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questioning decision... -
Posted By: Curious
Can any of you that have been at this for a long period of time answer me this question? When you first started out...did you feel overwhelmed? How long does it take a person to really see if this is something they'll be good at? I find myself getting headaches really easy and only after a few hours of typing. I feel fatigued. Is it normal to feel this way in the beginning and what suggestions do you have to help? When do you feel that things are finally settling down and you start to move along at a normal pace? I'll give it a few months I guess...I'd think at that point I would have a pretty good idea if this is something I'm going to be productive at or not.
Sorry for all the questions.....I guess I am feeling uneasy and was hoping for some reassurance or words of wisdom from none other than another MT. 
Bytescribe Company - May Purchase Their OratorPro Dictation System - Any Input? -
Posted By: Dave
Does anybody have experience with the company called Bytescribe and their telephone dictation systems? I am looking into buying their OratorPro system where I can have doctors telephone in and dictate onto this system.
Thank you.
Diskriter questions -
Posted By: Jamie
Anyone who works for Diskriter. How flexible are they with schedules? I am asking because I work full-time inhouse right now and work every third weekend. On that weekend I get Friday off or another day if I need it. How flexible are they with their part-time hours? I want to get as much information about this as I can before I get myself into something that is not good. I have never worked from home before other than on cassettes and am still getting used to all the lingo for at home transcription. Please anyone with good intentions only. I am doing this as a second job and really want to make sure it works out. 
How to avoid hiring an American (video) -
Posted By: Hayseed
Cut and paste this link into your brower and click on the video to play it. It's kinda long but worth it....just dang is all I gotta say about that.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16421
Stumped with MS Word -
Posted By: anon
I currently have Word 2000 installed on my computer and "an update for Word 2007" is there anyway that I can install the update and keep it separate from Word 2000? Starting 2 new jobs and one uses one version while the other uses the newer version. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
TIA
Abacus -
Posted By: Lucy
Anyone know if there is a free trial period on this software? Thanks.
Wordscribe -
Posted By: Teena
I recently got an invitation to work for this transcription company, Wordscribe. I was wondering if anyone can give me any feedback on the company. So far, everything I have heard from the owner sounds good. Any information you can share would be greatly appreciated :O)
Anybody know of any good sites for surgical term reference? nm -
Posted By: AH
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A doctors faith -
Posted By: Shauna Tryon
Am thinking of going around town and trying to drum up some more business. A few questions first!?! What does a doc think about hiring locally vs. a big transcription co.? Would he worry about security? or the cost (so many doctors have their office staff type)? What would be my hook or pitch? Do they just follow the other docs in the building and who they use? Hmmmm. Any thoughts would be appreciated! 
Norton Internet Security 2009 and Service Pack 2 or 3?? -
Posted By: Jen
I am having a heck of a time! I have Windows XP and just purchased Norton Internet Security 2009 for my antivirus, as my previous version is just about to expire. Upon installing it it says I have to install Service Pack 2 or higher for it to work. I never installed SP2 because I read that many, many had problems with it. Should I go ahead and download SP3? Is there anything I need to do before installing it? I'm thinking of taking the computer to a professional and having them download SP3 and install it for me because it makes me really nervous! Anyone have any experience with this? What should I do?
Thanks!
Question for ICs about SS and federal tax. I am new at this and I am wondering if you can pay -
Posted By: ICMT
your federal tax and SS more often than quarterly so it doesnt turn out to be so much money. I would pay the State and Local quarterly but would like to pay the fed more often. Anybody do this or just file quarterly.
rate of pay -
Posted By: ae
$50 per recorded hour of straight (non-medical transcription).. Is this low, high, or in the ballpark? I am so used to being paid by the line for medical transcription, this being paid by the dictated hour kind of threw me for a loop.
execuscribe -
Posted By: b
Has anyone heard of or worked for Execuscribe. Have not seen their name posted on any od the old archives.
