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I agree with part of your post, we do sm

Posted By: MT way too long on 2009-05-06
In Reply to: Two Thoughts - NightOwl

enable them by answering them. Yes we did ask coworkers to listen.

Here is where I differ....those of us (most of us) who work for MTSOs had to be at home and find our own words meaning we had to buy books (at that time) and search and search again. It is part of the job.

Nowadays there is the internet and different things and I think people are just getting lazy. I see some things on the Word board that are not because the MTs cannot understand it is because they don't have a clue as to what would be in a particular exam or review of systems etc. This is stuff that if they are going to school they should be learning.

The way I see it if an MT has to ask what DTRs are in a physical examination, they should NOT be working at home but should be in an office where they can be mentored.


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I agree with part of your post, we do sm
enable them by answering them. Yes we did ask coworkers to listen.

Here is where I differ....those of us (most of us) who work for MTSOs had to be at home and find our own words meaning we had to buy books (at that time) and search and search again. It is part of the job.

Nowadays there is the internet and different things and I think people are just getting lazy. I see some things on the Word board that are not because the MTs cannot understand it is because they don't have a clue as to what would be in a particular exam or review of systems etc. This is stuff that if they are going to school they should be learning.

The way I see it if an MT has to ask what DTRs are in a physical examination, they should NOT be working at home but should be in an office where they can be mentored.
What part of my post
indicated that I was mad or angry about something?
the latter part of your post
sounds like the description of transcription!  BTW, there is a coding office down the street from me that I am thinking of stopping by and checking out and see if my transcription experience would help me land a job even if just part time.  I know of a girl that use to work there that was not certified coder, but had radiology tech experience which I know could be more qualified than me, but it sure does not hurt to find out :)
Yes, we are all human BUT my post isn't going to part...
of a medical record. 
Did you read my post, the part about
dont give a rats behind, make what I want part-time over 1000 every 2 weeks and enough for me at my age. I am wayyyyyyyyyyy past working all those ungodly hours to make a living, I can live on lots less than most.
While I agree that it is part of the job, it
shouldn't have to be. Doctors, whether ESL or not, should have enough respect for the person transcribing their work to try to speak intelligibly. Besides, they should have enough respect for their patients to want the medical records to be correct. They are not running a race, for pete's sake. Last account I had, they don't work on production, so why the rush? I can assure you, if we typed as carelessly as a lot of doctors dictate, we would no longer have a job.
Agree in part, but again not about production. sm

Its the sentence, "proves that they can produce more than the vets." Its not about production, its about knowledge.  Now your statement here, "I was considered good enough to get the brand new doc that was extraordinarily picky with his documents, and I was given the two PAs that no one else wanted to touch." That's what should be rewarded and good for you!  IMHO that's what being a good MT is all about.


I can understand where you're coming from. When I was a newbie myself back in the 70s, I was complimented by the docs and got to do the hard dictators. I wasn't fast though.  Of course, back then production wasn't really a consideration, we got raises on our quality. 


I'm sure you can produce circles around me, my thumb is numb as we speak, but, no offense, you don't have my knowledge.  In the production-driven industry MT is now, your high production is rewarded, my knowledge is not. That is my experience which is probably hard to grasp for today's MTs like yourself, having been brought up in the production-crazed MT world of today.  Be that it may, I'm proud of my knowledge and sick to my stomach that soon all of it will only be worth minimum wage as I get to do VR for 3.5 cpl.


my apologies...I agree with you on THAT part about cherrypicking...
had that happen first-hand my first year of transcription...supervisor took all normals, easy dictators, etc., all to score points with the Medical Director - constantly making everyone think she was some kind of wizard on the keyboard (haha, it is funny now, but all of us in the office knew exactly what she was doing...)
I do agree with the boring part, but I handle it like I do
Drink beer and eat chocolate!!

I'm joking, of course...

The only thing that keeps me MTing is the money (I'm in that 4 to 5K/month bracket), the convenience, and the fact that I don't think I could ever work with people again after being at home for so long (a conference call with other MTs a couple weeks ago sealed that one for me!).

