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Prescription medications...sm - Posted By: Penny pincher

If you don't shop the price of your prescriptions with various pharmacies you should do so. I just checked around on a prescription that I take and I got a variance of up to $9 a month depending on which pharmacy would be filling it. Now that adds up in a hurry!

Re: AHDI / MTIA address -- (sm) - Posted By: Underpaid MT

I read the posts below about AHDI & MTIA having the same address. So I looked each of them up online and YES, it's true. Right down to the suite number. Obvioiusly these "two" companies are one and the same. AHDI probably fabricated the newer MTIA to "recommend" a CMT "title" for all MTs in order to up it's dwindling U.S. membership. And since it would be obvious to all if AHDI "recommended" its own certification title, they came up with this bogus "other company" to do the recommending, since it's doubtful that any hospitals/MTSO's/Indian MT companies, etc. would bother to scrutinize the addresses of the two.

It's especially sad for me, a Californian, to see that these are Modesto, California "companies". Not long ago there was a bill in California to ban offshoring of American medical records, and it was voted down by "Ah-nold". (The "Governator" of California.) Hmmm. How much do ya wanna bet there was quite a bit of lobbying from AHDI/MTIA, and a large bit of cash moving about under the table?

whoever posted awhile back about Tahiti Sweetie -thank you! - Posted By: ER MT

My 18 yo daughter and I went to Bath & Body Works - I bought one for her and one for me - what a treat ! Yum !

The danger of outsourcing - Posted By: Nightmare Alice

My brother recently put in an order with a well-known computer company for two laptops with all the bells and whistles. Something came up and he needed at least one of them ASAP. He called to see if he couldn't get at least one of them in a couple of days and got someone from God knows where who told him the order had been cancelled. When he inquired as to why, the person then proceeded to tell him that it was because he was trying to "commit a fraud" - direct quote from the customer support person. He went up to the next level, got the run around from another ESL person and finally got with an English-spearing person. When he applied for his credit application with this two-initial company, they approved him and then did a seconary check on his employment. He is a union electrician and works out of a union hall. Duhhhhhh. The first person said he was not employed by the union hall and accused him of attempted fraud and cancelled the application and the production of his computers. Of course, he is not employed by the union hall - he works OUT of the union hall and probably has enough pocket change to pay her yearly salary and that of the rest of her family for the next year. I know - because I happen to know he is a tightwad. After all, he's my brother. What I love best, is that his wife works for a mega law firm and he actually threatened them with a law suit for slander and had everyone wallowing and apologizing. I myself have now started telling ESLs I do not want to talk to them I can't understand them and want to speak to an English person after someone at Bellsouth called me to pay my phone bill 3 days before it was due and there was no past due balance involved. I've had it with these compaines and I will NOT put up with these people any longer. This is the US, get with it or stay in your country and learn English before you get over here or stay there and learn it or whatever just learn the darn language before you start telling me about what you want or expect. There, I feel better.

Question for everyone. Do you take annual vacations. If so, where? We take 3 or 4. nm - Posted By: MQer

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Can any one tell me the difference between... - Posted By: ndmt68

eScription and ExText/ExSpeech. I think Dictaphone administers both, but I think their ExText/ExSpeech platform is horrible. ExText locked up at least twice a night (requiring a reboot) before I went to ExSpeech. Now that I am in ExSpeech, the footpedal freezes (requiring a reboot), and the ExSpeech platform takes a week-long holiday every month or so, so if you are a VR editor, you still have to try to make Expanders and learn the traditional authors for that little bit of downtime.

Is the eScription platform any better? My company has both, but I do not want to go through the trouble of learning a new platform and new accounts for the same crap I am already experiencing.

Sorry if I seem rude, it is just 3 weeks before Christmas, and I do not need the hassle of finally having work and the #@%$ platform does not work properly.

