This is totally correct!
Posted By: Marie on 2008-10-05
In Reply to: 2 moderator... - was ....sm
People arguing over things that may not be THEIR opinion. A nice, quiet board would be a great thing. A place to escape all of this immaturity. A place to unwind and just relax. A place where people can ask questions and give their own opinions without being jumped all over, bashed, and feel like they have to defend themselves! It is okay to disagree with the next person, but you can have a debate, w/o being nasty. Great idea! Thank you!
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The above post totally correct
IN the 80s I made almost 60 thousand but not anymore. Some will come on and say they make that much but just with a 40 hour week, not anymore.
Even, listen to this, even if the VR was totally 100% correct
On Escription you cannot, cannot double or triple your lines because of the speed on the platform. I typed 2000 plus some before straight typing and on my very best days have never cleared 4000. It is pure dreaming to my thinking for anyone to say differently. I would like to hear from anyone who says they have doubled or tripled their rate and see what platform they work on. Anyone?
Do it correct always. It will learn. Everyone has to do it correct all the time. nm
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If you are careful with putting the correct report in the correct report shell and patient, you will
not have any problems. I only take away this option when someone is careless. There can be NO room for error on this. One mistake can be very serious. Many do it well though, so just double check and you will be fine.
Totally Special, totally HOT! NM
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You are totally right.
You are totally right. It would be nice to be paid hourly for what we are worth but that probably will not happen but it is the Transcriptionist first priority in my eyes to make sure the report is accurate before how much they produce in one particular hour. I would never just put anything because I did not know just because I wanted to make more money that hour that is why it takes experience in this business to make any real income. I know when I started out, I made more money babysitting than I did transcribing but as you gain experience there is less and less you have to look up and then you begin to make a real income.
I totally
Some people just don't know how to leave well enough alone.
This is totally different than having
Many prisons have work release however, they would NEVER allow an inmate to handle the US mail. Sheesh!
totally....
I have been at this only two months and am bored already - its the isolation and the repetitive work I have. I have a clinic account with a small learning curve, so now my blanks are for the most part garbled words or medications that are unrelated to the specialty area. I'm still building up speed of course, but now getting distracted/bored/daydreaming is slowing me down. I count my blessings that the work is not that difficult but its a trade off.
I KWYM about short vs. long. I usually have 1-2min reports and that keeps me going but when I get a 7 minute one, especially if it is the person who talks very softly, pop goes the Diet Coke can!
I thought I would like working alone at home but now realize that I like to be around people. Funny the things you learn about yourself that fly in the face of what you think you are like.
I think I would be able to do better in house, but what I really want is contact with other human beings and a little more variety in my duties.
Empathizing right there with you.
The first one I get totally
My BF of one year does that. He does things that he knows irritates me because I have told him and then wonders why I get so upset with him. He might pinch me and I say stop about 5 times and it continues and I get totally ticked by then. Then he wonders why I am so angry all the time. Well DUH!
Totally
My worst experiences have been with Mom and Pops MT services...
Not sure totally following? sm
Just in case I'm not understanding, but seems okay to say ALL MTs; probably programmed so they can hit one key and it automatically goes to all MTs entered in this particular email function. Just like they have a feature where when on vacation you can have email sent "i'm on vaction, will return such and such time.
Using own email, I think we all do?? At least thought so.
totally
would like to know too!
i totally
understand where you are coming from but I also understand their point. They have burnout!
Totally
I totally agree with Kyrie
it totally seems like they try!
like they know i'm in here (trying to be) working and they rev up the leafblowers on purpose! i think they might have heard me yell SHUT UP GO AWAY!!! one day
We Must Have Totally -
See, I don't equate "great pay" to "great company." I've made more money at other jobs yet been completely miserable for one reason or another. I've found that I would much rather make a litle less and actually enjoy what I'm doing. While I do consider salary when accepting a position (obviously, otherwise I'd be a total moron), I put a little more weight on benefits, flexibility, communication, my level of interest, and other areas rather than excusively on salary.
I never look on it as a threat to anyone's job security, mine or my colleagues, if I praise an employer and suggest someone apply there. I figure if that person can get past the resume and interview process and ultimately land a job, it's up to me to be at the top of my game to ensure my job security. I expect my colleagues to all be at the top of their games as well.
