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Sourcerad for radiology transcription -
Posted By: MEMT
Hi,
Just wondering if anyone out there has used this system for transcribing radiology reports and if you could tell me about it, such as ease of use, likes dislikes, line counts, etc.
Mimi
document solution center alabama -
Posted By: Jen
Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone had any good/bad info on this company. I can't seem to find much information on them. Thanks.
Jen
DSS files -
Posted By: Jennifer Beatty
I am curious if any of you know about DSS files. I have an interview with a lady tomorrow for a contractor position. She said they use an Olympus DSS system and I would need to purchase an Olympus DSS foot pedal. I have 9 pin, 15 pin, and USB pedals. Wouldn't one of those work with DSS files? Any info would be greatly appreciated as I do not have $300 to invest in a new pedal!! Who does?? Thanks in advance
Line counting: Is there a way -
Posted By: to take the # of minutes and translate to
approximate # of lines? I am very curious. I am unable to see the # of lines I type daily using the system we use. I love the company I work for and trust them as the number of jobs and number of minutes are usually higher than what I come up with each pay period but would like to see how the number of lines calculate between the two of us. Thank you in advance.
had to share, doc just said...sm -
Posted By: OldeMT
The patient was taped to the operating room..... Wish I could see that!
QA wages -
Posted By: Terry
Anyone out there have an idea of what a QA person should be paid per hour if working at home?
Instant Text software and Windows Vista -
Posted By: KCGONECRAZY
 I purchased Instant text software about 6 months ago. I have a new computer now with Windows Vista and while the software worked properly on Windows XP, in order to install the software on Vista I was told by the company turn off my user account control and if I do that my software platform I-Type will not let me in to link the program to it. Anyone have a clue? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
selling snake oil? -
Posted By: stilltyping
So for the second time this year, "At Home Professions" has come calling to town to give their big seminar. The flood of calls to my house start coming in from people I barely know or hardly know about all the fame and fortune of being an MT. They are telling people they could start at 15 cpl and make 50K per year. Are they even a real school? I want that job!
Nevertheless, I get the calls about how wonderful and terrific working at home is (not that it isn't, but it is hard work!), how "I listened to what they had to say and I can do that" (like it is no big deal), and basically how "easy" it is. Sigh.... I feel like I am explaining the science of building a rocket to my 5 year old who just wants to jump in and take a ride!
anyone know much about C&C transcription TIA -
Posted By: kl
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I passed the RMT exam! sm -
Posted By: Apple Scruff
Sheesh! It took them long enough to give me the results. I was thinking I'd be eligible for the CMT before I received the RMT results. The earth didn't shake for me when I received the results like when I found out I passed my nursing boards, but I'll take it.
Doc left recorder on...196 minutes grrrr -
Posted By: nm
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Yearly income to expect as full-time... (sm) -
Posted By: MT
employee (not IC) for a national?
I have 2 jobs. -
Posted By: what do you do when they run into each other.
What do you do when 2 jobs run into each other.
I work for a place that says we must work OT today. It is an in-house position that is backed up big time. We have been backed up for the last several months and they picked a very nice holiday weekend to tell us mandatory OT Saturday 8 hours. We don’t get an incentive just the more you type the more you make. I have been working for a small online transcription company since Christmas because I wanted to be at home. I need to put in 20 hours for this little national but it is not possible to do if I have mandatory OT at another place. I told my OM at the hospital that she needs to figure out what she needs to do with me whether she is going to let me work from home or not. I told her that if she has me drive in house again that I was going to have to leave because I liked to have lost my shirt the last time I did it. To clarify, the hospital set me up at home temporary back in January because the roads were icy but they are trying to pull me back in house. The computer does not run well at home. They have several people also working from home who have computer problems and I don’t remember how they worded the problem but it is something about the distance and the large volume coming through that messes things up. I live even further from the MTSO and all their programs run real smooth. The small national treats me better. They do have incentives for their FT MTs and they do offer OT quite often. The pay is not as high though and the benefits are more costly but they way they treat their MTs compared to the way this hospital treats their MTs is like night and day.
Volume Setting Command for Transnet/ExText -
Posted By: Ed
Anyone there who knows how to "permanently" set the volume for Transnet/ExText speech? I know to double-click on the volume icon to raise the volume for "Each Report", but not how to do it "permanently". I did it once by accident, but with recent upgrades, it wiped it out again. Anyone? Thanks!
If your dictator says DCD for discontinued -
Posted By: Question
i want to put discontinued what would you put
Faux fur cleaning -
Posted By: Romey
Looking for solutions to cleaning a faux fur duvet cover, says to dry clean by fur method only, no one does that in my area, has to be sent away and would cost me $80, only paid $100 for it, so that is out of the question. Any one ever clean one on gentle cycle in cold water before and what were your results, no drying?