The BEST earbuds ever! - Posted By: Hayseed

I just wanted to share the ONE piece of equipment that has changed everything for me. From doctors who whisper, to doctors who talk in noisy backgrounds, and if you have your own background noise at your workstation you need to cancel out...these things absolutely ROCK!

http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

They are expensive but oh so worth it. They fit right in your ear canal and suddenly the world on the outside is silent, but in your ear the dictator comes in crystal clear as if they were right in your head! They are super comfortable. I can't say enough good things about the company...after 2 years of daily use, one side went dead. I called the company for advice and AT NO CHARGE they sent me an entirely new set. These things are lifesavers for clearly hearing ESL dictations as well.

Okay, that's all I wanted to say. Tootles!

ENTER NOW - Pulling from Santa's Bag Absolute Experience Tapes & HPI Book - Posted By: courtesy of M-TEC (better details inside)

ENTER NOW to win Absolute Experience Practice Tapes in Otorhinolarygology, Neurology, Urology and an HPI Reference Book in OB/GYN, Genitourinary given courtesy of M-TEC.

Click on the Santa's House banner at the top of the Main board to enter or you can click on the link below to enter.

Please do not email your entry as it will be discarded.

Good Luck!

Does Emdat work with F keys or is is something else? Is Emdat - Posted By: similar to WP5.1 at all? Thx. nm Asking

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addictions - Posted By: this board, lol!

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Dictaphone Digital Dictation Straight Talk System 7120 user manual - Posted By: Stephanie Lehman

I had posted earlier about a manual for the Straight Talk System 7120. If anyone has a manual, please let me know. Apparently someone responded but now I can't find the original posted message. Thanks!

crock pot stuff, one more - Posted By: nn

This is something I made when my kids were growing up. SO EASY! A blade pot roast is what I always used. Put IN crockpot...sprinkle on a package of taco seasoning mix, NO LIQUIDS. Cook eight to 10 hours. Shred meat and serve on tortillas, put out chopped onions, chopped green chili peppers, avacado, chopped tomato, actually anything the kids like...let them make their own soft tacos. Enjoy.

how to display header info on dictaphone? - Posted By: dictaphobia

Hi,

I have just started a new job that uses the dictaphone. Is there anyway to get the job information to display in the display window? I had an account years ago that used the phone as well, and I remember there was a way to program the phone to display this information, but I cannot remember how to do it and cannot find this information anywhere! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Posture - Posted By: jbmt

Just wondering if anyone happens to use a back brace when typing. I have a problem with T7 area and am looking for something to help with slouching. Any ideas?

Finally - people who know what I'm talking about - Posted By: Renee

It's really nice to finally find somewhere where I can say things like ESL, and almost everyone knows what it means. Forgive me if I tend to ramble... it's nice being "around" people on the same playing field.

I am a stay-at-home mom with a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old (neither in daycare) and I don't get out much. I'm relocated from a small town in Ohio and haven't met many friends (because I don't get out much), so basically I only have my husband, his mother, the kids, and the dog to talk to. NOTHING about my work seems to be able to penetrate into my husband's head; he's a great guy and pretty smart (most of the time), but this just isn't his thing.

Thanks again for letting me rant -- please don't be too hard on me; I've been sheltered for a long time now

Anyone with a good website for the never ending.. - Posted By: SM

list of catheter names??

Thanks!

I need some time off. - Posted By: whiner

I feel like all I've done this summer is work. I have so much other stuff I need to get done, but I haven't had time to do it all.

eTransportal & Smartype - Posted By: sm please

I am willing to share my Smartype Expander file with anyone who works for eTransportal and will share their Smartype expander file with me. Maybe we can help each other with improving our line counts this way. Please email me. Thanks

MT ANNIVERSARY - Posted By: Julie

Just wanted to say hello to all and say that I have reached my first year in the MT profession. I had always thought about doing this, worked in retail, which I hated, and wanted to be more available for my kids. I have to say I do love it. I have always loved typing, weird I know, so this is obviously perfect! To everyone out there going to school, good luck and hang in there. To those newbies still looking for a job, keep testing...something will come along!! It is hard for me to believe that just a year ago, I was so slowwww and so nervous, it seems like forever ago. I remember thinking how does anyone make a living at this! While I only work part time, it has become a great second income to our home. Again hang in there newbies!

