The hospital where I work uses Chartscript.net. I hope this helps. sm
Posted By: MT and worn out on 2009-01-18
In Reply to: Chartscript.net CC's - Jan D CMT
You clerk is wrong. You have to manually add a CC using cont +E, otherwise the doc will not get a copy of the letter or note. When you do Cont +E the option to add a provider comes up. Click on that. Do a search for your doc, click select. You should then see that your original Cont +E screen now has the dictating doc on top and the doc you want CC'd on the bottom. Click OK and you should be good to go. If you have further questions, feel free to email me. CS.Net is not very user friendly at times.
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I have a Stedman's 3rd ed. (2003) that I purchased new (still in plastic) off of Amazon for $22. I like the HPI books, but I have never used the psych one, so I don't know how much difference there is, but I do know you can get the Stedman's cheaper than $36. Another book that I used a lot is the PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals 2nd ed. I bought it at Books a Million. I don't use it as much now since I am familiar with the meds, but it was great when I started doing psych because it only has the types of meds related to mental health in it. Check ebay and Amazon for books. They are SO much cheaper. I have bought almost all of my ref. books that way. Good luck! I love doing psych. 
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I don't know exactly how to do it, but I think the file is called Web Correct. Here is a website for some folks who can help! They are wonderful with technical questions like this:
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Yep. I had 2 scares within 2 weeks of each other. Found blood on the tissue very similar to when I start my period (I was 8 weeks and 10 week both times it happened). Hubby rushed me to the ER and after blood tests and ultrasounds I checked out OK. I'm now almost 18 weeks along with baby #3
I also had this with my son (second pregnancy) about 7 years ago. I happened almost every week. I carried him to term with no additional complications. And, with both of these pregnancies the bleeding ceased once I was out of the first trimester.
Hang in there.
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You're going to need to be in "heading" when you number your pages (sure you already know that). When you are in your heading, a toolbar should pop up called "Header and Footer." This toolbar has an icon on it that looks like a piece of paper with a # on it. That is what you use to insert the page #. It should number consecutive pages 1, 2, 3, etc., unless you manually go in and create a new section (Insert Page Break, Section Break Type--Next Page). If you inserted that type of break, a new section would be started at 1, 2, 3, with new headings if you wanted them.
One thing to look out for--when you are in your "heading" section, a box is visible around your header with a broken line around it. Sometimes it will say "Same as Previous." That means, even though this might be a new section, you are telling the document to keep the header information from the previous section--which will really mess up your pagination! To get rid of that, roll your mouse over the "Header and Footer" toolbar until you see the icon "Same as Previous." Make sure it isn't highlighted.
Hope this helps and isn't too confusing for you. Good luck!
I hope somebody helps me out. SM
The two-space thing was for typesetters and typewriters. With today's proportional fonts, it is no longer necessary, and in fact leaves a "river of white" through a document. <--- this is from memory. I wonder if the BOS says so?
Me 'n' my big mouth. I can't document it without leaving this website and going to google. :)
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You need to belong to get your CMT (ka-ching!). You have to pay for the honor of taking the test (ka-ching!). You have to pay yearly dues (k!). You have to maintain your continuing education credits. You have to pay to renew your CMT (k!).
The cost is significant. The payback, unless you want to pursue a higher calling of being on AAMT boards/leadership, is basically nil.
I've worked in supervision/upper management for 3 nationals who really didn't care if I had a CMT or not. I've served on AAMT boards, so I've seen both sides of the game.
I will never again align myself with an organization that has so little vested interest in my success, and overtly works to take food off of my table.
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Maybe you should let things ride out. She may realize that she is not able to do the work and get frustrated and quit. You know how starting new jobs and be horrible.
I would just go with the flow and see how things pan out and then talk to someone if that doesnt work.
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To keep this expression together and easily read as a unit, do not place a space after the x.
D: Blood cultures were negative times 3.
T: Blood cultures were negative x3.
