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cpl pay vs per minute -
Posted By: MT34+
What is the opinion here on pay by line versus pay by the minute? Pros vs cons and why? I can figure out for myself that, for example if you are paid 10 cents a line for a 65 cpl and they say nothing but one sentence for 10 minutes and you listen to shuffling of papers you would be much better off by the minute. I am just curious here what the opinion is and why which one is better. After all these years of being an MT I know companies are always trying to figure out how to make money for them without passing on the rewards to the MT.
MQ using new recruiting firm. sm -
Posted By: MT3
Anyone else get a totally unsolicited letter from a recruiter? The initial letter sounded wonderful, lots of promises, great bennies, etc., no company name. When I wrote and asked for information, it turns out this person is recruiting for MQ and singing their praises. When I said I would not work for MQ, as they offshore, her reply was:
"There are many companies who outsource overseas, I am curious how you found out which ones do and which don't. I cannot think of any national who does not source overseas outside of MedQuist's new changing."
Personally, with all the lawsuits, MQ had no choice left but to change. Cheating clients, cheating MTs, sending work offshore and the list goes on. And this person thinks we are too dumb to figure all this out. I mean, how in the world could any of us possibly know or be concerned about what MQ has done! It's insulting. The fact is, this person is ill-informed. There are many nationals who do not outsource offshore and who have taken an oath not to. Also, many clients are writing clauses into their contracts that the work is not to be offshored. MQ thinks we are a bunch of idiots. That has always been a big mistake on their part.
voice recognition questions... -
Posted By: getting nervous
The hospital I work for is looking into voice recognition for the Radiology Department, which is who I work for. There are currently two radiologists on per day, with two full time transcriptionists. How many editors would be needed if they decide to go that route, does anybody know? I am afraid of losing my job, that they won't need transcriptionists any longer, and only one editor, and the other girl has been there longer. Any insight on this would help! Thanks.
six liters of oxygen or 6 liters of oxygen?..nm -
Posted By: thank you
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MQ Monrovia - Has anyone heard about -
Posted By: ssc
Has anyone heard anything about the new pay plan? Nothing has ever been said to me about tier pay or what "level" I am. Has anyone else from Monrovia been given any information on this?
Lightweight over-the-ear headphones? sm -
Posted By: MT3
I really need to improve my audio situation, all voice files not being equal these days, so after reading numerous comments here have decided to go with standard earmuff style headphones (without noise canceling feature)...but I sure would like something as lightweight as possible, as I see the weight as being the major drawback.
Anyone have any lightweight headphones they really like? If so would you share the brand and model number so I could check them out? Thanks much!
Do you charge for pickup/delivery? sm -
Posted By: nn
Can I charge? If I do pickup/delivery, do you give them a 48-hour turnaround time or longer? Wanted to pick up 2 days a week, Tuesday and Thursday. Any suggestions would be helpful. Also need suggestions on what type of carrying case to put tapes to be HIPAA compliant. Any answers would be appreciated.
Smartype/dictionary -
Posted By: No clue
If I buy Stedman's Smartype, do I still need to buy the dictionary?
Discharge Summaries -
Posted By: Amber
Hello, can anyone help me? I have done medical transcription for three years at an acute care clinic. The doctor I worked for bought me text books and tested me until I had sufficient knowledge in the subject, and I became his medical transcriptionist.
I am now trying to find a job doing MT work at home, and I am currently taking an online test for a company. My question is, if a specific format is not indicated, which format do I use as a default, for
discharge summaries, acute care, operative, and radiology.
any help would be appreciated.
amber
Prepaid Visa Card for payment -
Posted By: of MT work? Anyone
Has anyone used a prepaid Visa card for receiving payment for work? Is this safe? Thanks
MediNotes -
Posted By: TX
Anybody out there use MediNotes? I need to ask a couple of questions - Please!
Thanks
Taxes -
Posted By: Pat
I'm going to take the big jump and try Turbo Tax. Hopefully, it will be correct. I had figured I would get back some $$ but Turbo Tax figured MUCH more! I'm leery about the minus amount from my total gross because I didn't figure my business expenses that way. Their so-called summary page doesn't show all the figures to I can determine exactly how they came up with the final figures. Anyone else have good luck with Turbo Tax? Should I go ahead and take the plunge and hopefully IRS won't audit me
cold hands -
Posted By: it's only me
My hands get so cold in my office that it's difficult to type. They're stiff from being cold. Any suggestions for a type of warming glove that wouldn't be cumbersome while typing?
Abbreviations Book -
Posted By: Shelly
Can someone recommend a good abbreviations book or a good website to use as a resource? I have Stedman's Abbreviations and I am not that happy with it. Thanks in advance!