AAMT - Posted By: guest

If the AAMT gets their way and gets an apprenticeship program apprvoved, MTs are sunk. Students will come out of the top 3 schools ready to work, but will have to work for lower line rates as apprentices. So who do you think the MTSOs will hire?

The AAMT has applied to the Department of Labor to get this scheme going. We are sunk unless we oppose it and state that the AAMT does not represent the majority of MTs. The group that wants to represent us is sending us right down the tubes. We have to stop them before they go any further with this scheme.

Line count today? - Posted By: Curious

Hey All! What is your line count up today? Maybe we can inspire each other!

what difference in schooling for PA's? - Posted By: sm

vs. MD's? What can they NOT do?

I am SO glad this guy is not MY doctor... - Posted By: gmg

I have an ESL that mangles the language so badly and seems to pull lab values out of the air. I thank heaven everytime I get him that he is not my doctor.

Just today - Temperature is normal at 201. Yikes!

I currently type for a doctor who dictates with a digital handheld and sends the files via e-mail fo - Posted By: Wilson

and wanted to be able to call me with his dictations. What would be the best and cheapest way for me to go so that he can do his dictations without the handheld unit?? I don't want to invest in a lot because he does not forget very often. This is the first time in three months. Thanks for any suggestions you may have.

looking for part-time Emdat work, preferably with clients in the East Coast - Posted By: md-mt

I have been making an average of 10,000 lines per pay period (bimonthly), on QA-optional status, but my accounts are based in the West Coast while I am in the East Coast. I usually work from afternoon to night to reach my daily goal of at least 1000 lines, which is not good for my family.

I would like to find part-time work to keep me busy in the mornings instead of nights. I prefer clinic accounts, ESLs or American dictators. I am willing to take a test anytime especially in the mornings EST.

Thanks!

Who do contact when an employer has not paid? - Posted By: Anon

Is there a particular local or state government office that handles this or do you need to get an attorney?

Line count - Posted By: Pp

I am looking for requirement information. Hospital employee required to do 1100 an eight hour day in Word-based Program. Can anyone tell me any other requirements out there. How much an hour or an 8-hour day?

Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! - Posted By: MARIO BOSIO

i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

OK, gotta toot my own horn! ;) SM - Posted By: Chickadee

I was shocked (very pleasantly surprised) to get an e-mail from my boss this weekend stating because I've mastered new skills and am always offering to work extra to keep our accounts in TAT, they are giving me a raise that will be effective on my next check for the last 2 weeks. Wow! I was trying to work up the courage to ask for a raise in June (1 year anniversary), but they offered me a raise first! I've NEVER had a national offer me a raise in the past. Cool, huh? :)

:) Chickadee

Anybody worked - Posted By: transfast

For FutureNet, heard they were a good organization to work for?

I'm gravida 0 and I have a dumb ? - Posted By: MQer

If you are 9 mos. pregnant and in the hospital for induction, on abdominal exam, can your abdomen actually be *soft*?

I have felt pg bellies, and they are not soft. Why do they always say this? It doesn't make sense to me, but then I have no personal experience with it.

Emdat Start/Stop pedal trouble, Help! - Posted By: MT mom of 3

I can't get my start/stop pedal to work right with Emdat. Anyone else have trouble getting their pedal to work right? It plays a little and then keeps starting over and quits. Help!

MT WEEK - Posted By: KB

Thanks Transtech for the American Express Gift Cheque. You guys are the best!!!!

How do you get paid? - Posted By: Amy

I have been checking into a company as a potential employer. They pay based on your lph averaged out over the pay period, not on a per shift basis. They also have certain lph milestones where you get a bit more per line, but you basically have to constantly maintain that lph amount (or above) in order to get any increase. It does not matter if you maintain it for a pay period. It has to be ongoing to get any increase.

