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I was sooooo glad that Janelle evicted Will!  Man!  I love Janelle, but if she didn't evict Will should would have deserved to lose!

Poor Erica and Janelle...were they ever played by Chilltown!  It must feel so good to get a little revenge on those two.

I hope Erica keeps her word and takes Janie to the final 2 if she makes HOH.

Chickadee

Is anyone using this program.  I just started it and it seems to be good - the first voice recognition that I have used to date - just wondered what others thought since this seems to be the way of the future in MT.

I'm not trying to flame you but just ask a question.  How is it you know for sure this "greedy" MT is "him"?  What I mean is, how do you know specifically who THE person is?  Does your system allow you to see who is on at the same time you do?  If not, has that information been given to you by someone in the company?

Again, I'm not flaming.  I'm just wondering how you know to place blame on a particular person and have knowledge that someone is getting your lines rather than it just being a lull in the work flow.

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If I change computers how do I get that back into the new computer as I dont have a disc or anything I just do it over the internet. I have the original disc that I purchase 2 years ago but have since upgraded over the internet as I said.

One ARNP on my account is absolutely the most aggravating person!  Obviously she rants all the time because we've gotten memos saying to be extra careful with all her work because she is the "squeaky wheel". You have all these particular things to do to hers for 8 lines, 9 lines, etc. etc., reports taking about 10-15 minutes to be sure everything is done right.. for 8 lines, 9 lines..and so on. .Very frustrating. But then, half of the time, she doesn't even give the name of the patient. So we are to be "extra careful", but she can't even remember to dictate the patient's name!  Very frustrating!  Nobody's perfect. We all get in a hurry, but only THEY can make the mistakes!  Thanks for letting me let off steam..

What is the difference?

My company has their own line count software and you can check your line count as soon as you are finished with a document if you want.  They pay per 65 characters.  I have noticed that they are rounding down the lines.  Say it is 42.49 lines, they drop the .49.  Is this legal?  It seems that we should get paid for the partial lines as they add up over a course of time.  Is this something that is common? 

Thanks in advance for any  info.

Anyone know what the penalties are for docs violating HIPPA?   I know of a case where a person was damaged from a new nonsurgical cosmetic procedure and about to settle with a company to pay for the surgical repair.  Prior to the settlement this patient saw a physician who sells these same nonsurgical services with a possible financial interest in the company.  This physician filled the patient's face full of temporary cosmetic fillers to cover the damage and then WITHOUT THE PATIENT'S PERMISSION released the patient's records to the company and wrote a letter stating there was nothing wrong with the patient.  The company subsequently canceled the pending deal to pay for the damages.   The temporary fillers wore off and the damage returned and this patient is now suing the company AND ALSO  the physician that released her records.  This physician has caused an already traumatized patient much more stress (a subsequent long legal battle) from this HIPPA violation.   What are the penalties?   Any criminal charges?

Thanks!!!

This could be a spin off on another post.  I started with a national 3 weeks ago and they sent me a QA score of 95.5%.  I need 98%.  They did make a note there were no major patient care errors mostly minor errors in formatting and some omitted words.  What passes at my regular FT job won't pass at the MTSO though.  One of my errors is I forgot to put a period after q.  I wrote q 4 hours.  At my FT job that would have passed but  MTSO wants q.4 h.  It is stuff like that that brought my score down.      I like a challenge but gosh when I have already typed 1300 lines in-house then I have to come home and type some more at the MTSO.  Not as easy as I thought.

Here's the sentence:

The patient was anesthetized with a total of 6 cc of 1% Lidocaine with epinephrine.  She tolerated this well.  Local irrigation and wound exploration was performed by myself.  I explored to the base of the wound, and there was no involvement of the "galeas".  She was stapled, closed with 5 staples in the normal fashion.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I've been an IC for 12 years and must have gotten lucky with my accounts. I have always been flexible in my work hours and have only had to have the work back to the MTSO within my TAT.

Lately, I've been seeking to pick up some extra work and everyone seems to want to know the schedule I'm willing to work. Well, there isn't one. :) I mean, how does that work? If I'm scheduled say between 10-2 daily, do I have to sit there between those hours regardless if there's any work? Seems to me, if I have to sit there, they should be required to pay me something. Honestly, do people sit at their computers waiting for work to come in? I've been being up front with the latest batch of MTSO's that I need flexibility, if for no other reason I juggle part-time accounts and just work on whoever's next at whatever time I get to them, but not getting anywhere with the job search.

Just wondering if I'm going to have to conform to set schedules? I might as well go get a job outside my home then :/

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Is there any way to make a desktop (WinXP) shortcut for Windows Task Manager?  Thanks!

Hi, does anyone know any facts about oracle transcription (OCI).  Is there enough work?  How is the sound quality?

Thanks

that MT graduates are getting jobs and they have no grammar skills when they post on forums.

On another unrelated board someone asked about medical transcription.  I mentioned that pay goes down instead of up because of offshoring reports and isn't the most secure job.  She came back and said she asked her teacher about offshoring and she said:  "They used to do that but they are sending it back to us now because what the clinics would have to do, is hire someone to edit them and then redo them so it wasn't working out.  They talk about it at every advisory board meeting apparently."  Hmmmm, okay.   

Just wondering.