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Microsoft Word 2007 - Posted By: Banana

I had to do recovery on my computer and I added a newer Microsoft Office. This is MUCH different than my old version so I wanted to see if anyone can help me out. On old version if I used AutoText for saving smaller things after typing a couple of letters it would pop up with the info that I wanted. I can't figure out if this new version does that or not. From what I have read I can't find that it does, but if anyone has any information that it does still do this it would be greatly appreciated!

anyone know much about C&C transcription TIA - Posted By: kl

HIPAA compliant email - Posted By: Julie

Is it HIPAA compliant to send reports via email if they are password protected, or does it have to be certified email?

hto seail

MissAnthrope or Xanax - would you please reply - Posted By: dixierose

Would you email me about Van Belkum?

Anyone here do Windsor Pilates? Are you getting results? Is it a good - Posted By: workout? Thx. nm

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The HMO nightmare - SM - Posted By: Flibertygibbit

I was surfing the web late one night and found these two, oh-so-true paragraphs that sum up managed health care in a nutshell, so I thought I'd share:

"Mangled care" was supposed to be the solution to rising health costs. HMOs would cut out the waste and keep an eye on doctors who ordered unnecessary tests and procedures, saving consumers big money. But it was the HMOs that made the big money--by restricting care.

Their philosophy was summed up by Richard Rainwater, cofounder of the for-profit HMO Columbia-HCA: "The day has come when somebody has to do in the hospital business what McDonald�s has done in the fast-food business and what Wal-Mart has done in the retailing business."

Anyone use Dragon Naturally speaking? If so, do you like it? Does it help? Looking for input. nm - Posted By: dizzi

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I'm emotionally and financially stuck - Posted By: Needing Support Ladies

I'm wanting to buy a house. I have 3 kids, 1, 2, and 16. I live with my Not-So-Darling-BF, 2 youngest are his. I have a purchase offer on this house and can get financing. The payment is 200 more than I wanted to spend. House is 5 years old, in town, right by my 16 y/o school. I have CC debt (about 9500), a student loan, a couple other small (less than 1000 bills).

I posted my dilemna on MSN Money message board. They all think I should rent, pay off debt, get a roommate, that I should build my emergency fund, save for the house, blah, blah.

Obviously I'm an MT, make 42k a year with 3 parttime MT jobs, one going full-time hopefully in the next year, and child support from 16 y/o which I will lose if she does not continue school after graduating.

I may have a renter, my brother, who would be good for about $350 a month, incl. heat, etc.

I feel so emotionally drained. My "BF" can be prone to violence, never hurting me or kids, but breaking the "house", he thinks he is "Mr. Wonderful" and always has that attitude...I could go on..I wanted to leave at 3 months of knowing him but got pregnant...to make a long story short...and I stayed "cause of the kids."

I'm not sure why I'm posting but I feel my next step is the psych ward. Financially I guess I can't leave and emotionally I can't stay as I'm going nuts.

I need advice or words of encouragment or something, anything....

Med Term Question - Posted By: Tx Trans

Is carcinoma in situ hyphenated? Ex. carcinoma-in-situ or carcinoma in-situ. Any and all questions greatly appreciated.

Character count tips - Posted By: ArkansasMT

The hospital/clinic I work for is changing the counting method from gross lines to character count. Does anyone have any tips on increasing production using total characters? Thanks

Microcassettes popping - Posted By: medtrans

Has anyone out there had trouble with Maxell microcasettes popping from the spool. For some reason, our office has gotten a batch of tapes that continues to pop from the spool when the physician dictates to the end of side A and then onto side B. Tapes are popping left and right. At first, it was just one particular physician's tapes, so we thought it was the machine. However, now they are all popping, but only if dictated to side B. Has anyone had better luck with other brands? Need some help. The physicians don't want to redictate, so I am losing $ and they are wasting time dictating only to have the tape pop.

Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here! - Posted By: MARIO BOSIO

i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

Is the site really boggy and slow for anyone else - Posted By: today?? nm Molasses here

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Testing process using foot pedal...sm - Posted By: this is a long process using the mouse

Does anyone know how to use your foot pedal while testing for companies? I am having to use my mouse to start and stop the dictation and it is taking me FOREVER......help.....

Thanks.

