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I thought so. There is an MT company in Maine using it also. nm

Posted By: Misundestood on 2005-07-17
In Reply to: You are right when you say Arrendale is a software program. sm - you are not wrong here

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    Teeny town in Maine. I never even thought . . .sm

    That this may not be the best thing to do if you live in a city or something.


    We have virtually no crime rate unless the juveniles are bored and smash a pumpkin or something. We don't lock our doors and leave the keys in the car.  It's a little tiny neighborhood with the 100 x 100 lots and everyone knows everyone by name.


    Some customers leave paper money in envelopes clipped to their mailboxes right out in plain view and nobody has ever taken any.


    There are neighborhoods in our nearest city that I wouldn't dream of doing this in.


    So it's probably not for everyone.


    Which part of Maine and NH were you thinking of visiting??? The Maine coast is beautiful -sm

    and the White Mountains in NH is also nice.  I would suggest driving the Kangamangus Highway in the White Mountains in NH.  Very nice drive and beautiful views of the White Mountains.  I believe the Old Man of the Mountain is along this route but part of him fell a while ago so not sure what he looks like now???!!!


     


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    They're in Maine. :-)
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    re: a canadian MT who lives next to MAINE
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    Oops. . . . "hello, Dominos?"  :)


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    But February. . . .nice and cool.  20 below 2 weeks in a row.  A good day might go up to 2 (that's degrees).  In February we can't wait for the hot humid weather.  In July we can't wait for snow, but not for February though, more like December when it's a nice 20 above.


     


    Love it! Maine's motto should be "Freezeyourbuttoffland"

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    Her name is Cathi Lee. Her success story hit our tiny local newspaper one day and she has since been on Today, Good Morning America and in People Magazine.


    If you Google her name and weight loss, you can see some articles about her.


    I'm too technologically inept to be able to post anything here. I do know that there is a video on WMTW.com of her story.


    She was 500 lbs. and lost 330 lbs. in 3 years without fad diets, pills or surgery. She just finally set her mind to it, did a lot of research and now at 48, she is a third of the size she was.


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    I also do not buy anything that I will eat for junk food, especially "desk food." Do not buy anything that you can easily snack on at your desk. Big mistake. I used to have a desk drawer of "comfort" snacks at my inhouse job and would snack all day.


    Another thing is water. Not in the form of 6 cups of coffee. Just plain water and lots of it. NO SODA! Even diet soda will cause fluid retention. Keep a diet soda as a "treat" for the end of your work shift before you go walking. :)


    Good luck!


     


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    x
    COMPANY INQUIRIES belong on Company board, please!
    Goldbird
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    nm
    Local radiology company, not transcription company
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    xx
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    I like to keep work and personal separate as much as possible.
    It can vary from company to company.
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    Buy your own... company computers are for that company only!
    x
    some of what you want to know varies from company to company,
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    You will need to know your punctuation and grammar first and foremost and use it properly, this is what you do. THEN if the client requests garbage in/garbage out (usually because they don't trust leaving anything up to us), you give it to them even though it hurts -- and should not be marked off QA for it.

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    blanks will be limited, usually to 2, before you cannot send the report to client.

    Wrong shortcuts - pay attendion to detail.
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    I have also worked with companies that just did a training over the phone (usually about an hour) just to learn the platform. Then they did full QA for a day or two and then I was on my own. For both of these companies, I could review all the past reports of the doctors on the platform. That was really nice. I didn't have production requirements with these positions, just a daily schedule that I had to stick to. They just wanted to know when I would be working.

    My recent company gave me a 10-minute training over the phone and gave me a couple of samples of a couple of the harder docs. I then had to submit 3 reports to the account manager to review, and then I was off on my own and was required to meet production immediately.

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    Try the company board with name of company.
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    I thought so. Thanks.:)
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