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Dont you think though as thing move in that direction which they already are in EMRs that little by

Posted By: MQ2 on 2005-09-09
In Reply to: ...not supposed to happen for a few decades, but those of us left - MTthink

little jobs will be lost and hospitals will take over more of their transcription work with VR and EMR. I would think that it will be that way.


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Waiting for QA to get back to you about 1 simple thing and not being able to move on.
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work and have many backups and no work. Same exact thing. Probably many more that dont come on here that are just as upset.
any opinion on working for VA hospitals....dont know a thing about them.
are they pretty much compared to any reg hosp? or is there something i should know?
DocShuttle and EMRs
I'm just trying to find out if anyone has used DocShuttle Word files to merge with clients EMRs?  If so, how does this work?  Who pays for the interface?  Who sets it up?  Thank you!
Get a grip - EMRs have nothing to do with
You are a perfect examply of why MTs are losing their jobs.  Ignorance in the MT field has become more and more widespread in this country WITHOUT leaving the United States. 
Questions about EMRs and transcription integration
Hi everyone! I am trying to understand EMR and where transcriptionists fit in, if at all. I see a lot of TASPs that claim they can be integrated with EMR systems. I have no idea what this means. I've even called them and they can't explain it to me. My impression is that EMRs work like big databases with fields that you fill in with information, but I've never actually seen one so I'm not sure. Do any transcriptionists work on an EMR-type systems or know anything about them?

Thanks for the info.
EMRs already in place and working well in larger institutions
The midsize MTSO I edit for uses an internet-based transcription system. Our programmers re-wrote some of our proprietary software so we could interface with one of our clients' (university hospital) EMR system. What it amounts to for us is that the dictator now dictates only the objective portion of the procedure/op note or followup note. The demographics, history, etc., are already in the record. In other words, what used to be a 150-line job is now less than 50.
Same thing with nationals. You work all the time to keep the account caught up when others dont work
and then when they decide to put a whole lot of extra people on your accounts and run you out they could care less about how much you worked.
Why dont you stop coming in and agitating everyone under all your different names. Dont you work.
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Dont you think MQ will just keep hiring new people who dont know they lost lines because they are

new. I betcha.


If you dont try to fill in blank or research, dont
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Well, that's a step in the right direction!!!
Level the playing field a bit!

Thx for sharing!

steering your son in the right direction
See, just the fact that the person interviewing him noticed and actually commented on his outfit says a lot. He has already made a good impression even before his first day. And, yes, orientation means that he definitely got the job! I remember I used to work at Kmart when I was 17 and I loved it. Not only can he just be satisfied with doing a good job, but they can give him better positions if he keeps making such a good impression. Standing out is what it takes and he has alraedy presented himself in a professional way. He will work hard there--take my word for it-- but he will also have a lot of fun. It has been almost 20 years since I worked there and I still see people that worked there then when I go in there. It is a good first job.
Well, at least you are headed in the right direction! sm

I have no clue what to even get started with. I had thought about accounting, but I'm really not all that great with numbers.  And to tell you the truth, it would be nice to have some sort of job where I can physically move around.  I think the sitting is really getting to me!  I swear I'm developing ADHD in my "old age".... ha!  Old at 39!  But regardless, I know I need to have some variety and movement in my job. 


I have considered becoming a P.A.  Would need to take some upgrading on my physics and again, math is a weak point and I would have to work extra hard on that point. 


Otherwise, I'm clueless for ideas.  I have horses and really love working with them, but it's pretty hard to make a decent living with horses.  I also enjoy horticulture, but I live on the prairies and horticulture is rarely do-able when it's blistering cold outside unless you've spent millions on indoor facilities!


Ideas?  Thoughts?   Help! 


wrong direction
If it takes you 3 hours to transcribe an hour of dictation & you want to make 30 an hour, you would charge $90 per hour of dictation.

Another way to look at it (but you have to be more familiar with your dictators to do it this way) is to figure a minute of dictation is roughly equal to 12 lines (this is where the familiarity comes in -- I've had dictators as slow as 8 lines a minute & as fast as 15). That's 720 lines per hour of audio dictation. If you figure 10 cpl, that's $72 per hour of audio.

At $10 per audio hour you'd be making less than 2 cents a line.
That's a good step in the right direction...
I have all girls, so for some reason they are not the least bit interested in video games, but they used to have their own TVs in their rooms and since we just moved this summer, I never hooked them back up.  They don't watch half as much TV, maybe only 30 to 60 min a day now, if that.  We all make mistakes.  But I do think these video games are bad for little kids.  Educational stuff maybe, but not the crud that's out there now.  Good job.
Can anyone point me in the general direction

of making templates? I have no idea what I am doing or where to start. I have looked in the archives, but keep finding posts related to jobs that pay for templates, etc. Thanks in advance


Also, is it possible to really use templates when doing a very large acute care hospital?