Line count / pay -
Posted By: Christy
I was reading the posts about line counts. I am relatively new at this and still trying to gain speed. With all the varying line counts (600 - 3000 per day) people mentioned, I am wondering what your earnings are. - If I type 850 in a shift, I am barely above minimum wage and nowhere near enough to live on.
I am also wondering what the average number of reports for those line counts would be. I know they vary in length, etc. and are different from day to day, but a rough average would be helpful.
I am trying to see where I am in the scheme of things and where I need to be to survive. Often when I think I am really cranking, my line count turns out lower than days I feel I spent lots of time looking things up, etc. This is also very frustrating.
Keeping on the long distance subject yesterday, are there any -
Posted By: MI-MT
MTs out there who have a long distance plan that has not received a letter stating they cannot use their particular plan for what we do? I got nailed by Verizon so don't go that route, but I need to find somebody who will work with me/us or I am going to have to find a new job.
Does anybody use ShortKeys? How does it compare with ShortHand? -
Posted By: Dreamweaver
I tried ShortHand but I never could get it to work like AutoCorrect, which is what I prefer. I don't like to take my fingers off the home keys to hit "Alt" or "Ctrl" or whatever.
ShortKeys is okay, but it has some limitations. I just wondered if anyone had tried both and how they compare.
TIA.
postcards -
Posted By: sunnyMT
I was just wondering if anyone looking for new accounts has sent out postcards to doctors?? If so, did you have any success?
TIA, and have a good Monday.
Grammar Question: 9 years' ago or 9 years ago? *sm* -
Posted By: kittykat
 I have a terrible time trying to remember this rule! HELP!
making the public aware of outsourcing -
Posted By: suggestion
What if we all wrote to our local newspapers (letter to the editor) and let them know about this practice? If people inquired of their physicians after reading the letter and found out their medical records are available outside of the country, maybe they might help in the fight by putting some pressure on the docs. Just a thought.
I heard back from my senator today about outsourcing bill sm -
Posted By: Lyndia
He thanked me for my letter, said that as he understood it, this bill didn't cover anything of what I had mentioned. However, he said he would be paying more attention to this bill when it comes before the full senate for a vote. He said he was against outsourcing. Below is my letter to him:
Dear Senator Barrasso:
I am writing to request that you support the above bill. I am a medical Transcriptionist in Wyoming. I moved here 2 years ago from Colorado, bringing my job and income with me. I make an above-average income, which I spend in my community, but my job is at risk because so much of this work is being outsourced, particularly to India. More importantly, the health and privacy of the American public is being put at risk by this practice. First, Indian transcriptionists do their job poorly and inefficiently. The gross errors jeopardize health care. Every error has the potential to injure or poison an American citizen, including many young children for whom accurate diagnoses and medication administration can be a life and death issue. To add insult to injury, Indian transcriptionists are NOT required to honor HIPAA. Once a physician's dictation leaves this country, it is no longer private.
I am a very hard working medical transcriptionist and I am still able to earn a decent living in this industry, but it is certainly not what it used to be. I am paid 9 cents for every 65 Keystrokes I type, whereas an Indian is paid 2 to 3 cents for the same work. This undercutting has hurt this industry and every woman (95% of us are female), many of whom are trying to support families on their own, has been dragged to the poverty line because our wages have not grown with the cost of living. I make 9 cents today and I made 9 cents in 1996, the year my career began.
Please protect the healthcare and privacy of Americans, and help to protect yet another industry from moving to overseas. Support and sign S.810/H.R. 1653.
Someone please tell me how my autotext entries -
Posted By: MSMT
could just VANISH overnight? This has not been a good day.
any info good or bad would be appreciated -
Posted By: pajama-mama
on JLG and All Type. Speaking with one, actual offer from the other but not sure about either. Concern for more is flexibility which they both promise, but I heard that one before.
Is Escription 3 compatible with -
Posted By: MS Office 2007?
