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Cardiology and sleep study transcription questions - Posted By: Angie

I am looking for other Transcriptionist that have cardiology and sleep study backgrounds. I am a newer MT, I am starting a cardiology and sleep study transcription account next week and have never transcribed for this specialty.

I wanted to know if there are specific word books or websites that you find helpful and are there specific things that you could tell me about the specialty that may help me?

I would appreciate any feedback

Thanks,

Angie

It's making me go grrrrrrr. System slower than COLD TAR - Posted By: me

this morning.

PUSH those MTs! - Posted By: tiredof it

Out of the blue I got a call from one of the bigger MT companies, asking if I would be interested in a supervisory position. The recruiter and I chatted for quite a while and she said she would like to forward my resume to the higher ups. The higher up that called me appeared to be a young recent business school graduate who was probably busy having his shoes shined as we spoke. He immediately jumped on the negative bandwagon and let me know that they needed someone who was going to make those MTs toe the line and get their production up (clearly not anyone like me who might have some ideas about how to get production up without threatening and intimidating the MTs). They clearly have all gone down this rediculous path... and think most MTs are just trying to get away with something and don't want to work. Not very rational thinking on their part. MTs want to work. They just want to get paid for it. I'm so sick of it. I see it everywhere. Other professions do not work like this, getting paid only for production. Truth is it just doesn't make any sense and for the life of me I can't figure out how any of them can tell themselves they are making an honest living and claiming to manage something they don't have a clue about. Why the heck doesn't someone come up with some ideas about what will actually work. This work is not going away no matter what they say. I don't see much progress in speech recognition and the send to India thing isn't working either. They need us, they just don't seem to know it yet. I'm not a work horse for corporate profits and silly barely out of high hot shot managers who think they know what they are doing. Its just all getting so old.

�Am so fricking upset - Posted By: Cannot believe this...

I have tried not 1 time but several to get in touch with someone working for my company. I have some concerns and/or questions and when they want to have you play catch up with work, no problem with them contacting you but this is ridiculous! I am at this point grinding my teeth. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Ordering avorites menu on www - Posted By: Confused

Hi,

Over the past few days some weirdness has been happening with my "Favorites" listing: Everything was ordered precisely the way I wanted it, but I look up one day to find that they have been put into alpha order. At one point they went back to how I had them arranged; the next, they're in alpha order again.

Have no clue what I touched/hit, the Microsoft help website is of absolutely no help, and I'm going crazy trying to find things in the spot where they used to be. Don't want to re-train my eyes, my memory, or my fingers to searching for things in alpha order. It's really not useful or convenient.

Any ideas? (short of manually moving everything back into place? Thanks.

Ok, simple things now for Dell printer small print - Posted By: Printer problem

One time before had this problem, rebooted, unhooked the printer and the printer reverted to where the print had been before, not working this time. I have no idea how to fix. I could go in and look at different things but what then? I don�t know exactly what I am looking for or at. I miss my printer. Besides getting another printer, any other easy suggestions?

newsletter - Posted By: Anon

What happened to the regular MT Stars Newsletter?

Can someone help me with an MSWord ? on Techn - Posted By: ical board? Thanks, Chickadee nm

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I'm going to type an acct at home for local group. What is a good word expander for - Posted By: a Windows98? Any hints on other

things to know on doing tapes from an office? Is it best just to give them a disk and let them print it out at the office like they want to?

Anybody doing an acct like this? Thanks.

CoWorkers - Posted By: Tracey

Have you ever had a coworker that just never took responsibility for anything they did? Well I'm glad that I just got rid of my coworker. She blamed the world and everyone else for all that was going on with her. She turned in her notice, didn't work all of the days, left a mess and constantly tries to look at other people's situations and wants hers to be the same way. Anyone had a coworker like that? What's your coworker horror story? I'm glad I do MT part-time so I can get away from people sometimes.

HELP!! Please!! - Posted By: WS

Long story short, I do dictation at a hospital where we use WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. I am going to be doing dictation at home and then pasting the file in WordPercfect at the hospital. I was looking for a way to convert files from MS Word into to WP, but wasn't successful in that so now I'm trying to find a copy of WP 6.1 and am not having any luck. Does someone know where I might could download this as I need it ASAP or can you use another version of WP with 6.1? Thanks in advance.

VR editing - Posted By: Terry

I have just recently started a job doing VR editing (Escription) and was wondering if transcriptionists who have done VR for a while could share how long it took them to actually become proficient at this. I feel so very slow (and actually I am), but I also have a "sinking feeling" that maybe I made a mistake and should go back to regular transcription instead of VR. I really do miss it. I am having thoughts about if I will be able to make a living doing this? Please share your experiences. Thank you very much.

can anyone tell me how to .. - Posted By: tax question

open a SEP account? A self-employed pension plan? I would like to, but not sure how. Also is the money I would deposit between now and April 15 tax deductible for 2006 taxes or count towards next year??

Thanks so much!

Anybody use the BeyondTXT platform? - Posted By: Pros & Cons?

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MedQuist I-mail - Posted By: Help!