Knowing that these companies often have endless numbers of dictators and ESLs, it seems unfair to not pay based on each day's work, and especially unfair not to get that little pay increase for the specific line count marker when the average is such for a whole pay period.

For those who work for MTSOs, Is this a common way to pay employees?

Basic 4 - Posted By: M.O.

What is meant by Basic 4 - NM

How to replace letters on keyboard? (sm) - Posted By: midwestMT

The letters on my keyboard get rubbed off within a couple of weeks of buying the darn things (just bought a new Microsoft ergonomic keyboard 2 weeks ago and already the A is half gone). Is there anyway to buy replacement letters for these darn things? Or do they make white sharpie markers?

I end up replacing the stupid keyboard at least yearly because after the letters are worn off, I find I wear grooves into the keys. This is ridiculous.

Thanks in advance!

The electronic medical record has replaced MTs at my job..it's all over! - Posted By: MimiMT

My job has been scanning all the medical records over to electronic medium and the doctors are now taking laptops in the exam room with them and typing in all the info, so basically, my job will be obselete once this transition is over.

Our boss has been doing a comparison of the clinics who now have the electronic medical record--those docs went from dictating thousands of lines in a weekly period to less than 50!!! Of course this is a tremendous difference and it's "lights out" for us MTs. We've got about a good year before it's all done.

Have any of you been affected by this new technology?

P.S. I didn't care so much anyhow...I hate this industry and this job, so I've been looking for other employment anyhow.

Any ESL websites or resources? - Posted By: ME

I was wondering if anyone here knew of any good websites (or other resource) where I could listen to dictators/speakers who have accents? I am not really crazy about that idea, but want to try to better learn them so that I can do my job better when I get ESLs or even striking regional accents around the US. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

I know what ya'll will probably say. I am scared right now. For the past 2 weeks or so sm - Posted By: Dancin Shoes

I've been having chest pain off and on or waxing and waning as they say?

Anyhow, it is just a tad bit to the right of my actual heart which is why I am thinking possibly GI. My right arm hurts a bit too, almost a numb feeling, but I am attributing that to typing all morning. Mild case of carpal tunnel.

2 years ago was told for 1st time I have a weird kind of heart murmur. When I went walking up a long hill to get exercise a year ago I became dizzy, almost fell down, sweating profusely, sat down, rested, and it went away.

What do you think these signs are showing? Oh! My history. I am a 31-year-old female, mother of 3 young children, height 5'2, 155 pounds, not under too much stress (or should I say I deal with it well). Right now, it's hurting pretty bad. DH is out of town and I don't want to call an ambulance! I have 2 of my kids home right now. What would you do?

PS:This is not a joke. I don't want to make a big deal out of all of this, but I am so scared that I might be sorry for not taking action. Heart disease, heart attacks VERY prevalent in family history, but in older relatives! Thanks guys~!

multispecialty account - Posted By: Stefanie

I've been an MT for about 2 years. I started off transcribing for an orthopedic account just doing clinic work at a smaller MT company. I have now been working for Medquist for 2 months and have been put on a multispecialty account that has 12 or more specialties and 3 main accounts, but they keep giving me new accounts. I was under the impression that multispecialty might be 3 specialties for instance. I now know I was wrong about that. You live and you learn, lol. I'm not happy at Medquist, so I plan on going back to a smaller company again. I know to be a well-rounded MT I should know more than one specialty, and I don't have a problem with that, but going from ortho to every specialty under the sun all at once is a bit crazy. Learning ortho and maybe 2 other new ones at the same time sounds more reasonable. I'm just wondering if multispecialty might mean one thing at one company and something entirely different at another company. There is a big difference in my opinion from having to know 3 to 4 and having to know 12 to 15 specialties. Three to four is still multispecialty, but it doesn't seem impossible to a 2-year MT. Just wondering if some companies are open to hearing what your strengths and weaknesses are and putting you on an account according to that.