Just another vent -
Posted By: sm
I have a particular ESL who always smacks food while she is talking and says "and" about five times per sentence. If this isn't bad enough, she is the one ESL who makes zero effort to spell anything, not medication, allergies, etc. She tends to get into conversations with other people around her and starts laughing hysterically while talking, but of course she does not repeat the sentence she just laughed right through. Please excuse typos, I am so irritated right now
Thank you MTstars for doing the turkey giveaway again. I hope I win! -
Posted By: Meredith
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frozen fingers -
Posted By: bd
do you guys have troubles with her hands getting cold? and what do you do about it?
...and regarding the mobile devices (more information) -
Posted By: MTthink
http://www.intel.com/business/casestudies/mckesson_integrated_digital_hospital.pdf
Ladies: Looks like we should be investing in some of these companies...Intel/McKesson on cutting edge, and VOIP companies (we currently use a VOIP phone)...
If we can not make money in transcription, maybe we should invest in its future?
Quote: "Medical Transcription will change more in the next few years than it has in the last 100."
It is an odd thing, but I actually like typing and will not like it when it is gone.
info on ScribeRight -
Posted By: Theresa
I have received an invitation to test for a job with ScribeRight. I can't seem to find any recent experiences with this company, their pay, etc...
Anyone on the board have some words of wisdom regarding this company?
would you all be so kind as to let me vent? sm -
Posted By: un-freaking-believable
Typing a report for a female ESL doctor with an extremely thick accent. This "so called" doctor has a 35 minute report, which in actuality is probably about 7 minutes worth of actual dictation. I swear to you, this woman says "um" between every stinking word she blurts out of her mouth. In addition, she tries to form a sentence and cannot form one proper English sentence without putting the system on hold and then coming back to rephrase the sentence. In all my years, I have never heard a doctor dictate this atrociously. WHY are these doctors not required to learn basic dictation skills. Mind you, this is not a resident, but rather a doctor who I know has been in this country for some time and deals with extremely high-risk patients. You could not pay me to go to this doctor. Hey, thanks for letting me complain.
Spellex medical spellchecker and line count software -
Posted By: aeades
Does anyone use this program. Is it any good. I have abacus right now that I have had for about 8 or 9 years and I really like it but I just upgraded to Word 2007 and I don't like the way it does the new count. It is a stand alone now instead of working inside Word and it does not seem to be as accurate and function as well. Also I have Dorlands electronic medical spellchecker and I really like it because it will correct things automatically that I misspell and stuff and it words directly in Word but it is not compatible with Word 2007. Does anyone have any advice on this or any software that is good and works with Word 2007?
Thanks
Med-Tech -
Posted By: Jen
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone had any info on Med-Tech in Lousiana. I didn't see any good or bad in the archives. Thanks!
Jen
just had another funny on - i'm on a roll! sm -
Posted By: Lorie R.
typing neurobehavioral tests for my neurologist doc. Part of it is a question regarding knowing the name of the current president. The patient's answer just slayed me.....
Question: Do you know the name of the current President?
Answer: "Bambo"
Now that's one for the books!!
What's for dinner?? -
Posted By: getting hungry
Chili, salad, cornbread.
Favorite keyboard? -
Posted By: susancarol
Is there a really sturdy, responsive keyboard out there that you DON'T have to pound? Not an ergonomic one...I just can't get used to those. Dell is horrible.
hypersend problems anyone? sm -
Posted By: TXMT
I have had problems with hypersend all day today. anyone else?
New IC, estimated tax? -
Posted By: Old and out of it
After leaving the Q I am now an IC. Do I need an accountant to handle my taxes? We have been doing our taxes ourselves since we got audited because of a crooked accountant and I am afraid to trust one again. Do I have to pay estimated if we file jointly? If I have to pay estimated, how do I go about it?
Thanks.
table of class, grades and stages -
Posted By: me
i once printed a table someone had made of class, grades, and stages. Does anyone know where that is now or does anyone have that? I lost mine and I forget which way to type the numbers!
ChartScript Expander -
Posted By: Siren
I am having a problem with the ChartScript expander. When I type a short cut it is as if it repeats itself (i.e., copd - - I get chronic obstructive pulmonaryarydiseasedisease). I have talked with fellow coworkers and they say they put an "x" before each of their shortcuts. I think this would be a pain. Has anyone had this problem with ChartScript Expanders before? If so, did you find a solution? TIA
Good day that went how I wanted it to go sm -
Posted By: Lyndia
Decided too much negativity, so I'll post something nice!
