I imagine it was equally irritating for the patient. nmx
Posted By: R on 2008-01-18
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and imagine being his patient trying to figure out what he's saying !
Imagine if every patient in the country
If patients put as much pressure on medical facilities NOT to offshore their information, as when they do regarding other things these facilities do that are not in their patients' best interests, someday they would all have to sit up and listen.
Even if you didn't have the wherewithall to physically CHANGE DOCTORS, making it understood repeatedly that you will NOT BE AMUSED if you find your records have been offshored (insinuting ever so gently about the possibility of legal action), that could be just as effective. Those guys are all scared-to-death of being sued.
Both are equally as lovely--sm
but to me, a 10 hour trip anywhere to see the mountains is always worth it! Go. you will not regret it.
I like typing/QA equally SM
I just happen to have a QA position right now, but if I get bored, I'll go back to typing. I do have to say that production requirements in both positions have never been an issue with me, so that's probably why I don't have a strong preference for either job.
One thing about QA that you need to know is that we have jobs that contain a lot of blanks. We still have to complete a specific number of jobs per day, so if you happen to have a day where all the jobs that come to you are full of them they don't take that into account-you still have to meet the number of jobs they expect.
Adaware is equally as good and there too..nm
Not all jobs are created equally either.
I won't work for the big nationals. They always wind up sticking me on ESL and difficult specialties that "nobody else can do," bouncing from account to account for coverage, several pools of hundreds of dictators, can't use your Expander much because you never hear the same dictator twice, every work type, look up addresses and patient demos. It's all about what *I* can do for them, not what *I* need to earn to support my family. Forget that! Why should I work harder for a cut in pay?
irritating
Yes, been throught it several times. I just ignore them - they will stop calling you, but it takes awhile. Since you did answer them once, that just encourages them to call back.
They are probably trying to sell you something - the reaon no one answered when you picked up that time is because they have those calls on a delay - the computer dials it and will hang up if it gets voice mail or an answering machine, but if they get a human voice, the computer goes on hold and it can take a few seconds or longer for a human to get on.
I don't answer any calls that come from "private line." If they don't want to identify themselves, I don't need to talk to them.
Those are irritating and
how about when the poor doc is trying to dictate and there is loud noise in the background almost overriding his/her voice? Like laughing, chatting, etc. I go bonkers with that and don't know how the dictator can concentrate. Is there no other phone to use?? Or maybe...hello...a little common courtesy from bystanders?
I know what you mean, but it's now really irritating... SM
to have to type out a complete word or phrase. So, no, I have no classes of words found in a medical report that I don't make abbreviations for.
Instead, I long ago decided to develop more patterns and switch to using longer abbreviations so that literally millions of more abbreviations would be possible.
Like you, I've always varied from my abbreviation rules when it feels right, but I do it less now with over 50K abbreviations in storage. In fact, I've converted many of my old standards to longer rule-dictated forms as that's just started working better for me, i.e., engage finger memory, disengage thought.
Regarding groups of words, I use symbol keys before and after abbreviations to set up abbreviation "groups." Like a / indicates a capped form, including city and hospital names. Physician names are a / followed by a letter indicating the account (so I can delete them all if I don't work on it any more), followed by first four of surname, then only if needed first 1 of first name. Sounds long, but the right name and title pop up every time per rule.
For others trying to decide how to develop more expansions: for me umbilical hernia is a simple umbhe, umbilical herniation umbhj. Longer than my old umh, but still far shorter than typing dozens of them out, and I get to have every type of hernia there is abbreviated, plus all the other terms that would be vying for the same shorter forms.
As many as possible of the words between the medical terms are abbreviated, like she, could, not, remember, whether, she, took, her, medicine, as, scheduled, or, not: k cdn (or kcdn) reb whr k tok u mec as skd (or askd) o nt.
The patient continues to is tpcust and continued to is tpcudt, but the patient continued feeling is tpcdfg and the patient continued feeling short of breath is tpcdfsob. The patient continued short of breath is tpcdsob. She continued to be short of breath is kcdtbsob. And on and on and on.