Med billing from home - Posted By: Angela

Does anyone know of any medical billing companies that hire (work from home) billers?

just a vent!!! - Posted By: mtmomof3

Is it REALLY necessary for the doctor to PEE while dictating. Surely they are not THAT strapped for time. That is disgusting to have to listen to!!! UGH!!

Do y'all think the size of the font matters in line counts? - Posted By: MSMT

If your font is smaller takes more characters to make a line? I just wondered this today.

Can I vent?!?!?! - Posted By: MAMT

I have several MT jobs, one of which is for a private doctor with an endocrinology practice and I have had ENOUGH of him and have to quit! I have worked for him for about 2 years now, he is an ESL dictator with a strong accent, but since I have typed for him so long, I don't really have an issue understanding him.

So, he never could understand the 65 character line, I mean is this what independent ICs usually go by? I TRIED and TRIED to explain to him, but he didn't get it. He wanted me to actually COUNT each line when I got finished, and areas where the new paragraph started before the end of the line was reached, combine that with another short sentence and count that as one, okay BIG HEADACHE, but I did this for him.

So, each time I would send him a bill he would just act distressed and complain about having to pay! He would of course pay and then he would ask me to extend my margins out more and more to the point the words were running off the freakin page! He was paying me 10 cpl and told me he could no longer afford that so I agreed to go down to 9 CPL!

Well today, he tells me that he found a company online that would only charge HIM 5 CPL and wanted me to cut down to that rate! I told him he was crazy and that if he found someone to type for 5 CPL, running the margins off the page like he is asking and putting up with A LOT more, then by all means, jump on that band wagon cause I couldn't do it and you know what? He acted like I was in the wrong!

UGGHHHH why do so many people want something for nothing? It infuriates me!

SpectraMedi - Posted By: Ag

Does anyone know anything about this company?

best company - Posted By: poedmt

what is the best company to work for in terms of benefits, line rate, no overseas, etc. Any info would be greatly appreciated. May be moving soon

MTs are not the only ones losing jobs to over seas - Posted By: This is ridiculous!

Businesses May Move Health Care Overseas

Published: 11/2/06, 7:47 AM EDT
By MALCOLM FOSTER and MARGIE MASON

NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Businesses and insurance companies are starting to eye the potential savings of outsourcing health care from the world's richest country to the developing world.

"It's just one of the many ways in which our world is flattening," said Arnold Milstein, chief physician at New York-based Mercer Health & Benefits, who's researching the feasibility of outsourcing medical care for three Fortune 500 corporations. "Many companies see it as a natural extension of the competition they've faced in other aspects of their business."

With an estimated 45 million uninsured Americans, some 500,000 trekked overseas last year for medical treatment, according to the National Coalition on Health Care. Asian hospitals in Thailand, India and Singapore have long been swarmed by medical tourists looking for tummy tucks and face lifts, but many glitzy, marble-floored facilities are now gaining reputations for big-ticket procedures including heart surgery, knee and back operations.

Some American hospitals already rely on places like India for X-ray readings and other diagnostics, while also importing foreign doctors and nurses. But the U.S. health care industry has been largely immune to overseas competition - just one reason behind soaring costs.

Premiums for employer-sponsored health coverage have surged 87 percent over the past six years, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, putting a huge burden on both companies and employees. Family health coverage now runs about $11,500 annually, with workers themselves forking out nearly $3,000.

But just as shipping U.S. manufacturing to China and call centers

Life-threatening MT errors. sm - Posted By: Jerkette

Can you give an example of this? I hear about poor MT work being dangerous and I am wondering if the hospital gives medications according to what is in the H&P or if they operate on the wrong leg if the doctor dictates that. How many patients die from dictation and transcription mistakes? Does the hospital have medication records for nurses that are handwritten? Do surgeons check other sources before they operate? I'm just curious about this.

Braille transcription? Anyone ever do this or know any info - Posted By: medtype

I recently saw a course for this and was considering it in the future. Just curious and thought I would throw it out there if any of you fellow MTs have ever done this or know anyone who has? Always looking for something new to add to my MT. Thanks

Typing on your lap - Posted By: stanggirl

I just moved and my new desk setup is a built-in desk which is too high for comfort for typing on the keyboard. I can adjust my office chair up, but then it's too high to comfortably reach the pedal. I have been typing on the keyboard on my lap for two days but my shoulders are sore and so are my calves apparently from flexing when I wasn't aware of it all day.

