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Do any ICs with their own accounts charge extra for holidays? - Posted By: tbpmt

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Monitor/Admin - sm - Posted By: thank you

Please see message on Monitor board.

For sale: Infinity Series foot pedals and AAMT BOS 2nd Edition w/CD - Posted By: Karen Stramel

I have an IN-USB-1 Infinity Series foot pedal - asking $60.00. I also have two 9-pin serial port IN-DB9 Infinity Series foot pedals - asking $50 for each. In addition to these, I have an AAMT BOS 2nd Edition with CD, like new, asking $65. All items are in excellent condition.

Question about eScription platform - Posted By: Tonya

There are a lot of posts on the job seeker's board looking for eScription MTs and editors. eScription claims they don't offer their platform to MT companies, so how are these companies using this system? Seems strange.

Is it possible to do a system back-up (hard drive information) to a USB - Posted By: pkmt

zip drive? Have you done it? How do you figure how big of a zip drive is needed?Thanks.

had to share - Posted By: makes you wonder

ESL dictates, "MRS. So-and-so is a 10-year-old female." Might be able to be a MRS. in your country but not in the USA.

unbelievable - Posted By: ER MT

In Shanghai because of a rabies scare, 50,000 dogs have been clubbed to death. This is so upsetting to me because I love animals. They even offered dog owners 63 cents to kill their own dogs before they sent out the teams to kill them !! They actually "seized dogs from their owners and beat them to death on the spot." What a bunch of barbarians. Wow. Glad I live in the U.S.

Rate per audio minute? - Posted By: Lisa

Ok, I've had to do flashdrives with patients on them that have already been typed, lose my nice account to India, re-visit E&O insurance, and now I have someone offering me a job that pays 0.67 cents per audio minute. I'm old, still do tapes, and could any of you new folks tell me, is this the trend these days? Thank you kindly.

Foot pedal will not work - Posted By: TinTx

Sorry, I am just so upset because I need this job and neither of my 2 foot pedals seem to work with Bayscribe and in trying to get it to work I think I may have messed up the driver. Any help would be appreciated!

Setting up icons on desktop - Posted By: Suggestions...

�I have a page that I want to appear as an incon. How to do? Thanks.

Having one of those days...why is it - Posted By: Just me

necessary for these dictators just not to care when dictating. I am doing a 20+ minute dictation. So far we are into almost 10 minutes of the dictation and so far I have one paragraph done, literally. We are still in the HPI. He has said ummmm who knows how many times and back tracked to rearrange things he already dictated. I would love for each dictator to type one lousy report of theirs, just one and see what we put up with. Maybe just maybe then they will shape up a bit and clean up their act, then again why should they care. Maybe if they got paid for typing their own dictation they might get the point, once they starve, lose their nice boat, house etc. Sheesh. Okay done now, feel much better. Thanks for allowing me to vent.

Crazy Day - Posted By: bowlingMT

I don't post too much here, but I just have to vent. I went to pick up my daughter from school today. While I was waiting in my car, a woman backed into me. The damange didn't look to bad, but the lady won't get out of her car, so I called the police.

She was so drunk, she could barely walk. She had a baby in the car, about 18 months old, and was picking up her 2 sons. The police took her away in handcuffs, the breathalizer was over 0.13 and still rising!!

I was so upset about getting hit, but started thinking, maybe it was a blessing in disguise. Our school parking lot (grades 3-6) is so crazy after school, I started worrying about how many kids she could have hit in the parking lot if she hadn't hit me first.

Now, I like a drink or 2 myself, but come on, it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the school parking lot. I always worry about getting hit by a drunk driver, but I thougt I was safe at school.

schedule for those doing pool work - Posted By: Vicki

I mentioned this in my previous post, but thought I would post a new topic since it is specific to pool workers.

Can those of you who do pool work tell me how you schedule your day? Do you aim for XX lines, XX hours, etc.?

Also, do you sit down for a straight XX hours or do batches?

Thanks,

Vicki

Files To Go.. opinions? - Posted By: Julie

Looking at several different options. Metroscript, MyDocsOnline, and Files To Go seem to be at the top of my list so far. I would appreciate any feedback as to experience with this program. Thank you.