I am not complaining. MTing has been VERY good to me (not a gift, though... I work hard and have good work ethics), but as far as being rewarding as a work experience only, it's really not for me personally.

...BUT I do like being able to afford my beer and chocolate!! ;-)
I agree with the last part of your last sentence in your comment...
'if you think it, might as well say it.'

It might alienate us from certain people, but if we don't, we are all hypocrites.

It is called 'Say the truth'.
It is better than to seem to be 'diplomatic', when it is mostly being 'hypocritical'.
I agree 100%, just wanted to stress the "be cautious" part! Blessings!

And please keep us posted.  Will be worried about you, but also eager to hear the good news!


I agree; thanks for the post.
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I agree with your post
I work for a national company other than Medquist or some of the others posted on the board and they treat me like gold and pay me just as if I was. When I first started out as an MT, I did not make much either as it takes a little time to learn dictators. I think people think that MTing is something you can just go to school for 1-2 years and come out making 40K plus a year. If that were true, instead of hearing about a supposed shortage of MTs, there would probably be more MTs than needed. I would get your old job back, but in the interim keep with what you are doing in MT on a part-time basis. Believe me, experience does pay off:)
thanks for the post - I agree with you...
and to think, I actually wanted to pursue RHIT years ago.

actually, one of the reasons that turned me off was the attitude I used to sense from many of them. great ladies, socially and on a personal level, but always the tension, just as you described, between the MT.

many times I saw resentment towards MTs because we are not (now, this is NOT ME saying this) well, college-educated. RHIT is 4 years, right, and at least 2 for ART, and for us it was not necessary.

I totally agree about the QA as well...in the past I have come across that many times...where, rather than black and white, cut and dry, clear-cut specifications (as I do have now) there was only attitude and pay based many times on a person's mood. very bizarre...

thanks again for the post!
I'm going to agree with that post -
That's exactly what I would do, at the end of the letter. Looks good to me. Good luck.
I agree with your post...

I am one of those who was faced with the horrible decision to terminate my 3rd pregnancy due to the baby being severely deformed with spina bifida and much, much more.  It was the absolute worst experience I have ever had in my life, my whole family was affected by what we went through. It was 10 years ago when I had to terminate my pregnancy and I had to go through labor and give birth to my stillborn baby boy...I was almost 6 months pregnant...My parents had pictures taken of him and I still haven't the strength to look at them, but they say he looks just like my oldest when he was a newborn. We had his remains cremated and have them in a small urn with his name and birth/death date engraved on it. He's our angel in Heaven now!


However, it is not up to us to judge a person's actions regardless of how we feel about it. I agree, say a prayer for the mother, doctor, and baby and consider what the mother may really be feeling when she has to go through something like this...


I do not agree with post who says 12 cpl...

I cannot say what a newbie should make today but 12 cpl is what many ICs are charging and most ICs have decades of experience. 


jes' sayin....


Good luck to the OP!!!  28 years ago, they were paying 5 and 6 CPL in the SE and today they start MTs at around 7.5-8 CPL in the same area working for a national that is.  *S*


 


I agree with every post here
It is all so sad, but true!  I used to work in-house and wanted to get away from the politics and back stabbers, now work from home.  Thinking of also getting out and into a different field.  You are married to your job when you are at home, no life.  Sif and type and type Monday through Friday and then always asking for more because this account or that account behind and then can you work the weekends.  Enough is enough.  Not being nice anymore.  Used to be a sweetheart and try to help out, did not get me anywhere, no incentive to work extra or work the weekends.  What is the use?  Pay is lousy anymore and for some that have been in this business for years, well we can see the writing on the walls.  Experience should count for something, obviously not.  Pay seems to be going backward.  Someone is making a killing and it is not us!  I used to love what I do.  Changing my tune lately though.
I agree with this post (sm)
The closest I've had was foot surgery, and by following instructions to the letter, I have had excellent results. Okay, I did go back to work (at home) after only 1 day off after surgery, but I kept that foot elevated 24 hours a day with just trips to the microwave, just as ordered. It would be a shame to go through the surgery and not have it heal right because you didn't follow instructions. And I purposely did that surgery while I was young so I'd have fewer problems (knew I would have to have it eventually), and it was still tough on my back to work and take the sit-down showers I insisted on taking.
I agree with this post.

