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I used to work in Miami - had my own service for many years.  One of my clients was a complete jerk, an OB/Gyn guy.  Okay... here's the deal... I went in to pick up my tapes (back in the day). The receptionist handed me three tapes. I went back to my office transcribed the tapes, printed out the work, took it back the next day.  When I arrived at the reception desk, I told the receptionist that I thought I heard a funny noise on the tapes, like someone scooting around in a leather chair - (if you get my drift).  She laughed and said "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you yesterday.  Dr. Yada Yada told me that when I gave you the tapes yesterday, I was supposed to tell you, "Give these to (ME) with three fa_rts and my love."  How disgusting is that?.  Why do we have to put up with the mud they sling us?  I don't know if they will allow me to post this message, but I get so fed up with the slurs and disgusting things that these so-called professional physicians do when they dictate.  I am certain that you have all been there and done that.  How about a little respect.. Thanks for allowing me to vent.

Did anyone see NightLine last night regarding students cheating on SATs.   These students from wealthy parents go to a shrink and get a "subtle" learning disability diagnosis at a fee upwards of $2500 and get extra time to take the SAT.   Hence, these students do not have a learning disability at all and with the extra time given to them because of this "subtle" learning disability, they get perfect scores.  

I am so furious!  I have a senior in high school, who scored very high on his SAT, 2100 - perfect score being 2400, in the time alotted.  These cheaters get the perfect score and acceptance into the college of their choice. 

I guess money can by anything?  I am furious about this.  Here we are, middle class working family, with a very bright and intelligent student, with high SAT scores, but will he get to go to the college of his choice?  Probably not!!   We teach our kids to do well in school, be a good person, and focus on your future.  Where does that get them? 

I guess we should teach them how to cheat and lie to get to the top!

Thanks for letting me vent - I am so angry!

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out what the best all-around option is for gaining certification in medical transcription. (Balancing cost and quality of training)  This is what I've come across so far.  Recommendations would be very appreciated!

Penn Foster (online): Around $1000

Local Community College: Around $1300

TechSkills: Around $6000 (which I thought was ridiculous, since their training is done from online or prerecorded modules just like many other online or mail options)

Should I be looking for an Associate's degree, or is a certification (provided that it's accredited, of course) enough? I already have work experience on the clerical side of the healthcare industry.

Thank you!

Warning to not go to work for them if you don't already. Had a  lot of problems and finally got away.

The grammar is horrible and they are asking for a job. First of all, I am a transcriptionist, do not own a company. This was somehow sent in error from this board and I am responding to let MTStars know about this. Has anyone else gotten anything similar to this? They are telling me they want timely payments, how many lines a day they want and also what they want to be paid. Well, I sure will keep that in mind the next time I have to send a resume. Gosh, I wish I could post it so we all could have a laugh this morning!!

I'm a newbie to the site since I've been looking for a new job.  My previous job was p.r.n. for 8 years after I worked for 2 years full-time before my children were born.  Now the work is slow and I'm out of a job. 

I just took a test for a job and I have to say that out of the 10 or so test I've taken it was the absolute worst.  The written test was difficult and we were told not to use reference materials.  Fine, I think I did okay.  They asked me to take transcription test so I started on it.  Out of the 4 files, 3 were okay.  A few blips and bleeps that were hard to understand but overall I know I did fine.  Then, I start the last one and I'm outraged that I took my time on the first 3 just to come to this one.  I understand no more then half the dictation, if that.  I ended up just clicking off my Word and saying forget about it.  I'm tempted to send them the 3 test I completed and telling them that the 4th test is just too unrealistic and if it is any indication of their work-load then they can forget about it alltogether.  I do not feel the need to be tortured in order to get a job.  After rewinding, listening, slowing down, speeding up, taking a break, starting all over again, I refuse to take this one particular transcription test. 

I'm sorry y'all.  I really just needed to get this off my chest.  I'm obviously tired of testing and at my whits end. 

Hey guys:

Does anyone have any ideas or tricks to make work more pleasant??  Been doing this a long (too long) time, and the isolation is getting to me.  Any ideas?

Thanks all.

I occasionally come on this board, as do some of my coworkers to get help with words, look around, etc.  I've never posted but today I'm fuming and frustrated.

I just got done working a couple of extra hours at the hospital this morning, worked all day yesterday (overtime I might add) and do you know what my job has been on all this overtime? Correcting ALL of the outsource's work coming in.  What makes me mad is that all of us have been complaining to our boss and even to HER boss about all the mistakes this company makes - terrible dreadful DEADLY mistakes - and all we get back is "there is nothing we can do about it.  We signed a contract and we have to continue to use them until the contract ends." Which, by the way, ends in another year or two, I'm not sure.  But anyways, this outsource company (who is WELL KNOWN) does not even make an attempt to do our ESL doctors, who are not really that bad. I know there are harder doctors to understand as I have been doing this for 16 years.  The service sends the reports back with a ridiculous amount of blanks.  We go in and listen to them and basically redo the whole report, to which they get paid for it.  Then there are the easy docs - the so-called "hold your hand while I dictate to you" docs - and the service still has mistakes. 

