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penile bladder.

Can you guess??

Peanut butter!!

I am just an MT, not management, but I am so frustrated with a few of my MT friends.  I hear all the time how they don't feel like working or they got interrupted by the phone too much or their boyfriend/husband.  These are the same people who on payday whine because they didn't make enough money!  Honestly, did you just expect it to show up miraculously?  These same people also get upset when the work isn't there even though they weren't really doing the work in the first place.  Drives me nuts.  Today i just feel like telling them all look, you have answering machine and/or voicemail, use it and stop crying to me because you didn't take the initiative, stick to your guns and make the money.  These are very capable MTs mind you.

I am not perfect or anything, but i show up everyday and try to do as I absolutely can.  I just don't get it. 

ANybody else having problems with Vonage last night this morning????

Thanks

Anybody had success with multifocal contact lens?  Have been wearing mine a month now and still upclose vision not so clear.  I was told they were not having 100 % success with them, so I suppose I am one of those they are not so great for.   I love them for my distance, but still have to have readers for up close, which stinks.

I need a part time job but I can't work more than 10-15 hours a week.  Is there any such animal? Everyone I have contacted wants me to work 20 hours.

TIA

(the new website an MT had recently put up for "United States Medical Transcription Association").  Just checked it and it appears to be down. 

Any more news, poster-who-created-that-website?  You had some great ideas.

Hello,

I am proofreading reports as MS Word files. I want to send a version showing the corrections (in red, as MS Word does when you turn on this feature), but then I want to send the final 'clean' version, with the corrections but without showing all the changes in red, to the client. It doesn't seem that this is possible. Whenever I turn the show edit feature on, I cannot then remove the red marks later.

Thanks for help,

Dave

I have been working as a Transcriptionist since 1999, always from home.  For the first 5 years I could pound out the lines and sometimes work 9 or 10 hours straight and get an awesome line count.  About 2 years ago I started losing my focus and would get sidetracked by other things in the house, but I was able to meet my line goal most days.  Last year I decided to rent an office away from home with a neighbor who also works from home and I was a little more productive there, but still distracted.  Now, I am back home again and I feel like I would rather be doing anything than transcribing.  I don't want to give up on it because I LOVE the flexibility it gives me!  I am currently transcribing for two different clinics (not working for someone else) and I work as an IC for a national part time. 

My distractions are:  Internet, housework, sometimes my family although I'm working on re-training them (and I invested in a pair of noise-cancelling headphones so I don't have to hear them when I'm transcribing ) 

I know I'm not the only one who has gone through this so if you have and you have any tips that workd for you, I would love to hear them!  I need to get out of this rut!

Thanks in advance for your advice

I started using a split keyboard years ago.  I love them.  The first one I had was PC Concepts, I believe.  When I finally wore that one out and went to get another, I couldn't find that brand.  I got Microsoft's keyboard next.  It's okay, although the #6 key is on the left, which I found to be true of all the split keyboards.  My PC Concepts KB had the #6 on the right, which made more sense to me.  I was never able to adjust to this, so I constructed a "bridge" for the #6 key.  I have never been able to find a split keyboard with the #6 on the right.  Does anyone know of one?

Also, I use my mouse too much and I'm starting to get pains.  Yea!!  So, I'm wondering, does anyone use a split keyboard with a built-in mousepad-thingy on the bottom of the keyboard?  I was thinking about trying one of these next, but I hate to spend the $ w/o getting some opinions first.  If you use one, what brand; do you like it; does it really work; any suggestions? 

Thanks!!

What is the best product for removal upper lip hair? I have tried Sally Hansen but not much luck.  I have not tried bleaching yet because I really would prefer to have it gone!  Before I spend more money, can you tell me what works for you?  Thanks much.

I really need to talk my docs into going digital, have been trying for the past six months really hard.  To help me do this can you tell me that when they save their file are they able to save it so you know who did it and what date it is, like we name the file in word?   I did some digitial for a gal that was off on vacation and they just came over with numbers and so you did not know who it was from unless they said so in the  cover form when they sent it to me.   I am just trying to show them that they can send from home because right now they take home to dictate, forget the tape or the machine and I get no tapes and then next day I get double tapes.  Trying to show them that this will be so much easier and no question of "lost or broken tapes".  And if there is a question of a patient, they can check if they don't believe me when I tell them that there was no dictation.  So again, can they name the file or is it automitcally named by the machine?  

Thx  Patti

I recently received a quote for a local web design company, and it was close to $1,000! I don't have that kind of money. I would just like somewhere to tell a little bit about myself and the services I offer to Physicians.

Thanks!

This was in vital signs.   The pt BMI was 35.  She/he changed that to PMI....... 

Anyone else have any QA mistakes they'd like to share?

I was talking to one of the veterinarians I take my oldest dog to.  It's a small specialty clinic, and we've been going there for almost 2 years now, not long after they first opened up. 