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Yes, it probably has a lot to do with menopause, but the part of your story that struck me is your concern about what the hometown folks might think or say "if" you chose, for whatever reason, to return.
I just don't get that: Isn't YOUR opinion more important than those who would judge you?
THEY may not believe in divorce (and hopefully this is a temporary difficulty with your husband) but THEY don't live your life or walk in your shoes.
I hope you rethink how much importance to attach to others' opinions - yours is the only one that matters.
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Under format, in font then character spacing. That shoud do it.
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I used to do training, and a lot of us can use the language, we just can't name the parts. The cheat just came to me one day when I was groping for words to explain it to a trainee and it seemed to do the trick.
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1. How long have you worked as a medical transcriptionist? 5 years
2. What certification have you received? None, worked in ER for 6 years before doing this
3. What attracted you to pursuing a career in medical transcription? Working from home and love to type.
4. What type of environment do you work in (i.e. from home, physician’s office, hospital, other). Home
5. What do you think are the most important skills a medical Transcriptionist should have? Medical terminology, grammar, ability to work alone, discipline, etc.
6. Did some skills come naturally to you, while others required more practice? yes, typing was easy, learning ESL doctors was not.
7. In addition to transcribing medical reports, do you engage in other forms of business writing while on the job (such as memos, proposals, or progress reports, etc.) to clients, coworkers, or supervisors? Please explain. No
8. What do you think is the most difficult aspect of medical transcription? Poor quality voice files and ESL docs who make up words.
9. What do you find to be the easiest aspect of medical transcription? Typing
10. As a medical transcriptionist, do you often need to collaborate with others to ensure that all the information in your reports is correct? I wouldn't say often but sometimes and especially during training.
I also considered going to Sinclair for my medical transcription career but decided to train from home. I was told by the hospital where I was working that Sinclair had a great program. Good luck!! If this is something you think you will like, don't let anyone bring you down. You either love it or hate it and I just happen to love it.
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I recently had to purchase Microsoft Word 2003 when I started working with Escription and I was able to find it on ebay for a very reasonable amount, so you might check there.
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Hi. Not sure how much experience you have and how much distraction you'd have, but after 2-1/2 years, I make 3.5 cents for VR. I work about 7 hours a day and make about 75.00 a day; HOWEVER, I have distractions (kids), and I don't always make my maximum capacity earnings in one hour due to stopping quickly to do something for one of them (fix a glass of milk, for example). So, if you are distraction-free, I'd say once you learn the dictators, you can do this. VR, like straight transcription, does require a learning curve and learning your dictators, so you probably won't do this right away, but it's definitely doable down the road for you. Good luck. Becky
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Most physicians in offices have had a medical Transcriptionist so they know what they want. Try to get an account first and be prepared to accept whatever they need you to buy. Be honest with them about it. Once you obtain one client, and you do well, more work will come in through their referral. Just don't undervalue your worth and charge what you feel you are worth. After all, 16 years is a lot of experience under your belt. If you provide excellent work, they will be glad to reimburse you with a good rate.
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Rate for beginning MT with less than perfect grades in MT course (if lucky enough to find work)= 6-7 cents/line on 65 cpl with spaces.
Rate for beginner with very good grades in MT course and attendance at better than average MT school = 8 cents/line, 65 cpl, with spaces, to be advanced to 9 cents/line in a few months if producting quality work.
Rate for experienced MT who produces quality work = 9-10 cents/line, and in time hopefuly will be raised to 12 cpl. I believe this is the maximum you would receive anywhere as an employee or independent contractor no matter how much experience you have. You would have to become a MTSO and have your own accounts to charge more thatn 12 cpl.
Rate for MTSO = 15-20 cents/line, $20-30/hour, $6-$8/page. I do not know what the MTSO would charge the hospital for VR editing, but I do believe it is less than the 15-20 cpl, but no 100% positive.
