and then realize that the H&P is actually a consult, then you can Control W and it will bring up a list of templates. You identify the one you want, click on it, and it will import it into your document. This will also change your footer to be the correct work type. Remember to delete the original template from the document you are typing.
Control X
Allows you to cut something from one place and place in another place. Unlike Control C, it does not duplicate the material, just moves the original.
WordExpander program or use Microsoft XP??? -
Posted By: ConeyIslandGirl
Just starting out and I need to know what type of software works best. The woman I am working for told me just to use the Microsoft XP, and to use Tools, Autocorrect and then replace.
Anyone out there using a 9-pin to USB converter - sm -
Posted By: XXX
for their foot pedal? Do they work? Just got a new computer and when ordering it did not think about the ports (plus they were not mentioned anywhere in the ordering process from what I recall), there is no 9-pin or printer port  (though that does not matter as my newer printer is USB). But my foot pedal is a 9-pin and works well for all 3 of my PT jobs and associated different software and players. Just afraid that they won't work with a converter, guess I will find out for sure in a few days but thought I'd see if any one else had been through this already.
Shorthand 9/eTransPlus -
Posted By: Loves to Type
If anyone is currently working for eTransPlus using ShortHand 9, could you please email me? I am getting extremely frustrated with the program and would appreciate being able to talk to someone who is currently using it. Thanks so much!
Fast busy signal -
Posted By: Yvonne
When trying to dial into the Lanier System, I continuously get a fast busy signal. On Friday I had problems (dialing in and getting the dictator mode) and today all I get is a fast busy signal. Any ideas??
lab reports -
Posted By: lab hater
If there is ever on thing worse than a speed demon ESL, it is a speed demon ESL doing labs. Anybody know where to get a good full sample of a completed lab report?
new to online transcription -
Posted By: gabbie
I have been working for a company for 15 years doing it the old way - i.e., tapes and printing, that has just been sold to an online company. We have a meeting with them - what questions should I ask? Terms like "platform", "expanders", etc., are Greek to me. Thanks.
EXText Word Client - blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen -
Posted By: sunflower
I am using EXText Word Client software with Transnet. I am getting a blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen (patient details info screen). I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software an upgraded but still errors out the same way. Are there any EXtexters who could help?
Instant Text Question - sm -
Posted By: ITMT
I use Instant Text and have it set to autospace 2 spaces after periods. When I have to type labs or medications like 0.25 mg or a lab value with a period in it like 3.5, there are 2 spaces after the period. So I have to back space twice in order to make it right. Is there a workaround for this?
Looking for a transcription company -
Posted By: Gail
Has anyone ever heard of a transcription company called MD of Maryland? gd
Ex-MJ user (sm) -
Posted By: mtmmmm
Is there anyone who has had phone cards work for them? The ones I have seen are at least 4 cents a minute. But, has anyone found that phone cards is the answer to ULD? I am new to this and scrambling to find something to replace MJ.
Problem with Transnet -
Posted By: Radtyper
Is there anyone who has used Dictaphone Transnet with Windows XP that experiences a problem with it closing down occasionally upon doing a rewind/listen or lifting your foot on/off the foot pedal to listen? Sometimes the voice gets garbled, sometimes the program shuts down. Any resolutions? Thanks
tip for banana bread lovers. sm -
Posted By: mt cook
I just disovered (thru a friend) that very ripe bananas can be frozen (in their skin) no freezer bag required to make banana bread on a future date. I tried this, and it does work! It is great!. I love making banana bread for my family, but find that many times, the bananas are ripening too quick for my busy schedule.
Amphion -
Posted By: mary
Would anyone know if Amphion is a good company to work for?
Health insurance - HELP?!! -
Posted By: Sharon
Does anyone know of any health insurance I can get? 55-year-old MT (good health)& asking through web and/or phone is a nightmare. Does anyone have GOOD health insur. for a nominal cost? (& dental/vision if have). A few yrs ago I heard of some "upcoming" health ins. for MTs for 1-200/mth (!!?) but never heard again. I really need health insurance. Please help if you can; am sick of brokers & agents who do nothing but give the runaround. Currently in San Diego but may go back to KY next year (home). Thx again!
ASR funny. The surgeon has just done a robotic....sm -
Posted By: oldtimer
radical prostatectomy and signing off he says "Please send a copy to Dr. John Doe and to the prostate, and to the chart. End of dictation".
Do not post e-mail addresses or (SM) -
Posted By: Moderator
other personal information, such as names (first and last), or phone numbers.
Family broken up -
Posted By: Wondering
Does anyone else live with this experience? After my mom and dad split up (after us kids were grown), all the siblings went their separate ways and really do not have much to do with each other. Most of them (three brothers) have taken sides, (either mom's or dad's) but we have nothing to do with each other. Is this odd or usually the norm?
bayscribe -
Posted By: karant2004
can anyone tell me why my Expander will not work. I am fairly new and have not got the hang of this yet. I tried ctrl alt T but nothing helped.
suggestions anyone -
Posted By: TIA
Okay, so I may be silly here, but just wondering other opinions on this. If there is a mistake made on a note, for example an added dictated by at the bottom that was wrong, is this really a considered a critical error with all companies out there?