Awhile back I read here that some MT's type on their keyboards on their laps. Please give me any feedback how it works for you and also do you know of any products out there or things around the house to support the keyboard and make it easier to balance on your legs. I kind of like typing like this other than the strain on my neck and legs from trying to keep it balanced and from sliding off.

Thanks in advance!

Pat Day retires from horse racing -- It is a sad day for race fans everywhere! We wish him the best - Posted By: memt

in his retirement, although I hear he's going to stay busy behind the scenes with the chaplaincy program at the horse tracks. We're gonna miss him here in Ky--

Looking for Debbie??? - Posted By: CathyC

I am looking for Debbie from Keystrokes who used to be my mentor/supervisor. Debbie, are you out there? I would like to talk to you. Thanks,

Cathy

I am also still looking for Suanne from AllType.

Where is everyone?

Why India? - Posted By: MTinMT

Interesting article in "The Record". Would love to hear opinions on this.

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_08062007p6.shtml

Starting a company - Posted By: tradmt

When starting a transcription company, if it is going to be a pretty small operation, does one need to go through all the hassle of submitting all the paperwork to the state etc...?

solution for sticky keyboard - Posted By: Eileen

I found the solution for my keyboard keys sticking intermittently; I unplug the keyboard and plug it back in. Very simple, I could believe that it works, but it does. Thought I'd pass that along.

webmedex - Posted By: zoomer

I have been a medical Transcriptionist for 25 years and worked for Medquist for the past 9. Since 01/06 things have only gone "downhill." I have had a job offer from "webmedex" and I was wondering if anyone knows anything that might be of interest to me about this company...pro's and con's.

Thanks for all your help in this matter!

Making changes - Posted By: FLMT

Alright folks let's move this off the word help board because it's become a different discussion. First of all, I personally believe that we should type what doctors say, everything they say and not change a thing. So if they say Synthroid 100 mg, leave it. If they say There was changes. Leave it. However, our companies and many hospitals don't agree.

If you were to try to get a job editing books at a publlishing house you would need a degree in English and you'd get paid a whole heck of a lot more than we do. But we do the same job, fixing the English of doctors, having perfect punctuation, correcting verb tenses. Not to mention the medical side, knowing all the drug dosages, correct lab values (yeah we get marked off for those too). I love it when I have to leave something blank like I just did "H&H 13/4/38" ???

IMHO we don't get paid enough to do all we have to do. We are not just typists. My friend is a nurse and when I told her everything we have to know she told me we could all be nurses! This is because I carried on a conversation with her about cardiac cath, CABG and people who have IV dye allergies and the compliance issues with Mucomyst. She was shocked.

We get no respect from many doctors. I actually had a PCP that I went to when I was sick say that because I was an MT I knew too much about medicine in a really condescending voice. Had another say then what do you suggest when he tried to tell me he'd done all the possible tests. Corrected another to his face.

So call me whatever you want but if I hear the doctor say something that is inappropriate in the same manner that Potassium 132 is inappropriate or Synthroid 100 mg is inappropriate, I'm going to leave a blank. Maybe the doctor is mad or frustrated but the medical record is a legal document that the patient can get access to anytime they want. So when the doctor calls a patient a land whale or says she's f-ing pregnant again or is a retard or is an SOB (and I don't mean short of breath), IMO I am covering their butt by giving them a chance to rethink what they say before they put it in a legal document.

Has anyone had experience with both - Posted By: me

ChartScript and ChartScript.net? I have experience with ChartScript and my account is upgrading to the .net version. I just wondered how one compares to the other, or how user friendly the .net version is.

Hand-held digital recorders. sm - Posted By: Terri

Does anyone have anything to say about any particular model? I am thinking along the lines of Olympus or Philips. Thinking a docking device best. Any comments? Thanks!

Anyone ever work as a researcher/editor for Stedman's? - Posted By: fuzz5

I saw on their website that they welcome you to join their editorial team when they're working on new books.

I was wondering how much they pay and how much work it is. I'm pretty happy to only have one job for the first time in years, but an occasional short-term project for some extra cash sounds kinda cool.

AOL problems please resend resumes..sm - Posted By: tiffany

To anyone that applied for the radiology IC position posted a few days ago, if you sent a resume, or email, I did not get it. I have since found out that there is a problem with AOL for some reason on this site and no replies are coming through. I have since reposted the ad with a different email server.

If you are still looking for IC radiology position, plenty of work guaranteed, do not over hire, please read the ad I reposted on the job board and send a resume.

