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if actual threats then report it; keep all records/emails/calls for reference

Posted By: keep us posted. NM on 2008-01-14
In Reply to: The week from you know where - MT55

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Stepdaughter calls me "SM" (stepmom), daugher calls me mom. nm
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You need to make threats and carry through
I am exactly the same way, get shocked if someone suddenly enters my room. Cannot sit with my back to the door. I told my husband he could not enter anymore without knocking because of how much it scared me and if he wanted to continue, I would take my cup of coffee and throw at him, it really scared me that much. He taps on the door outside before entering, so much nicer.
Stop giving empty threats and go through with one (sm)
If that means leaving temporarily or permanently then fine. You don't live with your 28 year old do you? If not, how can you threaten him? He's kind of out of your hands at this point. But you don't have to live with your husband if he is being a jerk.
I never forward things based on threats or promises of luck. (sm)
I forward things that I like the message on sometimes but not because I am told to forward it.
I am using his book as a reference also. Thank you! nm
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I don't think MB was being rude, I think it was a funny reference to
the true-life-drama "Texas Cheerleader . . . Mom" movie starring Holly Hunter a while back.  No need to get upset.
Help on upgrading drug reference

Hi all,


I am seriously in need of upgrading my drug reference. I am still using Quick Look electronic 2004 and so many new drugs have been introduced in the past 4 years.  What would you recommend??  I just checked the Stedman's site and really cannot afford that kind of money right now.  Do any of you recommend a hard copy book that would keep me updated???  Thank you for any suggestions.


A link to the incident you reference...
... but I don't know the answer to your question.

http://www.typetechtyping.com/article.htm

(The offshore MT threatened to put UCSF patient records on the internet if she didn't get paid, and she e-mailed them some reports to prove she had them.)
IMO a current PDR (Physicians Desk Reference), which runs about $200.00 (sm)
but WELL worth the expense.
How about an actual eye doc?
Once he or she gives a diagnosis, like diabetes, things will get moving in a hurry I'm sure!

Don't let him lose his vision to stubborness.
29 for me, which is better than my actual 47!
:)
Did you ever get one of those emails --

Did you ever get an email where it says to forward it to 5 people and watch the screen for something funny or cool?  I get these a lot and nothing ever happens on my screen when I forward them to the said number of people.  Is it just a scam to get you to forward it or is my computer blocking the image I'm supposed to see? 


I'm not talking about the emails where you forward it to 10 people in 10 minutes and wait for the phone ring. 


The reference to "lifestyle" isn't about couplehood and cooking dinner after work.
It's a reference to the perceived increased promiscuity rates among homosexuals as compared to heterosexuals.

Don't flame me for that - you asked, I answered.

Just because there is a perception doesn't make it true, but it also doesn't automatically make it false either.

Yes, there are straight players and swingers. But there is a widespread perception that gays are more likely to be players and swingers.
An actual suggestion
Have you tried looking up some of the Cheerleading competition sites??

Otherwise I would suggest renting a couple of movies Bring it on , Bring it on II and try watching some of the moves and have her put her own twist on them. It worked for my daughter when she tried for dance team.

If nothing else they are good to get you in the right frame of mind.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!
It is so necessary to montior their emails. sm
You did not say what age, but completely through high school. The internet is a dangerous place and they have no idea how dangerous. My daughter hate it, but I definitely monitored her access.
Hmm, you did not know these are actual sweaters??
nm
release of medical records

Wknds are the toughest at any hosp.     


Considering your FIL has had a stroke, who's his proxy?.... he can't sign for himself....Someone has to run down to medical records and sign a release for ALL the medical records pertaining to the dates in question......ER, HP, procedures, consults, progress notes,  labs, anything you can think of ...You are entitled to a free copy and it will be sent to your home address within a week.      


Docs at the new hosp may be able to access records over the internet as a course of professional courtesy.   Hope he recovers soon.              


Just saw show on this about getting jail records, etc.
This prosecutor said when accessing a file you have to put in login # and time and I would suppose identifying yourself before getting a record on a person's previous jail records.
the documentation only goes with her if she transfers her records (sm)
to her next doctor
Might be the case, but should you falsify your records
and then caught, what then? I would not want to chance that and besides, like I said before, physicians have ways of checking for things besides your telling them, for example you say you don’t smoke and then a test shows otherwise, you say no diabetes but then in eye check you have background retinopathy, no liquor intake- they can tell on that. All kinds of ways your body says things.
Question about med records, privacy, and the law...

