Oh and don't you love the "WOW, you work from home?? HEY! I can type - hook me up!" sm
Posted By: NCQA on 2007-12-21
In Reply to: Not only that, - Kitty
That burns my hiney more than anything else. Working from home is NOT a piece of cake. I can relate to those who think since we work from home we can just get up anytime. I don't know how many times I have tried to explain that if I were working in a "traditional" office, that they wouldn't just walk in, call, etc. etc. but I don't think anybody will ever really get that our time is money, literally.
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Home is where the heart is....no matter what type of structure!
Some people are so judgemental and know no better!
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Home is where the heart is no matter what structure it is.
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I'm at home and love it.
I don't think you could go wrong. Also, I am pretty sure you will be making more by the line than by the hour, unless your office job is VERY generous. I am making about $10-$15 more an hour at home on production than I could in an office. You are in the same situation I am. My husband pays my insurance, so we really don't worry about me not having benefits. He also has quite a bit more taken out in federal and state taxes on his check, so we don't have to pay estimated taxes, but still get a (very) small refund. Good luck with making the decision, but sounds like a great thing to me.
I'm going to type an acct at home for local group. What is a good word expander for
things to know on doing tapes from an office? Is it best just to give them a disk and let them print it out at the office like they want to?
Anybody doing an acct like this? Thanks.
I love 'em too but type everything else but and Progress notes (sm)
DOUBLE YUCK.
You can love a job and still love being home! sm
I got into medical transcription for many reasons. Yes, one was that I wanted to be home with my children, another was that I wanted to be in the medical field, and yet another was this just fits me. Medical terminology and grammar are two things that have always come easily to me. So, this fits. I can work early, early mornings and late nights when they are asleep. Also during afternoon naps. Yeah, doesn't leave a heck of a lot of time for myself, but THAT is a sacrifice I am willing to make, leaving my kids for someone else to raise/care for all day wasn't.
why I love transcribing at home
My Day's at the Hospital......
1. Two co-workers who only typed about 35-40 rad reports a day.
2. One co-worker who took 6 cigarette breaks and did not smoke.
3. Husband of one co-worker came in and perked over our shoulders for 30 minutes each day before sign out time.
4. One co-worker who never called in to proper channels when not showing up.
5. Somestimes above-mentioned co-worker just did not call, we are supposed to have ESP.
6. One co-worker took 1.5 hour lunch breaks.
7. One co-worker to me to slow my a-- down.
8. One co-worker in the outpatient department would walk all the way over to in-patient to unassign her pools because she "didn't feel like typing ultrasounds" today.
9. Can you say cherrypickers.....
10. Boss couldn't type her name if her life depended on it.
11. Co-workers never looked in reference books. Called across room - How do you spell....(Mind you there are three of us in one room).....
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Good Stuff...
1. I thank my mom all the time for making me take typing in high school. I type 120 words a minute.
2. I took lemons and make lemonades. I read up on the subject of Voice Recognition and saw that I would be voiced out of a job (in 2003).
3. I took a few bs jobs, and got several "bait and switch" deals.
4. Would get up to 350 lph and get switched to an account with ESLs. Can do them, but .......
5. Enjoy flexibility of working at home.
6. I say I have paid my dues, but do we ever.
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I love this board. That's how it got my present job. That's how I settled on my word Expander (after sampling three).
I have purchased and sold items. I have utilized advice regarding reference materials (yes, you do need them - make a sacrifice). I have increased my QA from 98 to 99.1). I don't skip over reports. I work when I am asked. In my spare time I add more and more acronyms to my dictionary and because of this, I have received an unsolicited raise.
As for these transcription schools, it's just like "real" college. You get out of it what you put into it. They do not owe you anything.
Like I said, I love this board, but sometimes we go overboard with the fluff, i.e., what's for dinner, how's your puppy..."). It took me 10 years to find the perfect fit and the flexibility because I have another career as an accountant. These two occupations co-exist perfectly. No two days are alike.
Some of us are looking at transcription as an easy what out of corporate America, but it's not that easy. You have to stay FOCUSED and you have to learn to use REFERENCE materials. And don't say you cannot afford them. Think of them as an investment in you job SECURITY.
Good Day. Luv y'all. Got work on the Lanier.....
Yes - love my job, the $$ and the convenience of my own home! nm
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Oh you will love being an MT! Stay home,
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Love being back home...
but frustrating at times. Seems everyone wants my job. It's soooo easy they say. Now I'm not an expert by all means and I continue to learn as I go. Discipline is one of the keys...my poor house doesn't get cleaned anymore (I wonder when someone will notice).