I reply to all emails if you meet the requirements.

Tiffany

DECREASE IN PAY!! LETS REBEL - Posted By: WE NEED TO REBEL!!!

they want to decrease our ME pay by 20%. we need to all be asked to go back to MTs and earn what we are worth

Wow!! I'm in shock... - Posted By: NCMT

I transcribed a Hospice note earlier today. The patient is a 99-year-old woman with end-stage coronary artery disease. She lives in adult foster care. The caregivers at the adult foster care have a problem with Hospice for some reason and are threatening to raise this woman's rent by $1000.00 per month if she goes on Hospice. UNREAL!!

Anyway, Hospice will contact the proper law enforcement agency if this happens as it is discrimination...but I just couldn't believe what I was hearing when I transcribed it.

Have used Shorthand for years..am considering switching to Instant Text..need opinions..sm - Posted By: wannabe faster

and advice. I have tried to research the differences but until you get input from people who have used one or the other, or better yet both, you just never know. Instant Text looks like it might be much more difficult to learn than Shorthand. I know all my abbreviations so that is not a problem. I also use large blocks of text at times only changing certain things and am not sure I can do that in Instant Text. On the other hand, IT looks like it has a lot of potential and I might really like it and pick up more speed. I average about 300-325 lph now. I have been doing this for nearly 30 years, using ShortHand for about 10, but always looking for ways to improve! Any input would be very much appreciated! TIA

POLL: How do you handle stress when you're having a bad day transcribing? - Posted By: EmmaMT

I have a bad habit of eating junk food....trying to break it! What about everyone else?

Do any of you work a split shift? Are you employee status or IC? Thanks!-nm - Posted By: anon

help on line rate - Posted By: oh me!

What is the current average pay rate for a 65 CPL/line?

Would you NOT marry someone because of his last name? - Posted By: another poll...so there! sm

I heard this on a local radio station...something like 30-something% of women polled said they would not or had not married someone that they truly loved because of his last name, so my question is...would any of you NOT marry someone just because you didn't like his last name?

I, for one, don't think I would let that stop me from marrying someone I loved and really wanted to marry. However, I am already married and don't mind my honey's last name at all!

Check this out!! - Posted By: unbelievable

I stumbled upon this website while trying to research hospitals that hire home-based MTs (trying to skip the middleman). I could not believe what I was reading -- 1 cpl? No wonder they get away with charging 4-5 cpl and still make a profit. Warning: Inappropriate use of the English language.

http://www.pliner.net/appmb2/51910b/311088/

Anybody like their job? I like mine - Posted By: gwe

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afraid insurance is going to drop me... - Posted By: I'm scared!!!

Two years ago I became an independent and have individual insurance. During the application I put on there I had quit smoking (former smoker). I now have a procedure coming up, and during the consultation for this procedure, my doctor asked me if I smoked. Well, I do "occasionally" but I did not expect him to ask that question, so I fumbled and said "yes, but not every day." Now is this grounds for my insurance not covering me? Is it possible they can dig through the paperwork specifically to find this and nail me on it? Or can it be accepted that at the time I signed on with them, I in fact was not a smoker, but started up between then n now, so they have no grounds? I'm scared, as I cannot afford this procedure out of pocket!!! What do you guys think?

Hey Admin, sorry to hear about your broken leg! Feel better soon! - Posted By: Caryn (SM)

Soon you'll be dancin like this!

Please help on word board - Posted By: Thank you! (nm)

xx

This is embarrassing, but how do I just go back a page - Posted By: when looking at job seeker board?

I just want to go to the previous page than the most recent one posted, but when I try searching archives, I click on the last number & it puts me in the month of May. Guess I'm missing something.

Does anyone have an HP Photosmart printer? see msg - Posted By: Thinking about returning it.

I have not had any luck printing on the HP Photosmart 2575 unless I use Hewlett Packard paper. I have a huge stack of photo paper from Costco that used to print out beautiful photos on my old Epson. When I switched to this HP Photosmart printer, the Costco photo paper is all smeared and oversaturated with ink. The same applies to using copy paper as some of the lines are either missing or too light. However, when I use the HP paper products, everything prints out perfect. What a ripoff having to use only HP products. Is there any solution, or else I will return this printer to Staples?

How much ... - Posted By: Veronica

does a newly hired can expect on average to be paid to work part-time?