Does anyone know about baby rabbits???? - Posted By: I have a nest in my back yard....sm

I found them today. Their eyes are closed. There is no mother in sight. My dog already got 2, but I have fenced them in with enough space for the mother if she comes, but maybe my dog ate her :(. Should I move them. I am watching the dog and not letting her out unsupervised, but I can't keep that up for too long. Any advice would be appreciated. I want to save them, but I don't have all day to look after them.

ESP user. Another question re: word - Posted By: sm please

This is just CRAZY. Forget trying to make a template in your Normal... I think you lose a lot of your line count if you do that because it keeps your transcribed dictation (if you add it to a block of text you expanded) from being included in evaluation. Since we aren't suppose to use word or open it while ExText is running... How could we insert a template (with jump codes etc)??? I'm starting to get really angry after reading this. Any advice? I wasn't planning on inserting each and every heading under an ESP since they want everything a standard format. A template works much better for me, but if I'm not getting paid for anything I put on a template, what's the point????

how should I charge? - Posted By: Ang

I have been approached by a doc who wants me to take over doing his transcription. He is a face/eye plastic surgeon. Most of his stuff is all templates. The only thing I will actually have to type would be the DX and procedure and then insert the appropriate template. (He does have over 98 templates)

He wants me to give him a quote but I have no clue where to start. I normally charge by the line but this would not be fair since I am just inserting templates.

Should I charge by the page, # of reports, hourly, or what. He does about 15 cases per week and the reports average 3-5 pages (again much of it templates).

Does anyone have any experience with this. I want to give him an answer today.

Thanks!

-Ang.

Help please!!! Is there anything that would make my c-phone footpedal stop working? - Posted By: radmom

Maybe it got deprogrammed? It was unplugged for a couple of months. Any suggestions please?

Does anyone have a GOOD reference - Posted By: nn

Site for findings doctors in any state? I use the Dr - 411 and it's okay, but I would really love some input on any others that are really good.

Thanks!

Anyone else notice prices of food getting higher every week? - Posted By: js

Another notebook ? - Posted By: sm

I really know nothing about these sort of things and would like a second opinion, so thank you for your patience in answering these questions for me!!

I looked at Sam's and basically saw nothing that was decent in memory and still high prices. I've been looking at Dell's website and saw they have a new line out for businesses. There are 3 here I am looking at. Each looks the same for memory. I really do not see what the difference is on each one or if one would be better than the other for my needs. Could someone please take a look at these 3 and give me their opinion.

For the money and with the amount of memory being offered, it seems that Dell is the way I need to go.

I appreciate the help! :o)

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/odg/latitude_refresh?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

Need advice...sm - Posted By: blondie_1147

I am currently working for a company part time. I have never complained as long as I could get to work at least enough to get in about 20 hours. Well it has gotten to the point I cannot even get that. I am not making any money. I have been on this account for 1-1/2 years and I hate to leave. Am I likely to run into this at any company as an IC? I only worked about 11 hours last week. I guess what I am asking is if I quit and go elsewhere am I likely to run into the same problem at some point not even able to get 20 hours. Is this something that happens to IC MTs? And it picks up later. I have only been doing this for 1-1/2 years so I don't know what to think. I would be glad to work more than 20 hours but I don't complain as long as I get 20. But not even 20 is just no money. What should I do?

stools - Posted By: Vicsteria

melenic or melanotic?

I saw below that my 20 garlic chicken was thrown in a few crockpots.. - Posted By: what did ya think?

doc makes me so mad..... - Posted By: he's spoiled and selfish

I have a 24-48 hour TAT contracted with 7 docs. 90% of their work is returned in 24. One of them constantly wants rush jobs, sometimes asking before they've even sent me the work! Then always had to do him first. Since each doc's dictation comes at different times, I now have to stop what I'm doing and get his done the minute it comes through. I just think he's such a demanding jerk!!

AHDI (formerly AAMT) group disability insurance plan ... sm - Posted By: sm

I'm in the process of trying to find an affordable individual disability insurance plan. I was browsing through AHDI's website and found that they've made arrangements for members to participate in a group plan for this! The cost of membership to the organization might be worth it for me to take advantage of this.

Has anyone here participated in this plan? If so, what was your experience?

Thanks in advance.