They are just MTs who either have a bit of experience, or are elected to do this job because they have volunteered to do so. 


Quite frankly, QA wouldn't have a job if there were no blanks for them.  So, they should be happy someone is sending something their way. 


QA is just highly over rated.  They are no better than the MT. 


I'd also like to see (which I know when I get no feedback) how many of the QA people I have worked with really get the blank.  I work on an account who is a garbler, and I know when the e-mail never comes that QA couldn't figure it out either.  Why I add this you all ask?  Because we are all human. 


I also get annoyed when a QA person comes on this board and claims that an MT has not tried.  Hello?  Most companies take money away from MTs due to blanks, so why would an MT continue to leave blanks on purpose?  JMO.


I agree with this post...
tax person/accountant that has experience with small business than he/she can guide you on how to take care of your expenses.  A simple trip to the bank to cash a check paid to you is a write-off.  When you drive to your tax appointment or need to see your accountant, the mileage is a write-off.  Look into doing this, and even the charge for this by your accountant is a write-off.  So you see, it is worth the trouble of finding a good tax person. 
Agree with post below, Dr. can set the TAT - sm
they say they want the work back by noon the next day, or whenever; you just need to meet TAT. They could care less if you work from 9-12 or 4-7 in order to get it done, as long as it is in by the deadline. All my accounts are 24-hour TAT, so they dictate it at 10 a.m. I have until 10 a.m. the next day to get it back to them. I could do the work at 7 a.m. and still meet TAT, they could care less.
Agree with above post
I started with my company on a different schedule but then once i got into it decided a split shift would be more to my liking.  I sat down and came up with what I thought would be an ideal schedule for me then called the scheduling manager at my company and we negotiated from there as it pertained to my account and its' needs.  I ended up only having to compromise on 1 day but got the rest of what I wanted
I agree with this post above.

I agree with about 100% of your post....
The continuous contributions even for an employee you BARELY know, the office politics, having to commute in various types of weather from extreme cold to extreme heat, "brown-bagging" a lunch every day, and all of the other rituals associated with working in-house make it quite preferable for me to work at home. Plus the added bonus of having my little chihuahua curled up on my lap while I work and being able to smell the wonderful dinner my boyfriend is cooking...

Some things you just can't put a 'value' on.
I agree somewhat with your post..sm
But I doubt your statement that students have called you and admitted that they could not transcribe the final examination? That's weird.

Bottom line, we both agree that hundreds of MT schools are to be blamed for this situation by luring people into their insufficient training programs by false pretenses.

I stated already in another post that VR and EMR will clean this up.
Oh I so agree with your post!....nm
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Agree, good post!

Good post. I agree.
I didn't care for his last sentence tho!
GREAT POST and I agree.....nm
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I do not agree w/your post.....sounds....sm

Hypochondriacs can be huge manipulators, sympathy seeking, game-playing people.  I wouldn't waste one minute of my time or even a breath until your neighbor GETS HERSELF TOGETHER - it's NOT your responsibility......and she probably had these problems before she became your neighbor or you became her neighbor....some people are just comfortable in their negativity.  If she has this history, I wouldn't go near her with a 10-foot pole unless she apologizes for her bogusness and means it......


I have little tolerance for game-players in the life......


I agree. Good post. sm
"I do not understand how medical documentation ever transpired into a production-oriented job. Production WILL have priority over quality when it comes to a paycheck. Why bother looking up terms in reference books or on the internet? That takes a lot of time and can affect an MT's paycheck. "

I agree 100%. Though I remember back in the olden days when I worked in the hospital, some people would work and others would socialize and not work. Maybe this is a backlash of that. But mostly I just think its corporate greed.

