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identity theft - Posted By: nymt

Hey, I just saw that someone else is posting as "Nymt", whereas my handle is "nymt" all lower case. This may cause some confusion and I have no idea who was first. Any takers? No animosity, I promise.

Is this website changing to a new address? nm - Posted By: Christina RTMT

NM

Cherry picking revisited - Posted By: allbright

A few months ago I complained here about the rampant cherry picking at my place of employment. My boss finally did something about it - she laid down the law that we could not begin today's work until all of yesterday's is completed. Fine. But NOW, my favorite cherry picker has simply revised her strategy. She watches the rest of us work, and the INSTANT someone takes the last job from yesterday, there she is to pluck the cherries. We wade through the crap, and then she helps us with the stuff we don't need help with. Any ideas? I think my boss doesn't want to hear anymore about it from me.

Merry Christmas to all hard working guys & gals in the MT industry! - Posted By: Administrator (nm)

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switching companies - Posted By: kv

I need some input! I've been offered a position with another company but I'm not sure if I should jump ship and take it. There's not much difference in pay. There's a bit more flexibility with hours. Should I ask for time off from my current company and try the new company for a couple of weeks to see if it will be a good fit? Should I let the new company know that I'm just wanting to "try" them out? I know this probably all sounds unrealistic, but I don't want to go from something bad to something worse and have regrets and not be able to go back. I've recently separated from my husband and have 2 small kids. I'm not happy with my current company, but I want to make sure this new company will be a place I'll be able to succeed at. I just don't want to make things worse for myself.

Cost of living - Posted By: olderMT

Could someone live comfortably in the Phillipines on $2000 per month net with adult and 1 teenager?

Lasted Advance MT article - Posted By: Boogie MT

I was wondering if any of you have read the latest article in Advance about MTs? It's called The MT Critic. Color me stupid but I did not know MTs had to go to medical school to do their jobs? How many of you know the average size of the left atrium of the heart? How many of you would contradict the doctor's vital signs because the patient had a fractured ankle and you just knew that because of his pain, those vitals could not possibly be correct? It is no wonder we are not attracting qualified people to our profession. What are your thoughts?

Does anyone know any good advice on how to - Posted By: Tracey

get rid of Office 97 when installing Editscript? If Editscript finds traces of Office 97, it won't install. I have talked with Escription and they gave me links to download Office registry removal and that didn't work. Thanks

Sending Private Information Overseas -- sm - Posted By: ks

I just thought I would let every one know that there is an advertisment in the job seeker's section, titled Ortho/Hand surgery that has a link within the body of the ad to sign a petition to send letters and emails to congress regarding NOT wanting our private information sent over seas for transcription as well as our right to know if it IS being sent over seas. I have signed this petition. Here is the link:

http://www.rallycongress.com/ support-for- h-r-427-nabopia/ 1585/

The link in the advertisement has an error in it, with a space being between "con" and "gress". I have corrected that error above and it will take you to the appropriate site. This petition is in support of Act h-r-427-nabopia, which gives people the right to know if their information is being sent overseas. I hope others will sign this petition, as well.

Thanks.

Delicate issue of where professional and personal life intersect sm - Posted By: Feeling a little soiled right now

I have someone I work with. It was suggested to me that I go and look this gal's MySpace page because she is a lesbian and she is rather "out" on her page.

Before I go any further, please be aware that I am not a bigot and I am not antigay and I am not judgmental. What I am is a professional and I am always aware of how I present myself based on my professionalism. I don't share whom I work for nor where the company is located because you never know who is listening and we transcribe sensitive information, after all. I have a wild side, to be sure, but that is not the business of my employer, and my employer is not the business of my friends or "party buddies." In short, ne'er the twain shall meet, and with good reason.

I don't give a tinker's about this gal being gay, not my business, whatever floats her boat. BUT she lists the name of the company we work for, where it is located and her supposed position there ON HER PUBLIC MYSPACE and on the same page has a lewd photograph depicting two women together...in an activity, shall we say.

I am not particularly offended by the photograph, it doesn't do anything for me, but I am not offended by it...on its own. What does offend me is the casual use of a company name and location, a place of business, MY professional place of business NAMED PUBLICLY across from an erotic photograph of a like-gendered couple in the buff! I would feel the exact same way if the couple were of both genders, believe me.

Just where is it appropriate to place business information on a nonbusiness site next to photographs depicting the lowest common denominator of human behavior? Am I the only one who is upset here?

I don't think anybody mentioned - Posted By: (sm)

Harrison Ford -- I love his movies. One of my favorites is Regarding Henry.

Dinner help! I have a beef round rump roast.. help! - Posted By: me

any interesting ideas?

NEED HELP WITH A WORD!!! - Posted By: radscriber

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH A WORD:

THE WORD SOUNDS LIKE MAYTHRONER'S SYNDROME. DO ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND THE CURRENT SPELLING. I NEED IT FOR A RADIOLOGY BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITY PROCEDURE REPORT.