MT schools questions. (m) - Posted By: MT

What are your thoughts on them? I have a friend who just started Career Step and says they have 98% placement in at-home positions upon completing the course. Does anyone have expeirence w/them or know if this is true? I've never had a client ask about my education, only my experience. This is why I ask about the validity and usefulness of the courses. I appreciate any thoughts!

Editing Line Rates - Posted By: OldTymeMT

I've looked through several old threads on this board about eScription/EditScript and have seen those who love it and those who don't. I may be moving to an account that utilizes this platform and am trying to see how my earnings might be impacted. I understand there will be a learning curve, but I anticipate getting "up to speed" quickly as I have always been fairly good at learning new technology. What is the average line rate I can expect using EditScript software? I've seen rates quoted from between 3 cpl up to 5 cpl. Is that right? Is anyone making more than 5 cpl editing?

What is the average line count for editing I can expect (hope) to achieve? I've seen some say 300+/- lph and others who can do 600 or more lph. What is the highest sustained lines per hour one can expect when editing, if utilizing all the keyboard shortcuts, etc., available?

Thanks for your input.

Need some help - Posted By: here...

Okay I have until the 15th to type as many lines as I can for this pay period. Short of taking illegal substances (haha) can anyone suggest a good way of doing an transcribing marathon of sorts?

BTW I'm completely ADD and usually only work part-time because of it (and school!)

Thanks for any ideas!

Grammar help needed on word help board - Posted By: myself personally (nm)

Information for - Posted By: Carla

becoming an editor. We may be going to powerscribe and I want to get as much education to prepare for this transaction if it takes place. Does anyone have any information or great websites or even books to help me prepare for this?

Any and all information would be great. Thanks

ICs and Liability - Posted By: Sarah Kanary

Does anybody know how liability is handled if a transcription mistake causes harm to a patient if the Transcriptionist is an "Independent Contractor?"

Is liability insurance one of the first things an IC must purchase? Does the MTSOs customer who hired the MTSO as an IC think it's a good idea to SUBcontract the transcription work to a subcontractor who may or may not be insured?

Speaking of ICs...I found the following link on the U. S. Department of Labor's website most interesting:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs13.pdf

It seems that a lot of transcription companies are illegally viewing employees as "independent contractors" when the criteria for such are not being met.

For example, if you hire an INDEPENDENT contractor to remodel your house, the contractor presents YOU with the contract, not the other way around. (Hint: The one who presents the contract must be the contractor!) The contractor presents you with the bill when the work is finished; you don't tell him what your "hourly rate" is.

You meet with him and come to an agreement as to price, what work you want done, and other things that both of you agree on.

However, you do NOT tell the contractor what tools they will use, what shifts they will work, or what equipment they will use to do the job. You can't say things like "I don't like DeWalt power tools. Go out and buy all Makita power tools if you're going to work on MY house."

Read what the U.S. Department of Labor says about Independent Contractors and how narrow that scope really is. Then, the next time a company hires you as an "independent contractor," act like it. Present them with YOUR contract and tell them what YOUR rate is. If they start talking about their cpl rate, then they're an employer, not your "customer." Remember, REAL ICs are the ones that bill for their work.

Need help with static in voice files - Posted By: angela sparr

Please help!!!

I am given .wav files, through a VPN connection, from a hospital that uses DVI/Fusion. I have an enormous amount of static on the files and it seems that no matter what I do, nothing helps. I have even been able to let the gal at the hospital listen over the phone to what I am dealing with and she says that her files sound nothing like what I am getting. I am assuming it has something to do with Fusion and I have called Dolbey numerous times to try to get them to help to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

FYI: I have tried playing the files through 4 different software programs and always get the same static.

Thanks much for trying!

Info/help on open Word 2007 docx with Word 2003. - Posted By: sm

I have a friend who sent me a document with .docx extension, presumably Word 2007. I can open it in Word 2003; however, all I see are musical notes and highlighting, no text (this is a document with words and highlighting only, no pictures, music notes, etc.). I tried to open this with Notepad and only see the usual gibberish.

I know I opened another 2007 Word doc before and I remember seeing the converter load at that time but that was probably a year ago. Is there something that has changed that I'm not aware of?

Darn Microsoft.

eScription ??? - Posted By: anon

What exactly is that? What features does it have that make it a better platform? Easy to use? Easy to learn? High producing? The eScription web side is advertising for an MT to to work with IT to evaluate, report and suggest changes to make it more efficient. I like that idea.