The longer the phrase the fewer "extra" letters are usually needed--most complete sentences are their first letters only. It not only works, it works very well and takes a surprisingly short time to learn to knock the strings of letters out without thinking.
irritating
Fast talkers, low talkers - even worse when they do both. Docs who clear their nose or throat, mumblers, eating while recording, cell phone/pager right next to recorder that practically blows my ears out, and docs who jump all over the place and change their sentences around so I have to decide if it is a new sentence or if I need to delete what I already typed and end up typing twice as many words but only getting paid for half of them.
I recently had one doctor who was wonderful with her dictation and at the end she told me to have a great weekend! Too bad I've never had any reports from her again. Lately they just stick me with the kinds of docs in the first paragraph.
PS - it was equally terrible for this other lady to contact the doctors. SM
Very unbusinesslike - and what you could ~possibly~ make up in quick money somehow, you'd lose in credibility.
MTSOs have LONG memories. Stories circulate whether you want them to or not - as an example, this story is on the internet for all eyes to see.
You're better off just to suck it up and go on, be wiser for next time, both in prioritizing your time and in being businesslike. Sorry for what happened to you. I know it hurts.
It's irritating, but the new thing seems to be . . . sm
that 3 missed appointments without 24 hour notice qualifies for termination of services. It's ridiculous, but it's the norm.
My daughter struggled to get twin babies to the pediatrician on time, was 10 minutes late twice, and called 3 hours before an appointment when they both woke up sick one time. She was "booted" from the practice for "failure to establish a doctor patient relationship."
Funny thing was, she never even met the doctor. The doctor was always either out on an emergency or running late. The babies were never seen by anyone besides the PA. My daughter was intimidated into basically, "They see the PA or they won't be seen type of deal."
My son was "booted" by his PCP because his account had an outstanding balance of $36.00. I explained to them that my husband had recently lost his job. They gave me 3 weeks and then booted him. (After insurance paid huge amounts of money for our son and the rest of us, who were not booted because we didn't have a balance).
It's all about money lately for the most part. I don't believe that the doctor feels he could make more money off a different patient, it's just that if there is not enough time to book another patient, the docs won't have enough to buy a new tire for their Mercedes.
This is so daggone irritating!! I have been
receiving phone calls from unknown name and number for about two weeks now. They were calling three times a day (tid-lol). I finally answered hoping to let them know that it was NOT appreciated the amount of calls I was receiving. No one responded to my hello. I then told them not to call again. They did. Now the calls are up to 4-5 times a day. I have contacted my phone company about finding out who this moron is, but have not heard yet. Has anyone gone through this and, if so, what did you do that got results? TIA.
Has anyone else dealt with this? Maybe I'm wrong but it is irritating.
I'm tired of suddenly getting email messages from people I email all the time announcing that they have a new process for ME to go through so that I can be "approved" to send email messages to them.
I got this notification after sending an email to a short list of friends and relatives. It wanted me to verify who I was and why I was sending mail to them and verify the numbers I was seeing on the screen and verify my name and my email address.
Maybe it seems trivial but I think it is ridiculous. What's next? Will we have to get "approval" to send something in the mail?
I understand blocking spam but really now, these people know who I am. I maintain MY list of people, why can't they?
Thx for listening!
most irritating word in the world-
bling-bling-- If I hear some young punk say the word bling again I am going to bling him right out of this world
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Well your statement sounds equally closed-minded to the one you're arguing with
Where one person prefers to live and why is their own business and no reason to diss someone else's personal choice.
Also irritating illegal alien ESLs that steal US
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hey... irritating maybe, but this is the PRICE for keeping American jobs
why are we whining about this? We keep talking about our jobs being outsourced, well guess what... this is the same thing. We have to pay a higher price to speak to an American. That sucks and sounds ridiculous but the fact remains American workers demand more money, just as we as MT's do over people in India. I don't have a problem with it, maybe cause I see it from their side. I for one cant STAND talking to people from another country and honestly NEVER get the problem fixed with them. It sucks to pay more, but it is worth it, for them and for us.