HELP WITH EXTEXT -
Posted By: Extext
I had made macros to enlarge my view to 145% (Alt-B) while I type, and then another macro to shrink it down to 100% (Alt-S) before I send document. All of a sudden, these macros will not work! They have been working for months. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Quicken or Microsoft Money -
Posted By: MslaMT
Which one do you like better?
Anybody use the BeyondTXT platform? -
Posted By: Pros & Cons?
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How do you guys pinch your pennies -
Posted By: need help conserving monies
Anything, how to save on toiletries, can you mix and match what you use for your hair as well as dish soap, split the toilet paper into two separate sheets? I absolutely hate using coupons because I end up buying what I don't need just because I have a coupon so those are out. Any under cover stores to find cheap scented candles? Cheap produce? I think if I could cut back it would save me a lot of stress on where my money is going, it just leaves my pocket so easily these days. A way to get all the food groups in without breaking the bank because thats where most of my money disappears, toiletries and groceries. Advice needed!
Anyone using VoIP (internet phone) with a -
Posted By: ??
DVI or C-phone to transcribe, and does it work well? If so, what company do you use? Are those companies cracking down on transcription like the regular LD carriers?
Figuring time for invoicing... -
Posted By: Just_me
I need an easier way to figure time for invoicing.
For example: An audio is 33 minutes and 31 seconds and the rate of pay is 60.00 per hour.
It takes me forever to figure the correct amount to invoice. Any suggestions to make it easier for me?
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.
counting lines by hand - pls help! -
Posted By: bon
I type letters all day and need to count actual lines. MS word does not count accurately. I need just the lines typed (for ex. salutation is 1 line, signature line is 1 line, etc.) I have been doing this manually, but is a waste of time, as sometimes they are 3-page letters. I downloaded Flashcount and was hoping that I could use it right in MS Word to count the actual lines of each letter that I type without having to go to another screen, but have not been able to do that. Anyone know if this is possible or of a good program out there where this is possible??? I am not so concerned about making an invoice, just counting each line typed (no matter how many characters on that line) accurately. Thanks.
pay per page -
Posted By: SM
Does anyone know the average $ per page, not radiology but clinic notes?
Does you company require a specific number -
Posted By: sm
of lines per day? If so, what are they?
Dizziness/vertigo -- sm -
Posted By: Patti
When I went to my doctor for dizziness/vertigo he told me that one of the most common indicators of heart attacks in women was a symptom of dizziness. It did not turn out to be that but it alerted me to watch for simple symptoms that could indicate a larger problem. I did have some fluid behind my TM's caused by allergies and Rhinocort Aqua nasal spray used at night helps me a lot as the dizziness was the worse in the morning. When in question check with the doctor.
To Patti -
Posted By: nn
I know you are busy and I don't want to interrupt you, but you are so knowledgeable about tax questions and I thought maybe you could help me, somehow. If you could possibly email me, I would really appreciate it, as I do not want to divulge personal tax info on this site. thanks so much. When you have time, of course.
Someone please give me a swift kick in the -
Posted By: Just me
rear end to get me to work. I go on a week long vacation starting Saturday with no kids and today I did about 1/4 of my normal lines and that might be padding it a little bit. I was too busy looking at pictures of where we're going. Did I mention no kids are going with me?
Before I get comments about why'd I have kids if I'm so happy they're not going to be there. I have 3 teens who act 65, two 13yo, 12-year-old and a 2-year-old. Three are hitting puberty and one just hit the terrible 2's. It will be our first vacation w/o kids in a long, long, long time. After only 3 days here my mom is asking why I'm not bald already from pulling my hair out. Now if work could just pay me to sit and look at pictures all day and daydream, I'd have it made.
Okay -- everyone needs to see this!!!!! -
Posted By: Anonymous MT
If you are tired of corporate greed and feel like the workin' man/woman is getting the short end of the stick (and who doesn't?)....go see Fun With Dick And Jane!!
OMG it is hilarious! Go see it and watch the first credits afterwards, all the Special Thanks To list!! ROFL 
Rheumatology web help sm -
Posted By: Just me
I have a chance for a position doing rheumatology work and am looking for some good websites, etc., to be sure I am up to snuff on this subject. Have done critical care, etc., and never really honed in on this one practice. You could e-mail me as to sites and books which would help me in this particular area. Thanks in advance. 
pros and cons for own service? -
Posted By: mn
I was hoping that someone out that has been running their own accounts that they could give me pros and cons for running their own service for local accounts or just doing 1 account, I have been seriously thinking of doing this get kind of worried sometimes of being on my own instead of with a company. Any insight on this would be so greatly appreciated. 
question for statutory workers -
Posted By: sm
What percentage would you recommend setting aside from each check to cover your taxes? thanks.