I could be wrong, but I feel as though since the body of the report had no errors that this really would not be something critical and cause the company to lose this doctor's work. Doesn't it seem like there would be other things going on here? Let me know how you all feel!
What's your anger management strategy? -
Posted By: Hayseed
I'm finishing up a day of the most horrendous ESL I've heard in a long time. I don't leave blanks, even if that means spending 20 minutes on a 1-minute report trying to figure it out. This in turn causes me much distress and I know I'm not alone, as others frequently mention the pitfalls of ESL-hell.
After I finish posting this, I'm going to go outside and do something to release this built-up anger that will probably get me hurt. How do you guys do it without going absolutely insane?!?
Upcoming art festival -
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DISGUSTED!!! -
Posted By: lynbel
Has this happened to anyone else? Once you learn an account, get pretty decent lines, making decent money, boom -- your account is switched. Then, when requesting downtime, oh no, we are not paying downtime, we had to take work from you because of your low QA (up until then QA was 99+ or better) hummmm??? (P.S. I have 22 years experience, not at all new to this game). I am receiving corrected reports for mistakes in THEIR macros, which I had informed them about and was told to leave them.....??? I was told, "Oh sure, we have LOTS of work, then run out almost daily....
I read a post from an MTSO wondering if there were any good transcriptionsts out there (you bet there are!!), well I am wondering if there are any decent companies left out there. I have worked for a couple different ones now, seem to me they are all shady characters. They promise you the moon, then once you are working for them, everything changes. Nothing is the way they promised!! Seems like once a Transcriptionist starts making some really good money, they do everyting they can to take it away. I need to win the lottery!!! or a new job.
Frustrated again -
Posted By: justme
It took me 6 months to finish a 1 year course for MTs. It took me another 4 months to find someone to hire me. I seemed to have been one of their better typers, since the e-mails with nasty remarks got sent to all of us and they were not any thinkg that applied to my jobs. Talk about some stupid errors! I have managed offices for the past 30 years and wanted to find a job that I liked and could stay home. Thought I had it! It would have been 1 year this month. The company I worked for has a very poor computer system. They are constantly having problems with their e-mail. My last job typed to them was a very long one, which they claim that they never received. I sent it twice to both owners and also saved it twice to the site. I have not been given another job since, nor have I gotten paid for the previous month. I feel I am a very adequate typist. It only takes a little practice and any one can get a doctor down pat. I use the internet alot for words I don't quite understand and usually get good results. I am now back to the point of testing for everyone and anyone and hearing the same thing, "We need 2 yrs+ experience." I'm glad I kept my day job for this past year. I am still not ready to give up though. Is there anyone out there that hires old women with excellent typing skills and the know how to find what they need in order to type a good report?
Express Scribe -
Posted By: j
Is there a setting in Express Scribe where when you let up on the pedal it rewinds? Is it in options somewhere?
TIA
Tips on job searching -
Posted By: Caitlin
I have been doing MT for a little over 6 years. I have experience in several different specialties. I currently work in an ENT office and am looking for part time work to do at home. My only problem is that I never went to school and am not certified which makes it difficult to find a job. I have only had on-the-job training but I feel that I am very good at what I do and have learned quickly in my experience as an MT. Does anyone have any tips on how or where to find a job?
Thanks
MQ -- QNet has MT/ME Rewards Plan -
Posted By: DP
There is a new heading on QNet now. It says MT/ME Rewards Plan. When you click on it, a Rewards Plan HEAT Self Service new window pops up.
Apparently, as we get our individual calls from the MT/ME Rewards Plan team, we will be given some type of login to use on this board. Should be interesting!
I don't suppose anyone has heard from the Rewards team yet?!?!?!
need help on word board -
Posted By: help please!
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I found great headphones, GRADO LABS -
Posted By: MommaC
Grado Labs SR60. I put a more detailed note down below, where I had asked for help with headphones. I love them. Great sound, comfortable, you forget they are on. I can just type and forget about the sound, such a relief. Like the olden days.
Add my husband to the JERK list!!!! -
Posted By: grrrr
He's mad at me because he's off work for a week but I'm not. He expects me to be available to him whenever he wants me to do something with him or for him. (No, not that, silly.) He wants me to work and make money, but not if it interferes with his plans for me. He's turned into a real jerk lately. 
Sciatica from below -
Posted By: Patti
They thought that I has sciatica, they thought it was my ileo psoas, but it turned out to be my hamstring. I could hardly walk, had trouble sleeping, one part of the thigh just hurt/burned/ached terrible. I went to PT and then to the gym and worked on my hamstring stretches and especially just doing step exercises. When my hip and thigh begin to really ache while typing, I take 5 minutes and do 50 steps on my step and it really helps. I also bought one of those foam pads for my bed even though I have a brand new pillow top mattress and that also helps. But the stepping and hamstring stretching worked the best. I could not bear the thought of walking up and down stairs but now now problem. 
has anyone else done this? -
Posted By: JayRae
Or am I crazy. I finally decided that with my busy schedule, 2 toddlers, and a husband that is even busier than I am that I would hire someone to do some house cleaning every other week. Well, through some friends a called a lady who is supposed to be very trustworthy and very good. She said she could stop by today to give me a quote of what she would charge. I was surpsised she wanted to come so soon but said okay. Well, as soon as I got off the phone I rushed around tidying my house, doing dishes, and cleaning up the kids for the cleaning lady!
