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Sorry, typed the above without glasses

Posted By: A.Nonymous on 2009-05-15
In Reply to: I think what youir supposed to do - A.Nonymous

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    I think I may need glasses because I am getting the most
    horrific migraine headaches after I transcribe for about 3 hours. I tried shifting my desk around and bought a new monitor because the old one was really dim but nothing seems to be helping. The thing is I can read fine whether I'm on the computer or reading a book or newspaper. Any thoughts?
    SORRY, NO GLASSES

    My previous post is in response to the angry QAr who started this, not to the person who commented back to her.  I apologize.  Glasses are???? Oh well, if you all think this is bad you should see her original post - the one that "disappeared."  I responded to her then, but someone "poofed" it off or something.  Good thing I saved a copy!  At least she did a better job this time.  Too bad she is not a good colleague. It does no good to cast doubt on the skills of your colleagues.  Could this be yet another reason our work is off-shored?  Is it because of QA people who like to show their A$$ in a public forum and make others look like a bunch of ignorant chumps?  If I QAd for transcriptionists who were that bad, I would be looking for another position where the administration had integrity and hired qualified MTs.  Vacation time for her could help?  I don't care how much college she has or whether or not her postings are going to a "client" or "medical record", she should do her best to be a good example to all the "little people" (as I assume that is how she sees us).  I think she is a fake!  The QA people I work with have excellent communication skills and do not make such glaring mistakes on memos or postings viewed by others.  If they have something to say regarding the quality of anyone's work they address it to that individual along with a plan on how to avoid it in the future. 


    Sorry, No Glasses

    I loved your post!  I don't, however, believe that "bad QA or QAers" are the reason for offshoring--it is simply a bottom line cost factor with the company's head honchos getting huge "bonuses" for saving the company so much money (a percentage of the cost savings).


    I now know I was one of the lucky ones.  I say that, because in 1964 at age 17, I started my medical career (medical secretary then but with transcription as one of the duties) and had some of the most wonderfully patient and knowledgeable women "teaching" me.  Most of them, however, are no longer alive and sad to say I never did get a chance to tell each and every one how much what they offered me meant to me!


    I wonder if this QA person you're referring to has something else going on in her life that is coloring her ability to properly focus on the job right now.  We're only human beings and by saying that I'm not suggesting that her behavior is in any way warranted, but it just might explain her reaction(s) to the situation.  If the behavior continues, however, I know I would be contacting her superior just as a heads up so she might find taking a few days off just to "regroup" or, in the alternative, perhaps a few counseling sessions might be in order.  I had a wonderful QA manager when I was at a very large MTSO who could read me like a book and believe me, even though she was only 4'11", when she spoke we ALL LISTENED.....  Even with her short stature, she never made us feel "small" and I've always thanked God for bringing me into her life even ever so briefly.


    Have a good evening and keep on keepin' on!


     


    Computer glasses.
    They're great for me.  Don't have to look through the top or bottom of bifocals.  You can get an Rx for them when you get your eyes examined.
    Time for glasses.

    When's the last time you had an eye examination, or is it that you don't know how to read and comprehend??  Whatever your problem may be, you should really  take care of it because no where in my post did I say OR infer Canada was a third-world country (Trying to  are you?????)  


    If you're going to try and flame, take it to another board.  As for this subject matter, if you can't stick to the subject, don't say anything, and that includes trying to put words in peoples mouths because you WILL be called on the carpet for it!


    But speaking of third-world countries, guess what?  If something doesn't give soon with the moron we unfortunately have for president, the United States of America WILL become a third-world country.  It's certainly racing in that direction at lightening speed!


    I had to get computer-only glasses.

    They aren't reading glasses and they aren't regular glasses...strictly a strength for monitor use.  What a difference!  No more migraines, no more squinting, no more blowing up the font to retarded sizes.  Because they are single strength and only for work, I got fugly frames and heavier-than-normal lenses, which made them more affordable...about $90.  My bifocals cost over $250 in comparison.  Well worth the investment though not to be in pain anymore.


    Now...if I could only find a chair with that kind of $90 budget that won't frig up the rest of my body!  :)


    I have computer prescription glasses.
    Heard about them once while doing a report so I asked about them, the strenght is for 3' vision of my normal glasses.
    oops - meant 1% do not have my glasses on
    NM
    Glasses in hotel rooms. Uh Oh...
     And people worry about the local water



     



    This is a must read!  Our health when traveling depends on what we know about hotel practices.