What's the deal with changing the way we get our e-mail?? I got the memo about opening a browser and typing

mail.medquistmail.com

but I can't get that to work any way, shape, or form. My helpful CSC said "Call Atlanta." I have been on hold for over 1/2 hour, listening to their hideous Muzak. Can anyone tell me how to access my e-mail???

HELP!!! I need some advice - Posted By: Siren

or suggestions. Here is the scoop. I was employed fulltime with an in-house transcription department (where I was the supervisor) for 14 years. I covered the insurance for my husband and I. In August 2007, the facility decided to outsource all of transcription and four of us lost our jobs. I have been on COBRA since then to finish out my deductible etc. My husband got on with Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. We are paying over $800.00 a month for insurance for the both of us, whereas I was paying less than $200.00

I have been an IC now since February of 2008 and love it. Here is the problem. My COBRA runs out the end of February 2009, and being an IC, I of course do not have benefits. I have been checking around. I would like to get on my husband's policy before my COBRA runs out. However, they say they will not give me health insurance because I need to lose 70 pounds. I have been working really hard at this and have only lost 20 pounds. I am worried that I will not have the 70 pounds off by the time my COBRA runs out. Any ideas as to who would insure me, with my current weight? Being able to afford it is not an issue. I just cannot find any insurance company that will insure me due to my weight.

Here's the kick in the ass$$, my husband is a very heavy smoker (3 packs a day), and he told Anthem this. He gets insured I don't get it. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Time is running out here.

Phone-in transcription - Posted By: sunnyMT

I was wondering if anyone has a good company they use for their drs to phone-in dictation. I was contacted by a group with 8 drs and they want to use a phone system. Any suggestions for me?

TIA

Have shorthand on 1 computer but need on another - Posted By: Assistance anyone?

Is it very hard to transfer/export or whatever the term is to get my ShortHand from the computer to my new Dell? I use it so much and would be lost without it. TIA.

Ideas for 18 yo daughter's birthday? - Posted By: tyvm

She is graduating this year and going off to college in the fall. I know she doesn't need knick-knacks. I want to give her something special.

Question for traveling laptop workers - Posted By: gimpyMT

When staying in a hotel with a desk and internet connection to work, where do you put your keyboard? Anyone have any suggestion for a portable table to use that is the right level. The desks are too high.

Thanks!

This weeks Idol - Posted By: IdolFan

Hi all! What are your thoughts on last nights performances? I thought Kelly was just absolutely awful. Although, Katherine should be thanking her lucky stars that Kelly was as bad as she was, otherwise, I am sure that she would be getting the boot tonight. I thought that Elliot was the best by far last night. Chris is my second place. Taylor and Paris both did a good job. My final three are still Elliot, Chris, and Taylor.

word help - Posted By: MQMTtoo

s/l screen-7

Could be saying chem-7 with an accent (cheem) but not sure. Is screen-7 a term?

Any help would be appreciated!~ TIA!

Female Elmer Fudd dictates! (sm) - Posted By: tnmt

"She has a known history of uterine leio, leiomy, ly, leio, leiom, la...ugh...uterine, um, fibroids."

Does anyone know how to set - Posted By: SM

up a jump code in Word? Like you hit F something and it takes you to that spot on your normal to fill in areas such as labs?

I think this has been discussed before and I have tried the help menu, but maybe I am not searching with the right term. TIA!

Just sounds tacky to me! - Posted By: Ewww

She was placed in the prone position with her butt cheeks spread apart.

This doctor is always very casual in his style of dictation, but this takes the cake!

DocShuttle/Bytescribe - Posted By: Shelley

Is anyone familiar with DocShuttle or Bytescribe?

Using Paypal... - Posted By: sm

Is it safe to purchase from someone online using paypal? I will have to read on how to use paypal but how can you be sure they will sell you what they said they will? Is there a way to protect myself?

TIA.

Thanks.

Will soon be working in Word for the first time sm - Posted By: Need expander advice

and I was going to use Shortcut, but do I need to? Would the auto-correct feature of Word work just the same, or is there an advantage to using Shortcut? I am an old PRD+ user, and am now using Bayscribe, which uses an Expander similar to PRD, so now am having to evaluate options.

Thanks for your input.

I think all new mts should be called - Posted By: Hello

mt wannabe (that's me) I wannabe, but feel like I will never get this down ever.... my job is so hard that my day is such a breeze !!!!!!

resolution - Posted By: Just another MT

The other day I was chatting with someone I have "known" for several years through a social chat room. She asked me what I did for a living and I told her I was a medical transcriptionist. She said "what is that?" so I explained briefly. She asked if I worked at home and I told her yes. She replied that she had a daughter who was looking for work and she wondered if that would work for her. Ok, maybe it's just me, but I am really tired of ppl thinking they can do MT work because they want to work from home. My resolution for 2009 is to not tell people that I work from home. I realize this is ridiculous but I just get really frustrated at times. How about you?

QA....ugh - Posted By: beyondwords

I transcribed a PHP yesterday. There was a statement that the doctor made that said something to the effect of (can't remember verbatim at the moment):

She claims to have been feeling very well as of late, but she prefaced this by saying she was still recovering from spinal surgery.