Bayscribe question (sm) -
Posted By: Kimberly
I posted this on the company board, but thought maybe it should go here. I am working on a computer that I do not normally use because of problems I'm having with mine right now. I can't remember how to change my options so that the spellcheck won't automatically capitalize after a period. Can anyone help me with this? TIA!!
Rad MTs - Do you keep log of pt? Takes longer to write down info than type -
Posted By: the report! (nm)
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resume question - listing wpm -
Posted By: CS
I have a lot of experience but I am just not the fastest transcriptionist. Do you put your wmp on the cover letter or resume? Especially if it it not one of your strengths?
Any unlimited long distance plans for high-volume -
Posted By: MTs? sm
I use 7000+ minutes a month but I know that most LD companies now will dump your unlimited plan if they find you using more than 5000 or if they find you are using it for transcription. Has anyone had one of these plans for a while now without problems with high-volume calling? Which one?
How to find new account? -
Posted By: anon
Hi Folks,
I'm looking for some advice. I am an IC right now, but the work has been trailing off since September. Now that the holiday slow down is starting I've had a very pitiful 10 hours of work in the last 2 weeks. So... I'm thinking about looking for an account of my own. Any hints on how to get started? I've always worked from home and don't really have any "network" locally. Do you advise finding a local account or going national? How do you do that?
Luckily, we don't rely too much on my pay to survive, but I'm finally starting to panic now with the lack of work and would like to branch out on my own.
I'm posting this anon because I don't want the MTSO I work for to find out.
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone know how to move the slider -
Posted By: Extext newbie
in the transnet player for Extext without having to use the arrows to get back and forth-it takes too long to manipulate through dictation? Thanks in advance to the experts! 
Well, isn't this interesting -
Posted By: see msg
A job ad on another board caught my eye. It stated they pay on a 65 character line plus numbers and punctutation. If they are stating they DO pay for numbers and punctuation, would that not mean that some companies are not paying for those items??? OMG, it just gets worse and worse the way MTSO's are finding new ways to screw the workers. Gee, no wonder we were told to not spell out numbers any longer.
How do I copy a list of my expansions? -
Posted By: I have Instant Text.
nm
Are any of you familiar with medical coding? - sm -
Posted By: I need a better job!
Needing a better job than the one I've got, I've been spending my late nights searching the far reaches of the internet. It seems the only MT jobs that will actually support a person are in-hospital jobs, and the few that still exist are rare, and difficult to find. They're definitely not listed on our Job Board, that's for sure. When I do find them, they all seem to be part-time, or too far away, or involve heavy phones. Answering phones and transcription are NOT compatible activities!
So I keep seeing LOTS of ads for Coders. Obviously that would mean school. Ick. Being the hater of school that I am, I would want to be sure that's what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd see what all of you think of Coding as an alternative to MT work.
- Have any of you worked in coding before, or are you currently in school to learn that profession?
- How hard would it be for a late-middle-aged MT to learn?
- Do you think coding is worth spending time in school to learn? (i.e., Decent pay, not about to be offshored, etc.)
- If you've done it or are learning, do you LIKE it? Is it interesting? Tedious? Stressful? Boring? Rewarding in any way?
- Are you learning it on-site, or at home? How many hours per day are you devoting to your studies? How long does it take to get credentialled?
Thanks in advance for any input you may have on this subject!
Leeperfect Co. SM -
Posted By: Anonymous
Does anyone know anything about Leeperfect Transcription Co - going to take a test with them and wondering if anyone has worked for them before? Would appreciate your input - thank you.
What magazines do U read regularly? -
Posted By: BookWorm
I like GQ, Men's Health and Vanity Fair - I know, an odd combo!
Alltype -
Posted By: Kathy
What do you folks know about Alltype? Thanks in advance.
MQ MT out of work -
Posted By: yakaback
hey, any MQMT's working on Memorial Hermann accounts as a backup? we were asked to work extra all last week and into the weekend and for the past 3 days all i'm seeing on the backlog emails is either zero or 1 or 2 jobs on the MHH accounts. I'm assuming that they pulled MT's from other offices (maybe Amherst?) to make sure that the work was done. the accounts that I get after the Memorials are varied and many and the client profiles are all different, of course. I'm totally disgusted with their lying and blocking and switching people on accounts. My supervisor informed me that the MT was called before any of that happened -- oh, pleeeezzzz!!
RE: Can someone tell me what the site is to check on a doctor's credentials & record? nm -
Posted By: Kris
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Was typing fine and now my words are coming out red w/line through them. How do you get rid of that? -
Posted By: Word 2000. thanks!
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