Our boss has asked on occasion if they are offshoring, which they swear they are not.  It was in the contract that they are not to offshore so they swear they are not and the mistakes don't look like they are offshore mistakes (the hospital used a company prior to this one that offshored - big difference in transcription mistakes).

I just cannot believe that our hospital has had this company for a little over two years and not only are they being paid a ridiculous high line rate, but we are correcting all their reports and they still get paid!! We have asked if we can start deducting lines, but we were told that their contract states that that cannot be done because our boss has tried that.

I have a friend that works at a hospital in another state that had an outsource service that was somewhat like the one we have, only they constantly lost reports and got paid for them, but she just lost her job because the hospital felt that there was no need to have all the overtime for the past year and the outsource service doing the overflow.  So they just hired a new outsource company, let all the transcriptionists inhouse go, and got rid of their current outsource service.  she is looking around for another job now.  She had that job for 9 years at the hospital, and because of the outsource service, the administration of the hospital looked at is as a huge $$ problem and just said bye bye.

I needed to vent. Aaaaahhh, I feel better now, but I'm worried that with all our overtime and what the outsource service gets paid, that I'm going to end up in the same boat.  Even our boss has admittedly had some worries about it as well, but she keeps telling us that her boss says her hands are tied and is just as frustrated with the service.  It makes you wonder how it is that these services can be in business for so long, make sooooo much money and do this. 

Not perfect just decent, I have a year experience so deffinately still learning, I work as an IC on Acute Care but the work runs out and I want to keep this job and have another MT job for I'm getting tired of my office job... Figure I might as well do what I like for a living

what please is the difference in ability to connect between:

802.11 a/g/n (cannot remember if it was wireless)

802.11 a/b/g wireless

802.11 b/g wireless

..................

Re speed, I saw somewhere the a/g/n is 5 times faster, true?  or is the speed in the gHz or in the hard drive rpm...????

I would really really appreciate some input, and thanks.

I read a little article in one of those free local trade publications which discussed ways of saving money on everyday household costs. VoIP was listed as a way to save a ton of money by using your Net connection for your phone service.

The article didn't explain how it all works. Is anyone doing this? Do you hook up your phone to your cable connection or are you using some speaker system/software on your PC to make calls? I just don't get it. All I know is that they said you can call anywhere in the world and it doesn't matter, it's a fixed inexpensive monthly cost. I also don't know if you trade your landline telephone number for something through thte VoIP service.

So, I'm intrigued but totally in the dark about this concept. TIA!

what is the "verbal" test entail for transcription radiology?

Hi everyone,

I am trying to get an average rate for a part-time editing position. 

Good morning all...

I put in a bid to do the transcription for a local company.  It involves daily pick up and drop of cassettes with a 24 turn around.  This would be for providers at 2 locations. 

I was asked to find what the going rate for this service is before they will consider my bid.  I realize location and cost of living would factor into this equation, but was interested in hearing from others in similar situation in what they charge and what services they provide.

Thank you all for your help! 

Okay, I am ready to give up on these transcriber units, or whatever they're called! I recently bought a used Pearlcoder Olympus unit to play microcassettes.  Its used, but supposed to "work perfectly".  Well, it came with no instruction manual, so I am hopeful that I haven't been "duped", and that maybe its just me! When I stop while transcribing and try to rewind a second with the footpedal, it freezes, doesn't rewind and "beeps" in a really high beeeeeeeeeeeeeep!  It does NOT rewind, only once in a blue moon! Can't see any rhyme or reason to the BEEEEEEEEPP lock up. Try throwing salt over my shoulder, have my lucky charms, but no help! I have to either turn the power of the unit off and on, and then it MIGHT rewind, or else I have to hit "eject", let the little tape door open, shut it again, and then it rewinds - one time. So I basically can never go back and relisten!!   IS THIS ME?  I think I know the answer, but wanted to double check...Something I'm missing? At least this piece of garbage was $50.

To add insult to injury, I bought a "refurbished" Sony transcriber which is GREAT, as long as you don't stop for more than 30 seconds and/or take your foot off the footpedal.  It, too, locks in place, and BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPS the same lovely pitch when you try to just even go forward, let alone backwards! There is no cure to that - unplugging, punching, praying, sobbing, begging - it just unfreezes itself when it darn well feels like it, and then I type til I have to take my foot off the pedal!!

HELP!! Double duped? Double brainless as I'm doing something wrong??? How complicated can this be, right??? 

Its a nice little doc's office that uses tapes, easy $$, as long as one can get the STUPID little machine to play the tapes!!

Thanks for your help!

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