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There wasn't job insecurity, unanswered questioned, behind the scene events that could have major

Posted By: on your life (nm) on 2005-08-04
In Reply to: What was it like? - kyradmt

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oops.. Wasn't "there" a major lawsuit :)
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Self-Labeling "Experienced" etc. portrays insecurity
SELF-LABELING
"Experienced"

The construction and negotiation of identities relating to stigmatised administrative and psychiatric categories (particularly learning difficulties/disabilities): self-labeling (constructing positive identities, pathologizing discourses.)

To improve interactions between people, falsely try to create power relations; positive identities in interaction, those with communication difficulties and assessment issues.

SELF-LABELING IS ALSO:
The rhetoric of extremist discourse; how extremists persuade people to adopt hostile attitudes toward others.

A lot of unanswered questions, I think.
I still don't get it. Docs don't treat a "bleed" as "oh well" (your words).
Again, something isn't right here. :(
I have followed the unfolding of events
It seems that Star alienated a large portion of her audience with her weight loss (and the absence of information related to the necessity of her to turn to the medical community to accomplish this difficult task, appearing to give out the impression she was capable of doing this with restrictions and discipline?).

Then...the wedding coverage seemed over the top some how. It was said she used her status to obtain "freebies."

I rarely watched the show but did not that obvious change in Star's personality after her weight loss. It was just different somehow.

Saw the Larry King interview. She smiled nonstop and it made one think that the smile was false.

I don't know what her reasons are. She may have gotten drunk with success.
today's events
Well, as expected I woke up to emails in caps saying how as an IC things like...I guess ACTS OF NATURE can't happen and even though it was felt that I could go off of QA, now I need to be on another week and oh yeah, on top of that, at 2 cents less per line. Of course I said no, that what happened last night was not a QA problem anyway but a technical issue. I have a couple of other things lined up but I'm so upset. Now I have to go and buy a Lanier that I can't afford because I just bought the defective C-phone not even 3 weeks ago. Oh well, such is life. I really appreciate your kind words, they really do help.
Problems as in communication?? If so, I'm soooo there. Sick of unanswered emails. No one cares

I think it was when PC's entered the scene. Then we were at the mercy of the programmers.NM)
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I can't believe this is what is questioned!
Of all the horrid things I see from MTs and MDs, this is so BENIGN! Please..he probably meant the patient has never been pregnant and (therefore or so..) has never had a child. This is really too ridiculous to even respond to. LOL!
Either way.......that should have been questioned by
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It is being questioned, as I stated, because (sm)
it is unusual.  It may not be unusual for you, but it is unusual for many of us (prayer is not unusual, but to hear this being dictated is, and that is coming from someone who prays 5 times daily without fail).  She has every right to question any dictation before placing it in the report.  If an MT has no right to question any part of a physician's dictation, then what is the MT good for? 
Movie passes, a current events calendar, a county map. nm
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But you stated you questioned your lead SM

and nowhere in your original post did I read that anyone checked with the doctor.  That is the problem we have.  If you or the lead had actually checked and he said to change it, fine.  But neither of you checked.  You asked the lead, the lead said change it and you changed it. 


Beth Moore Living Proof - Has anyone ever attended one of these events? 'm going later this mont
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From what I read, his real mother was off the scene very very early on. Stepmom raised him
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Are you setting up the open trunk like a scene of some sort? Are there prizes? Never heard of this
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I had questioned values/dosages by leaving
a blank - QA filled it in with what was said -- totally wrong. All we could do was notify our supervisor if we caught it and who knows what happened there.

We could only send a certain percentage of reports to QA, if over that percentage, then our bonus/incentive/whatever they call it now was affected. Didn't matter the reason we sent it, it was the total number of reports sent.
I felt sick watching last night. SD came in when scene of guy stabbing child and screamed and
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I remember all that, too. The parents rarely, if ever, questioned the teacher or the principal.

I wonder what the change is?  Do we parents have egos because now most of us have as much education as teachers do?  Are we unwilling to sit back and never question "authority figures"?  Do we remember being wronged in our own childhoods, so we're quick to defend?