THANKS

How does one go about getting a raise? IC working for pennies needs more $$$ - Posted By: suzq

I have been working with my company as an IC for over a year, want to make more $$$$. Make 3 cpl editing and 8 cpl typed. The first time I asked for a raise I was making 7 cpl and owner said they could give me a penny more for the typed lines but no more for editing, since that would leave the editors with only a penny per line? I like the flexibility and freedom of working with them and thought it was a trade off but feel unappreciated and underpaid...

thanks for any replies...

suzq

Line counting software? - Posted By: MT mom of 3

Are there any free line counting software products out there that are any good? If not what is the best one one that isn't all that expensive? TIA, Wanda

Code of Conduct Training Course - Posted By: MQMT

Has any other MQ MTs gotten an email to complete this training course? It says "MQ has always prided itselt in doing business ethically." Since when?? What a joke!!

under HEENT: Nose - moderatly DEMONSTIMINATES more on the right than on the left, no erythema, sm - Posted By: Mushmouth doctor grrrrrrr

GARA discharge.

I cant make out these words at all. I sloooooowed him all the way down. Sped him up. Took my earphones off.

I'm ready to take the bridge over here. Any clues? THANKS

venting re foreign patient names - Posted By: ugh

I just typed a long report where the patient has some weird foreign name so it's difficult to tell gender. The doc dictates as a male throughout, i.e. he, his etc. At the end changes it to a female.

Wouldn't it be FUNNY if we could get Suze Orman - Posted By: to speak at an AAMT meeting?

Especially if she were a "surprise"? My heart leaps just THINKING about that.... hehe.

Work? - Posted By: EMPTYMT

Anyone working for Allegiant Transcription consistently running out of work? I am assigned to 4 accounts, which are fantastic accounts, the dictators are clear and concise, but I cannot get more than 1000 lines per week.

Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem.

how to use keyboard for centering - Posted By: tjurs

I like using keyboard versus mouse commands. I was wondering if there are any commands for centering rather than having to mouse up to the top hit center and then type in....

thanx.

tiffin

Deleting Bytescribe wav files (just recycle bin?) - Posted By: The B-S tech could not answer this question for me

Not much action on the Tech Board so I'm pasting my question here: Bytescribe people told me that once you delete the wav files (Options/Clear File History), it only deletes them from the player but not from your hard drive. I did a search for .wav files on my computer but none of those BS wav files come up, other than in the recycle bin. Is that the only place they would wind up after deleting them from the player then and am I done with them for good at the Recycle Bin? Thanks in advance for anyone who can help with this. (I still cannot believe the tech did not know where the files wound up.)

to doubtful from page 2 (regarding no more 'free' TV)... - Posted By: meatlessMT

After the transition period (2006), the VHF channels (2-13) will remain available for DTV ...

...and the analog TV service will end on all channels.

Your TV screen will go black, unless you have cable or satellite. I did not mean there would be no more public TV, just no more 'free' TV. You will have to have a dish or a cable modem...

In other words, beginning 2006 (which will last a few years to transition, to my understanding, and the prices are supposed to come way down for the special equipment), there will be NO MORE analog (or FREE) TV.

This site explains more from the FTC, and it looks to me like the government has select channels etc.

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/dtv/tvchfreq.html

please help on word board-thx (nm) - Posted By: drain name

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Keyboard Trays...sm - Posted By: boosa

Has anyone purchased a keyboard tray to improve ergonomics and did it work? Getting some aches and pains and wanting to improve my workstation....any thoughts in general on this... Many thanks.... :)

Companies allowing dial-up? - Posted By: Oldtimer

Do any nationals allow dial-up these days? May be moving to outlying area where that's all there is (frustrating because DSL is only 5 miles up the road). I tried archives but couldn't pin down any info. Thanks for any help!

Feedback on SPI Healthcare Documentation - Posted By: Terry

Does anybody know anything good or bad about this company? I am looking for a good MT employment position, and I have been burned before (by Voice Systems--they don't pay!).

SPI Healthcare Documentation
Contact: Barb Batchelder
417 Welshwood Drive, Suite 201, Nashville, Tennessee 37211
SPI_MTUS@spitech.com
Telephone: 866-624-7672, Fax: 615-301-8423

WebChartMD - Posted By: Wondering

Anyone else having a problem with uploading files through WebChartMD? Just wondering if its only our computers or if others are experiencing hte same thing.

Automatic spacing in shorthand? - Posted By: grasshopper

Does anyone know how to set up 2 spaces after a period and 2 spaces after a colon in ShortHand version 10? One poster here said that this: {@@key Bksp}. worked and it did not work for me. It worked once and then it erased the last letter as it put in the spaces.

Also Microsoft Word 2000 doesn't seem to have a spacing feature unless I am not looking in the right spot. Wish I had IT as everyone says that is a no brainer to use and setup. TIA.

don't cancel ADVANCE subscriptions - just send an email or letter - Posted By: sm

detailing how disgusted you are with the fact that they are promoting offshore training and offshoring transcription. This is the third article on this sort of topic that the magazine has done in a year.

