Well I think we also need to get away from the

"I do MT so I can stay home with my kids" thing if we want to look professional.  My kids are grown but I know even when my husband is home and sticks his head in my office and talks to me, I find myself making mistakes.  I often will read back over what I was transcribing and note that just at the moment I was interrupted, I made a mistake.  Doing MT correctly takes concentration.  Yeah, sometimes I'm in the "zone" and happily typing along and don't miss a lick.  But when I'm in the zone and am distracted, I make a mistake.

I am all for credentialing but I'd prefer it be by AHIMA, not AHDI.  I've been an MT for 27 years and I'm going back to school to get a degree. I thought I was making money doing MT.  But the hospitals and clinics want to be paid less, MTs want to be paid more, and between what I am paid and what I pay the subs is a margin of 5 cents per line.  With that 5 cents per line I have to pay taxes, equipment (computers, software, call-in dictation systems, fax machine, C-phones, headphones, footpedals, etc. etc. etc), services (dictation system repair/maintenance contract, phone bill, dictation lines, online fax service, post office box, bank fees - monthly account fees, "business suite" fees, direct deposit fees) and pay myself.

I will probably keep my MT service as a small gig on the side for extra income once I finish school and go straight into a job that pays me twice as much as I am making from MT, with lots of benefits, time off, and RESPECT.  

• AHDI - Boogie MT
  • AHDI - marie
  • Well I think we also need to get away from the - sm
    • I think you are contradicting yourself. - SM
      • No, I am not contradicting myself - sm
        • You say you are being professional - if you have no kids in the house.
          • No one said "hobby" and no one said - sm
            • Please see inside... - see the message
              • Would a doctor be considered professional if - sm
                • non-professional? - Debbie
              • If I had a dollar sm - CrispyCritterMT
  • another aspect to think about... - banshee
  • You're 100% right! And where we work - (sm) - LowlyMT
    • You are right about being invisibile sm - Lyndia
      • Union? ABSOLUTELY! And one more thing - (sm) - LowlyMT
        • Great post, but I'm - leery of unions
          • Unions - grasshopper
    • AHDI - Boogie MT
    • How 'bout comparing us to PA's, RNs, or even doctors? (nm) - Backwards typist
      • Like I said in my post, I was pullng comparisons - just as a fer-instance. LowlyMT
    • Absolutely agree 100% with your post! - ntk

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