I try not to be a buttinsky at my kids' schools, but sometimes I just don't agree with how they're doing things there.  One day, three bigger boys with bad home lives and a history of fighting jumped my son, who is the most peaceful kid you've ever met.  Two of them held him down while the third one was on top of him punching and kicking him.  My son had to bite the kids to get them off of him.  He was cut, bruised, and had a bloody nose.  Guess who got punished?  My son did, for biting.  I called the cops and intervened at the school because my son has my full permission to defend himself against bullies, especially on a 3-on-1 situation.


I also remember being punished for things at school when I did nothing wrong, then my parents punished me a second time because of what the teacher said.  I got detention for sneezing in class once.  One of my teachers publicly humiliated me and threatened to pull me out of all the advanced classes if I didn't publicly apologize to another teacher when I wasn't even the one who said whatever it was she was upset about.  One of my male teachers actually picked up a student and slammed him into the chalkboard, ripping the kid's shirt off in the process.  So yes, I'm going to stay on the schools and make sure my kids aren't hassled by any burnt out teachers who are just biding their time until retirement.  My kids aren't angels, but they're not demon spawn either.


There is something major going on here
Accounts that used to be really busy have no work.  Multiple accounts are asking us not to work on their account for the day.  Last night an updated was posted with 100 something jobs available in one account, and then later an oops, sorry, I meant 0 jobs available.  What is up with that?  Don't know what's happening with this company.
French Ed. major
with English Ed minor and Music minor. No jobs around here in Northern Indiana, and extended family is here, so once started having kids, kind of just fell into this work. Love it, though, love using the Latin I had years ago.
We have DirecTV and have had no major

issues.  I have internet through the cable company and have had lots of problems.  If cable is through Time Warner they have the worst customer service.  In my area the programming is about the same between cable and satellite, except DirecTV has just added satellite radio.  I don't know if cable charges per each box, but DirecTV does charge $5.00/mo per box after the first one.  The only complaint I have about DirecTV is that we had a big storm and after that we could not get every channel on every box (we have 3).  We're not sure where the problem is, but for them to come out is an automatic $70.00 and then depending on what the issue is there could be more charges.   When my internet goes out there are no service fees, although it is a pain in the rear getting anyone out to fix the problem. 


With satellite you may have to put the dish in your yard on on your house where it might be an eye sore, but if the dish is on the house they only have the run the wiring down the house and not in the yard.  If you have cable they have to run it from the pole to your house and they barely bury it, so that you have to have it located every time you need to do any planting/digging.


With satellite when it rains real hard we lose signal, though it doesn't usually last long.  When we used to have cable we might not lose signal entirely, but it would be very fuzy.  Cable really utilizes satellite.  Our local cable company has huge dishes setup and the cable feeds from those.


 


 


some major issues!
If the post set off some "emotions," then keep them to yourself, or scream them out loud at home where no one can hear you. The person who posted this did not do so to set off YOUR PERSONAL "emotions." I think your major emotion just might be jealousy!!
These are not petty! These are major sm
things that any experienced MT should know. You need to take the correction as it was intended...........not to be petty but to fix things that you have been doing wrong for years! The docs don't know formatting and unfortunately most of the hospitals don't either. Be glad you FINALLY have some correction! Why you would waste your time checking everyone elses transcription is beyond me.

This kind of transcription is why I don't get too excited when I have an "experienced" MT call me to test for a job. I have tested MANY MTs with experience even more than yours and gotten the same thing! Sometimes people have been working for the same place for years and never been corrected.