Putting patient versus The patient (sm)
When did this "rule" come about? I've been an MT/Editor/medeical records tech/ART for 30 years - Never, ever was I told to put that. You cannot make the sentence be "The patient sent to Radiology" but you can put "Patient sent to Radiology."
Thats just insane.
Imagine that!!
My DH just got a promotion at work. It is a pretty big promotion. He sat down and talked to me and told me how happy he is to have me at home working, because he feels he is where he is because I pick up so much of the slack with the kids, etc. and he gets to focus on his career. For a while I was considering getting out of the business (major burnout), but now I'm here to stay!!! He told me now that he is making more, not to worry about working so hard -- take some more time off for myself!!! Am I lucky or what!!!!
Imagine that.....
You are blessed with a great fella! And, indeed, you are a lucky lady. Something tells me that you deserve this, however. :) Enjoy!
Imagine this...
You are in charge of let's say 50 MTs... and they all want to chit chat. I don't think that would make a very productive supervisor.
Does it bother you when you are working and someone, either in your home on on the phone, wants to chit chat?
With all the changes and consolidating offices, I'm sure the supervisors have more than their share of stressors. Just look at the supervisor turnovers we all speak of. They need to do their jobs as efficiently as possible and being chummy with MTs is counterproductive to that end.
I'm not saying they should shrug off any pertinent MT problem that has to do with work by any means, but if work-related conversation evolves into anything else, I can see why the supervisor would want to get off the phone.
I've had about 4 supervisors since being with MQ, 3 within the last 6 months, and I correspond by email mainly. I find that much more efficient, but when I return their calls, they are very helpful and nice. I am a talker so I avoid the phone at all costs because that would totally take away from work time or fun time ;-)
And I'm just wondering... what kind of favors?
I can't imagine
They generally schedule 1 patient every 15 minutes to make up for those who don't show. With outsourcing they still have to dictate so I don't see how that would let them see more.
I can't imagine...sm
My highest day ever was 2600 lines and I couldn't sleep that night, my hands were so painful. I rarely do more than 2100 lines in a day because my hands just can't handle more than that.
I do yoga and work out by walking three miles daily, and if it weren't for that, I don't think I could do this for a living because its murder on the hands. And I'm only 42 years old.
I dont know how you do it. Kudos to you!
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Yes, it is, but I imagine you could
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Can you imagine?
Can you imagine Taylor's reaction if (when, fingers crossed) he wins? He seems to appreciate everything so much. Vote, vote, vote!!!!
I cannot imagine
I cannot imagine my reports still having to be checked after two months, I have never gone more than two DAYS before being released from QA. Are you SURE you are not making legit errors? If you truly believe that your reports are 100% accurate, then I agree with the previous poster - you need to look elsewhere for employment.
Imagine that....
Someone has a job that consists of constanly making changes. I guess that requires a Master of Arts in Changology degree.
I would imagine she would like to
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I would imagine most do...
If they require you to do these during your normal work hours so you are losing money to attend the training/conference, etc. Heck even if you do it outside of work hours, you are giving up your free time to do it and thus should be paid IMO.
I was curious to see if most of the companies do pay, as mine doesn't and it really steams me.
I just imagine myself as a bag lady nm.
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Just imagine-- no worries
I would love to wake up every morning and have no worries about gas prices going up even higher, whether or not I can afford my utility bill, whether or not I as a single woman will be able to find someone to help me with heavy work and things I can't do by myself, etc. No matter what state of chaos the world is in, they just go on about their daily routine, just like they always have. They also help each other-- what a novel idea. Their lifestyle is sounding better all the time-- a big plus for me is that I already have a horse.
Same here!! They get so nutz on here. Could you imagine
what it would like to put all these same women in the same room? It could go one of 2 ways..sweet as pie to one another OR .......AAAH!! Oops i think i splt thgs rihgt up three!! LOL
I just can't imagine what these people are going through.
I watched a CNN clip on the net this morning and can't stop crying. I'm going to try to pull it together and work a bit extra today so that I can have extra $$ to send to the Red Cross and I'm going to pray a lot.