In school now. Unsure which direction to go but
degree in Health Information Administration with a master's in Health Care Administration. 
Not really. This is the direction of computers -see inside
When I had a Windows 95 computer WITHOUT any "security patches" or "updates" from the Microsoft Web site, I had a stand-alone box. That is, I never got any Spam, no popups, nothing.

I had this from 1998 to 2003. Then, in 2003 I decided to do the "security patches" etc. for Windows 95 that are availble on the Microsoft Web site. Then, I had popups up the wazoo, had to get spy ware, and it ruined my computer.

This is a topic on all the computer sites. IF you buy a NEW computer from let's say Compaq or H-P, those I know, it will come PRE-LOADED with a tremendous amount of stuff which is just basically advertising, basically just a way for the "advertisers" to access your machine. PRobably this is all the computer manufacturers.

THe short story on this is I think Microsoft thinks that's the way to go. THey built a software we have to buy and operate with, but it is really for the benefit of the people who want to sell us something. I miss my "black box" of Windows 95 without any upgrades. It was so much nicer. Just mine. But I too see SPAM with my name on it, not a common name. And they are obviously getting it off my computer name.

One more thing to thank Bill for.
They cant take direction, make same mistakes over.
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I now have trouble which direction sounds are coming from.
I can hear just fine, but I cannot distinguish where sounds are coming from. Drives me nuts when the phone rings and I can't find the darn thing!
I agree with this, but I trade off in the opposite direction. SM
Mine are more clear in my distance vision, and I put on reading glasses from time to time when I need them.  I only have to do this when the print is very small or when my eyes ore tired.  Otherwise, I also like my bifocal contacts.  My are made by AccuVue. 
Glad somebody got us going in the right direction! Signed and delivered! Thanks!...nm
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The way I understand it if you dont keep below 10 to 15% QA you dont get the bonus even if your QA
score remains above 98% so you see as the other poster said you are between a rock and a hard place and I expect this is MQ way of getting out of paying a bonus to people. I see it this way anyhow. I plan to continue to send unclear things to QA and that is the way it is. I expect depending on the new pay scale on top of this they will be losing a lot of MTs anyhow as they continue to miser everyone out of money.
Do you honestly think they do. I dont. I dont think some of them can even understand some of the

 reports they listen to quite frankly.


If you dont want to read a thread, then dont.
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E-mail me - I can steer you in the right direction to get your money back from Ms. Pineda.

BTDT.


 


No e-mail addresses posted, please.  Goldbird


Most Dr. dont care and dont know how they get
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Since dont know of any cars that dont use
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Can point in a direction but takes reading, re-reading sm

Goggle.com and enter various phrases to get articles and companies.  I use a free doanload of ExpressScribe, yep, it is free. They have a number of various software things on their site to read and perhaps one will fit. The express Scribe is a piece of sotware to download, it is very simple and I like simple. You can listen and transcribe various voice file formats. You can use a wav pedal one is called a serial pedall and I think it is 9 pin and plugs in the back of PC and also another pedal I think a 15 pin wav pedal and goes in the USB port in front.  However, you can also use it without a pedal and it works fine.  You use a couple of key to stop, pause, rewind, I forget the key.  There are a lot of pedals so don't just jump in.  On this site you may benefit from emailing the company after reading and rereading, even if you don't understand.  .


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Express scribe site above Copy and paste into address bar in your browser.


Need help can email darleneh1111@earthlink.net   


I dont know. I didnt care then and I dont care now.
Just me

if you live among trashy people, low income people, people w/o goals or direction,
content to just get by, you by default become a part of a group. "people" have decided to group trailer people as trash. that is because there are enough people in that group to earn the title and even if you aren't trash, you are categorized by others. did i think i was trash in lower class neighborhood surrounded by people who drank and fought all weekend? no but i knew i wasn't staying and did not try to pretend that all the fools in the neighborhood were just nice folks who ended up where they were because high horse snobs deemed their neighborhood low class. people for the most part live exactly where they belong because they don't want to educate themselves, they don't mind "trash" around them and they don't want to be bothered trying just a bit hard to extract themselves from that world. they justify everything to themselves i guess saying everyone who doesn't like their lifestyle is a snob and the comedians (Jeff Foxworthy/Chris Rock, etc) who make fun of them are just ill-informed.