Anyone ever transcribe police reports or anything similar? - Posted By: ThankfulMT

My mom was applying for a job transcribing reports and she has to take a spelling test. Just wondering what type of terms she would need to spell. (She's not the best speller in the world and it would probably be to her benefit to study some before the test.) Thanks for the info.

Not too smart a question - Posted By: Siren

I am sure, but I am totally new to digital transcription, as I have always used tapes. I have a service I am wanting to test with who sent me a voice file. I am using Express Scribe. The file is an .exe file, and I cannot get Express Scribe to accept it. What am I doing wrong?

NEW CONTRIBUTION! $100 Gift Card courtesy of Transcend. Click on Santa's - Posted By: House banner at top of board to enter!

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Are there significant changes in 3rd BOS? sm - Posted By: starving artist

How many changes do I have to learn now? Does it ever end? I guess buying #2 and the CD was flushing money down the drain. I know - whatever the client wants - but they didn't agree with #2, so we shall see how #3 goes.

entertaining education... - Posted By: nm

in looking up a term encountered today, i googled to this page, on Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy -- quite informative and fun images....so thought i'd share.

http://www.takotsubo.com/

Lanier - Posted By: Lanier-er

If you use a calling card to dial into the hospital system using a Lanier, do your phone card minutes start to decrease immediately or only when you have the foot pedal down and are listening to the dictation? I hope this question makes sense? Tx

is there a symbol for cube..not cubic, but cube..sm - Posted By: Tiffin

One of the docs we work with wants a symbol for the word cube and I did not think that medically there was one..but would like to know.

please let me know if you there

thank you for your time

Tiffin

To "Typed in the USA," here's your chance to round up the other MTs! - Posted By: That 5000 lines post on Job Seekers-1st gig?! nm

I know there were many other MTs who expressed desire to form a new company - what a coinky dink that someone needs an MTSO with a group of MTs to take 5000 lines a day! Go for it :)

Oh...and email me if you need another gal :)

per word versus per line - Posted By: need a change

I have never been paid by the line before, and I was wondering before I go any further, what would be the minimum requirement of lines per day for most services? I want to be full time and have benefits.

Thanks

SPi transcription - Posted By: Kathy

Anyone out there who works for SPi and uses their software, which I love, feel that they do okay? Thanks in advance.

I asked for my old job back sm - Posted By: Hard-learned lesson

AND I got it! I was making 9 cents a line, never wanted for work and made good money for PT work (Full time by lines, part time by hours).

I went to work for 10 cents a line, sounds good, doing what I do best. For the past month, there has been little and no work, 800 lines a day was a big day. I had to sit there from 5 a.m. on and wait for work because if ONE OP came, they were on the phone for me to DO IT RIGHT NOW when it had just come up and I have a 6 hr TAT with those. Honestly.

I figured it up. Had I kept my old job, I would have made $4K MORE than I did, even at a lesser line rate. I could have had that newer vehicle by now. I could have bought Xmas gifts instead of make a bunch of worthless stuff no one will want anyway. Geezzzz

I hope I have learned a valuable lesson. I am extremely thankful they gave me my old job back. They had me working within 2 hours!!!! I forgotten how much I missed all of that. On top of that, the MT manager must have told everyone in the office because they all IMd me and said welcome back HOME where you belong.

Now I have to work hard to make up what I have lost.

Line Counter Software... - Posted By: me

Hey there ....

Does anyone have a lead on any line counting software for under $30-$40? I have TexTally, but it does not calculate the same way my Word 2002 calculates.

Thanx for your time.

What's on the menu for din-din tonight? I'm making... - Posted By: Anon

Chicken and sage dumplings and tossed salad with Roqufurt (sp?) dressing...

Next?

I am transcribing the most considerate doc sm - Posted By: mlstoo

ever. I'm doing a stat transfer summary and I'm going along as fast as I can and all of a sudden as I proof this is what I read-I have to imagine that you would have to be pretty sick of listening to people just flip pages all the time, I'm sorry about that. I wish there was a better way around it. Now, isn't that sweet of him?

Moderator - can we have a picture board? - Posted By: meme

you know - family, kids, pets (the babies), etc?