And those moms who think I work at home and call on you to pick up their kids because their "working". That's my boiling point.javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
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That's why I love working from home. Too funny. sm
I helped my son out with his paper route the other morning because he was sick with a temp of 102. I'm walkng around, almost done with the papers, heading home, birds are singing, sun is starting to shine and then, ALL OF A SUDDEN, VAROOOOOOOM!!! About 4 cars go whizzing by, almost running me over, oblivious to their surroundings, obviously late for work again. Checked my watch and it was 5:45 a.m. 6 o'clock shift running late again. Can't get their Dunkin Donuts and make it to work on time unless they drive like a bat out of h...l.
I just laughed and laughed and thought, "Well geeeee, it stinks to be you doesn't it? Now why don't you take time out to fill up with GASOLINE!" HEE HEE!
I don't know why people are in such a hurry lately. Why don't they just set their alarms 15 minutes earlier for Pete's sake? I was taking my older son to work one morning and was at a red light at a very busy, accident prone, intersection. The light turned green. I always take a quick look left and right before going through the green light and I didn't even have time to glance to the left before the "A" behind me laid on his horn. Of course then I got funny and drove like a granny, just to make him mad. He ended up finding space to pass on the right and he gave me the finger.
Good for you. I love my local at home job.
Not me - love my 2 teens at home! Enjoy it while you can.
I realize my house doesn't have to be perfect all of the time, their rooms do not need to be clean all of the time, and I enjoy them so much. Soon, my son will go to college and I will be left with my one daughter, and then she will go to college and I will have an empty house with just me, hubby, and our golden. Boy, I dread those days. I am enjoying all the noise, fighting, messiness and laughter as much as possible. I love when they have friends over. They are so funny and a delight!
Really, don't wish it away too quickly.
Personally, I love working at home, but my
kids were already in school when I started 10+ years ago. I worked part-time at home in the evening when they were small, but my ex was there to help with them then. I would think it would be very distracting to work a full day with small ones, unless you were working an p.m. shift when they were asleep, but then there is no time for hubby. But then again, there are many who do.
Has anyone breast fed while trying to work at home, can you do this and still work full time?
It seems like the more literature I read on the subject, the longer it seems to take, especially in the beginning when you are breast feeding every two hours, or does it really just depend on the baby?
No! But would love some pointers on where the eligibles men hang out. Being an at-home MT has cause
me to be somewhat of a recluse, from church to grocery store, visits to mom and dad, I have no social life. I am not a party goer, don't do alcohol, drugs or cigarettes. Will be 50 soon. I have been told I am beautiful and look maybe 38 or 39. Children are all grown, last one going off to college in fall. I am not going to know what to do with myself other than work. Any pointers? I live in the south.
RE: No! But would love some pointers on where the eligibles men hang out. Being an at-home MT has c
Possibly right here on this board. How about a 51 year old (52 in September) male who is also in the same line of work as you, and in the south also.
Love in house, hate nationals at home nm
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I guess I'm the odd ball; I LOVE going to home parties! sm
But on the other hand, I HATE shopping. I do the majority of my shopping from home parties -- Lia Sophia (sp?) jewelry, Tastefully Simple (a fave), Pampered Chef. I'm waiting to go to a Southern Living Home Show but haven't been invited to one yet.
I don't know where all that type work is..
and its not that I don't know medical transcription, I've been doing this for 30 years and I am certified.. so that's not the problem.. it's the bad platforms and the "clerical" duties like looking up these doctors! I hear your frustration and mine too! I KNOW there is good stuff out there, but why can't I get it??
every work type has a different TAT by
H&P 24 hours
Consults 24 hours
Ops 24 hours
DS 48 hours
from the time of the event occurred. 24 hours from time of admit. 24 hours from time of consult. etc. (unless JC has changed those guides) Some hospitals want a quicker TAT by the MTSO for patient care or billing reasons.
Many preop H&Ps are needed stat because the anesthesiologist will not administer anesthesia until they review it.
Does not matter whether or not it is placed in the chart, as long as the document itself - whether on paper or in EMR - is completed by the time guide. It has been this way by Joint Commission standards for at least 15 years (that I know of). JC will put a random number of charts and look at the date/time stamp on the document to determine compliance. They have no way to gauge whether or not the document was in the chart as soon as it was transcribed or a week later.