I like your post and totally agree
My wanting to do my job, make the money I want and my loving to work at home now (althought plenty of years in work force before allowed to work out of my home) gives me the get up and go that I want and need to work like I do. I am amazed at the people who take care of everything else around them and then wonder why they are not grounded, able to focus, making a decent salary and the list goes on. I could care less about outside interference- does not bother me and never has. I am much more grounded, I guess, than lot of these posts.
Good post. I agree with you.
I think someone mentioned once about the garment industry workers, when they started rising up in the 70's (remember "look for the union label"?), some people thought it was much ado about nothing, others ignored it, but people did not change their spending habits. And now if you want US-made clothes you are in for a real challenge finding them. The winds of change...and it ain't good.
Agree, but then there are some peole who only post
and I could certainly do without those. Hopefully they've all left with the previous owner, but from the looks of things in posts above it seems we still have at least some of them still here. :(
Absolutely agree 100% with your post!
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Great post and I agree with everything you said.
I make above 75K a year for the same reasons. If you are highly motivated and work into a good focused schedule I know it can be done, improving your production and your paychecks.

You don't have to sacrifice your life either. I work less than 40 hours a week, but those hours are spent on focused WORK.
I totally agree with your post...

It takes someone with terrific grammar skills, and even those of us who have been around a while still take an initial period of growing pains when put on a new account, new platform, etc.  So, I say dive right in.  What has this OP got to lose?  Nothing. 


I would again as above recommend just sending those resumes with a cover letter that is personal to that particular advertisement. 


The rate of pay has gone down, but the technology has come such a long way that I find myself making more money now than I ever have and I've been doing this for 20+ years.  It is a very good field for me, and I am happy with the part I play in today's healthcare.  I feel accomplished at the end of the day.  I really do. 


I agree, thanks for your nice post...n/m
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I totally agree with your observations and post...sm
Did anyone else see the movie "Wag the Dog?" If so, you will share my strong doubt about the validity of a lot of the information coming from the Bush Administration in general. I'd also like to know what happened to bin Laden after that conveniently-aired video the week before elections wherein he threatened the safety of every state who voted for him. Not that I want any more attacks, but it does seem "strange" that nothing ever materialized from that, don't you?!!!!!
That was a good post! Totally agree.
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BEST POST ON THIS TOPIC. I agree wholeheartedly. nm
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I agree with many of the points he makes. Why post this here? nm
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agree- hope the OP reads your post
Sisters may be reaching out in a friendly way and to rebuff that would be sad. Even though forwards are irritating, I think most people agree, some are informative and some are good for a smile anyway
totally agree with this post by noyb
very well put - a voice of reason !! :)
I agree. I think we all wish she'd just post her house pictures and get it over with!
  
Excellent post. I totally agree.
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Bravo! Good post. I totally agree. sm

I too have been in this business for a long time (almost 20 years).  I also have a good friend who is an RN who will ask me questions about certain things that she hasn't read up on because it is not in her field of "expertise". 


If someone I know says something like, "I have this pain that won't go away. . ..", I say, "you need to make an appointment with your doctor.  If someone says the doc put them on a drug and can't pronounce the name, I can give them the correct way to say it.


But in my experience, I can tell (in my areas of expertise) when something is wrong.  I would never say, "I think he has this or that."  I would say, "I really don't like the looks of that and it might need to be looked at by the doctor. Even if I do know from experience what it may be. 


In the case of an NP ignoring the MT's concerns, I find that disturbing.  That seems to say that personal objections are getting in the way, which should never happen in the medical field, regardless of what level you are at, if there is even what may apper to be a valid concern.


 


The easy part is making the decision to leave, the hard part is
actually doing it.  Been in your shoes and it took me a year and a half to leave after I had made the decision to do so.  It was the best thing I have ever done for myself and my girls.  I had family and friends and a counselor telling me what needed to be done and I knew what needed to be done but until I had the courage on my own to do it I stayed.  One day, we had an argument and he spit in my face and that was the last straw for me.  Even though it is something that I will NEVER forget, that day is also a day I will never forget because it is the day that I took my kids and left.  I am a single mom of 2 and have been single and supporting us for 5 years now.  I have been healing ever since and still am to this day.  You can do this.  I know that if I hadn't have left and I would have stayed one of us would be dead by now or both. 
Oh, I totally agree, but go up to the "Good Morning" post. I'd rather have your input.
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Didn't see your post but apparently we agree it is a good site! lol
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