Today there was a newspaper article by Leonard Pitts.  He wrote about celebrities and their right to privacy.  He specifically talked about Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer and how she knew that info was being leaked by someone in the hospital.  She proved it by withholding some info from all family and friends--that only she and her doctor knew--and the info still got to the gossip rags.  The hospital at first would not release the worker's name due to privacy policies.  Ironic, huh?  She apparently had easy access to the med record since there was a record of her looking at it more than anyone else did.  Eventually the worker was charged but died of cancer before being sentenced. 


Anyway, my question is this:  If an offshore MT did this, could s/he be charged as well, either in their country or ours?  Or would only the MTSO be in some trouble?  I heard an offshore MT a few years back who threatened to release info if she did not get, I believe, an increase in pay, but do not know what the outcome was. 


Birth records are public but are listed under
child's name - not parents - so not sure you could find out this way.
It's apparently one of *those* emails - it's not true...
http://www.snopes.com/critters/malice/elephant.asp

I check everything out on Snopes :)
If you knew what the emails said, you may think differently...

this has gone on for a few years now, either she wants to know me or not. One thing is for certain, she sure isn't getting all my information without giving something back. If she wants to meet face to face that's fine with me and if not, that's fine too. While I have curiosity, I don't spend my time wallowing in what could have, should have or would have been. That chapter of my life has been closed for many, many years and frankly the curiosity fades more and more with time.


Urban legend emails

What are your thoughts about forwarding/deleting good luck/bad luck emails (i.e. urban legend chain emails).  Example: I get an email from one of my friends.  Says to read the story then look at the photo.  The story goes on to say that the photo is of a young boy who asked his friend to take a picture of him at a certain spot, The young boy whose photo was being taken screamed and fainted and 2 days later died of a heart attack.  When the film was developed it showed this boy (actually looks like a teenager of Asian decent) and there stood a ghost next to him.  The email goes on about how some man received this email forwarded it to 13 friends and received all this good luck and stated another man just deleted it and his whole life was ruined. 


I'm thinking how gullible are these people.  Also I'm looking at the pic and the ghost is definitely from some horror movie I've seen before (maybe The Ring).  Can't quite place it but I know I've seen it somewhere before, which I think I've seen this boy before too in some other picture.  So I'm thinking how silly are these people (which by the way my freind sent to to exactly 13 people).  So I look up the place called Sundarbans and this is some urban legend.  If you put that name in Google up pops a picture of the boy and the so called ghost.


What I'm wondering is how many of you out there actually forward on emails like this believing that you just might have good luck (you know, things like win a bunch of money, get the raise you've been asking for or a promotion, they guy you've been wanting to date mysteriously calls you, or you are offered free chocolate the rest of your life)  HA HA, and how many of you just delete them.  I am one who deletes them, and it irritates me to no end that my friends go and include me in part of their montage of people they are emailing, so now all their friends have my email ID.  I guess I'm supposed to be obligated to send this email to 13 of my friends or else I become afflicted with some sort of bad luck.  What is even worse than this kind of email are the so called "religious - good luck emails (i.e. I'm sending you this Angel to watch over you, she was sent to me by my good friend and I usually don't forward these things but my friend wouldn't lie about where it came from and she received the promotion she had always been wanting, blah, blah, blah!


So just curious if any of you out there are as annoyed at these kind of emails than I am.  I know I could very nicely tell her to please not send me any more of these emails (which most of them I just delete anyway as soon as I see the word "Fw:" in the email address), but I don't want to hurt her feelings.  I don't believe in any of that stuff.  Maybe I will try searching for an article about urban legend emails and how if you just delete them nothing bad is going to happen.


On another note, I too have been caught up in the "send this email to all your friends and you will receive 12 days of good luck".  Can't tell you how many of those emails I have forwarded on in my time (mostly religious emails) and never once has any good luck been bestowed upon me because of it.  Who knows....maybe "The Big Man upstairs" (as my sister refers to him) gets annoyed that people are exploiting him like this.


so will there be an actual stimulus check?
and how long will the extra $13 be there?
Pugmom..the ED checks records and will know that you are not a frequent flyer....sm
And believe me, there are some that are there like every other day.

Something else you might want to do too( I have typed urology both adult and peds for 19 years now and have lots of hints LOL) is to walk as much as possible, drink LOTS of water, and perhaps cranberry juice. The walking is supposed to help the stone get moving, the liquids are to help flush it out once it starts moving. The cranberry juice should help with the start of an infection.

Some people though, never pass their stone(s) and have not one iota of pain and suffering once the initial diagnosis is made.

I am so glad to hear that you are doing better. Myself and others were worried for you. Glad you are back.
Chain emails! You know, the ones that say send this to 10 friends and...

something good will happen to you in the next 30 minutes.  I absolutely hate those!  No offense to those who happily forward them whenever you get them, they just clog up my inbox and annoy me to death.  I'd rather my friends just email me and let me know what's going on with them.  I don't need some teary inspirational story to forward to the people I care about so I can be blessed.