I made my lines for my FT job in my shift time. Goal this week was 1300 lines a day and I did 1316.80. It is half past 5 local time, I have had a homemade stew with dumplings for supper and a dried fruit dessert I made that I rather like. Sitting here relaxing a while before I tear into my PT job so I won't have to in the wee hours.
This was nearly a dream day. I cleaned my house on my weekend and it is pretty well tidy AND clean. The only way I don't have to spend 2 days cleaning each week is maintenance, so I have to be neurotic about vacuuming daily and keeping the kitchen flybaby.net CLEAN.
Full stomach, sweet tooth happy, clean house and made my lines.
So what is your dream day?
EMDAT/Inscribe -
Posted By: Lucy
How difficult is this platform to learn? Also, is it difficult to get a good line count if you have a decent account?
TIA
Speaking of Vista, what companies have asked that we NOT install it yet? nm -
Posted By: Medware here. nm
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Anyone going to watch the Book of Daniel tonight? sm -
Posted By: LTMT
I really had not given it much thought about it until all of the hoopla about it -- now I am curious as to what could possibly be so bad, so I guess I will tune in. It's funny how protests usually end up driving people to see the thing they are telling them NOT to see. Hmmm ....
looking -
Posted By: poedmt
looking for a company that pays at lease 10 cpl and has a nice platform, pays on time, etc. I have over 18 years experience in all types of trancription including acute care, ESLs, office, Radiology, Op notes, DS, HPs, consultations, Emergency Room etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
Are all the SS employees impressed with the 4600+ lines that a certain -
Posted By: ??/?
someone got in 1 day? Tell me that could be done normally. Only way it happened was cherrypicking all the normals off all the accounts - Way to go, team player (NOT!)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Transcript for Allergist -
Posted By: LinK
I have the chance to do some overflow work for an allergist on a short-term basis. I've never done that type of medical transcription before. I did listen to a sample tape, and it sounded like something I would be able to handle. I was wondering if anyone here has done transcription for an allergist before and if it's a fairly easy speciality to adapt too. I will get getting her macros and templates.
Characters per line - sm -
Posted By: sammypot
With all the discussion going on about CPL, I wonder what character count ICs use, that is if you have a choice.
Word help -
Posted By: slow typer
 I've been saving my files in the usual way, save as, then the file name.doc, into my documents. Well, now when I try to save it, it says the folder - documents and settings - is not accesssible. Folder may be located on an unavailable volume or protected with a password. There is no folder, just the file. I'm stumped, and can't do any work until this is fixed. I hope someone can help. Thanks!!
Microsoft Works - deleting template -
Posted By: not computer savvy!
Can anyone tell me how to delete a template in Microsoft Works. I have tried to drag it to the trash, I have looked in file after file and cannot seem to locate it within a file. Any help with this would be appreciated! I have a feeling that it is in a file within a file or something but just don't know where else to look for it.
Hey Snow Bunny, did you get through the storms okay on Sunday? sm -
Posted By: justme2
I hope you and your family are okay.
Abacus and Word 2003 -
Posted By: DCMT
Has anyone used Abacus with Word 2003 and does it work? If not, any other nice line count programs out there that creat patient lists/invoices?
thanx
Back to lines per day, please see message... -
Posted By: RADTYPE2
Oh, you misunderstood me. I was tested at 70 wpm on a typewriter, not a computer, without the benefit of word expanders. I do use Instant Text, I do put everything in it that I can find. However, I have no "normals" and have never had a day when all I did was mammos etc. It's always different and only very rarely (less than once every day) do I get a "normal". I find myself wondering if there isn't something else I can do to speed up or if I'm just getting the "crappy" jobs. You know 5 lines here , 10 lines there. All requiring me to open and close in Meditech (you know if you've used it... Return return return to file). Where do you find a national that will let you do CT's or MRI's or even mammo's all day long? My dictation is comprised of 75% x-ray reports (short) and 25% CT's, MR's, etc. Is there a company out there that let's you do mammo's all day? If so, please tell me who and where!
Anyone know anything about getting paid to do online surveys? I've been getting these emails to -
Posted By: sm
sign up to do surveys and get paid for it. Does anyone know if this is legit, or who does this? I'd like to try it. I didn't follow through far enough to see if there's a fee to sign up with this company or not.
Need to vent.... -
Posted By: dm
I am so angry and I need to vent. I work for a psychiatric facility and have been there for about three months now. I really enjoy working there and they have been very flexible with my schedule. Approximately 2 months ago, a temp was hired because we were so far behind. The person they hired did not have any experience whatsoever in medical transcription, but she was a fast typist so she was hired.