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They are having me type in Word and then cut and paste from there instead of typing directly in Meditech. I have tried to type directly in Meditech, but my ShortHand nor spellcheck work at all. I am thinking there should be an icon there for spellcheck. Like I said it has been awhile, but I did ? them and they said they just cut and paste, so in other words they do not know either and I know there is a simpler way.
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but I haven't used WPerfect since DOS. I found this on-line though: (HERE'S THE URL: http://mcobit.business.nd.edu/kb/kb.cfm?Action=NEWQuestion&gid=1177
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1 Click File Save as.
2 Enable the Password protect check box.
3 Click Save.
4 In the Password area of the Password protection dialog box, type a password in the Type password for document box.
5 Type the password in the Retype password to confirm box.
6 In the Protection options area, enable one of the following options:
· Enhanced password protectionprovides case-sensitive password protection for greater security
· Original password protectionprovides case-insensitive password protection such as that used by WPWin 6.0 and WPDOS 6.0a
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here's all the info I have about the C-phone ringer - hope it helps! - SM
TURN RINGER ON
1) DISPLAY READS: TIME DATE
PROGM MSG DIRCTY
PRESS: PROGM
2) DISPLAY SAYS: PROGRAM
KEYS ID/TIME TEL
PRESS: TEL
3) DISPLAY READS: ELECTRONIC LOCK
ON OFF
PRESS: OFF
4) DISPLAY READS: DIGIT LIMIT 99
REVISE? YES NO
PRESS: NO
5) DISPLAY READS: LINE 1 RING ON 9
REVISE? YES NO
PRESS: YES
6) DISPLAY READS: ENTER
LINE 1 RING ON __
PRESS: 1
PRESS: STOP
TURN RINGER OFF
1) DISPLAY READS: TIME DATE
PROGM MSG DIRCTY
PRESS: PROGM
2) DISPLAY SAYS: PROGRAM
KEYS ID/TIME TEL
PRESS: TEL
3) DISPLAY READS: ELECTRONIC LOCK
ON OFF
PRESS: OFF
4) DISPLAY READS: DIGIT LIMIT 99
REVISE? YES NO
PRESS: NO
5) DISPLAY READS: LINE 1 RING ON 1
REVISE? YES NO
PRESS: YES
6) DISPLAY READS: ENTER
LINE 1 RING ON __
PRESS: 9
PRESS: STOP
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If ringer is on, DISPLAY READS: LINE 1 RING ON 1
If ringer is off, DISPLAY READS: LINE 1 RING ON 9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~C-Phone Ringer Off
Go to PROGM, then TEL, then hit NO until you get to LINE 1 RING ON (should say 9 or something) hit YES and enter 1 and then push the stop key.
I figured it out----yes you can adjust the speed and here's how to do it. Hope this helps someone
There are a couple of ways to adjust playback speed.
1. Right-click on the Windows Media Player 10 title bar, choosing "Play" - "Play Speed" and selecting "Fast", "Normal", or "Slow".
Or, for more intricate adjustments:
1. Click the "Now Playing" tab.
2. Right-click on the Windows Media Player 10 title bar, choosing "View" - "Enhancements" - "Play Speed Settings".
3. A panel should appear at the bottom of the "Now Playing" tab.
- Click "Slow", "Normal", or "Fast" for basic play speed settings.
- Move the slider to the left to slow the playback; moving the slider to the right speeds up playback. For reference:
"Slow" speed is 0.5
"Normal" speed is 1.0
"Fast" speed is 1.4
If you're having trouble moving the slider, uncheck "Snap slider to common speeds" to allow speed changes across the slider bar. Note that some files may not correctly play at speeds less than 0.5.
I use Chartscript.NET, but here is what I do, and it seems to work...
When you make up your abbreviation or expander, at the bottom of the screen are 2 boxes you can check. One says "has front backspace" and the other one says "use as is." If my abbreviations need to be specific such as your COPD, I check the "use as is" box. I have not had any problems yet.....KNOCK ON WOOD. However, if your words make sense before, then it doesn't work. I always type "to the" as
"tot he." Since all 4 are regular words, the Expander will not use "tot he." Other than that, it works pretty well. Hope this helps.