Work related peeves - doctors who practically whisper when they dictate!


Update for anyone who cares. due to the emails I've sm

received regarding "how I'm doing, etc." I thought I'd give a quick update. Thank you all so much for your kindness and caring for a total stranger and her family.It means so much to me that others are thinking of me.


I ended up going to an ER and they prescribed Cymbalta and Xanax. Didn't the Xanax filled. I have no intentions of zoning out on Xanax. All I need is to become addicted to something.


 


I am not too happy with the Cymbalta. We didn't even discuss Cymbalta. We discussed another med, but I can't think of which antidepressant it was, but it wasn't that. Was surprised when I got it filled what he prescribed.


In any event, I have good days and bad days. Got a 2 week work excuse which I haven't abided by yet, either. I feel work keeps me grounded. I may still use it. I do need to focus and deal with my grief. I haven't done that yet. Been too busy. I like busy. Busy doesn't hurt.


Love to everyone here. Love is all that matters now. Love is all we need.


I get emails like this all the time, but it doesn't mean it's true!
I checked snopes.com and they are "researching it" to find out if this email is even true. There are urban legends about this stuff all the time, but most of them turn out to be proven false.
What does a person have to do to see an actual DOCTOR these days?
Getting in to see my doctor is a nightmare. You really need to plan to be sick about 3 weeks in advance. I don't like seeing PAs and NPs for a couple of reasons. One is that I don't feel like I should have to pay the same copay for someone with less qualifications. The other is that I hate having to give my whole history from scratch every time I see someone and, in my area, PAs and NPs turn over like lovebugs.
Last night I was seen at the Walk-In Clinic near me (see not being able to get in to own doctor, above) as I was pretty sure I had an ear infection. I saw a MED STUDENT who did the whole exam, unsupervised, and was then handed a script for Zithromax by a PA. No doctor at all. ARGH! Now these people were very nice but, when I finally admit I'm sick enough to need a doctor, I want a DOCTOR. ARGH!

Thanks for listening to me rant. On with your normal programming.
Clinic MT

PS Bilateral ear infections, sinus and throat too. Maybe I won't wait quite so long the next time!
Where can I get that little banana that does all those weird dances for my emails. nm
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Yeah, but I don't think "the rod" has to be an actual weapon (sm)
I think it means to teach your kids the right way to behave - you are the parent, you be the boss, the teacher, the leader.
Give me a break. We are in medical records. I am not a trauma surgeon nor am I sm
an RN or even an LPN. I am on the administrative side for a reason. I originally went to college 3-1/2 years, to be a medical technologist (working in-house in a lab), and during those grueling 8:00 classes and labs all day, every day, I chose to get into the administrative part of medicine. So, you don't have to tell me about this being 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I know all about the 24-hour healthcare industry. I also did my intern at a 24-hour urgent care center, again, showing me that I DID NOT want to, nor could I, be available for someone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I know it is a privelege to work for him and I work Saturday AND Sunday. Tell me, as a manager, do you work every weekend?
I've heard in Calif they pull from both DMV and voting records
probably to widen the pool - so no help from me - sorry!
Do you mean the actual hours of school. or also time spent
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Thinking more of actual themed items, not sparkly in particular. Santa,
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Important to check source before posting/forwarding these types of emails and misinformation
Please, actually GO to www.snopes.com and read what they have to say about this negative e-email that has been circulating for months now. Right there at snopes, they debunk/clarify all of these mean-spirited accusations.

Specifically about it being factual and verified by snopes, it is NOT verified by them. Below I copied one paragraph from snopes.com but please go there read it in full so that you can hopefully choose not to pass on this Internet e-mail full of misinformation.

FROM snopes.com -
Variations: One version of the e-mail in circulation claims "We were told this was checked out on 'snopes.com'. It is factual. Check for yourself." and includes a link to this web site. It's our guess that whoever included that bit was counting on folks to not check, as our article says the opposite: that the polemic is not factual but rather is false.

Me again - Even if you do not care for Barack Obama, surely you do not wish to pass on lies or misinformation and engage in or extend the negative campaigning we all hope to NOT see much of... at least, I hope this is true, especially of people who talk about being Christian.

At least open your mind enough to read what Obama has to say about all of this misinformation. Between snopes.com and his own website, then make a decision whether or not to engage in actively passing on misinformation. Snopes is a great place to verify information that comes to all of us in these emails.

http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/11/12/obama_has_never_been_a_muslim_1.php
http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/11/12/obama_is_a_patriot.php

I sure hope all the good hearted folks on here won't flame me for encouraging us all to check things out before we post them or hit that FORWARD button.