     


    Sorry I took so long but couldn't find my glasses :)

    I can't afford new glasses, let alone Lasix.  Also Lasix only corrects one or the other (near or far).  I suppose if I could afford it, I'd go for near (being able to see clearly in the distance).  However, I have looked into not only the cost, but the fact that they actuall cut your cornea part way off, do the surgery underneath and then reconnect your cornea.  I'm like EEUUUWWW, I don't think so!


    I'm my husband's ears and sometimes he's my eyes.  I'll say, "HONEY, JIM IS ON THE PHONE!"  and he'll say "Honey, watch out for that curb." 


    We have a sense of humor about these things, fortunately.  He does read lips very well and I have gotten myself into trouble on occasion when I was mad at him. :)


    Where is your fav place online to buy readers (glasses)
    nm
    Well, of course there are other companies doing the same. Take off the rose colored glasses and
    :P
    My doc said at some point, you do need computer glasses to wear
    s
    I hate my multifocal glasses......can't imagine
    nm
    Dollar store reading glasses work for me.

    Just bought 4 pair at a 2.25 magnification today, as the more I do this, the worse it gets.  Started with a 1.25 a year ago.


    I knew it was time when I had to wear two pair of 1.75's on top of each other so I could thread my sewing machine needle.


    Ahhh, the "golden years."


    I don't. Have the unlined version, they suck too. I use reading glasses that
    zz
    Lots of people wear Rx glasses just for using the computer, nothing else. Ask doc
    s
    You can get clip-on magnifiying lens to put on your glasses, like clip-on sunglasses. nm
    :+
    Just typed in an HP

    Under the ROS the heading "Special Senses: Unremarkable"


    I once typed for a doc who had
    now that was funny!
    Maybe that ad was typed by VR... or by an
    It irks me no end that our country has shipped off a job to India/Pakistan, etc., that used to be considered important to the medical field, and which fed and housed many of our country's middle-class citizens. So now these foreigners are living the comfy middle-class life, and here I am, trying to rent an apartment and finding that my MT monthly gross pay doesn't qualify me for ANYthing that even distantly resembles a decent middle-class apartment. The only ones I can afford all have "Se habla espanol" in the ads, and of course you know who lives THERE! It's all the non-English-speaking illegals that we've pretty much given carte blanche to come ruin our country, after having done a real number on their own. I hope Uncle Sam enjoys paying for food stamps, welfare, and subsidized housing, 'cause that's where I'm headed unless this profession turns around.
    Never typed an ESL??...sm
    Now that is strange. As many ESLs as there are. And using the q.d. and h.s. they must have worked somewhere that they didn't use BOS.
    --I think she has already typed them.
    x
    I have always typed mg/dl and I've been
    transcribing early 20 years and have never heard anything about KCl.  I currently work for a service that has a very rigid account and we have had to change several things to avoid confusion, though they have never mentioned this one.   I would think it would be a personal preference.  We use BOS as a rule of thumb, but on Tuesdays and the holiday following the third Saturday of the monh between 8 and 10 we do it this way, and then doctor X wants it done this way, which is totally different from standards, not a coherent dictation but he wants it his way. 
    Only typed verbatim twice
    once for a Russian infectious disease MD. After one week of strict verbatim reports, evidently she got a talking to by the senior partner and her style became acceptable.

    The hospital is one of the larget and most respected hospitals in the US. All residents much pass a week-long course dedicated strictly to how to chart, how to document, how to dictate. Each resident must personally sign his/her own name daily on a log in sheet and anyone who misses a day does not get to start with the rest of peers. One day is devoted SOLEY to HOW TO DICTATE and accepting full legal responsibility for the dictation. They have to sign an agreement that the hospital will not provide legal support if their documentation falls short of their standards and the resident has to provide his/her own funding against any lawsuit. If they dictate a reversal of pulse rate/respiratory rate, I could switch them, but I had to send it to QA who attached a note to the dictator covering the MTSO from any repercution.

    Best dictators I EVER had!
    I typed in my sleep once...sm
    it was a late shift, about midnight (which is late for me) and I got up to go downstairs, move around, stay awake, came back and found I had typed something about a TV in a box...? So it can be done!
    Proofing as you go...as in looking at what you typed?
    Doesn't everyone? Or do some MTs watch TV or look up in the air while typing? LOL! That is not proofreading - proofreading is double-checking a finished document.
    No, it was a report I typed. Now will you tell me off
    a
    I typed ENT for 6 years and
    charged 14-16 cpl but that was about 4 years ago when you could charge that. I printed everything and picked up, delivered. I eventually had to drop the rate down to 10-12 cpl to keep the docs and then they found someone who would do their work for 8 cpl.

