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Probity versus SoftScript - Posted By: Diana

I have been offered a position by both Probity as well as SoftScript. Can anyone out there give me any advice as both of these companies are unfamiliar to me? I would appreciate any and all responses. Thanks.

Diana

Lines per minute???? - Posted By: MTinTX

What is the average lines per minute? I know it is going to vary, but I just want what the average is.

TIA!

brochures/letters/flyers - Posted By: Patti

Okay --everyone let me have it. I don't feel I am better than anyone but several of you have asked for me to E-mail you my brochure/flyer/letter that I use when contacting doctors and I am having a hard time doing so. It took me a long time to do the research, many hours/days and weeks designing my simple brochure that reflects me and my business and I guess I am scared that someone will scan it and just replace my name with yours and it took me a long time to do it. So am I wrong? I basically just have a logo, state what services I provide, price and what experience I have but it has worked for me. I don't like ignoring those of you who have asked but I am having trouble sending it to you. I have no problems offering any of you support, advice, tips on what I do but have trouble meeting this request and not thinking that any of you would simply duplicate it and guess it wouldn't be that big a deal so am I really a horrible person?

Proving that working at home is HARD WORK - Posted By: JP

HELP!!!! How can we prove to our significant others that working at home is hard work and just because we are home, we are working and CANNOT always find extra time for laundry, dishes, cleaning, dinner, etc?????

I hear, "you work 6 hours a day, I work 10...I expect everything to be done if you have those extra 4 hours.... " Well, my 6 hours of working is actual sit at the computer and type my fingers to the bone....yes, I take breaks and do have extra time..but then I shower, chat with friends, catch the news..whatever....it is not excessive. I keep up on the house most of the time, juggle my schedule to pick kids up from school, etc.... so once in a while if I just don't feel like making sure everything around the house is done, i get "What did you do all day..." I AM SICK OF IT!!!!

My job is a full time job, I make more than I ever had working in an office 40 hours a week.....and I don't want to feel guilty for taking breaks and having some quality time for myself in between working...

Especially when he goes to work and talks to all his coworkers, brags about how easy his job is, sits around waiting for an assignment etc..... Just because he isn't home to do the laundry on his breaks, why should I?????

sorry this is so long...but I KNOW a lot of you can relate!!!!!

MT with broken wrist-need advice - Posted By: crispycritterMT

I'm a single MT IC. I broke my wrist 12/31, had surgery and now have a cast. I worked a few days, but very painful and slow. Typing with one hand now. Haven't worked for 8 days. No work. No pay. Anyone else been in this situation? Did you apply for disability?

SPI - Posted By: js

Any information on SPI?

Desktop or Laptop? Gotta buy a new puter...sm - Posted By: Tasha

Not sure whether I would like to buy another desktop or a laptop. My hubby has a laptop and the only way I can transcribe on his is if I use an adaptor to connect my ergonomic keyboard. I am wondering if the screen from the laptop would cramp my style. I am leaning more towards another desktop because I can use my hubby's when traveling, but then still question what brand. Anyone willing to give some suggestions as far as brand, specs, capabilities. I would rather hear from fellow MTs versus sales people in the store selling me things I really do not need. Thanks!!

What's on the menu for din-din tonight? I'm making... - Posted By: Anon

Chicken and sage dumplings and tossed salad with Roqufurt (sp?) dressing...

Next?

Does anyone have their earphones plugged into their tower instead of speakers?? (sm) - Posted By: Thank you!

I have a coworker who does not have an earphone plug-in on her speakers but she does on her tower. Does anyone know how to configure this to be able to hear through her earphones when plugged into the tower? Thank you in advance.

Transcriptionist or Correctionist? - Posted By: An MT, not a JANITOR

So, are you a Transcriptionist or a "correctionist" (per Wikipedia--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_transcription)?

I am a transcriptionist. I am not an Editor (a title which should be used only for publications) and most definitely not a correctionist (ugh/shudder). For those who absolutely love VR/ASR, I'm sorry, but I really don't consider you to be transcriptionists. You are basically QA'ing the computer, i.e., a correctionist or a janitor.

Flame away!!!

Convince to go locally - Posted By: IC

Anyone have any good answers to this question:

Why should I (physician) let you to do my dictation(local person) VS hiring a National Company to do? Any help would be appreciated. Trying to prove to Dr to choose me instead of the leech-like Nationals that are only out for themselves and taking advantage of this profession that once was valued before they came along and started slave labor.

Open to any and all suggestions on splitter - Posted By: Screaming Mimi

Only 1 plug in for the monitor, nothing for my Infinity foot pedal, need a female and male splitter. Now sitting here just scratching my head, almost ready to hit the kitchen where a chocolate cake is calling my name. I'm just like Scarlett now and going to worry about this tomorrow.