This kind of stuff is why (in my opinion) that all MTs should have at least 2-5 years experience in an acute care facility before going out on their own! This "new wave" of going to MT school and then opening your "own business" is bringing this profession way down! It needs to stop.
major discrimination
My husband works for an agent with a major insurance company.  He is not the agent although he does have to have agent's licensing. We were told probably 15 years ago, that a white male would not be allowed to become an agent for many, many years due to people (this happened to be two women) who declared that they were discriminated against in this company.  So to compensate for discrimination this national company will not hire a "white male" for the appointed amount of time (which was a very extended time period of many, many years) unless that "white male walked on water."  That was their quote too.  I have heard (but have not verified this) that this same "discrimination" is going on in the medical field.  Therefore, you have all the ESL's who are able to get into med school but the American Caucasian is not chosen because you cannot discriminate.  My question is "Who is really being discriminated against?"  In my husband's company -- It is the Caucasian white male and I have a feeling that it is the Caucasian that is discriminated against in the medical field as well. 
What is a major bummer is...
A lot of the older MTs in this neck of the woods have lost their jobs not to outsourcing, but inability to keep up with technology, and it's not their fault either.  All of these transcribing companies seem to have upgraded their technology so now people NEED high-speed internet/cable, and dial-up just won't do anymore.  Imagine losing your job because the cable/phone company won't string up cable or DSL in your neighborhood because your're just too rural.  It's a huge problem and I can see why that would make many people (including myself) jaded.  What in the heck do you do for work when all you've known is transcribing?  Hardly any hospital hires in-house these days either.  Scary times indeed.
me too... lost major $$$.. sm
I lost my derm practice to EMR, $1500+ per week.  That was my only account.  Very humbling experience.  I know a lot of you are in the same boat.  Now it is taking me about a month to make what I made in a week.  Have a couple PT accounts and am working for my FP doc that has EMR.  He dictates part of the note and I put the typing where he wants it.  It is slow as I have satellite but at least it is some income.  I think EMR is the wave of the future.  Hopefully it doesn't become a law soon. 
For me, a major consideration is, would you be
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MAJOR PROBLEMS!!!!

Okay first of all I updated to XP from ME, lost my Microsoft Office so had to reinstall it. I use Express Scribe to play dss files.  Before my update I updated ES to version 4.16.  Found out that does not play dss files so uninstalled that and reinstalled v. 4.15 and it worked.  After the upgrade, I reinstalled version 4.15 and it does the same think at 4.16 did.  WIll not load dss files.  They appear in the file list but with a duration of 0 seconds.  I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting and everything I can think of.  Even with the extra dss .exe that the website said I needed.  Is there a possibility that XP doesn't not run with ES or dss files or do I need to install another component to make my files play on XP? 


Please help, I am getting backlogged and starting to freakout. 


major errors
Only 2 major errors allowed? When learning a new account that seems a little strict. I understand they can't have major errors but give someone a chance to get things right and learn the way of doing things.
I would say those are major. Hospitals SM
often have this sort of policy and expect the services doing business with them to enforce it.
Major error?
That is not a major error. They are just two straggling headers that got left behind, an oversight at best but not major error category. What is wrong with these people? If they call that major what do they call a real major errors that could possibly affect the outcome of patient care? When you consider all the malpractice that goes on with direct patient care involving doctors and nurses, two straggling headers on a report is really very minor.
The major obstacle is the ...sm..

long distance phone charges for the C-line.  Check into Magic Jack.  Some people have been very happy with it and have used it for long distance while using a C-phone.  It makes no difference what kind of computer you're using when you use a C-phone. 


Link to Magic Jack info is below.


A Major Rant

A rant letter to a couple of doctors:


What has happened to the medical profession in this country?  Why is it that doctors forget their Hippocratic Oath?  Why is it they forget the purpose of their career choice?  I've transcribed this week on numerous elderly patients who have been with their doctors for five, ten or even fifteen years, but they have to seek care elsewhere because so many doctors are refusing to accept Medicare.  How would you feel were if it were your own mother or father being refused care with their established physician just because they became classified as "elderly" and qualified for Medicare?  If it weren't for your "connections," your parents would face the same dilemma that other elderly people face.