I am, however, one of those annoying people who politely declines to give any of my friends a job reference unless I know first-hand that they're 110% qualified for the position and share my work ethic and dedication. I'm always fearful of recommending someone and that person, no matter how much I may think of them on a personal level, turns out to be a professional disappointment, then my credibility would be questioned in the eyes of my employer. I guess I'm just as paranoid in this particular area as you are in the area of sharing OP reports or the name of your employer.
That's what keeps life interesting, all of us having different attitudes, perspectives and expectations.
Thanks for the conversation...I always enjoy seeing different viewpoints.
I use ones that go totally over the ear - sm
I cannot stand anything else, and as I have the hearing of an owl I can hear just fine what is going on around me, obviously muted somewhat, but this way I can hear my doctors just fine. I use Maxell NC-II, about $30 at Wal-mart or on-line. First pair lasted a couple years, my next only about 6 months, on my 3rd set now. Very comfy though, though get ear zits now (4-6 a year) and then, guess from the sweat, etc. of having them on a lot, that part sucks.
okay, you are correct of course, except
The below posters are correct, of course. I called my boss and they said, "No, this would PROBABLY be against the privacy laws." About the 'Googling" of names, however, the only reason I have been Googling names is because the doctors won't SPELL THEM OUT, and my accounts are not 'searchable'. I do not use any info besides just the name...no SS #... if I find a Verbatio Kertalino (not a real name)in Google in the correct city, I can be pretty darn sure this is the correct person. If there is any specific reason I should not do this, I will stop, but I do not think so! If you posters are pretty SURE this is not ethical, I will call my boss and ask about that also! I use Google also, of course, to look up the spellings of local businesses and hospital and clinic names that they do not spell out. Otherwise, every single report would go to QA! And, if you can't post in a courteous manner, please do not bother posting at all!
That is correct
Any useful tips that a QA member can provide an MT is great. Expansions, websites, etc. If I fill in a blank, I would be apt to send an MT a link to go along with it where she can find it and bookmark it for later use.
5 gm is the correct way nm
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You are very correct...
and it IS bad, but ya know something? I'm thinking that even we poor MQer's have it made compared to those in New Orleans. I know I finding myself b******* a lot less these days (rare for me lol!). Just my 2 cents (which you're right about - that will soon be the going rate at MQ lol)....
whether to correct
I certainly do correct. I've had them mention hysterectomies in males and such.
Let me correct something here
I agree with you that there is something wrong with having NO WORK. Keep in mind though, that a lot of these people were complaining just for the mere fact that they had several accounts and couldn't remember all the client specifics and not because they were out of work!
you are probably correct
The poor thing obviously has some serious issues.
That is correct.
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Correct way
BOS 2 says 10 to the 5th
She may be correct
She was probably speaking of 1% of the TOTAL JOBS through the U.S., not merely the segment of MT. She might also have sidestepped those with Green Cards who are working in this country. You see that with programming positions. And then there's that segment of jobs that people in this country don't want to do (i.e. scrubbing toilets), so the illegal aliens do that.
Look at the forest rather than the tree.
this is correct; nm
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What is the correct way?
Being a nurse I have always charted/documented carcinoma in situ as CIN-I, CIN-II, CIN-III, etc. Is this the same way when transcribing reports? I know it was this way at one time but now with the change in the numbers rule per AAMT would we now transcribe this as CIN-1, CIN-2, CIN-3, etc.?
Thanks in advance,
Tabatha
Which is correct?
Med-Surg Floor, med-surg floor, etc. Thanks
You are correct.
First shift would be considered daytime, second would be evening and third would be the graveyard shift (mine) that is midnight to morning.
if I'm correct
This would happen ONLY if the company you work for pays unemployment tax. If they don't, you're up that well-known creek.
But the best people to answer that question would be the Labor Board.
you are correct. I should have said sm
2-5 years in an acute care setting with a hospital who knows what they are doing! haha.
I don't really know the answers to all of these problems BUT I do know that I don't have time to argue with an "experienced" MT nor do I have time to train one.
You have some great points!
You can correct this now by...sm
buying the Wireless-G router that has a booster. We did this for the PC that is farthest from the PC that has the main router on it and now that PC is as fast as the main one on its wireless connection. One word of caution: Be sure to set up a secured environment to prevent anyone from using your internet connection. I was amazed when I set up the booster that I was able to view 4 neighbors accounts and could have used them without their knowing. Information on how to set up the secured connection is available on the Linksys website and only took me about 5 minutes to do for the entire system in my house (and I'm NOT computer literate!)