MT University Is this legit? - Posted By: question

Got this in email..

I think they are in the Phillipines... (I didnt know where else to put this.)

*****

Interested in an Online Medical Transcription Career?

Start your MT Career with MT University Now!

MT University (MTU) provides a very affordable and comprehensive, yet

flexible Online, Anytime, Anywhere MT training, through our customized

course management system and technology platform featuring Online

Discussion Boards, Chat Room, and Messaging systems to provide dynamic

collaboration and communication between students, mentors and

administrators. Students have access to an electronic medical language

library, through MT Word, and can network with MT experts, professors and each other, and participate in online "real-time" chats, through our online MT Community.

MTU's Medical Transcription training program is based on the model

curriculum endorsed by the American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT). Our curriculum is also customizable which means it may be adjusted according to the needs and requirements of each of our prospective students. All our online instructors/mentors are practicing medical doctors and expert medical transcriptionists.

Currently there are three Levels of Medical Transcription Education to

choose from. Level 1 Basic Training for beginning Medical Transcription students with NO Medical Background priced at US $ 699 (course fee only). The Level 2 Intermediate MT Training for beginning Medical Transcription students with previous medical or allied health backgrounds, priced at US$699 (course fee only) and Level 3 Advanced Medical Transcription for practicing Medical Transcriptionists who may want to specialize in any of the systems specialties listed and currently available in the website (check website for pricing). Since you have a nursing background, we suggest you take the Level 2 Intermediate MT Training. You may also opt to purchase your Active Search Pedal or Active Search CD after you complete your registration for the course.

For a detailed course description, go to the home page of MT University (www.mtuniversity.com), click on the Medical Transcription courses link at the top menu bar and pre-enrollment requirements as well as detailed information on the courses offered will be shown.

Since this is an online course, students have the flexibility to begin the course anytime and choose the pace that they want at their convenience.

You also have the option of paying in full for the entire course at US$699 or on an installment basis of US$ 104.85 for four (4) months with an initial downpayment of US $279.60.

Prior to registration, please ensure that your technical requirements meet and exceed the following:

� Pentium 2 and above

� Sufficient RAM memory to run video applications (typically 64MB

RAM)

� Sufficient Disk space to store downloaded course materials

(typically 10Mbytes space allocation)

� Sound Card and Speakers (for listening to voice files)

� Fast and Reliable Internet Connection � Minimum DSL connection �

Windows Operating system � Win 98/2000 Professional/XP

� Windows Media Player v7.1 and above

� Preferably MS Office 2000 or higher version

� Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher version

As part of our service to all of MTU graduates, once the student takes the final examination, he or she will be placed in our master database for mass marketing to numerous MT companies looking for MTs to work in-house or on a subcontractual basis.

Should you need more information, please visit the website at

www.mtuniversity.com.

Headers/templates wrong - Posted By: mt

Anyone else have the problem of the proper headers/templates not coming up and wonder why the proper docs aren't informed and why we have to correct it by clicking and pasting?!

Transcend services - Posted By: Mary

Has anyone heard of Transcend Services? Is this a good company to work for? I need to find a dependable reliable national co to work for. Thanks for any advice

Instant Text and IE 7 - Posted By: Anna

Is anyone working with IT on Internet Explorer 7? I upgraded this morning and IT is not recognizing any open tabbed windows. I tried to call IT tech support but no one answers.

ehealthinsurance.com - Posted By: Shelly

Has anyone had experience applying for insurance through ehealthinsurance.com? I applied for an Aetna policy back on 01/30 and have heard nothing. When I to go the ehealth site, it says the insurance company needs more information and they will be contacting me. I looked at the application I filled out and there is no phone number to contact Aetna. Should I give up and try somewhere else? I'm getting frustrated!

wedding, to go or not go - sm - Posted By: Susan

I have been invited to my 2nd cousins wedding. I really don't want to go because I do not know him or the bride. However, that side of the family is apparently having a get-together of the first cousins around the same time and I had planned on going to that. Now I feel I "should" go to both or neither one. What would you do? Thanks for the help.

Not MT related but -- - Posted By: jennifer

What would you do? I have a home I am selling thru a realtor. This realtor listed the house and has personally shown in to no one (4+ weeks). I have had people see the house thru the MLS, but I had to be here to show them because she was always busy or could not make it. She had an open house last week, I live on a street that is about 3 blocks long, dead end at both ends, about 2 blocks off a main street - there were no signs posted at the main intersection, none at the next corner, directing them to the house - she put 1 sign up, in my front yard - needless to say no one showed up (she was also 20 minutes late for the open house). She has also forgotten to call me when she makes an appt and I was taken totally by surprise when the possible buyer showed up at my door. Maybe I am wrong but I don't think she is doing her job - any ideas or suggestions, am thinking about cancelling her contract already (will cost me $250) because I feel I am doing everything myself and also because houses in this area usually sell within 2-3 weeks of going on the market. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks.

