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Word help site - Posted By: nm

Hi all,

Here's a great site I found recently. Sharing this with everyone.

execuscribe - Posted By: b

Has anyone heard of or worked for Execuscribe.

MT50, where are you? - Posted By: Car 54, where are you?

Moderator, how do I view my resume I place on your job site. I dont see any new resumes posted when - Posted By: MQMT

I look on there and I did mine yesterday. Where can I see it. I did not come up with the list of resumes that seems to end in August.

need emdat/Inscribe foot pedal - Posted By: wsd

thanks

Changes after an upgrade - Posted By: CAJUN MT

I have one of my co-workers who sent me a word file and she has Vista. When I tried to open the file it told me I had to upgrade to be able to open the file, so I did...well now all of my folders are out of sorts and moved around in my documents. Things I had a + before to make them be the first folders in the list are now moved to the bottom of the list. Last things are now first......Anyone else have this problem and a fix?

feeling badly - Posted By: wondering if anyone has done this

I feel kind of sick mentally, someone recently hurt me and in my childhood things happened so i've developed this habit of cutting myself or punching myself. I just cannot handle my emotions sometimes they get so overwhelming, and truthfully it helps get my mind off of it, but then later I see what i've done to myself and I feel guilt and sick over the whole thing and the cycle starts again. Just wondering if anyone has ever had the urge to do this?

Just feeling badly today, I would post on the depressed board but no one ever goes there. I don't feel like I can talk to anyone in my life about my problems either, so I just needed to vent that out a little bit.

Do you ever wonder how much doctors would - Posted By: Wannie

keep patients if they talk to them the same way they dictate? I have transcribed some doctors that I wouldn't go to (no matter how "good" they are) simply because of their dictation. If they talk as fast, slurred, etc. to patients as they do when dictating, no wonder people are sick.

Good night all! - Posted By: cowgirl

nm

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.

�Am so fricking upset - Posted By: Cannot believe this...

I have tried not 1 time but several to get in touch with someone working for my company. I have some concerns and/or questions and when they want to have you play catch up with work, no problem with them contacting you but this is ridiculous! I am at this point grinding my teeth. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Digital recorders ? help plz - Posted By: help

Hi, for those of you who use digital recorders with your clients, do you purchase them yourself and then give them to the client? Do you tell the client they have to purchase their own? Or do you purchase it yourself and then rent/lease it to the client? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!!

POLL: How do you handle stress when you're having a bad day transcribing? - Posted By: EmmaMT

I have a bad habit of eating junk food....trying to break it! What about everyone else?

What is the deal with EHR anyway? - Posted By: IN/MT

I have never worked in a doctor's office or hospital, and if I had maybe I would understand better. But I do not understand why the EHR being used in doctor's offices eliminates the need for outside transcription. Do they just check a few boxes on a form to document the visit or do they have transcription done in the office? I have done clinic transcription before, and some of the reports were very detailed, and I can't see how all that information could be documented without someone to type it. It seems to me that if corners are being cut (and I understand offices think cutting transcription costs is a valid way to save money) that it will come back to bite someone sooner or later. My doctor has just gone to the EHR, and while I was sitting there talking to him he was typing on the computer and could barely look at me. (I think he was just printing out prescriptions and lab test requests for me). Also I had several concerns, and he commented that I might have to schedule another visit. His office is affiliated with a hospital now and I think they are only given so many minutes to see a patient. I just think it is sad that the clock and saving a few dollars can determine patient care (although I do not see those savings being passed on to the consumer).

What does q.a.c. stand for? - Posted By: Don't know

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all you men - Posted By: Wannie

out there!

Today is John Lennon's birthday. He would have been 65. - Posted By: RadGuy

Another victim of the world's insanity and senseless violence.

Dragon Naturally Speaking - Posted By: Barry Watts

Does anyone know if Medquist allows you to install programs on their computers? I used to use Dragon Naturally Speaking for radiology and it worked really well after a lot of voice training. It was a lot quicker just repeating what the radiologist said and watching for errors, which were amazingly few and far between. It never worked well for medical reports, but was a godsend when I had to do radiology.