You may be correct, however
as it has been stated, client or company preference outweighs what my be considered correct. The company I work for requires 2 spaces after a period. They do not care what may be the correct way as this is what the clients specified to them.
this is not exactly correct
the point I am trying to make is operating in a market economy. You posted, "If people are going to function as an IC, they need to understand they are in charge of what they are paid by the MTSO" which isn't exactly true. The MTSO states what they pay and the IC takes it or leaves it. This is the same as saying "you are in charge of telling your employer what you are paid." The employer can say the job pays $8 an hour and then you take it or leave it. Which then you go on to say, "Personally, I tell an IC what I am willing to pay and if they accept it great, if not, I can negotiate." Which is exactly why people are taking jobs that pay 5, 6, 7 cpl. Because they need the work, and they can't find jobs in the market that are paying higher, at least not ones that fulfill their other criteria too (perhaps part time, not with a big national, whatever). Most importantly, the falling line pay rates show that global competition is affecting our job market. MT's will need to be prepared to make less as time goes on, not more, over the long haul.
mac is correct - about 33-35%....sm
For years I paid quarterly taxes but now I just do it yearly. It works out to 25-33% for me either way I do it.
Good luck!!!!
You are correct
All cost of living has skyrocketed...everything. Really think about it an IC making 0.12 a line and paying approximately 43-45% in Federal, State, unemployment, etc.etc...
Anyone know how if possible to correct...sm
a document in Word and have the correction and the error show in some way so I can return to MT, and she can see the error and the correction. Is it even possible to somehow correct, then get rid of the errors easily so I would then have a finished product???
Correct
You are right again but I think all of the MT's that are complaining on this subject need to realize that small to medium sized MTSO's like the one I run do not drive these situations. It is the overseas market that started this. They have been lowballing line rates just to get the work and it is terrible quality but hospitals and large medical facilities don't seem to care. That is why we do not market those places anymore. The problem is that our large national companies have jumped right into the mix by using overseas MT's and charging these drastically low line rates to get all the business. Then this affects the american MT's negatively and they get paid less. The whole problem is that I don't think it will change any time soon.
Terry
It's correct, there are not enough MTs, because
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Correct
You are correct
The original poster asks us to visit "her" blog - but did that page look like a blog an MT would have set up quickly about this?
Of course not - the post is a slick gimmick to get people to believe it's a real money maker.
I for one ain't biting.
Actually, the correct way...sm
is from left top corner to the bottom right corner - diagonally. It's the same with televisions, too.
C would be correct..........*S*
May not be 100% correct but
Thought if there was a "right of survivorshp on deed" that it just directly went to you and so no probate is needed, also if a estate is under a certain amount, no probate is needed -- my folks did not have to be probated as it was under a certain amount. Again, I could be wrong about some things.
You are correct, but...sm
If the MTSO bids too low to pay his/her MTs a decent rate, then that MTSO will get what he/she pays for.
I know there are a million wannabe MTs out there who just want to make a few bucks a week working in their jammies who will gladly take 5-6 cents a line. Well, they can have it. My skill has been honed over almost two decades and I won't make less than I did when I started. I am a professional and set high standards for myself and won't compromise them.
The medical profession is famous for choosing the lowest bidder and someday it's going to come back and bite them in the behind.
When I choose a doctor or plumber or electrician, etc., I choose someone who can do the job well, has good references and a good track record of being the best in their field, not who happens to be the cheapest. Others I know who haven't done that and tried to save some $$$ with the cheap company found out the hard way that it wasn't usually cheaper after all was said and done.
I'm hoping the MT industry is learning that lesson now and comes back quickly to the respected profession it once was... I don't think I can stand it much longer if it doesn't.
IT = If. See, I can correct myself, if I want.
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Yes, you are correct; it's 4/15. Sorry!
q.d. will never be correct if the MT SM
is transcribing for a JCAHO-accredited facility, not even in verbatim transcription. If you do not know why, you probably need to look that up.
If you cannot produce a 98% or better report by day #3 (and yes, this means you will type SLOWLY and CAREFULLY and LISTEN and USE FLAGS APPROPRIATELY) to get off QA review, then I maintain that your skills are not up to par to transcribe for most major services. BOS or not, an experienced MT with 5 or 6 years of experience should be able to roll with whatever the style is at the job.
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