Anyone using Vista yet? Pros/cons over XP?nm - Posted By: My new computer has to have Vista :( nm

nm

Serious Poll: Paycheck-to-Paycheck - Posted By: (questions inside)

1. Are you living paycheck-to-paycheck? Defined: Missing one paycheck would seriously harm your basic living (housing, food, utilities or necessary meds/medical care).

2. If you lost your job today, without warning, do you think you could be employed again within 1 payperiod?

3. Do you have an emergency fund in case a loss of job happens?

My answers:

1. Missing 1 paycheck would hurt but not devastate me. Mising 2 or more, yes - it could be dire.

2. Yes, most definitely.

3. Started one and slowly building it up.

Affect is a verb and Effect is a noun, DUH nm - Posted By: No whining

:P

DSL - distance from office or switch. - Posted By: Ex-Slave

My hubby is retired from the phone company. DSL services don't have anything to do with distance from the office/switch. Each community has a "box," usually green, on the side of the road, normally at an intersection, where phone services for that area are handled. If the equipment in the box is not fiberoptic compatible or old technology, you can't get DSL in the area served by that box. Once enough people ask for DSL so that it is "cost effective" in that area, you get new equipment installed and that area gets DSL.

To Patti - Posted By: nn

I know you are busy and I don't want to interrupt you, but you are so knowledgeable about tax questions and I thought maybe you could help me, somehow. If you could possibly email me, I would really appreciate it, as I do not want to divulge personal tax info on this site. thanks so much. When you have time, of course.

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 would like to wish - Posted By: ER MT

all you hard-working MT moms (and Mr. Moms, i.e. single dads) a very happy Mother's Day !

Do ergonomic keyboards work? - Posted By: sfm

I am getting numness and tingling in hands, pain in wrists up forearm to elbow...thinking about buying an ergonomic keyboard or changing careers....

ouch

5000 mega enough for air card? - Posted By: for mt work?

Is 5000 megabytes of data enough to use a wireless air card for MT work? I only have dial up and am considering getting an air card but it says that you only get 5000 megabytes a month. Is that enough for MT work, my husband gaming, and my kids being on the internet too? Will I go over the 5000 megabyte limit?

Okay, how many of you can truly say you still love being an MT?... - Posted By: curious MT

I am really close to leaving MT work, but so far the benefits are outweighing the negatives. I just need to hear that someone out there still loves being an MT, works for a good company, and is making enough money to not only pay their bills, but are doing okay. Is anyone out there?

Please do not feed the troll. - Posted By: Administrator nm

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Instant Text question - Posted By: Tracy

I'm hoping somewhat can help shed a light on what is going on. I bought Instant Text back in November and loaded onto my home computer. Everything works beautifully. I have now purchased a laptop vith Vista on it and I have gone through all of the preference screens on my Instant Text on my home computer and mirrored the settings exactly on my laptop, but I can't get it to work right on my laptop. Something is wrong somewhere. I try to type a period on my laptop with Instant Text running and nothing happens and the other markers don't seem to work right either. This is really killing my production to not be able to use Instant Text when I'm mobile. Does anyone have any ideas for me to try?

rephrasing my question about 3000 lines per day (sm) - Posted By: JLS

What I really like to know is if it's possible to type that many lines on a CONSISTENT basis everyday and approximately how many hours it takes. I'm trying to calculate how many lines a pay period I need to make to pay my bills.

Thanks so much

I can't believe what happened to me today - Posted By: Kt

I was wanting to share this because I can't even believe it happened. I applied for a job at a company who advertizes on this board, took half the test and waited to take the rest, until the weekend. Meanwhile, I got a call for the place and said I did really good on the 1st half of the test and wanted to know if I was going to take the rest. I said I was as soon as the weekend came and I had time because it was the typing part and I knew it would take more time and concentration. She said she wanted to set up an interview with me though for Monday even though I didn't take the rest of the test yet. So I said okay. I took the rest of the test and had my interview on Monday. Tuesday I was offered a job with the company at the top pay level (she said she would recommend me for that job). I put in my resignation with my company and called her back to accept the job. She said thanks and would get with upper management and they would get with me to send me my equipment, etc. Fifteen minutes later, she called me back and said I was not going to be able to work on the level she offered me because my transcription part of the test was so bad and I had too many mistakes. Now, I've put my resignation in at my job and she has really put me in a spot. This just doesn't seem at all ethical, after offering me the job. She has really messed things up for this single mother.

CMT exam question - Posted By: JMK

Hello all! I was thinking of taking my CMT exam finally. Someone told me it is no longer given in 2 parts? ANd does not cost as much as it used to. Is this true?