There is this one company I am thinking of testing for (a smaller company), and I noticed that they have several different sections for their test. They have general medical for MTs with less than 2 years or multispecialty acute care for more than 2 years. A part of me wants to test for the general medical even though I have a little more than 2 years of experience because I'm afraid of getting the type of multispecialty account with this new company that I got at Medquist, but then another part of me knows the general medical would be too easy for me and going with the general medical will put me making less per line. Don't get me wrong, I am a good MT, well good relative to my 2 years of experience. I've transcribed for ESL doctors before. I'm not trying to get out of working hard here, but I just don't want to set myself up for failure either. The company I was originally with for 2 years told me I was welcome back any time, and so far I'm doing good on QA at Medquist, but I'm very slow compared to where I was at the last company I worked at. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

AAMT name change. sm - Posted By: MT

Someone told me that the AAMT had released a notice that they were changing their name.Does anyone know anything about this? If so, I say high time.

Offshoring going away too? - Posted By: RLA

Hi all;

Offshoring may not be the problem. All of the local med facilities here are moving to EMR (Electronic Medical Records) and releasing ALL of the transcriptionists, both in-house and contracted. Truth be told, we are more than a little worried over this. Has anyone else seen this move in their area? Is there a way to 'cash in' on this move to EMR? Thanks.

Sick of QA crap - Posted By: mtgurl

At this company I work at, I get so sick and tired of QA. I am sure that there are a lot of wonderful QA people out there and I commend you. But it seems like where I work at, the QA do not follow all the same rules and change what they want with your reports. I get feedback about once a month and I was just looking at my feedback and I am so irritated. They changed things on my report that if you look in the account specifics it is the total opposite. I am doing it right and they are changing it wrong but b/c they make a mark on my report it looks like I am the one at fault. Like we are supposed to place all numbers in arabic form and dates also, but QA went and changed on my report numbers 1-10 to written form and also spelled out the dates and it specifically states not to in specifics. Or like with fractions, it is supposed to be 18-1/2 (a dash in there) but QA changed to 18 1/2 (no dash). And they also change little nitpicky things, for ex. how they think headers should be, they change words around, add commas in stupid places. And what one QA person will mark as wrong, another QA will mark as right. Where do they get these people? I emailed the supervisor for clarification, but I have done this times before and nothing has changed. I really like this company other than the QA. The QA just act like they have all this power and they can change what they want to. It is total bull.

to TTTC.... - Posted By: tired fingers

if you still have the InstantText, please email me so we can discuss a price.

Thank you!!

Question regarding hysterectomy *sm* - Posted By: ~nm~

I had a hysterectomy exactly one week ago today. How long does it take a person to get their energy level back? All I want to do is sleep. I cannot figure out if I am really this tired or if I am looking for an excuse to be lazy. I am not taking any medication right now although my doctor did give me a prescription for Premarin that I have not filled yet.

Newbie needing tech help - Posted By: cb

I live in a very remote area and am unable to get DSL but can get it through Alltell cell phone. Is that good enough for internet transcribing? Also where could I buy bulk durable micro-cassettes ?

Thanks cb

Question.... - Posted By: Valerie

For those of you who have worked on Inscribe Emdat platform, how long did it take for you to get used to it and able to actually produce work?

I appreciate you taking the tape to post regarding this. Thank you.

What does it take to become a MT? - Posted By: Louisa

I did work as a MT six years ago, back in Canada, before I moved here to the US. Because of this, I find I am having a hard time getting back into this area. No one will hire me, due to the fact that I haven't worked, or worked as a MT in six years. I worked in a Rehab Clinic for six months, transcribing. I worked in a psychiatric hospital for one year transcribing. I worked in a Addiction Clinic for four months transcribing. I worked in a Radiology Clinic for 4 months transcribing. So, I think I have enough Medical Transcribing experience to allow me to get back into this area.

Can anyone recommend a quick refresher course for Medical Terminology that I could take, to refresh my skills?

Thanks

Is it customary to count headers/footers in this business when doing line counts? Thanks. nm - Posted By: nm

Which is the best? - Posted By: Schools MT

I'm thinking of Andrews or VLC?