I have MS Word 2002 and I know that it is not compatible with Escription 8 which is what I am going to have to start using Monday. I have a Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 disk that came with my laptop. So....my question is.....will MS Word 2007 Home and Student work with Escription 8? My next question is do I need to uninstall my MS Word 2002 before I install MS Word 2007 or will the Word 2007 overwrite the 2002? Any help with this would be wonderful
fluroquinone??? -
Posted By: spelling help needed
The patient’s presentation and findings were briefly discussed with DR. XXXXX Our plan is to begin him now on some IV Vancomycin along with a fluroquinone.
long distance plans -
Posted By: sharon
I live in NW Ohio and having a difficult time finding a LD carrier that allows for medical transcription. Anyone have any ideas?
Dictaphone ExText system -
Posted By: Angela
Any comments? Easy to work with, hard?
VR question -
Posted By: latebloomer
For those of you who do VR, how good is your VR program? Do you have to tweak the same things over and over with no relief or do your VR techs seem to get things straightened out quickly once and for all. With the program I use, I find I have to make the same changes to the same doctor's reports consistently even after sending these issues to the techs. Headings can be a nightmare always deleting or adding something to the headings. Our Editor seems to sometimes have problems distinguishing what a number list is. Just wondering, cause I'm about ready to pack my things and move on. Thanks.
let's take a poll -
Posted By: ticked
I am ticked about something that I probably should just forget about and count my blessings. I work at home usually until about 5 or 5:30 pm. My husband comes home from work at 4 pm. He does not even say hello or give me a peck on the cheek let alone a hello smack on the lips. He thinks I should get up out of my chair and quick working for a little bit if I want attention. Anyone else in this same boat?
software to transfer files quick -
Posted By: Eileen
Is there any software out there that is cheap and transfers my files easy, as I am running out of space on my computer and would like to transfer them to a cd disc for each year. I already created the folders. Any help would be appreciated.
MS Word. Please sm. -
Posted By: Just me
Will someone please tell me how to set up a "field" I think it's called in a template and then how to jump from one to the next to fill in what you need?
Example:
The patient is a * seen today for *, etc, etc.
Thanks for any/all help.
Housekeeping as an alternative ... -
Posted By: Molly
... has anyone gone from MTing to housekeeping in a hotel? I can't support myself as an IC and can't meet the requirements for employee status. What are the going wages in the South? Do I have a snowball's change of being hired in my 50's??? I'm desperate.
Need advice on transcribers -
Posted By: NY MT
I have to buy a new transcriber. I have a choice between a Sanyo minicassette or a Phillips minicassette. Do you have any opinions on either of these? Repairs records, voice quality, ease of use, etc. All opinions are much appreciated.
I really hate feeling this way! (sm) -
Posted By: Mushroom
I've worked at home as an MT for over 15 years. Even though I worked at home, until recently I considered myself part of a team doing an important job in patient care, and for the most part felt that it was appreciated that I had the knowledge - and took the time - to make my reports as accurate as possible. Now it seems we are more or less in an adversarial position with the companies and have to fight for every scrap. We're told to type verbatim - who ever came up with that one? And we now use abbreviations everywhere on the acct I work on, even in diagnoses. It seems to me it's just a process of "dumbing down" so VR and ESL MTs can do the job, no real need to actually have an idea of what the doc is talking about. Also, of course, it makes for lower line counts. It just makes me sad! (Sorry for the vent!)
consulting expert -
Posted By: hopeful
does anyone know of where I can find or how I can go about looking for a consulting person to help me out with trying to get local accounts and what I need and should do such as contract, how to go about charging the client, what software is needed and the ins and outs of various ways of getting the work back to the client? any information would be so greatly appreciated. I just need pointed in the right direction.
Or can somone give me advice as to what they did to get up and running?
Have a beautiful day!
Feedback on SoftScript -
Posted By: Terry
Does anybody know anything good or bad about this company? I am looking for a good MT employment position, and I have been burned before (by Voice Systems--they don't pay!).
SoftScript Inc.