Also - have the contents of the test changed, i.e., is passing the test more difficult now, or less difficult, with the new format.

How many of you are CMT? How did you study for it? I have 15 years of acute care MT experience. What should I do first?

Thanks in advance - and Happy Mother's Day!

Joanne

Anyone else love to watch House on Fox? - Posted By: Susie

I love that show

Update on muscular dystrophy question - Posted By: Rose

I just got off the phone with the woman from MDA. She said that it is carried and passed through the women. If her dad does not have it, which he does not and I dont have it then she is free and clear, no worries. Thanks for prayers and thoughts!!! I didnt realize I was as worried about it as I was lol, but when she explained all that to me I just started crying, so relieved! Thanks again!!!

trouble since hooking up 2nd puter - Posted By: Cindy

I set up a second computer in my home. I had a router hooked up for this purpose by my telephone technician. It is a brand new router, Lynxys brand. Since then I have had problems with staying connected to the Internet.

I shut off the firewall on my pc and that seems to have taken care of the problem on that computer. The second computer is from a MT co. that I am starting to work for. I cannot stay connected to the Internet on their computer. The phone tech was out and checked everything and the router and phone connection is fine.

I am at a loss since I am not an IT person but an MT. It is so frustrating.

Any ideas?

TIA

Does internship mean not paid? - Posted By: nm

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It amazes me that places can continue to get new accounts when they do not pay their employees and h - Posted By: jb

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Any Stedman SmartType users? Pros & Cons? Will it retain bold formatting without using DOS command - Posted By: fatcat

DOS commands like ShortHand does?

Why does everyone complain about DQS and their line..sm - Posted By: mting

count being low versus another platform? I will soon be leaving a company that uses DQS to a company that uses Word, can I expect to see an increase? Before DQS on plain old word I averaged about 200, but I don't think I can only blame DQS because when I started on DQS I was doing unfamiliar work types. TIA!

AT&T business plan cost sm - Posted By: mlstoo

Offhand, does anyone know what a business plan for AT&T costs that includes long distance? Just curious. TIA

Tech support for Dictaphone - Posted By: Wanda

Does anyone know where I go to get tech support for Dictaphone foot pedal 148519, the one that you use with adapter? I can't get my computer to pick it up. So I don't know what to do.

Vscript - Posted By: Lola

Have any of used Vscript? Were you able to get your line counts with it? Just curious because it takes me 8 to 10 hours to get 1200 lines and usually that only takes me about 5 to 7 hours, depending on the physician.

To me it is not user friendly and very slow________________________.

Post by Dano - Posted By: WannaBWAHD

Trying to find a post by Dano having to do with "making money" or "how to make money". I've done an archive search with no luck.

Thanks in advance,

WannaB

Now that I'm on the other side of the QA debate - Posted By: Ex QA

I can totally understand why so many people gripe about QA on these boards.

When I was doing QA, I tried really hard to be fair, and to not nitpick every little thing.

Now that I'm back to just doing MT, I am really starting to dislike some QA people. So I just wanted to say I'm sorry for all the stuff I said before, sticking up for QA in general because I see now that there are a lot of horrid QA people.

Career Step is on myspace now - Posted By: AG

Just telling you guys if you were grads or whatever, in case you are interested. A CS student friend of mine told me about it today. I went through CS and I loved it. Anyway, like I said, in case you are a myspacer.

myspace.com/careerstep

SOS! Any iType iPlayer users - Posted By: In the house?...sm

I am starting a new job with this platform which I have never used before. For reasons I don't care to get into (don't get me started) I am without a foot pedal until next week, so I am trying to use audio hot keys. The hot keys on my laptop quick launch buttons only work with iTunes. I tried to use the "help" button on the iPlayer but it does not display (it drives me crazy when I find out that for whatever reason, MTs are blocked from using help features!). Does anybody know if iPlayer has audio hot keys or if there is someplace on the web I can find help with iPlayer? I am looking at the FutureNet website at the moment, but so far, no luck.

I have a question about inserting field codes..sm - Posted By: New to Bayscribe

When creating templates to be stored on Bayscribe, is there a way to insert field codes? Some call them jump codes or stop codes. I'm trying to create templates for an ER account and desperately need these code! Thanks!

Would U like fries with that? - Posted By: RadGuy

OMG, this is too weird! Last night I went thru the drive-thru at Arbys, gave my order, the person asked if I wanted a drink, I said what do U have and she named all these brands (one of which I didn't think they had in my area so I excitedly said Wow I didn't think that was available - I'll have that!), got to the pick-up window and the girl said they didn't actually have that particular drink. I told her I was just told they did and she said "Oh, well, the order taker is doing that job remotely from India, I think." So its come to this...