Interesting perspective of outsourcing... - Posted By: See Link

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Low work volume, anyone?? - Posted By: workingMT

I am used to being busy this time of year, not sitting here waiting for work to drop in! No, I do not work for MQ...

Okay, I just started SR, but come on! This is ridiculous. SM - Posted By: RockinMT

First, this is an American, clear as a bell dictator. Dictation does not come more straight forward than this guy:

SR: This is a vaginal lady

Actually dictated: This is a 51-year-old lady

Somebody explain to me how SR is such a wonderful tool?!?!?!

I am doing SR on Dictaphone EXText and it is just awful. Reports are just full of this kind of crap. I was just wondering does the Dictaphone SR server "learn." I know there are some SR programs that learn after the same correction is made consistently. The SR server will then auto correct itself. Is this true with Dictaphone? Because I have been doing SR for a couple of months now and it hasn't gotten any better and I'm making the same corrections over and over! I might as well be transcribing!

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.

MODERATOR - CHECK JOB BOARD sm - Posted By: anon

there's one from India there.

RE: Job hunting - Posted By: klownmomo

I am so tired of job hunting. I just wish I could find a job.

Question about night sweats... - Posted By: sbMT

Hey everyone,

I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this:

My husband is 25 years old. He is not really overweight, more of a beer belly from 6 years of college :). Other than that he is pretty skinny. But at night he sweats horribly! I had the A/C down to 70 degrees last night, the fan on, and he still soaked the sheets. We are still waiting to hear about insurance so going to the doctor is kind of tough right now. He says he feels fine. We attended one of those fairs where they do all the blood tests for like $20 awhile back and his only problem was his HDL was a little low.

He works construction and is outside a lot, but he drinks a good amount of water (at least he says he does lol)

I just don't know what to do! I mean we have only been married for a year and a half so I don't really want to sleep in another bed, but I can't stand wet sheets!

TIA!!

My plan to increase my income - Posted By: anon

Real estate. I just took a new MT job during second shift hours. I'm going to real estate school (doesn't take long). My plan is to do the real estate thing during the day.

They even have a program that is certified (Georgia) that I can take online. I know it will take time to start getting listings and closings once I get my license, but at least it's a ray of hope.

then maybe I should not - Posted By: mn

do this as I am the only income here. I know I would lose money in the beginning, but thought it might be worthwhile to take a shot. I thought this was one poster who said she supported her family doing this and another poster said she had no family and was making quite decent money.

PC to MAC documents? - Posted By: paintyper

How would I send a PC file that can be read on a MAC and vice versa? Please help ASAP.

psychiatric transcriptionists - Posted By: JEAN

Please help! We are a group of psychiatric transcriptions working for a hospital who have been bought out by another hospital. We had no line count or QA. Now the new hospital has QA and wants us to type minimum 1500 lines a day. We type assessments, h/p, progress notes, consults, neuro and psychologicals. We have many foreign docs who ramble on. We also work on Dolby transcription and dictation system. Their medical people are required 1000 lines per day and x-rays 2000 lines. We don't feel like any of us can reach this. Are they asking too much?

Who has a great kielbasa recipe? (sm) - Posted By: Bored

We love kielbasa and have sauteed it with peppers and onions in a skillet, grilled it with peppers and onions and sauce in an aluminum foil packet and cooked with cabbage. Can't find any other neat recipes with kielbasa. Any good ones out there to be found? Thanks!

No Experience jobs/Deciding to go 2 school. - Posted By: Layla

Hello everyone.

I am trying to make up my mind on going to a MT training class.I have a few questions that i hope someone can help me with.

1.Is most of the work being sent overseas?

2.Are there any work at home companies that hire new grads,or would I have to work in a hospital...and is(hospital) and option with no experience?

3.If I can find a wah job how much should I plan on saving for equipment?

4.What is normal pay as a newbie.I know that it depends on the company,but what is average?

Thanks for any help that you all can provide.

With the heat, I'm going to try nights - Posted By: Yet Another MQer

I think my favorite account is getting cleaned out first thing AM, so I'm going to try nights for a bit. Starting now!

Those of you who do nights regularly, any secrets to staying perky?

