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Has anyone backed up their aco.file from a Medquist expansion dictionary they created while there and found a Expander program that was able to import it?  I am leaving the Q and going to be an IC and need to get my own expander program but really, really do not want to have to rebuild this file.  Way too long...

I normally type Radiology and love it but was asked to cover a radiation oncology account until my Radiology account is ready.  Heres my dilemma....

I think I really like doing oncology!  Can anyone tell me what the earning potential is for (full-time) oncology work? I normally get paid by report for radiiology (1.25/report + incentive). 

a local college has a job posted for an ESL instructor. Any takers?

I was using WinFax PRO through the computer for faxing many files rather than the old print and put through a fax machine.  BUT this program seems to be hanging up all the time, not faxing, etc.

Does anyone know of another program like this...where you just click on files and fax through the computer?

THANX FOR ANY HELP

Wendy

Through friends/family?  At school?  Met each other at the grocery store when you reached for the same loaf of bread at the same time?    Through an internet dating site?  

has changed from CTRL+P to Shift-CTRL+F12.  What can I do to get it back?

I have completed my transcription course with an "A". I have had med term, A&P, study of diseases.....  I have been a medical records coordinator for 5 years.  It is very discouraging looking for work as an MT with no experience (on the job).  If anyone knows of anyone who is willing to give me a chance, I live in orange county, California and am looking for PT work from home. 

Insta Text can be purchased for less than $180.00??????

I'm tired of wearing out my jeans (not to mention that they aren't that comfortable to sit in all day) and want to be more professional than working in sweats -- I used to work in Medical Records and wore scrubs, and I loved them.

Hubby caught me surfing ebay for scrubs and laughed at me -- he didn't see why I would wear a uniform if I didn't have to, but the way I see it -- it makes me feel more professional and is a comfortable and effortless solution that is better than bathrobes and slippers.  Am I crazy or silly for wearing a uniform to work when I work in my dining room?

Any other scrub-wearing MTs out there? 

What do you guys do when you get a doctor or group of doctors that dictate past the point of warp speed and it all comes out totally unclear?  I'm not just talking about medical terminology either but simple English words!

I'm about to flip my wig here with these docs.  It is such abuse. I try so hard to understand them and spend a lot of my time going back and forth, back and forth to listen.  I have a well trained ear, too, but it's not me - just that they talk SO INCREDIBLY FAST! 

I've told them before to slow down a bit and dictate at a reasonable speed and that they can dictate fast if they want because I'm a fast typist, but they MUST enunciate.  It goes in one ear and out the other!

I'm getting so frustrated!  What should I do???? 

I hate to give up the account, but really it's like every report I send in to them is filled with blanks because the docs talk past warp speed. 

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

If you wouldn't mind posting anonymously....

What do you charge:

Per LINE?  Per PAGE?  Per REPORT?  Per MINUTE?

Also wondering WHO determines the method of payment (page, line, report), the MTSO or the client?  Would a client ever say "Well, I'd like to be charged by the ______" ?  Any thoughts?

THANKS so much!

I'd like to thank the administrator for helping me with my question about the main board. Being new here, I looked around for "instructions" but must have overlooked them. It's nice to see the administrative message at the top of the main board explaining how to use it -- I took the word "main" litearlly, as others new to this board possibly have.

I do have a question. When I signed up at Yahoo-Groups , I signed up to receive daily digests, which are digests of the main board. Is there a way to receive digests of the boards listed on the left?

The older I get the worse my hearing.  I think it's all the years with headset jammed into my ears.   I am working on an account with very low volume and techs cannot do anything about it.

Does anyone use headset with in-line volume control and does it work?  I found a set on ebay - $30.00 plus shipping.  But hate to order unless it works.  Help!!

gets me fired up sometimes!  I was just sitting here thinking...how can some people that I don't know, who live far away from me, that don't have anything to do with my life, my family, my personal life get me so fired up sometimes! LOL.

It is good for me though...gets the blood pumping.

August 14th here in Cobb County and I can't wait to get the kids out of the house then  

I cannot break this habit.  I do not think about it until my knee starts aching midday.  Do you practice good posture?

I feel awful today.  While transcribing using my C-phone and word..we had a power surge where the electricity shut off for only like a minute.  I was at the end of my report and thought it was saved...when the power came back on the job was off of my phone and I just went ahead and transcribed everything but my last job...had written down all my demographic info for my records and just glanced in my to send folder to see that the job was missing!!!

Once a job is off of my C-phone, even dialing back into the system and selected by job number will not allow you access to the report.   I was so upset that then on top of all of this I accidentally popped my last job out of my que without transcribing it

I feel so terrible!!  I'm still in training too, probably gonna get canned for this!!  I really needed the job and have spent so many off hours logging QA reports, saving templates, making shortcuts, etc!!!  I wish this account had a way to retrieve a previously transcribed report, especially for the Transcriptionist it was assigned to....has this ever happened to any of you?  I haven't been on an account before that you can't retrieve a voicefile...I feel really awful..overall I love the account and was really doing well...

Thanks for letting me vent.

do you feel obligated to share whatever work there is with them, even if it's really only enough for you?  In my case they have other work that can do but they make more from my work, so they are anxious for any work I have available.  It's overflow, so sometimes there is work and sometimes there's not.  The amount of work available right now I could easily do myself.

Usually I share whatever I have with them, but right now I have so many bills and really need to do the work/keep the money myself.  But I feel bad about doing that.  Should I feel bad?  My husband says no.  He thinks of it strictly in a business sense.

Job A at 9.5 cpl but awful dictators, bad sound quality, speed talkers, cell talkers, ESLs about 90% of the time, blanks in 50% of reports. 

Company B:  7.75 cpl easy, long dictations, averaging 9 minutes, 90% English speaking, coherent, slow, pronouncing words, no blanks left all day.

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I have been trying to research this all morning, and I'm hoping you all have some knowledge to share.  I know that President Bush called for electronic medical records implementation within 10 years back in 2004, but I'm wondering if there has been a date set for compliance by hospitals/large clinics and small practices, and whether it relates to federal funding versus private sector.  Also wondering if this is something that is to be determined on a state basis, rather than federal, as the only specific date I was able to find was some information pertaining to Minnesota (I believe) requiring implementation of EHR by October 1, 2015.  It seemed to pertain to federally/state funded facilities, but don't quote me on that. 

My head is spinning right now with all the information, but most legal information I can find has more to do with the legal aspects of EHR in potential court cases rather than government requirements for having a system in place.  Just wondering mostly how the little guys (MTs with 2 or 3 local physicians) are handling this, but also if an actual date has been set. 

I sure would appreciate any information anyone here has to share about this.   TIA all, and have a great day everyone! 

Can anyone give me an idea on how to copy my Instant Text onto a flash drive so I can use it on another computer if I want to.  If I leave my present job using the company computer and use my own computer I would hate to have to put all of my Expanders in over again.  What a pain that would be!!