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Am short on cash right now and my two cats are needing treatment.  Don't want to make them sick and figure that is why cats cannot use dog flea remedies.  Wanted to see if anyone had ever done this.  I don't want to take any chances with Charles and Cali <meow>

Thanks !!!

This is, I know, an old and overdone question BUT...Please, please other than coffee, protein, water, energy drinks, herbs, and Provigil, please does anybody have a way in which I can stay awake in between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. during my shift? My shift is second oddly going into third.  I am fine when I do third shift going into overnight and early morning.  But, it is absolutely the worst struggle between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.  I would gladly give my highest paycheck to the person who can help me stay awake at that time. That is if I could LOL. Appreciating your replies.

I transcribe for 42 emergeny department physicians.  Would you create one big glossary or create a glossary for each doctor.  A lot of what is said is the same?  I have one big glossary now.  Which do you think is the best way to go?

A while back I had to go to the ER for a particularly bad Meniere's episode.  I asked for an itemized bill, and you know what they charged me for 4 mg of ondansetron? 

$544. 

You need to have the Windows Media Player loaded onto your system to view the video. It takes about 30 seconds to load and is about one minute in length.

I think after you watch it you'll understand why so many medical professionals (i.e. doctors) are switching over to speech recognition.

Just have loaded it and I am already disappointed.  I am used to Stedman's, but did not think I could afford it.  First document I loaded to check, all the medications were highlighted.  I wish I had just spent the money and got Stedman's.  Has anybody got any ideas for quick lookups for drugs that will show exactly how they are to be typed?  Guess I will have to take the time to look them up at least once, then add them to the dictionary, and I have dial-up.  Drug books are as expensive as the software, and I am not making a whole lot right now.  I guess someday I will learn that you get what you pay for. 

I'm able to get some websites, but not others.  I can get here and can download my work/email, but not other websites (Yahoo, Google...).

This is strange.  I think someone broke the Internet!!

This is simply too funny!

http://www.askmen.com/video/current/index.html

The hospital I work for just told us that they are going to switch to the eScription platform.  Many of my fellow transcriptionists are afraid they will lose their jobs.  They think that because it is editing, the hospital won't need as many transcriptionists.  I have been a Transcriptionist for 20 years, doing mostly acute care, and I'm a little concerned as I have only been at this hospital for three years.  If you could please tell me what we might expect in general, I would sure appreciate it. 

Some other questions I have are these:

For those of you who have been in this position before, how was your pay affected by changing to eScription?

Do you like working on this platform and why or why not?  Does it make your job easier or harder?

If you use it at home and get paid by the line (which is one possibility our supervisor suggested might happen), did your line rate go up or down or stay the same?

I guess I'm wondering if I should start looking for a new job and trying to find out all I can about this platform before making that decision.  Any info you can provide is greatly appreciated.  I have read all the posts here about eScription, but many of them are very old, from 2005 or so.  Please help with current info and thanks so much!  I don't want to worry if there is no need to and I want to be prepared just in case there is cause for concern.

Exactly what do I need to look for in a laptop.  I have an ill family member which requires me to be more mobile.  Ram?  Hard drive?  How many ports?  Do you like any particular brand - I lean towards Dell, but am certainly not a diehard Dell fan. 

Any tips you might have would be appreciated.

Thak you

Well, it's time to put the old one out to pasture and get a new one.  Computer, that is.  I really want a laptop so I may travel with husband to clinics and now follow games and a daughter (cheerleader) going to college.  But my primary use will be at home.  Do any of you laptop users have any trouble with the monitor going out from over use?  I was told it would be best to hook up to another monitor (already going to hook up another keyboard) for everyday use at home. 

Any feedback on this would be great!  Thanks

I'm getting paid gross lines right now and my company is going to be using new software which will use 65-char lines.  I'm looking for some sort of chart that shows the difference in $. 

Any help will be gratly appreciated. 

Thanks

with the massive destruction our South has just endured, there has been NOTHING in the news about other countries offering their aid?

Who raised the most money and gathered more supplies faster than any other country for the Tsunami vicitims?

Makes me really angry that we are seen as such evil people when WE are the ones reaching out to others in their time of need and they help us with what when we need it?  Nothing.

Happy MT week to us, happy MT week to us, happy MT week to usssss, Happy MT week to us!!!!!

"He who tooteth his own horn, toots loudest".

Has anyone had a chance to try this new keyboard out yet?

I saw it at Best Buy yesterday and had a chance to give it a little hands-on feel. Very interesting. Started a little research and the reviews seem to be fairly positive (7/10 to 8/10).

But, I'm more trustworthy of feedback from people like MTs who really give keyboards a good "workout" on a daily basis.

I have been an MT for only 2 years and I work as an IC.  My husband and I would like to get pregnant (actually I would like to get pregnant) in a year and of course I would love to stay at home and work still.  I have heard it's hard to do with kids at home, is it?  I work about 30 hours a week and would cut down to about 20 if I had a baby.  Am I just dreaming that I will be able to do this?

Thanks!

We are having pasta with steamed veggies and parmesan cheese, salad, garlic bread.  Vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries for dessert.  MMMMM

I work for a hospital and I am forced to use Meditech.  There is nothing to help a Transcriptionist except for autocorrect.  The F11 key is diabled as well as macros.  Any one else experience this problem, and how did you get around it. 

Going crazy without my tools.  I can't stand not being able to F11 to my next stop, let alone make templates, etc.  Autocorrect on this computer is terrible as well.  It will only take words in a line, not a paragraph, for example.  Sheesh..  Any advice???

Is there any way to do autocorrect in Medinotes? If so, how would I do that. 

Thanks! 

My spellchecker is not correcting.  When it stops on a word, I will correct it and submit but when I go back to look at the report the word is still spelled wrong.  Anybody know how to fix that?  Have never had a problem with it before.