Now, I clearly heard the word prefaced, and in the context it made perfect sense.

I had a blank later on in the report, so I sent it to QA. When I got the report back, QA had changed that sentence...

...but she professed this by saying....

What?? First of all, I clearly heard the dictator. He wasn't an ESL and he was speaking very clearly. Second of all, that changes the entire context of the sentence.

This just bugs me. Had to vent. What to do? Ugh

How do you get rid of cooking smells? - Posted By: Anonymous

I've about had it with cooking any beef or pork at all. Even cooking with hot oil.

I cannot get the lingering odors out. I wash the pots and pans, put up the leftovers immediately, clean the stove and all surfaces but it just lingers.

Does anyone have a solution?

Hey VTS transcriptionists! DQS still down - Posted By: XanaX

Now BizGroup, too. Just keeps gettin better and better. I know that MQ is huge, but we are teeny-weeny, and this is day two with no work...gettin really frustrated.

style ? - Posted By: elonmt

If dictator says April 16, 2008 and then later says 04/16/008, which is correct? Do I change the long version for the shorter one or vice versa? Thanks.

I just started a new job. - Posted By: disillusioned MT

I was hoping this would be THE job. I told myself that this is the very last MT company I will try to work for. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing the same things at this company that I quit other nationals for. I don't know what to do. I'm tired of job hunting, learning new platforms, and trying to adjust to multiple account specs. I'm tired of being told that "we're different" or "we are the best" only to find that it's no different or better. I don't know if I should stick this one out in the hopes that it will get better or go get a job as a waitress. This really stinks with Christmas coming and bills to pay. I really wanted this to work. What else is there for me, though? I don't want to go back to the fulltime, nose to the grindstone, kids in daycare garbage. I really enjoy MT, too.

I never even got any time off this summer. - Posted By: What's the point?

I worked more hours than usual instead of cutting back. Now, summer is almost gone, and I still can't take any time off.

Does anyone know anything about mediators? sm - Posted By: talal

My husband and I are getting a divorce. We want it to be as cheap and easy as possible. It's not a nasty divorce and children are not involved so we are thinking of going to a mediator rather than a lawyer. Does anyone know anything about mediators? Can they handle the divorce from start to finish?

Thanks

Does anyone on her have eczema? - Posted By: ama

My 7-year-old son was just diagnosed with it. He had a little patch of bumps that came up on his inner forearm. He said they didn't itch or anything. A couple of days later, he had another area on the other arm in the same place. Then, the next day it was all over his back and on his outer thigh. I took him to the doctor and was told it was eczema. The doctor put him on an oral corticosteroid.

My son has bad allergies to begin with. He is allergic to practically everything that grows outside. So springtime is tough for us. He will be on two or three medications. He is also allergic to nickel of all things. The buttons on his jeans break his stomach out since they are made from nickel. So I have had to become very creative over the years to cover that up in order not to break him out.

I was just curious if anyone had any tips that work for you regarding eczema that I could try with him that might help. The poor boy, I feel like every time we turn around it's something else added on.

TIA!!

Anyone worked for OSI? - Posted By: Winnefred

Anyone worked for OSI? Info please.

Anyone using DirectTV- what are the pros and cons in comparison to cableTV? nm - Posted By: MT

nm

I hate when companies treat us like we're working for pin money - Posted By: memt

Am I supposed to be happy when a company only gives me 200 or 300 lines a day when they promise you a certain amount (that is higher than that)? How would the company employees (not us lowly transcriptionists) feel if the company told them that they were only getting paid 100 dollars this pay period, that there wasn't enough work. Not enough to pay bills and keep food on the table, just pin money.

Sheesh.

Can someone help on the word board? Thank you! :) NM - Posted By: Chickadee

To MTs who transcribe via tape- SM - Posted By: Happy Sunday!

I found great, low-cost software that allows you to convert tapes to digital files (MP3, WAV, WMA, etc.). Check out www.dak.com ! Your PC needs a sound card and a line-in connection (usually next to your line out to plug in your headset or speakers), as well as a tape player and an actual line that plugs from your PC line-in to your tape player. Think they call that line a male-to-male or male-to-female or something like that (got my line from www.martelelectronics.com). Use Dak to convert your music cassettes, too. Hope this helps!

P.S., I'm an MT, not from DAK

DAT files - Posted By: Jennifer Rogers

Is there a freeware or shareware dictation program that plays DAT files?

Got my margins out of wack, crud - Posted By: Lacie

Can anyone give any assistance? My left hand margin with every report I am typing shows up with what looks like a small picture of what I am typing. I have to automatically take with the arrows and move the margin all the way back over so it will not show what looks like a book on the side. My page is divided in other words, instead of 1 page it is showing up as 2. I hope this is making sense and I hope someone can assist this damsel in distress. Thanks!

There is a 2 lb. baby chihuahua laying at my feet while I work today. So precious. nm - Posted By: Kim

WAY TO GO, SHERI STEADMAN!! I just now saw your post - Posted By: above regarding Christmas. Thank you! NM

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CONGRATS to WINNER Carol J. on winning the MT Mousepad - Posted By: courtesy of MT-Stuff.com! nm

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