This is where many hospitals lose points, but in the scheme of things, these points are minor.
I was once asked my the MR director of the hospital where I worked to go back in time and change dictated/transcribed dates and print new documents to place in the chart on the eve of an audit. I showed her how to do a global replace for dates in WP 5.1, reminded her she would need to get signatures on them before the next morning, then clocked out and went home. Whether or not she did it, I never asked. I don't believe she did it after the reality of not getting signatures hit her. She hinted at my being fired for not doing it, but I was not going to alter legal documents. Nothing was ever said again about it.
So is this the type of work you do?
Beause that's very helpful to know if you're doing nonmedical, two-person audio recording transcription. I have nothing to compare this to since I've never looked into it before. If it turned out I could do the work and liked it, I could ask for more money, or apply at other companies that do this kind of work.
Can you just hook up what you want?
I would prefer to just hook up my external keyboard and mouse that I use for my regular computer but would prefer to use my laptop's monitor. I assume you can just plug in what you want to be able to switch back and forth,correct?
I have a nice large LCD monitor, but I have room for my laptop to sit right in front of at my desk so I would just as soon use that as it seems at a more comfortable level for my eyes for viewing. My big monitor is on a pedestal on an L-shaped (corner) desk and I think is actually up too high probably for someone short like myself. I don't think I can take the pedestal/stand off my monitor either as it wouldn't sit safely where my monitor is suppose to sit. :(
I have been using my laptop for my on-line job as it is faster than my regular computer anyway. I use my regular computer for my own account, unless traveling, then I will be doing my own account on it when we camp on week-ends when I have work to do. :D
TIA.
Anyone work for Freedom Type sm
Do they have SE and employee status or just employee? TIA!
 
work type/TransTech
Don't be afraid to email QA and ask for help. I work for TT, too, and our QA Dept. is top notch. 
Most productive work type?
What is the most productive work type? Radiology, OP, etc? Which one can you really make the money on?
Bebo
getting the wrong work type
I work for an MT service and do discharge summaries per my request. My production is quite good when I work on this work type. However, quite often I end up transcribing an OP note here and there. This really slows me down and affects my line count. I realize that it probably happens because the doc keys it in wrong. Or it could be that when they are out of summaries, my 2nd work type is OPs. I am really out of practice with OP notes and just getting one here and there throws me for a loop. Any advice on how to handle this? TIA
I would type it and be thankful I have work.
Eventually you will get good at it. It takes practice. If you start complaining, they may just send you less work.
It is different for every MT. My favorite work type is....sm
operative reports, other MTs hate them. It depends on what catches your interest. I dislike H&Ps. In general, the most difficult work types are the BIG 4, H&Ps, consultations, discharge summaries and operative reports, or "acute care".
It may depend on the type of work?
If it is extremely easy dictation, i.e. clinic notes, than it may be worth our while as MTs with years of experience. I have almost 20 years experience but I'm making 7 cents for extremely easy work. Just a thought...
Will they let you do a work type at a time?
Or maybe a couple of the specialties at a time?
depends on type of work
Recent experience shows that working for a service with radiology accounts pays anywhere from $1.25 to $2.25 or so for a page or report (depends on how computer program / system counts a page) with diagnostic x-ray being short and quick and longer MRI/CT reports paying more. I've heard of psych reports - IMEs which are longer with very dense line count per page - being paid higher page rates but many years since I have done this work, no idea of average $ amount now.
That depends on the type of work
I'm in the same boat. I like doing this type of work, -sm
and the solitude. Don't know what else would interest me at this point, and I'm close to 59. I DETEST school, too. So something would have to be really interesting and motivating for me to work a full day, then get in the car and drive at night in the rain to a campus somewhere to take classes. And what I REALLY hate about school is all the prerequisite classes. Like the time I wanted to brush up on my computer skills, and before I could take that class or the labs, I had to sit through an entire 20-week semester of "The History of Word Processing". Boring, boring, boring!
I don't want to be a nurse, and I'm leery of getting into something like coding, which will probably become much like MT, if it isn't already, in terms of low pay and offshoring.
I'm not a front-office 'people person'. I despise ringing telephones, and hate answering them even more. I'm lousy at math, and that cancels out things such as accounting, and things I've always found interesting, such as physics, astronomy and geology. I like where I live and don't want to move, yet there's no on-site MT work anywhere around here. The closest job available right now that I'd consider taking would mean a commute that would eat up all the extra money I'd make, not to mention 2 hours of my time in each direction. Nope, not gonna subject myself to that torture.