I work in ChartScript and we are able
to check our lines anytime.
Help please my expander won't work with Chartscript...sm
Oh my gosh!! My Expander doesn't work with Chartscript. I just started this new account today. My Smartype Word Expander does not work. The client recommended Instantext but I downloaded it and it isn't working either. Am I doing something wrong? How do I get it to recognize the word expander. My spellcheck isn't working either. I have Spellmed spellcheck. I am lost without my expander and spellcheck. Any suggestions?
PC Shorthand...Does it work in Emdat and Chartscript??
If so how do I go about setting up to work?
Have a hospital I work for and they consistently change work types and do line counts. (sm)
Management just doesn't understand in order to crank out the work you need to be proficient by typing the same accounts. Go figure, they just don't get it ??
the hospital I work for already has started to implement this and lessen our work
I see it every single day... they are going to EMR... meaning the doctors simply use a template already in the computer and check boxes or something... The doctor's office i GO TO actually does this too. This is why it creates tech jobs to create those templates and takes AWAY MT jobs because the doctor is no longer dictating, they are just pushing little buttons or checking boxes straight into the computer.
Personally I still think that is more time than the doc wants to take but whatever, i dont see how generic charts are good, what happened to detailed information...
But this is definitely how i see it going along. Maybe not everywhere, but plenty of places are going to go to this, it's all about saving money now isn't it???
If you work for a hospital - how come no one from the hospital
called you?? Were they in the dark, as well?? How sad, that no one in your hospital communicates with the at home staff.
Depends on what kind of hospital? Large urban hospital or small community hospital? SM
Also, is it a large teaching hospital? If so you have to consider there will be A LOT of different residents dictating, usually a lot of ESLs at teaching hospitals, and the residents rotate out and new ones rotate in every summer. So you can't expect to get the same dictators and build up your macros because the dictators change all the time.
I would say 9 cpl would be a pretty good offer for a small to medium community hospital where you will be doing the same dictators on a daily basis. But for bigger, urban or teaching hospitals I would want at least 12 to 15 cpl.
I hope to be there some day!! I work a lot!
My kids are almost through high school, and then I have to worry about college, but after that, I will slow down!! Can't wait for that day.
Hope you didn't have to work all day
No work for me today. I was able to enjoy another day off. Back to the old grind tomorrow though not may patients so it'll be a nice slow day for me.
I work for a hospital and can do in less (sm)
than 8 hours (65-char line). Are you sure you mean per week?
Actually, I do work for a hospital now
and there are 8 of us who work from home. BUT, they have begun to do things the way the "services" do (NAMELY MQ). They stopped counting our spaces, and so forth, because it is "the trend".
Even the hospital MTs are not as safe as they used to be. We are the only hospital left in my area that has not outsourced yet, and anytime we complain about our pay being reduced (which has been several times in the past five years), we are threatened with outsourcing.
So, it probably is a good idea to start thinking of a change.
I do work for a hospital
that is the position that will be going fulltime. It is 28 hours a week now. I work at home for this very large Level 1 trauma hospital right now doing radiology. I have insurance, I have short term disability through them. I have one national as a sideline, and another local clinic as a sideline.
Well then don't come work for my hospital because...
if you type something for one of your co-workers, you have violated the confidentiality agreement signed when you were hired. I've typed celebrity reports too when I worked for a national, that's different. If it were the other way around would you like a casual acquaintance to know all your business? I wouldn't. I have the same respect that I would want. There's 23 other MTs in my hospital. I don't NEED to type a medical report on my children's elementary school principal (happened a few months ago). So, get off your attitude.
