May I ask...

how you got into transcribing legal cases?  I just think I would love something like this, especially since I have taken some criminal justice courses in college (couldn't decide).

Thanks in advance for any info.

• I need to gripe or vent - please don't kick me off board - mfras
  • Yes, there something they can do about it. That contract does not need to be honored - MT225
  • I guess what comes around goes around... - ABC
    • I hear ya on that one!! I know that if I ever wind up in this hospital - mfras
      • That's a very good point! - ABC
  • I type legal cases...sm - longtime MT
    • May I ask... - Mt in MS
  • I have been an MT for 9 years and I agree on most of what you say but - there are hospitals out there that don't care e
  • I'm there with ya! I worked for a hospital that outsourced overflow to a very large, VERY SM - Tinks
    • Wait! 45 cents per line? - MTSO
    • That's what I been saying.... - TIAA
    • oh my gosh, I know which company you're talking - mfras
      • You have got to be kidding!!!! 45 cpl. What hospital in their right mind would pay that?!! sm - MT225
    • Sorry, but major HIPPA violation to "keep a - Whoa!
      • Oh, please, you delete the names. Where've you been? lol! - nm
        • I've been here. Better brush up on your - Whoa!
          • HIPAA only addresses PHI (protected health information) would is defined as anything that SM - Tinks
          • I would be proud if my records, with my name erased, could be used to help an MT be treated fairly. - nm
          • Been there - Dealt with that
          • As long as the name and any other identifying information is removed - sm
  • Unfortunately, this is nothing new - and it's - exactly the reason I was able to get my start
    • response - be
      • I'm not talking about a certificate that says you - completed an MT course; that means nothing.
      • clarifying this - okay, the mistakes that come through - mfras
        • Some QA is being instructed to not give a crap - sm
          • Yuppers. Except I wouldn't use the term - MGB
            • Depends...some are clearly being told - sm
              • You are so right! So professional its totally - MGB
        • I agree 100% with you, except for the QA - MGB
        • Do they hire people that haven't finished their MT course yet? - deb
          • I have heard the test is a joke and you don't need a high score - sm
        • What bother me is that we all pretty much know this, especially those of us who do QA for services - sm
    • However, having some sort of certification does - Wannie
      • It would at least weed out the wannabes and - those who just flat out don't know
        • Test who decides the standards - Patti
          • Oh, I agree with you about the BOS and AAMT - I would like to see AHIMA
            • There have to be guidelines and standards in place - sm
              • You may be right, but it is unlikely - Melissa
      • P.S - No, I don't have any type of certifciation - Wannie
  • It does make one wonder how long this is going to go on or is this just the norm now? Terribly sad - hvlmt
    • we were told how much the outsource service - mfras
      • goodness! Sure know what to "add" to the next contract Nego.sm - CAMT
        • I totally understand. - Frustrated
          • my friend from the other hospital that just lost her job - mfras

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