Thanks to Liz M from MDI-FL - sm - Posted By: anon

Just wanted to bring this up from a page or so ago, and take the opportunity to thank you for responding to my post about my version of MDI-FL problems. I was a nervous wreck writing that to the GM of my company, but your response was kind and reinforced my feelings that I am at the right company - it just needs some alterations. I enjoy my work, and MDI-FL is by far the best company that I have worked for (and I've worked for many), so it really is to our mutual benefit to try and "alter" MDI-FL so that it is a good "fit" for all. Again, thank you for your attention to these matters.

Happy X-Mas (War is Over if U want it)! - Posted By: John & Yoko

:)

What is, on average, a normal weekly IC report production? - Posted By: Stressed

I need your opinions please�.

I am an IC who works for four doctors who each dictate approximately 100 or more reports a week. They send them via over to their personal website and I download and transfer to Express Scribe (awesome program by the way). They tend to call me often and will ask for one or more patient�s report to be faxed over immediately for insurance purposes. Of course, they have no idea how complicating and time consuming this is on me, when I have to search for these specific voice files, one by one, and then transcribe the report, etc. I felt a bit of an attitude the other day when it took longer to perform my task.

I am wondering, am I just too slow? Is completing 400 or more reports (on average half page reports) a week slow, including transcribing these special request reports? I feel so stressed all the time now; their phone calls for insurance purposes are becoming more constant. I am wondering if they realize that I am not an employee, but an IC, and that there is a difference. How may reports do most full time IC�s complete within a week, plus deliver 2-3 times per week?

Thanks for any and all advice.

What is the current pay rate per report for Rad? - Posted By: Kate

I checked archeives, and in 2006 an average rate was $1.10....is this still the case? That seems low. What if the client does MRI, CT, PET, USD and Xrays. Need help! Thanks!!

okay, what's those gloves some MTs wear? - Posted By: no way!! sm

i never paid much attention before, but 2 of my fingers are so cold; and now i want to know!!

Bringing up hurricane discussion - Posted By: EsTxMT

Just for some other information. When Hurricane Rita hit in Texas, i.e. Jasper, Beaumont area, these people were not prepared. They were not prepared because hurricanes do not come in that far inland. The Jasper area is one of the areas where most hurricane victims evacuate too. There are people in that area that are still without power including elderly people and children. Most of the surrounding areas (Pineland, Rosevine, Hemphill) are retirement areas. These are also low income areas as well. These people definitely would not have expected the hurricane to effect them in the way that it did, but it did.

Also, people in Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas were effected from it as well. Again, a hurricane never has come close to these areas and these areas are also where evacuees come. During the time we had evacuees from Galveston, Beaumont, Houston, and still the ones we had from Louisiana drained the resources that we did have here (not saying anything negative by this � just a statement). None of the businesses could get trucks in to deliver gas, food, ice, water, etc. When we did get gas delivered, the lines were so long that people were waiting 9-10 hours to get gas and of course by the time most got up there, it was gone again. This went on for several days. Even the Wal-Mart here and in Nacogdoches was only able to be open a few hours a day and for the first few days after the hurricane because of the amount of extra people in these areas, they finally had to limit the number of people they were allowing in the store at a time.

Some of you say, people should be prepared. I do agree and especially more so if you live in a coastal area. However, these people affected in the areas I mentioned above do not live on the coast; however, were heavily impacted by this natural disaster. You are saying these people don't deserver help?! Well let me tell you this. When we had a lot of LA evacuees here, FEMA stepped in and for a lot (not all of course) they received $2000.00 for help with housing, another $600.00 for food, and there $400.00 for something else (honestly do not remember what it was).

However, my mother and father-in-law who are elderly went 14 days without power, lost everything in the freezer and refrigerator, and they are also raising 2 of their grandchildren (both young teenagers). They were unable to get FEMA to help with anything.

I guess the point is this. Before spouting off about who needs to do what or who the government does or does not need to help (or where you tax monies go), you might want to think about the fact that this was a natural disaster and therefore, no one can ever really be prepared for one. I hope none of you ever have to deal with anything like this. It is not a pretty site in this area right now. Clean up is still going on. There are still trees down on houses and cars. How would you feel if this were you?

By the way, yes I do feel that my family was very lucky to come through it unscathed; however, some were not so lucky.