A couple of weeks went by and it was noticed that she was making quite a few errors. One of the other Transcriptionist e-mailed her to inform her of her errors and advised her to proof her work. She became so upset, she e-mailed a nasty letter back to this particular person. A few more weeks went by and a different transpcriptionist noticed she was still making these errors so she tried e-mailing her as well with basically the same response. Well last week I happened to come across one of her reports and noticed some errors that were totally unacceptable. For example, Licinopril, psychogenetic polydipsia, albuteral, ibuprophen, etc.
Anyway, I mentioned this to our supervisor and he asked that I correct the report and give him a copy so that he could go over it with her, which I did. I also brought in a book from the course I took a couple of years ago so that she may review it. She came in yesterday absolutely livid, she was slamming things around, speaking so loud that we could not hear the doctor and using the most foul language. I turned to her and asked if there was a problem to which she replied I was not talking to you! So I stated, in a very calm manner, then could you please keep it down as I cannot hear what the doctor is saying to which she replied that's too bad! She then proceeded to call our lead and left the room.
I started to think about the whole situation and could not believe how this person reacted. I called the supervisor at home and informed him of the problem at hand and told him I was on the verge of walking out as was the other transcriptiont. I told him this behavior was totally unacceptable and I would not tolerate it. Mind you, this was all because she was still making errors on her report. She felt people were talking behind her back. She does not want us (transcriptionists) to tell her of her errors. She wants us to speak with the lead, have him write the errors on a piece of paper, place it in an envelope and put it by her work area. Can you believe this? Who does she think she is?
Well a couple of hours ago, my lead called to get my side of the story. I told him exactly what happened to which the other transcriptionist can attest to. He stated he would speak with her but that the next time there was a problem with a partiular report, we are to bring it up to him or our supervisor (which I thought I did). I totally feel she should be reprimanded and that this behavior should not be tolerated by anyone, but it looks like she is just going to be "spoken to." I am so angry and upset, I literally feel like giving my two weeks notice, but then again, I do not want to give her the satisfaction. I really enjoy what I do but I am afraid if this type of behavior occurs again, I will not be able to hold my tongue as it took every bit of strength in me not to *******, well you know.
Sorry this was so long, I needed to vent. I know I probably made 100 mistakes on this post, but I am very upset at the moment.
EditScript and decreasing line count -
Posted By: USMT
I wonder if this is because the company I work for likes to hire MTs straight out of school (not that there is anything wrong with being new - we all have to start some place). But, it seems like my reports are taking me longer to edit because of the mistakes, and my line count is just sad. I have been working on EditScript for three years now and use all the hot keys and shortcuts and just cannot seem to get my line count up to where I want it because of the level of correction needed. Do I search for a company that does not hire newbies? Thanks.
buzzing sound -
Posted By: ER-MT
 Is anyone else hearing a buzzing sound when opening certain posts? It sounds just like a bee buzzing - weird !
I have good news and bad news 4U... -
Posted By: XtremeMT
The good news is on Saturday, July 1 many of your least favorite residents will be "graduating." The bad news is that on the same day you'll be getting a virtual box of candy with brand new residents who have no clue how to dictate! RU excited?? ARGHHHH!!!! 
Opti-Script, Inc -
Posted By: grasshopper
Anyone work for this company? They sound very MT friendly and "family like" and offer equipment, shift diff, bennies. Any information or advice would be appreciated. Thank you. 
This is just way to insane. Hunters beware. sm -
Posted By: Mainer
Our "esteemed" governor has just passed on something new for deer hunters. I am not a hunter and neither are any people on my side of the family or my husband's side. However, Maine is just plum full of avid deer hunters. The deer hunting season runs from the end of October through the weekend after Thanksgiving for firearms (bow and arrow hunting starts a month earlier).
Over a decade ago, because of the supposed "dwindling deer population" Maine adopted a "bucks only" law where hunters could only shoot male deer with an antler length of 4 inches or more, but were not allowed to shoot females.
Now wait, this gets better. . . .
A few years back, the grand old State of Maine began to hold a "lottery," so to speak, to issue "Any Deer Permits" for hunters so that they can shoot female deer or not have to determine antler length for whatever deer they happen to get within shooting range of. This "Any Deer Permit" system is only the "luck" of the draw.
Now here is the new and wonderful thing that our governor just passed, and I am NOT kidding:
Any deer hunter that reaches the age of 100 (yes 100) can shoot at any deer without possessing an "Any Deer Permit."
100 years old in the woods with a firearm? Now THAT is a comforting thought.
Please, I don't mean to be rude, but who now -
Posted By: owns this board? Thanks.
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