They are all very caring, highly professional people there.  They value quality over quantity, and they really go above and beyond in their care and in spending time with each patient and owner.  (I've actually joked that if I need surgery, I want to go there.  LOL)  Because of that, they don't see a large number of patients and plan to keep it that way, but their business is definitely thriving. 

There are 2 full-time vets there, and 1 who is part-time.  Their problem is that they are drowning in paperwork.  They're all very meticulous and detail oriented, so they don't just scribble something down on a chart or dash off a letter or home care instructions and call it good.  They like to document everything thoroughly, but it's becoming very time consuming for them. 

They tried a speech recognition program, but it was terrible.  They know I do MT, so we started talking.  They're interested in whether I might want to do their reports and letters, *if* they were to start dictating this stuff (we were just talking, nothing has been decided). 

The thing is, I've spent the last 10 years working for a national (the infamous, pay-cutting "Q" as a matter of fact), so I'm not at all set up to just jump right in.  I have no idea what I would charge, whether I would work there or at home, what the work volume would be, what software I would use, whether I'd be an employee or IC, etc.  And, of course, there are some differences between human vs. veterinary medicine. 

I don't know.  My head is kind of spinning right now.  I think it would be such interesting work that I would love.  It could be such a great opportunity, but I feel a little overwhelmed at the thought of all of it.  Any thoughts, advice, recommendations...? 

Just trying to drum up a little motivation.

If we pact to do 100 lines a day more each day that we earn and then put that net amount into savings each paycheck, it can add up a bit!

For me, that would be 500 lines a week or $160 a month gross.  By the time my taxes are taken out, that's about $131 a month net and THAT adds up to $1572 a year! 

Any takers?!  See who earns the most for it or heck even stays with it?! 

Has anybody used BayScribe who could give me feedback?  MDI-MD uses it, and I am going to be training on it soon.  I understand it has its own word Expander program,and you have to use it.  Supposedly, you can have MDI-MD import your Smartype expander programmed words into it.  But this all seems pretty cumbersome and a rather long time getting started. 

I'm willing to do a learning curve if I can end up with a decent living.  It's just that I have done this SO MANY TIMES that I can't afford too many more long learning curves. 

Any recomendations of other companies would be much appreciated.  They would have to be companies who can work with satellite and no land lines, though.  Some can do this. 

I need advice on how to increase my rates as an IC.  Does anyone have a sample letter with this information?  Do I give them two weeks notice of the rate increase? Should I give specific reasons for the increase?  I have been working for these doctors for six years and have never increased their rates, it is now time.  I do know that I may be losing my job as a result of the increase, but I am willing to take that chance.  I feel like I am so underpaid, especially after adding up all the expenses I pay out of pocket. I, like you, work very hard to make the dollar in this business, and it is time to be compensated. 

Thanks for any and all advice. 

But I have been doing my research before getting into the program...and every website that I see will not hire unless you have experience!!  I did find ONE place that would hire a newbie....but it was FULL TIME!!  I need at home....part time...for about four hours a day b/c I have a baby.

Is this possible anyone?  Tell me your experiences.  This is a lot of money to spend if I can't find a job once I have finished!!!!

I apologize to you then MQx4 if all these posts were not yours.  It is very difficult to determine who is who anymore.

Although, in those crazy people's defense, I actually did find those posters rather hillarious!  I am just your average MT and no I am not disturbed in any way, just enjoy a raw sense of humor now and then.  Please don't bash me for saying that, it is just my opinion.  A raw sense of humor is not grounds for being in the psyhiatric ward.  A good laugh every now and then does wonders for the body (burns lots and lots of calories you know).  With that being said, we should welcome everyone here and as long as I am personally not being threatened, then I really am up for any conversation and/or jokes or whatever. 

It's nice to know who you are talking with, so MQx4 thanks for being consistent with your name.  Sorry if I addressed some of those posts to you!

I quit my job at a local hospital approximately 2 months ago to help care for some ill family members.  I took a job with a home company and started out by having nothing but technical problems for the first few weeks, so I was unable to make any money.  Once the technical difficulties were fixed, then there wasn't enough work!  I finally gave up and quit the company after two full months and am getting ready to start another company in a few weeks.  At my hospital job, I was making close to $15 an hour and unfortunately it doesn't seem like I can make even close to that with any home company unless I have been doing for 30 years!  Any suggestions from anyone out there on what to do?  I am still working "oncall" at my hospital position and can work as much as I want out of my home and be paid HOURLY rather than by the line, but this won't last long.  How can I be compensated well and still have the flexibility of working out of my home? 

Which is what one of our bright and fab docs says everytime he starts a report...

LoL... I wonder if he comes back and says, Is this thing on?  

Yep.. It's one of THOSE days.