Just my 2 cents.

1 Year Experience / Can't Find Job - Posted By: Radiology MT-GA

I graduated from Northwestern Technical College in April 2004 with a certificate in Medical Transcription. I immediately got a job at a local hospital in the Radiology Department transcribing nuclear medicine studies. I stayed PRN for one year, and had to leave to accept a job that offered insurance (as a receptionist, NOT a transcriptionist). I am now seeking to work from home. I will be eligible for insurance with my husband as of Jan. 1 and benefits are not an issue. I just can't seem to find ANYONE willing to give me a chance, even with one year experience ONSITE. Any suggestions? (I've applied to EVERYWHERE I could, i.e.: OSI, TransHealth, United, etc.)

Frustrated with SmartLines - Posted By: Frustrated with SmartLines

Does anybody else have the problem of tons and tons of SmartLines being added to Smartype, squeezing out all the space available for typing.

I actually have to keep going into Tools/Customize/Toolbars and individually uncheck all the SmartLine 1s, 2s, and 3s.

I have had this issue with more than one MT company's software, so I need to either find out how to solve this with Smartype or find another word-expander program that is as good as Smartype--with a very small learning curve--and which will import all my thousands of Smartype words and blocks.

Can anybody help? Has anybody else had this problem and solved it?

Anyone know of a trial looking for Rh-negative donors? - Posted By: sm

I heard a commercial on the radio looking to enroll Rh-negative donors for a trial, having something to do with plasma. The kids were being loud and I couldn't catch the whole message but I am interested in learning more about this trial as I am Rh-negative. Any information is appreciated.

Need Lanier VoiceWrite EX help!!! sm - Posted By: Thank you!

I have been having foot pedal problems with my Lanier. It will continue to play for 1/2 - 1 second after lifting my foot and will continue to FF/RW 2 beeps after lifting my foot. Also when pressing down to play it will not always recall 2 seconds that it is supposed to and sometimes I will get a series of 3 beeps and nothing will play until I lift up and press down again. Any ideas? I have replaced my unit and foot pedal with no resolution. I have gone to VoIP (which made connection faster, etc) but still have pedal problems. Please, if anyone could help or have any more troubleshooting ideas, let me know!!! I greatly appreciate it!!!

I have a gender problem when I type! Seems everytime I get my QA eval I always get counted off - Posted By: MissouriMT

because I've typed he instead of she or his instead of her. It drives me crazy! I always pass with at least a 98%, but I'm always making this mistake and I feel like an dunce every time I see it on paper!

I know how it happens. I'm just not paying attention and I'll just forget its a he or a she or I'll forget what patient I'm on and think I'm still on the "the lady with the pelvic pain..." and type she when really it's a he.

Anybody have any suggestions to help me remember my genders?

Broken toes! - Posted By: texan

Wow, i have broken my 3 smallest toes on the right foot. Can you imagine, after 25 years of using the right foot, having to use the left foot until they heal? What a headache! I'm sure my line count will plummet!

price per page - Posted By: sue

We may be going to a per page in paying our at home typists. However, it has been a long time since I did this. What is the current rate per page (the employer) to pay for imaging transcription??

gross line and character line - Posted By: Lisa

I am an IC currently doing one doctor who pays me by the hour but I will be starting another doctor soon and he will be dictating differently so I was going to charge him per line. What is the difference of charging gross lines or per 65 character line?

Monitor told me I have to clear out my cache but I dont know how to do that so I can get into - Posted By: MTPA

different boards. Can anyone help me or monitor can you help me.

Need a good recipe for home brew flea dip - Posted By: please

I have a shih-tsu and 120 pound lab/blue tick hound. Needless to say, Savannah would cost me an arm and a leg with conventional dips. If anyone knows of a good home brew I would surely appreciate it.

need some tips for tax deductions - Posted By: tiredQA

I would really appreciate any tips I an get on tax deductions for at home employee.

I saw an infomercial (sp?) on LAP-BAND sm - Posted By: Chickadee

surgery. It sounds pretty interesting--a lot less invasive than gastric bypass surgery.

Has anyone here ever had it done? I wonder how expensive it is since I'm sure most insurance companies won't pay for it and whether or not it really works.

Chickadee