Peace to ALL.

Daughter is only 3 and she calls me

Me:  Momma 


Dad:  Daddy. 


When she gets older I think she will probably call me mom.


I know when I was younger something that would really irritate my mom is when I called her "mother'. 


Do NOT take any calls when you are at work.
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Her BF is controlling? Yours calls and you hop in
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There has to be a reason for all these calls
I would think if the payments made on time, paid when they are due- what would a company call that often for? Do you have privy to that account to check it? Do you see the statements? First of all, they have laws about the calls all day long-you can put a stop to that. I have credit cards, my husband has credit cards- we never ever get any calls to ask us to pay in advance. I think something else is going on here.
Does anyone else keep getting phone calls
from 877 numbers and 800 numbers but no identifying info, the phone will say unlisted number, and other times the phone will say 000-000-0000 as the telephone number, and other times it will say private name, private number, and when you pick up nobody is there.

I've been getting these calls 4 or 5 times a day. I let it go through to answering service and nothing. Surely after 3 months of this they would get tired and stop calling.

I really have to figure out how to have these numbers blocked but in the meantime it drives me buggy.
annoying calls
I get them also, especially with all 000, very annoying.
put it to you this way--know a guy in is 40s who still calls it his bobo. NM
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I use only for emergency and quick calls. Pay $100 for yr.
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Nuisance 800 phone calls
Does anybody have ideas on how to stop unwanted phone calls?  There is an 866 number that calls literally a dozen times a day, obviously computer generated as I pick it up and no one is there.  It's incredibly annoying, not scary or anything.  Nobody ever leaves a message, and it has me running to look at the caller-ID an extra twelve or so times a day, just to see that it's them again.  Has anybody (or everybody) else had this problem, and how did you deal with it?  Thanks!
Husband gets mad and calls me a *itch....

We have been married for 10 years.  Lately when he gets mad I am reduced to being called a *itch.  When we don't make love, it is because I don't want him. Does not matter what I might do, not cook for him, not turn on the heater this morning when I am supposed to be working. 


I am an MT working at home.  I have to work a schedule, which I fail to do, so I have to be more stern about what I can and cannot do because I want my job.  Being called a *itch---what does that really mean.  I do not view myself as a *itch but then no one does.  I have read that it is a woman who is extremely disliked, spiteful, overbearing, and I am reduced to this name calling because it is something he wants to call me only because I did not do what he wanted and it made him mad. 


He says that he is not in the mental state he should be regarding me working as at home as it is --just not working--   Yes, for years it seems I always work as I try to be with the family and as a result I get behind and have to work every spare moment I get and even then do not make my commitment.  Okay, I do get fatigued, maybe depressed, but I love working at home and I know that I have to stick to my schedule.  maybe 70% of that is my fault but a lot is from him as well wanting me to do things for him that he can do for himself. like wash his clothes for work, sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't. 


Well the reason for all that is to ask.... does my husband really hate me so much to call me a *itch.  What really does he mean?  I am not overbearing.  I let him do whatever he wants.  He did not have to work for years.  Now he finally gets a job and he is all high and mighty about me and what I do and don't do.  He can improve on things just as much as I can.  does that mean you have to yell, scream, rant, and rave because he don't get his way. 


He says the way to a man's heart is his stomach.  Yeah, I have heard all that but does that mean you have to take it so literal.  If we don't make love, it is because I don't want him and then he throws a big hissy.  I am a man.  My testerone levels get too high!  he start punching the wall!  okay, maybe we don't have time, maybe I am trying to get caught up on work and trying to balance all things, cooking, cleaning, being with my 1 child and husband and work. 


Yes, I am reduced to yelling right back at him.  Everyday I think I am not going to yell, but I do anyway. 


Sorry, any advice.  I feel we havea  shallow relationship now.  He gets mad and then I am a *itch.  I try to get along with him and watch our shows together, then, later I get yelled at because I made time to watch TV.  We make love, I think we are getting closer, and something else sets him off.  I realize we have deep issues we have to work out, but I also think getting mad making the other person miserable is not the answer. 


What does he really mean when he says I am a *itch now.  helpless....


Thanks! My husband calls it porridge and
my 7-year-old LOVES it!!!
My son's kindergarten teacher calls him

that all the time.  How old is the child we are talking about and the sex of the child/teacher? 


There's just not enough information to give an opinion.


I just use the answer machine to screen calls - sm
if its a recorded call, it doesn't record. If it's a sales call, they rarely leave a message, and if they do, I erase it. If I need to be available to family members, I tell them to identify themselves in the message, and I'll pick up.