    I think you are in the ballpark as well. Good luck.
    I have to agree -- not only have I typed ERs for sm

    people with cold symptoms, flu, snotty nose, etc., and wondered "why in the heck are they in the ER?," I have also witnessed it firsthand while waiting in the ER with my mom.  She had congestive heart failure and towards the end we made frequent trips to the ER when she ended up unable to breathe and no doctor's office open.  They always ended up admitting her anyway.  But I watched the same thing that the poster below mentioned -- nonemergent cases clogging up the works because they treat the ER like a doctor's office. 


    And yes, there are "special circumstances" and such, but that was not the situation you were addressing.  Sorry for the attacks you received.  You just put in writing the thing that many of us have been thinking for quite awhile.


    I HEAR ya, but only because you typed it.
    I am with you. They really are clueless, aren't they!
    Oh, okay, like not something we have never TYPED in a report before then...


     


    Gotcha!


    dictated / typed
    Doctor says "jiddo, jiddo, jiddo" - what does this mean"  Why.... 0-0-0 - OMG. The things we put up with for no money.
    If they know they've been typed.

    Why can't you skip over those patients since obviously they know other girl typed them. 


    Do not transcribe for free!  Ever wonder why the other girl left? 


     


    "Qualified MT" just typed ...
    Arthrosclerotic heart disease. This is an MT claiming to have 5+ years experience and wants to be paid .10 per line.
    Any test I have taken I have typed
    verbatim exactly because you do not know what they actually want. Also, need to follow BOS guidelines on tests as most MTSOs use these.
    I recently typed an EGD....sm.
    The patient had choked on a piece of meat and had it lodged in his throat. The whole report for some reason by hands did not want to type food...always foot. I felt pretty confident that I did a good job correcting all of them and sent the report on.

    Two days later the doctor sends it back and asks me to change it. No big deal, must have made a different mistake....NO I was so mad at myself that I sent this report that stated "foot was removed from the esophagus". It was embarassing then but now it is pretty funny to me.
    got it, DUH. havent typed a Pap in forever.
    s
    Could it be Gemzar? I just typed that last night. nm
    ..
    I typed the "F" word the other day and didn't think
    That's our job to type what the dictator says. I don't like typing filthy words like that but if they say it, I type it. And she said it, so I typed it!!
    Yes, that's why it's funny. If we only typed exactly what they dictated....
    -
    I once typed on a VA Hospital - will never forget it. There was a
    brain surgery dictated by the surgeon, a D.M.D. 
    Read what you just typed. If somone else
    had typed it, I believe you would say:

    This is for the good of the family. Your husband is being unreasonable. There are ways of dealing with the little problems. In the end, it will be well worth the sacrifice EVERYONE has made.


    I typed out the same thought but erased it...
    dd
    I've typed such reports
    Well not celebrities so to speak, but I've typed reports where they state the patient is being seen under an alias name right at the beginning of their dictation and the alias name is the one in the ADT screens. They deserve some privacy and still abide by HIPAA like the rest of us.
    Just typed my 1st facelift report and I must say
    I'll never have one done. It has to be the grossest report I have ever typed.  When I do op notes I find it very helpful to visualize in my mind what the surgeon is doing. Well, with this report, I was ready to heave all the way through it. My face can wrinkle and sag til the cows come home cause I will never have facelift done. YUK! 
    I typed Dr. Cap'n Crunch eater this a.m.

    I could hear him slurping to keep the milk from running down his chin. 



    I typed my PCP's report and she was upset with me.
    I was an IC and typing in the evening and it was impossible to skip over it the way the system is set up, so I typed it. She clearly had a change of attitude the next time I saw her. It was a big mistake. I am lucky I was not fired
    Sorry I typed the wrong poster name for this
    --OOPS!
    Two docs I typed for--- 2 hour for
    one, give or take,and 4 hours for the other...the 4 hour doc put twice as much on the tape. If he had a good day I could do it faster. Some days I was dizzy and confused, he talked so fast.
    I once typed up sermon notes from
    handwritten notes. Never have I seen such tiny handwriting. I was only in my 20s and normally didn't mind typing from notes, but it was brutal. I couldn't believe how many pages there were of it - how could this be one sermon, I wondered.

    I'd definitely want to hear how bad or good his dictation was before I took it on.