Why is it that when a patient comes into your office complaining of feeling fatigued and achy that you automatically assume they're depressed and pop out a prescription for them to pop a pill?  Why not LISTEN to what the patient is saying and realize that while some MAY be depressed, others have a legitimate medical problem going on?  Why not do some labs on them to check for anemia, hypothyroidism, etc.?  Oh, I get it -- let them wait two hours to see you after their appointment time and then spend two minutes with them... after all, time is money.  By the way, I guess that kid who came several times a couple of weeks ago complaining of abdominal pain wasn't just trying to get out of school since I saw his obituary in the paper this week.  Even when his mom and dad brought him in a second and third time, you brushed them off.  I hope seeing his obituary hurts your heart at least half as much as it hurt mine.  I can't imagine the pain those parents are enduring right now, but I doubt you've stopped earning money long enough to let it bother you.  And, no, I won't cover your butt if I get a subpoena when his parents sue you for medical negligence.


Why is it that you cringe when I tell you I need to raise my rates when I've not had a rate increase in three years or longer when in the mean time you've raised your rates at least three times a year every year?  Oh - ok - your expenses have gone up?  Do you think they've discounted my electric bill, gasoline, supplies and everything else?


Remember that last check before Christmas that I asked about when you were late paying me?  You know, the one where you said you didn't have the money to pay me until after the 1st of January - although my contract with you explicitly explains payment arrangements?  That was hard to swallow when your wife was standing there while I was waiting to talk to you and making out a check for $8200 to have your home decorated for Christmas?  Yes, it ticked me off that you had the money for that in your budget but not the money to pay me my measly little $702.  It also ticked me off when you took your three-week vacation to France and left me waiting for payment.


I do understand - its all about the money.  Of course, that is why I work.  But, if I ever get to the point that I'm so cold-hearted or money-oriented that I cannot try and give the best of my abilities in my transcription for every patient I type on, I have common sense enough to know its time to get out of my profession.  Yes, to you I'm just a "typist", but how many times have you picked up the phone and called me asking, "Do you remember the names of the tests that I need to order for Lyme disease?" Or, what about when you can't dictate a proper letter and you say, "This is what I want to say - can you fix it for me?"  What about those times when I've flagged a lab result and said, "This patient would be dead with a potassium of 988."  Regardless, I remain just a "typist" in your mind.


In spite of all your faults, I do my best for you.  I give you accurate work every day of every week because I know one typo (on the transcription work you don't review) with a drug dosage could mean the difference between life and death of your patients.  But in the end, does it really matter to you? 


 


At least 200; FT account is a major
trauma center, PT is a major surgical center. Both are teaching hospitals, so I have all the residents thrown in too.
This was a major national. You can mess with just about anything...
as long as you have a space bar.
to fellow psych major
I would like to start working in the field before I get my BA.  Do you know how many credits you would need in order to do that, and is an AA degree far enough to begin work?  You're a lot closer than me so I figured you might know this.  It would be a big weight off my shoulders knowing I could work within three years rather than 7, which seems so long.  Thanks in advance
Major patriarchy brainwashing.
Having sex does not make you a "wh0re." It usually means you are a functioning adult capable of making your own choices and not having your entire life dictated to you.
We have Publix - MAJOR stores all over....sm

Publix says tipping is not allowed.  I do not agree with that.  They are loading TONS of stuff into cars, why shouldn't they get a tip?  I tip, their bosses are not outside watching anyway and I don't know that anyone ever lost a job with Publix (one of the largest employers in the SE) due to this


to each his/her own I suppose    


Dude, what's your major malfunction? sm

Since I've been working for the last 1-1/2 years with a company and more recently with my own accounts, I daresay that I am doing just fine with or without the RMT.  I wanted to take the RMT for my own fun.  I am sure there are others that either want to take the test or that are waiting to hear their results after waiting several months.


 


It is not a major deal to set up Meditech....
I went remote over 10 years ago and I set up most everything myself with installing the program for Meditech with dial up.  Now I do it VPN which they installed but I probably could have done myself.  More hospitals should look at contracting or hiring the MT directly.  It is so much cheaper for them.  After increasing my rate a couple of years ago, my hospital looked into hiring an MTSO and was surprised at how much more they would have to pay (more than 3 times what I charge) even if they did offer health insurance and taxes.  As to the poster below, I rarely miss work because if I don't work I don't get paid.  And when I can't, the hospital has a back up they hired themselves.  There are always somebody willing to do extra work somewhere.
Me too.. Lost major account
to EMR.. basically put me out of business. I could have "stayed-on" in house doing limited transcription and scanning for 1/2 the money. System was not very friendly to transcription, had to constantly switch screens, etc. would have really lost $$$ if I was paid by the line. Either way hourly/cpl, less money for me. I decided to just stay home and go with national. Hopefully I can hold out for the next 5 or so years, or else I guess I'm off to Walmart!
Major bummer dude!

