Assigning the dictations............sm

• Cherry picking, what would you do? - allbright
  • I worked for a hospital like this - Employee
    • yuppers -- and that she'd talked to the person and would do so again (sm) - susan s.
  • I would say something.... sm - Barlyston
    • cherry - sw
  • unless... - sw
  • cherrypicking - sw
  • I hate that - Horski
  • Well after I posted this... - allbright
    • I notice today, the same thing is happening - Christina RTMT
      • I could have written this! .. SM - sm
        • Assigning the dictations............sm - sw
          • crappy work - Eileen S.
          • Depending on your company...sm - sm
            • assigning work - Eileen S.
              • Same here..new manager this past month - Christina RTMT
    • maybe, maybe not... - catz
    • Oops - Horski

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My office assigns work to me, and in DocQScribe, they come up with a little "R" next to the job number for "routed".  Periodically, they are nasty and were obviously attempted and jettisoned by someone else.  More often, however, they are a bank of reports for a particular dictator, who I suspect has gone through the channels and whined and wants all their reports NOW.

The pros of this situation:

One dictator for 10 reports means I can fly through because they're probably saying the same things over and over.  Or at least I can get used to their style and plug away.

Sometimes the group I'm routed is awesome: seven podiatry surgeries or consults in a row.

I like to think that things are routed to me because my office knows I will sit still and type until every one of them is done.  I'd like to think they can count on my accurancy and efficiency.

I take it as a compliment.  Maybe it's intended that way for you too, even when it sucks rocks.  My partner gets nasty, nasty dictators routed to her sometimes because she's one of the few people who can do them and refrains from whining.  Building goodwill with your MTSO pays off in odd little ways in the long run.  And again, while it sucks for you, it might your strong work ethic and accuracy that leads your supervisor to believe you are the one for these jobs.  Take heart!

Re:  Stat dictations.  Does anyone out there charge extra for STAT dictations that come in during the day so that we have to put aside what we are working on and type a STAT letter/document and send in?  This sort of thing can keep one behind in Turn Around Time if it happens on a regular basis.  If anyone charges extra for STAT dictations coming in, what would be a good fee to charge for these besides the line count?

Ginny

If you key in alt-ctrl-Z while the first one is loading, it will prevent the other two from downloading from the queue.  When you are ready to submit and do another file, you will need to key in that sequence again to allow the next one to come in.

Anyone know where I can find a few sample dictations, like WAV files, on the internet, along with the completed typed reports.  Need to test job applicants.  Happy Holidays!

I thought after seeing on television so much could get away from this but just had a dictator say, "drowsy and unable to, you know, respond to questions appropriately."

I thought the you know, you know, you know would not come through on here.

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I know there are some who are really great and are careful or even just considerate.  But I think for the most part they just think it's a pain to do and want to rush through it and get it done... let the lowly MT deal with whatever garbage comes out the other end.  Maybe I'm a bit bitter, but at this point that's how it feels.

Disclaimer: No need to critique spelling, grammar, or punctuation within my posting... this isn't work, it's a message board.

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