Very original!! Can only imagine what it would be
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Absolutely - I can't imagine doing anything (sm)
else (despite all it's faults).
Imagine. And I really liked your posts.
Sorry to see you go. I must admit I was shocked at some of the stuff that was thrown at you in this female dominated environment.
So sorry to hear about your uncle. I'm very close to my uncles (my mom's brother and brother-in-law). Just lost my mom in April. It's been really rough on all of us.
I actually heard Ringo across the airwaves in our teeny tiny local supermarket today. I'm pushing my cart and singing, "Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, let me help. . . ." :)
I asked the fresh faced clerk if she knew who it was singing and she rolled her eyes and said, "I have no idea." 
I did tell her that it was Ringo Starr, one of the last 2 remaining Beatles and though she obviously was not the least bit interested, the woman behind me said, "You got that right! These kids need to take music appreciation classes."
God we're getting old. :)
For what it is worth, we have 2-year-old twin granddaughters and their favorite song is "Love Me Do."
My husband and I married with matching Lennon rings engraved with "Imagine" and he does the candle thing every year on the anniversary of John's death. This year was hard, marking #25.
All John was saying, was give peace a chance.
Too bad about the people on this board that will never see beyond the scope of their own insecurities.
Godspeed RadGuy.
Peace! 
I can't imagine why my note
has all of these hits, especially since it wasn't a general question and had nothing to do with transcription. Must have been a slow work day :)
I couldn't imagine.....
...holding the baby while typing. I have 15-month-old twins and THANKFULLY neither gave me that problem. I think if they had I probably would have tried every different toy bar for the bouncy seat or swing until something worked. Something comfy for her to lay against maybe. If nothing works and you can't manage typing and holding her then adjusting your schedule for when your husband is there would be my only thought. Good luck. Mine are giving me CLIMBING issues at the moment, oh brother!!!!!
No, it doesn't pay better, but I imagine they take the job...
as an MT while looking for a position somewhere as a doctor. There are a lot of doctors and not enough open jobs for everyone there. It's hard to find a good job there, because you'll probably have thousands competing against you, but MT jobs seem to be in high demand now so they're easier to get, especially if you're already trained in the medical field.
I've never been myself, but I can imagine it's
gorgeous by what I've seen in pictures and stuff. I would love to visit one day. Have you spoken with her? From what I could tell just on TV, they both seemed to have loved each other so much. I know that must be hard for her and the kids, especially something so sudden.
Hopefully she will continue some of the things her husband did, such as the zoo. From what I read, it seemed he did a lot beyond his TV shows.
better yet, imagine a MT who is professional!?
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Imagine what a joy they are to live with
I bet their spouse wants to strangle them daily. I know I do.
I imagine he enjoyed that
after the Cialis
can't imagine you'd be so forgiving if it were your money she took! nm
What comes around, goes around. I imagine one day this person will find
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Well, its' not only that, but the money you must pay - I can't imagine it'd be worth
working for anyway. Let's say you have two children at 110.00 a week a piece. That's almost 800.00 a month. Where is the justification in that? I am with the above poster too. I have raised 3 doing part-time MT early in the morning and then late at night after they go to sleep. It's worked like a charm for our family and I praise God for MT at home!
That is tragic. I can't even imagine. You are right, they don't know their boundaries...
and one of my greatest fears is something like that happening. Fortunately, we have no standing water like that around here. I think the very worst that can happen are stray dogs attacking our children since we live in the country. I can only pray my dogs would defend and get in the way of them/us before then...but that would be tragic also!
You just never know.
I was heartbroken to the core last year when an 8 year old was accidentally run over by his mother's mini van while playing on a driveway with a hill. The car went out of gear. I just sobbed like a baby for those parents and siblings..
The dangers are very real and something I don't like to think about...
it's very drying to the skin, and I can't imagine
making my puppy or dog uncomfortable with dry skin.
Just try it, wash your hair or body in DAWN soap and you will be itching like crazy. It dries your hair out horribly, leaving you with flyaway frizzy hair. But talk about itching, OUCH AND UNCOMFORTABLE.
Sorry, but that's just how I feel.
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