This is my 2nd Saitek...the first one had silver keys and oh ya, I got the paint on them babies worn off within 6 months.  I'm totally bummed to hear this one will do the same thing, because I really looked at it hard before buying and saw the letters were "etched" in and not painted on.  It's no biggie for me, being a touch typist, but when family or friends want to plink around, they got totally lost...plus it looked fargin' ugly too. 


I use the angry red lights when typing that ESL crap (red alert!), and the happy purple the rest of the time.  The old one was just blue, so I'm kinda sick of that for right now, but it is so much fun to mess with the mood lighting.  Simple pleasures for simple minds      


Currently working for a major national, they use BOS because they want
all MTs transcribing the same. What the client wants comes first, then BOS on the majority of accounts. This is SUPPOSED to make QA-ing a report easier.
Making major purchases

Dh and I were looking for a house about 3 months ago because the one we are in is too small.  We put that on halt.  For one, I am worried about my job.  I work for a hospital.  OM announced we are going to upgrade to a new system.  One of our MTs got to see this new system (I don’t know how) and she said it was great.  She told about those 3 doctors that say when doing one of their DS to cut and paste from their HP and then they begin with the hospital course.  We get paid for all those lines.  Well, now the HP is just going to feed into the DS so we won’t have to cut and paste.  Plus some, not all of the docs are going to be able to do VR.  They will still need us for editing they said.  They already took the headers and footer pay away from us because it automatically wraps into the report. 


 

Now assuming that if the things that already wrap into the report we don’t get paid for, those wonderful DS that we love to get with the free lines is coming to a halt.  Also, assuming from what I have read on this message board and others, pay decreases with VR.  None of this has been said yet by OM but I am expecting it to come.  The other MTs are saying oh this is wonderful, oh this is great.  I haven’t mentioned any of my concerns to them mainly because I don’t want to let on that I am worried.  I just quit looking for a new house.  One of the MTs did purchase a new house recently because since they took us off of hourly and put us on production, she is making great money and we are, actually better than what most the MTSOs pay.    I am just afraid it is just going to come to a halt.  Do I have a right to be paranoid?  Has anyone else put big purchases on halt because they are worried about what is to come?  I am kind of the worry wart pessimistic type. 
Preparing for a major cut in pay is scary.
I am without an emergency fund :( and no one seems to be responding to my resume.

This is so cruel.
I lost major $$ when they discontinued that. nm
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10.5 with major national, 65 chars with spaces,
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Every day I make a chore list. Nothing major, just...
one kid has to empty the dishwasher and take out the trash.  The other has to pick up the family room and vacuum it.  I make the list each day and leave it on the counter.  They aren't allowed to turn the television on until it is done.
Having a major brain fart--need to document the use of --sm
or not to use a hyphen for words like schapho-lunate and lunato-triquetral.  Having a major argument with QA and need documentation but can not think of where to find it.  Tanks
Radiology MTs - Major cuts in outpatient

imaging by Congress - called the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.  Signed by Bush in December.  Over five years will amount to 20 Billion dollars cut from outpatient imaging payments for Medicare and medicaid patients.  This will have a ripple effect.  Private insurers soon will follow suit.  Posted the DRA but it was removed by Administrator.... This will have a detrimental effect on us all, as cuts will begin occurring in every aspect of radiology. 


Here is a comprehensive article.  Please do not remove this post for one day, Administrator.  This will impact MTs in radiology significantly.


imagingBiz.com - The Information Service of the Imaging Center Institute


Pogo.com for me for games major addiction nm
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