All things being equal, do you prefer to work with a C-phone or use WAV files over the internet? sm -
Posted By: anon
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of each. I have only ever used a c-phone but think I may bet getting ready to use WAV files and foot pedal for an account and am a little anxious! TIA
time of post -
Posted By: jeeperbelle
Is there a way to tell what time a message is posted? Sometimes I would like to know when a "Word Help" has been posted....if it is new or if it has been there for too long to help. Thanks.
To Jest Lil Ole Me about wireless card. -
Posted By: mtathome
You said in an earlier post that wireless internet through your cell phone carrier is a better solution than fixed wireless. I have a cell phone, but often have to walk around the house to get one bar for a signal. Does this not factor in? Where my desk is now, forget it.
Help -
Posted By: kathy patitsas
I need major help! I bought a Dell computer about two years ago when I started the DocQScribe program, and since that time, my line count dropped by about a third. I am now working for a different company on the same computer on a Word-based program, and I am having the same problem. I can transcribe at a rate of 300 lines an hour, sometimes more, but I rarely can get above 1,200 lines in a six hour period. The Word line counter shows that I do about 40 to 50 more lines than shown on my invoice line counter. It makes no sense to me and I can't figure it out - I transcribe just as fast as I ever did and in the same way. Could it be my computer? Please, as many opinions as possible, and thanks!
ALL POSTERS (SM) -
Posted By: Goldbird (Moderator)
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Thank you.
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Work at home link. -
Posted By: MTinIL
I have posted this once and it was deleted. Then I posted a question as to why my post was deleted and that post was deleted as well. So, one more try, and if you are going to delete this, please give me a reason. A while back there was a link posted about work at home jobs, not just transcription. I have searched this site and cannot find the link. Can anyone help? Thanks!
Can anyone confirm that JLG outsources overseas? -
Posted By: nm
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Looking for call-in systems with editing and electronic sign. -
Posted By: Dixspot
Do you guys know of any that are good and reasonably priced? Thanks for the info and if you have other advice I am willing to listen. I have an office that wants a call-in system with the ability to edit online and use an electronic signature if possible. I use DocShuttle right now with handheld recorders and this is new so any help is appreciated.
Hats off to all MTs - sm -
Posted By: passing through
I posted this late last year, but this year I made it during MT Week. I sincerely tip my hat to ALL of you who do medical transcription. The knowledge you have to do your job is priceless, and you certainly do not get paid enough. That knowledge not only includes all the terms you use, but where to find the ones you don't know. And putting up with all kinds of dictators, their body noises, extraneous noises, shuffling papers, etc. I truly, truly do not know how you do that job day in and day out without going bonkers. I do radiology, and I really love it. They tried to cross-train me, and started me on discharge summaries and psych reports. I ABSOLUTELY HATED IT!!! If I had to do that everyday, I would not get out of bed. But for radiology, I'll stay up all night and work...go figure. I just wanted to tell all of you how much I admire you and all that you do. You truly are not appreciated enough and are not told often enough, and although my lowly opinion doesn't mean squat, I just felt I needed to tell you all that you are admired and respected by this lowly rad MT. Hope you all have a great MT week.
Watch those expansions for BM -
Posted By: LOL LOL
She had a large, foul-smelling black male overnight with massive bleeding.
Psychiatry Transcription -
Posted By: Gerri
I posted regarding my daughter having done podiatry transcription for 5 years. She also did psychiatry transcription and is willing to help me with these terms. I am mostly looking for something part time. I work in administration for a small hospital and will be doing their Op Reports at night, but it is only 2 nights a week, and they are mostly stuff that can be done in "norms". I am trying to get back "in the grove" and would like to be able to work at home. My husband has COPD, and I would like to be close by for him.
ASR production increase?!?! -
Posted By: mc5
Anyone want to know how MQ came up with the figures to say we have a PRODUCTION increase because of ASR? It will surprise you!
Real Player -
Posted By: justcurious
Does anyone know what Real Player is, or how it it used?
Shorthand for Windows -
Posted By: cherie
I need help with setting a command for metformin XR so the X-RAY does not expand to x-ray. Thanks!
Working this weekend? -
Posted By: Abby
Anyone else out there trying to eek out a living this weekend? Why do we do this?
Does anybody know.... -
Posted By: ANON
Does anybody know if I could run these 2 platforms on the same computer: Voicescribe and Spantel. I am thinking about a 2nd part-time job and was just curious.
Thanks.
What H.S. did you graduate from? including state - No.Hunterdon Regional NJ -
Posted By: got an idea - find old friends
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