A specialty usually refers to the type of dictation

• What exactly is a specialty? - andre
  • my multispeciality clinic has 28 specialties - see message
    • ....I mean 24, not 28, all have different terminology - no need for exclamation; not a big deal -
  • A specialty usually refers to the type of dictation - another IC MT
    • Thank you. That helps out a lot. - andre

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I thought when an MTSO asked your specialty, they were asking for the type of  work you transcribed/edited, such as radiology, ops, ER, GI, cardio, pulmonary, etc.  But, I was recently filling out an application that referred to specialties as soap notes, discharges, clinic notes, procedures notes, admissions and/or discharges.

All of those can be sort of combined.  A GI patient may have a speical procedure done, then see his or her primary care doc in a clinic for the results.  So, what exactly is the specialty?

Thanks to anyone who will be so kind as to really clear this up for me.

Greetings!

This is my first post on the boards although I have been reading them line by line for days!  I just wanted to take a few minutes to say hello and see if I could ask a few questions.

1. what is your favorite specialty to transcribe and why?

2. for a new MT what resources would you consider the most valuable? Why?

3. can you tell me about your history with being an MT?  Rough spots and moments that made it all worthwhile?

I want to thank you in advance for any help you are able to give.  Also to say thank you to all the wonderful experienced MT's who have give such positive reinforcements to people on these boards.  Its nice to see so few people jaded by years in a career choice, it helps me to feel good about my decision!

Blessings,

Denita

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What if the MD is dictating, you are a 1/4 of the way through, he is interrupted by a colleague, then comes back starting with the beginning again (prepped & draped, etc)then seems to go in a totally different direction and subject then where he left off?  Do you continue to type what he is saying, even though it makes no sense to the first part of the report? Do you make a note of it for the editor?  Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, VERY NEW MT...

Hello,

I'm stumped on a sentence in a discharge summary I am working on. As part of the Laboratory Data section, the doctor says:

Chest x-ray showed no TECUTE PROCESSED. Well, at least it sounds like tecute processed but that obviously doesn't make sense! Any ideas?

With these new online programs, post DOS programs where we really cleaned up, that has dropped for some to between 130-175 LPH....A great MT should be able (pre online programs I do believe, my opinion only) to type nearly 2000 lines in an 8-hour period or 10-hour period. If I could do that on DOS programs, anyone could, and privately I still work on a faithful DOS program and for 10 years.

Decades of typing pre MT work helped and then 25 years of doing MT work is what makes some of us pros.

it sounds like to you.  They will have a list come up with any drugs that s/l what you typed in and it lists what they are for and generic names if appropriate.   If you can't hear but the ending of a drug - for example "illin" is all you can make out type in *illin and it will list all drugs with that ending and maybe you can figure out the rest that way.  If ever in question never guess on meds. 

A lot of times new drugs may not be on rxlist, in which case you have to google, but be sure you have a reliable source as there is a lot of garbage and misinformation on google.

I have Quick Look on my computer and it is very helpful.  There are so many drugs, some you will have frequently and some that you may have once a year or so, and then new drugs are added all the time. 

You'll get better with practice, but you'll have to do a lot of looking up in the meantime.

When I go to the drugstore I walk up and down the aisles and look at products on the shelf.  At the pharmacy if I am able to see meds from the counter I look at the names.  New meds usually have ads in magazines and on TV and I make notes about them. 

I was hoping that someone could give me some advise for difficult doctors that dictate with a very strong acient!! I need help!! Any advise would be great!

Thank you!

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone else was having problems with the level of dictation available to transcribe. I work for Eagle's Landing and I'm finding that the dictation is very sporadic. When I first started it wasn't that way but ever since Hurricane Katrina the dictation has been low. Right after Hurricane Katrina there would be days with no dictation because the docs were gone to New Orleans to help out. Now the doctors are back but there is still the same problem. I am actually going to be set up on a second account so that should help me but I'm not sure when they are going to do that for me. I've heard that we are getting several new clients soon so maybe that will help. What I've started doing basically is actually keeping up with the amount of work per hour (low, medium, high volume, comp issues, etc)on an excel spreadsheet for each day of the week, I'm going to continue doing that for each week of the month, so eventually I will have several months I can look over and see if this is a chronic problem or an acute problem. I'm really hoping that this is just a temporary slow period of time. I think my frustration has also been compounded by the fact that I've had computer problems myself, the system at Eagle's Landing goes down sometimes for maintanence, and just being a new MT.

I really do plan to stick it out but I don't believe that the service would be honest with me if this is a problem that is going to be ongoing so I feel I need to keep my own records. Right now I'm living at home with my mom but eventually, in a year or so, I want to be able to move out and support myself so I need to see if this job has some stability. I understand there will be less stability than other jobs because that is how this industry is but I need enough stability to know that I can support myself atleast. As I said before in one of my earlier posts, I only started 3 months ago,(back in July) so I definitely know that the early frustrations just take time and experience to work through so I do plan on sticking it out. I guess my concern with lack of dictation is that it is something I cannot control, my speed is something I can control, I can work really hard and get better at that, but this is something I cannot. The problems with the sporadic dictation I would say have been going on since the middle of August, it does not seem like very long but it seems like forever when I'm trying to build up my speed and when I'm new at this. Anyway, I would appreciate some feedback on this from new MTs and more experienced MTs. Oh, also another thing I've noticed just from reading this message board and others is that a lot of MTs keep up with their line counts on a spread sheet. What I tend to do is watch my production based on the number of minutes I type. Should I be looking more at line count than minutes and also keeping track of that more closely? I have noticed that I do not follow my life count as diligently as others. And finally I want to thank everyone for the input I've already gotten from this board, it has been very helpful to me, and I have definitely taken the advice to heart and used it.

I'm looking for free practice dictation in oncology/hematology. I'm coming up with nothing on Google. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've got a job lined up, but I need more practice before I start. TIA for help!

read but kept falling asleep.   I just turn the speed up several notches and relisten and it isn't so bad.   I actually am sometimes able to get a blank with the speed up that I couldn't when I played it several times at regular speed. 

I do alot of psyche and some of my reports range from 150-450 lines per report.  So when you look at it like that it is not bad.  On the other had if you are doing radiology that would be totally different.  Again some of mines average from 15-30 lines.  That is with a 65 character line. 

What does DEP stand for?

Thanks