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Does anyone know of any companies out there hiring for podiatry or orthopedics? Thanks

I am sorry if this is long but I am so lost here on this.  I have a laptop with Windows Vista on it.  I hate the sound card, does not record states volume too low when it is turned all the way up and found through research problems with Vista etc.  Has anybody used an external sound card that works well with it.  I was going to have Vista wiped out and have XP put on but the tech is telling me I cannot have that done as I need to have motherboard etc changed, need manufacture help etc.  Has anybody done this successfully or am I just stuck with Vista and need to get over it.  

Thanks ! 

I want to become more proficient in op notes and ESL.  Is there a company that would be willing to work with me so that I can learn this?  I am not a newbie, with over 6 years hospital/clincial transcription experience, but we have very few ESL and the op notes are covered by others.  This is something that I really need and want to exceed in.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!!  Marceia

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Check these out if you want to learn more, shocking!!!

Is anyone familiar with KMM Transcription? I saw they had an ad for IC work, but I could not find anything in the archives on this company.  Just curious! 

Thanks

Work was getting a little low for the national that I have been with for 2 years now so I thought I'd put my feelers out and tested with another company.

Two days later I got a message on my answering machine:

"Hi this is no name from company X. We have received your inquiry and your test results and would like to speak with you as soon as possible regarding a position that we have available with our company that suits your needs."

First I didn't like her tone of voice, second I didn't like the fact that she left a message about this on my answering machine that has the generic message "hello, nobody is available to take your call" 

In the meantime, work picked up and I really don't want to start over someplace new so I just erased the message and moved on. TWO days later I get an email from the same woman who left the message that said: "Thank you for your application. We have reviewed your test results and have found that we have candidates that are more suitable to our needs."

I laughed so hard and realized at that point that I'm better off where I am.

This is quite interesting...it is too long to post here but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the statistics.  Thanks!

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Do you have a favorite on-line dictionary?  I'm looking for both medical and non-medical.  Thanks.

most of these are old but the CBay post is fairly new...even the MTs in India do not seem to be treated fairly...I imagine there is a lot of abuse over there also. 

Too bad we could not unionize them and us together...would that ever be possible you think? 

I have a question for those of you that work for national companies and have a set schedule. How important is it that you stick with your schedule? If you can get all the work done before the deadline, is it okay to take an hour or two off for something like cooking dinner or something like that, as long as your get all your work done by the deadline? Just wonderfing!! Thanks!!!

Julia

Anyone know what this is?  It has an attachment so I am not going to open it unless I am positive it isn't a link to a madman's web page.

Thanks!

I received the following email today and I am not sure what to do with it.  Should I report this to someone?  I would give my work to someone in the US before someone overseas!  gesh!

Here is the email below:

"Hi, i am monank from india, i have 6years of expirence i can help you to increase the line count, you can send me little bit of workevery day i will do that for you,you can pay me 5 cents per line & rest of the moeny will be your profit, in this way you can make more money."

Is anyone still up/online that can help me out with IT?  It seems that the longer I use this thing the Slower I am getting.  I recently had to start over with my glossaries because I just got everything so bogged down that I couldnt find anything any more.  Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.  I will be here for a while and can be reached either by email or im on Y with the same name!

TIA

Lisa

Does anyone know of a grammer website for medical words and uses.

Thanks

Need recommendations for reference sites on the web for oncology terms and drug reference. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, everyone, and thanks for the good feedback!  I thought I should be as generous as everybody has been to me by sharing the feedback in a summary: 

According to the consensus of most replies here is what I am getting: 

GOOD - Amphion, MDI-MD (*not MDI-FL), Keystrokes, Silent Type, Phoenix Medcom, QT Medical, Digital Records, SPI, and eTransPlus. 

Acusis was mentioned as a good one, BUT when I input "Acusis" into Google to find its site and also saw this one

http://www.acusisindia.com/AIP0302/Home.asp

I had second thoughts about applying.  I have already lost one good account to India, so I don't wish to go through that again. 

BAD- Medquist, Ascend, Transolutions, Transcend, Healthscribe, Spheris, KJM Trans., SoftScript, Superior Global, OSI, Zylomed, Medvoice, A to Z, D&L Typing, MedWord, Precyse, MDI-FL (although MDI-MD has had glowing reports). 

I can add my own horror story to the Bad List:  Voice Systems in Georgia.  Don't work this account if you ever want to get paid!  I worked for 3 months before I finally saw a penny, and that was only with multiple threats and refusing to type another word until they were caught up.  And they were SO DISORGANIZED that it was a NIGHTMARE!!!  It took weeks of small, incomplete checks for them finally to catch up with me, and the verbal abuse and language I got over the phone, fax, and e-mail were unbelievable!  Very unprofessional! 

Thank you to everyone who answered me and gave me encouragement.  I have applied to everybody on the Good List but found out that I still have unsolvable connectivity problems with some of them, like Amphion.  We have high-speed business-grade satellite, but that is not enough in some cases.  And we don't have land lines, either.  We live way out in the boonies. 

Still that leaves a few good choices, so I thank all of you!!! 

 What the heck is going on around here?  It just gets better by the day!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/19/economy-slumps-firms-line-hire-skilled-foreign-workers/

Once, in the distant misty past, MTSO's were almost exclusively people who had extensive transcription experience.  They understood the process of transcription on a deeply personal level.  It would never have been necessary, for instance, to convince any of them that transcription is not a "typing business"...it is a "KNOWLEDGE business".

Now, "business types" who have very little personal understanding of what transcription is all about have taken over the board rooms and executive suites of many companies.  What they do understand about transcription is on a purely intellectual, rather than an intuitive, level.

I will be the first to admit that the lack of business skills of many MTSOs in the past was a deplorable situation, and led to the unnecessary demise and/or acquisition of their companies.  

However, the situation is now reversing.  Executives who understood transcription but did not understand business are being replaced by executives who understand business but do not understand transcription.

My question is:  Do you think our industry is the better or worse for this trend?

I want to "upgrade" from word97 to word2003.  Is there a way to take my dictionary of words I have established over the years over to 2003?

and is there a way to go in and correct words put in wrong...

thank you for any help

Any info on TransHealth would be appreciated.  I am considering accepting a position with them.

Thanks.