I work in a hospital and sometimes we have had - (s/m)
"blanket" messages on our blackboard - or in memos - meant for one or two, even those of us who work our tails off have to read it and feel chastised. It's very demoralizing. Next time I get one of those nasty memos or emails, I intend to tell the boss that if he thinks I'm so lazy, then he can just pry his fat arse out of his genuine leather easy-chair, turn off the computer games he plays all day long, and type the #*%<)!@% work himself.
I work in a hospital
in a city with a population of like 4000 people, it is only a 23-bed hospital and I started working here a year and 1/2 ago. I make a little over $12/hr. For this area, this is great pay for any kind of job if you don't have a bachelor's degree. My mom is an LPN/office manager in a clinic owned by the hopstial and she is only making like $4/hr more than I am.
The hospital I work for will
Well some people can get away with it, others get dropped. Why I am looking elsewhere.
I did work for a hospital that used one of those.
They called it a 'CryptoCard' and it was about the size of a credit card. You needed it to log onto their system--whatever number was displayed was the log-in number you were to use at that time. It always changed....security precautions. I never paid for it, but had to return it when the company lost that account....dumb bastids...was a great account.
the hospital I work for does that too.
They call it a Biometric Screening. When you enroll you have all the lab work done that you need.Glucose, lipids, TSH, triglycerides, etc. You also get a reduction in your health insurance premiums per pay period. Depending on what you participate in, you can also get up to $300 back at the end of the program.They have smoking cessation incentives, exercise incentives, etc. It runs from September to September. Pays usually in January, or midway through. You also get discounts on different classes that are offered, ie pilates, yoga, circuit, etc. For a reduction in my health insurance, I think it is well worth it. And I haven't heard of anybody being popped for drugs of abuse or anything like that.
When I used to work for the hospital, the ones of
us with equipment at home contracted with the hospital and worked our "second job" for the hospital to do the work when we were behind. You might ask them about that.
Hospital work
From someone who worked in a hospital first and then worked at home, sometimes in a hospital you end up doing other duties like correcting someone's else's reports because they are not there that day, or are working another shift, re-printing reports, sometimes the nursing floors or even physician calls with problems with the report (usually they are irate and blame any and every problem on transcription). You have meetings which interfere with your ability to transcribe. You have to be on alert for Department of Health visits. I could go on and on. Your line count sufferes. Unless you get paid by the hour and get paid well, it is more trouble than it is worth.
hospital work
I got most of my first work experience at a hospital when i had no idea what i was doing. They never gave me any feedback or nothing and was there 2 and a half years. And I got paid for not knowing what i was doing. I had only had a few courses of medical terminology and they hired me in. It was a stepping stone to bigger and better things. Hospitals today though are more competitive, (my experience was over 25 years ago). So you might learn more stepping stones by working at the hospital. (i drove over 55 miles to that hospital job just to get experience in the field).
going to the hospital won't work sm
thought because we as MTs sign contracts etc etc when we work for these companies. If we go behind the company back and approach the hospitals/facilities, we can be in all kinds of legal troubles with the company itself. The rest I agree with but people have got to stick together.
Kind of goes back to 30 years ago and the big unions huh? People stuck together they got things done and working conditions improved. People busted the unions and you see what has happened over the years.
Coming from a HUGE union state (Michigan---that ought to get a few riled), I have seen what has happened when the unions are "busted." I also now live in a southern state and see what goes on here when there are no unions and folks don't stick together.
There has got to be a solution for this and I for one am willing to sign on to whatever it takes to get the job done.
As in hospital work,
discharge summaries, operative reports, consultations and history and physical.
I work for a hospital 6 states away. SM
I have a physician list and I have a website to look for other doctors. But how can they expect me to know how to spell patients' names? They can't. I have a disclaimer at the top of my log sheet that says common or phonetic spellings will be used where patient name spellings are not provided.
That was the thing that held me up when I worked "live" from home for a hospital. All that diddling around finding out whether it was "Kathy" or "Cathy" -- I don't do that any longer and you're right, it makes a HUGE difference.
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