I find this particularly offensive because so many hospitals/medical record departments get the magazine and if they see this, then companies like Spheris, CBay, Healthscribe, and others will be getting called to come do their transcription!

So please, don't cancel your subscription, just voice your opinion and comments. Thank you.

Employees Using Laptops - Posted By: Suzanne

If you are working from home as an employee, do any of you have employers who allow you to use laptops? If so, does the company provide those, or are you required to buy your own?

Any of you pet lovers seen these sites? - Posted By: sm

http://www.catster.com

http://www.dogster.com

So cute, and so addicting!

word help - Posted By: texan

on the word board please !!

Platform wants to monitor us to increase production - Posted By: Your thoughts

according to them. This is VR and there is nothing paywise in for the MTs, nothing else except we are supposed to use certain keys instead of mouse. I hit over 500 the other day for an hour If the VR is good, no straight typing, I can bump up the audio to fast and can make it yo-yo. Anyone else being monitored??

help on word board please regarding brace - Posted By: HELP!

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chlorrphen - Posted By: nnm

Has anyone heard of "chlorophen"? It is a medication. Thank you.

Information for - Posted By: Carla

becoming an editor. We may be going to powerscribe and I want to get as much education to prepare for this transaction if it takes place. Does anyone have any information or great websites or even books to help me prepare for this?

Any and all information would be great. Thanks

stephen baldwin, alec baldwin - Posted By: ve

Stephen Baldwin used to float my boat but then he got too wacked out about religion..I like Alec, though..They grew up two towns from me on Long Island..

How do you move from MT to QA in this business...and what are the pros and cons for this. - Posted By: GA-MT

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Help! Need advice. Trying to get my own MT accts in CA. What paperwork/contracts needed?? - Posted By: Rachel Green

Hi, I'm trying to start my own small local MT business, and I'm just wondering if anyone knows what contracts/HIPAA paperwork should be signed between Drs. and myself. I'm clueless on where to begin!

Thnx,

Rachel

Reminder of why we love this job!! - Posted By: Lisa

Hi everyone - I have seen some posts recently about burnout - I got it after 9 years myself - went back to secretarial work at a hospital. Thought it was great for about 6 months - could balance my checkbook, have lunch with co-workers, had a reason to get dressed up and get out of the house every day....except that there was a 45 minute commute each way a.m. and p.m. - because of the parking situation, which added 20 minutes each way. And the fact that I could never run any errands or make any doctors appointments.

Oh, and the fact that when my children were sick 3 days in a 7 month period I got called in to my boss' office and chewed out for not having someone else available to watch my sick children. Oh, and the office politics, let's not forget those.

Soo.....as transcriptionists, we get to use our brains and work hard, but we also have so much more flexibility. We can have the laundry going while we work! When we do a good job and get more work done, we make more money! If we are 5 minutes late to work, we don't get "written up" for it. We aren't treated like high school kids! It's great! I am giving my notice. I can't wait to get back to the job that I once felt so burned out on! I have a whole new perspective and a whole new appreciation for my "old" job. I can't wait!!

archives - Posted By: ll

where do I go to get to archives?

Speaking of Aruba and Natalle Holloway from post below - Posted By: Passing by

It looks like the Arubans are forming a protest of their own who are offended at Mrs. Twitty and the media reporting they are not conducting a proper investigation and their system is bad while America's system of law and order allowed the sex offenders kill children in Florida and Idaho. The Aruban people have a point you know. One news person interviewed protestors and a very literate gentleman suggested Mrs. Twitty was under Aruban law and she should respect that or go home. In a short statement Mrs. Twitty seems to be backtracking after the protests after Mrs. Twitty stated the legal system allowed criminals (the two brothers) to go free and walk among its citizens and tourists. It's about time these people speak out when Americans come over and criticize their government without a clue how it works or if it is working.

C-phone - Posted By: sparkythy

Does anyone know how to turn the ringer off on a C-phone. Mine would wake the dead it is so loud

Question on meds for Wegener's - Posted By: tm

The patient has a history of Wegeners treated with a s/l psych-sito-toxic agent?

Wondering: Has anyone used Powerscribe with Instant Text? - Posted By: fixing to start a new acct

Just wondering if anyone has used these two together. Thanks!

Anyone ever heard of WebChartMD - Posted By: Terry

Anyone ever heard of WebChartMD

task bar question - Posted By: sunshine

how do I get the home button to appear back on the standard tool bar so I can just click on it to take me back to my home page? I don't know what I did to make it disappear but I can't figure out. thanks!!

Curious, did Dog speak at the AAMT convention & if so what did he say? Don't smoke crack? - Posted By: Henpecker nm

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Getting MT contracts/subcontracting - Posted By: mt

Are there any MTs on this board who get their own contracts or subcontract directly from the MTSO that individual practices, hospitals, clinics, etc. contract with that would be willing to give me some pointers about getting my own accounts? You may feel free to email me privately if you want. Thank you in advance.