I'm good at embroidery, but it's a slow, tedious process, and although it would make a nice sideline, there aren't enough hours in the day to squeeze something like that in.
Cooking? Forget it. I can make grilled-cheese sandwiches, scrambled eggs and cookies - that's pretty much my full culinary repertoire!
If I wanted to go back to school for a LONG time, I could probably get into management, and I have the problem-solving skills, but then there's that people-thing again. I just don't have people-skills, or even the desire to learn them. So that pretty much rules out SALES, as well. Real estate interests me somewhat, but not dealing with the people looking to buy. Plus the market is in a nosedive right now, anyway.
So, although I carefully study every community college brochure that gets sent to me, I haven't yet found anything that would be worth the torture of sitting in a classroom again!
Lanier hook up
I purchased a Lanier 230 and come to find out it did not come with the required cables to hook this stupid thing up. I got the base unit with large display, the power supply, the foot pedal, and the VTI but no cables. Can someone tell me what cables I need and how to plug it in so it will run properly? The only thing that came with it is the quick check brochure on how to program it. Nothing is mentioned on hook up.
Thank you in advance everyone. I would like to get to work on an account but don't even know how to get started. I figured posting here would get a quicker response. I don't want to go bald... hehe
Sony hook-over-the-ear (sm)
Okay, so I don't know what you really call them, but I have tried sooo many different types of earphones because I am kind of funny about what feels good on my head.
I found these little Sony earphones that have a hook that is kind of like a pair of eyeglasses that holds the sponge-covered speaker to the outside of your ear. They are on a "Y" wire, so there is nothing over the head, and you can use just one if you need an ear to hear what the kids are getting into.
I bought mine at Radio Shack for about $20.00 last year, but I've seen them other places (probably even Walmart), so I'm sure if you're interested, you can find them. Sorry I can't remember what they are called. If not, e-mail me and I will take a picture of them and send it to you.
Silent Type is not a bad company to work for but
Depending on how many pages you type determines what your page rate is and everyone gets paid the same because of it. Obviously, like with any other company the more you produce, the more money you will make. Bi-annual bonuses, again based on your production. Starts at 40 page per day min (which is supposed to be 1000 lines) is $1.50. I think it does to 1.80 per page somewhere around 80 pages per day.
Not sure about the benefits (health insurance). You get paid every other week. Not a very large company, maybe 400 or less TLs.
If you like working for a friendly, family atmosphere, check it out.
Trouble with work type change
I need some help with my Transtech Extext program. Having trouble getting a new work type selected and sound.
I type radiology, but have done some clinic work
I briefly tried acute care, but felt that was a little too hard to do working from home. I have done some clinic work, which worked out fine. The hardest part of that was learning lab values, specific tests, etc. I feel your pain, as it is very difficult to transition. I've done cardiology, internal medicine, and nephrology clinic notes and have done well with them. Things like wound care can get a little tricky because of all of the terminology with bandages, sutures, etc. My advice would be to get some reference books and maybe try to find a part time job, where your livelihood would not depend on the account, and give it a try! With this job, you won't know if you can do it until you try! I know it's hard with the national companies. They don't like to take time to help you learn. I learned my clinic stuff from local doctor's offices, where they gave me sample reports and I could take as much time as I needed to look stuff up. I wish you luck!
Unless there's another work type to choose with Ctrl/W, I
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Opinions please, which work type equals $$$?
Who is making the most average rate per hour? Radiology MT's, ER/Clinic MT's or Basic 4 MT's (DS, OPS, CONS, H&P).
Thanks!
How do you find a balance in this type of work...
with family, friends, hobbies, etc and still have time to type! Is it possible, if so, how?
Email from an Indian asking to type my work!
I received the following email today and I am not sure what to do with it. Should I report this to someone? I would give my work to someone in the US before someone overseas! gesh!
Here is the email below:
"Hi, i am monank from india, i have 6years of expirence i can help you to increase the line count, you can send me little bit of workevery day i will do that for you,you can pay me 5 cents per line & rest of the moeny will be your profit, in this way you can make more money."
These docs think a machine can type their work, sm
So why should we bother to clean it up? They want the cheapest transcription possible, they deserve it, and yes, years ago we WERE expected to know everything. Now they think a machine or anyone can transcribe their work. The doctors deserve it.
Does anyone do any other at-home work other than MT?
I need to get more work but don't want to go back to an office atmosphere. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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