As for me, I fought hard to get out and don't even want to look back. It amazes me people stay for generations.
I move around A LOT!!! - SM
I ALWAYS take pictures before AND after. When I lived in Florida, the apartment complex tried to charge me $700 to pay for cleaning. They said it was because I had pets and I left kitty litter behind, etc. I DID NOT HAVE A CAT!!! Do not just shake this off. They expect that people will not come back and make a fuss, well let me tell you - I WILL AND HAVE GOTTEN ON AN AIRPLANE to go back to a place that tries to charge me. I rest my case - thank you.
If you would like to move on to
a company that can give you plenty of work, your own accounts and not make your life a misery, please email me.  I have spoken with many MQ people recently and have work, but somehow it seems that many are afraid to leave.  I can pretty well guarantee you a good livelihood and little to no hassle .. and if it sounds to good to be true it is true .. plain and simple.
Move On
Same thing happened to the hospital I worked at. We were told we would be hired by the outsourcers at same pay! Ha!
I didn't transition but the ones who did report the pay was all changed once onboard. Plus the new benefits were horrible compared to what we were use to.

I chose to decline their offer, took unemployment and found a new job on my terms.

Good Luck!

PS: In my state, if you lose your job through no fault of you own (outsourcing) you are entitled to Unemployment Compensation.
If I could move, I probably would.
I'm not happy with the kids in my daughter's classes nor have I met many people that I would choose as my friends.  I have met a few good people though.  It's really hard though being young and single here, not to mention working at home, but I've made a few steps over the weekend to change that.  Small steps, but I already feel better. 
Can you move...
That would be helpful. There is no need to be hateful, tell people you are at work from this time until that time, and you cannot be disturbed unless it is an emergency. State the fact and then ask them to respect that! I know what you mean when you say people act like you aren't "really working!" It is annoying!
Me three! Let's move on!
nm
I can tell you that if you move to
Houston, CyFair district is excellent. Far Northwest Houston is really nice, as well as the Woodlands, but I prefer the CyFair district so moved out here instead of the Woodlands.

I personally like the city. My husband could live on a farm. This is a little bit of a compromise for both of us. Texas is gorgeous though. If it doesn't really matter where you live, I would consider the hill country.
Why not move??

you said you have no husband, no kids.....so, you are free as a bird!!!  You would be surprised at what can happen when you change your entire environment.


Good Luck!


I like to get up and move around.

So, two days a week I get to see the world!  HA!  I am a Mom of two.  I start working around 8:30 a.m. and take frequent breaks.  I love hitting the grocery store on a Tuesday mid morning with all of the Mom-Moms and Pops-Pops, and it sure beats the rush on the weekend around here anyway. 


I work for about an hour at a time and then break.  I cannot stay glued to the screen as it gives me a headache.  I am very successful and very productive (at least I like to think so).  I do have my own accounts to service, so it makes it hard for vacations, but we get by. 


I do work weekends, but not consistently.  Weekends are actually most productive for me since there's not a lot of running around and everyone is ready for couch-slouching by the weekend in my house other than the occasional running one of my kids to a friend's house. 


Oh and I should mention, I absolutely love the flexibility of being an IC.  I am my own boss and find it much easier when I need time off to just simply ask myself, "Self can I have a few hours off to go shopping!"  LOL


hey maybe we should all move to

the Pillafeens!  I mean Phillipines 


http://www.bayanihan.org/html/article.php/20071208151614780


 


There is a way to move them.
There is a way to move them with Word macros. Email me and I can email you macros and instructions.
You can also move SH this way

Go to Shorthand, File, Open; rt click on the dictionary and copy, then immediately rt cick on your desktop and paste; cancel the file in SH and minimize; on desktop, rt click and Send To Zipped/Compressed File; rt click and send to Email Recipient.


Let's move on to something else. :D nm
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This happened to me, and believe it or not, I had to move

Of course, I lived in a mobile home at the time, so it wasn't that bad, but really there was nothing else I could do.  I tried talking to them, being nice to them, yelling at them, nothing worked.  They would agree with whatever I said, then leave the dogs out, TIED UP, about 6 feet from my back door.  It was awful.  I used to go to work crying I was so tired.    I sympathize.


Time to move
I couldn't stand to be around such ignorant and thoughtless people who keep pit bulls anyway.
Colo move
Hi - I used to live in Colorado Springs, but my Mom and brother still live in Denver.  I can't even describe how beautiful it is there.  email me if you want. 
Time to move on.
I know that's probably easier said than done, considering all you have invested in them.  Do you really think you can trust this company, even if they were to deliver to you the account you were supposed to be on?  Unless you can truthfully answer that you can, I don't think it's worth it to you to stick around.  We teach people how to treat us by our own behavior.  Unless you take that sign that says "kick me" off, you'll keep getting kicked.  Make sense?  It certainly sounds like you can do so much better for yourself, and that any company would be lucky to have you.   Good luck. 
Move to Florida?
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Don't focus on them. Or if you do, move your
mouse up and down really, really fast to see if it gives you motion sickness. LOL