Contact:
501 Colorado Ave.; Suite #206, Santa Monica, California 90401
RadNet -
Posted By: Annie Meldrum
For all RadNet users!!! I hope this can help anyone with any questions... I am a sub-contractor (1099) for a radiology account for a major hospital in Michigan. We recently switched over to RadNet, and believe me, I was afraid... I went 6 weeks without a paycheck during the change-over due to problems and bugs in the system, and about 4 of those weeks was simply getting the correct security level just so I could work! And to make matters worse, I have dial-up (Ahh, the country...Well water and dial-up!!), so needless to say I was skeptical. However, in working this weekend, I have found that RadNet does work with dial-up (although there is a very slight delay in typing and a longer delay when using your mouse). It also DOES work with windows FLASH word Expander (Yes, I have said my shares of Hallelujahs/thank the Lord!!). So anybody looking for short-cuts in RadNet, my advice would be to download any free trials of word Expanders (I used a free trial of FLASH) and see what you like best. Hope this helps some of ya'll!! Annie
Editor -
Posted By: Nancy
What is the standard "going" rate for an Editor position?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Why are foot surgeries always so long? -
Posted By: peaches tx
It's just a foot! They are longer than hip surgeries, back surgeries, any kind of surgeries. WHY?
notebook/lap top -
Posted By: Rays sweep the Sox
How many of you use a notebook or laptop to do your work? Are there any disadvantages? I just brought one and figure I can go to the library or somewhere else to work and not be stuck at home. TIA.
What is your favorite specialty to type and why? -
Posted By: Just Curious
I only have a year and a half of transcribing under my belt, but I have had the opportunity to do a few different specialties: General practice, pain management, orthopedics, physical therapy, endocrinology, psychology and oncology. I have liked them all for different reasons. I like psychology because it is always interesting, easy and I can make good money with it. But I also like orthopedics and oncology because they are interesting and challenging for me. Just curious what others like (and dislike too!).
Where to find some Sample Dictations? -
Posted By: TypingAway
Anyone know where I can find a few sample dictations, like WAV files, on the internet, along with the completed typed reports. Need to test job applicants. Happy Holidays!
meditec -
Posted By: Lea
I know I've read a lot of posts about not paying for mentoring programs but has anyone actually taken the program with MediTec? If so how did it go? Is it legit? It is easy for those of you who have your foot in the door to say we shouldn't pay (and I agree) but we need to get started somehow and I think there just aren't enough opportunities for newbies to get going.
I have a question -
Posted By: Tootsie
If you work at home for a company out of Canada but live in the United States and are a US citizen, do you have to pay income tax on the money you make for the Canadian company?
to carry on a long drawn out thread on supervisor's woes below -
Posted By: Why?
Why in the world if it is so awful, so stressful, so thankless and pay is not that much more (someone posted $3 dollars an hour below), why do you continue to supervise?
Also the general tone of the supervisors is kind of like they don't really like or respect the MTs. Is that healthy? 
PAIN PATIENT -
Posted By: x-addict
www.pillsanonymous.com
What is the difference -
Posted By: MT TEXAS
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between an LX-219 and an LX-219-1. Also what is the difference between a "Basic digital station with backlight" and a "Enhanced digital station with backlight"? Thanks!
Help for a -
Posted By: headache
Unrelenting headache today. I have fibromyalgia but not on any medication. For achiness I just take over-the-counter naproxen sodium which works well. I have a headache today on top of the aches which is not going away. Can you take Advil with naproxen sodium?
REVEALING INFO -
Posted By: ANONANON
has anyone ever had their information revealed, such as name and email address? Just wondering, thanks in advance.
steps to becoming an IC -
Posted By: JB
Just need someone to tell me the steps that need to be taken to become an IC. I would love to have more flexibility in my schedule/hours than a national company can give. I have a few people who have found out that I do transcription and seem interested if I would work for them on the side. I would love to, but don't know how to get this going. Do I need a business license? If someone can either tell me what steps to take or where do I find just plain, straightforward information, I would appreciate it.
Well I'm doing this full time and ouch !!! -
Posted By: Newbie Here
How do you make any money???? Typing and shortcuts is not the problem but trying to figure out some of what the dictators are saying is time consuming... How do you make money????????????
Though I love the research and find this interesting 40.00 a day is not going to cut it... Does it get better????? I feel stupid !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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