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this one about new pay plan............ "Pay rates based upon experience, skill, and work difficulty" is the first 'highlight'....... I have been asking for a raise since MAY and I am level 3 typist, highest level MQ has....  Supposed to be contacted personaly by someone in the future.  Hmmmmm, wonder what they will offer. 

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 apparently will be using it soon, and I just wondered if anyone had any experience with it and it it is considered to be user friendly.

Thanks in advance.

Found a hard working young mom who desperately needs income.  Told her I'd pay her $12/hr to help me get my home spring cleaned.  But, I wonder about liability should she or her son (she needs to bring her 3 yr-old son with her) get hurt on my property.  Or, heaven forbid, she stoops to the low road and scams me.  I do not know her well and she seems relatively honest but I am paranoid.

Should I have her sign a waiver???

Can editing voice recognition from hospital be as lucrative as straight medical transcription...Is it more difficult and time consuming to edit a doctor's voice than editing another transcriptionist's work?

Thanks

I read below about the mistakes and I have to admit, I make mistakes, I am human.  My accounts know I am human.  I just re-read one of my physicals and I had somehow put "See expensive data base in chart" and it should have been "See extensive ..." it is not often but it does happen.  If we were perfect we surely would not be here on earth right now.  It is hard for us to see and find our own mistakes.   But for those who say that they have 98 or 99% error free, what does that actually mean -- for every 100 words you can have two errors, or what.  Never have been able to figure that out.   If I do 3000 lines per day, can I have 30 to 60  lines with errors?   All I know is that the majority of us do a darn good job and the best we can and those that make continuous errors, just like in any line of work, won't  be in it for long but mistakes and errors do happen to all of us.   For those that have no compassion for anyone that does make errors, be careful as it is a long way to fall off of the pedestal.    My two cents worth go ahead and flame me, I have broad shoulders. 

PS --my accounts have been with me for 5 to 15 years and I make over $50K a year but I do make mistakes.  

Just thought I'd pass this along in case anyone is tired of sitting in the same old chair everyday while they work.  I've seen this "tip" before but never bothered to try it until recently. 

I purchased one of those large inflatable exercise balls and use it instead of a chair.  It's a very refreshing change.  I did have to learn to balance a bit because in a chair you can move around, even when you're not aware of it, and the chair is stable but the ball isn't.  It also helps me keep better posture, is easier on the low back/sacrum, and I think it is helping my abdomen because you are working your abdominals and legs while sitting there. 

Anyway, it was worth a try for me.  I may not use it all the time but it is a great change. 

My 7-year-old son was just diagnosed with it.  He had a little patch of bumps that came up on his inner forearm.  He said they didn't itch or anything.  A couple of days later, he had another area on the other arm in the same place.  Then, the next day it was all over his back and on his outer thigh.  I took him to the doctor and was told it was eczema.  The doctor put him on an oral corticosteroid. 

My son has bad allergies to begin with.  He is allergic to practically everything that grows outside.  So springtime is tough for us.  He will be on two or three medications.  He is also allergic to nickel of all things.  The buttons on his jeans break his stomach out since they are made from nickel.  So I have had to become very creative over the years to cover that up in order not to break him out.

I was just curious if anyone had any tips that work for you regarding eczema that I could try with him that might help.  The poor boy, I feel like every time we turn around it's something else added on.

TIA!!

I am so burnt out that I am seriously contemplating just taking the summer off.  Does anyone have any opinions on how this would hurt me come fall and job searching.  I have a job at the present time working IC that I absolutely am not enjoying.  I have tried to give it some time but it has been since November and I have not fallen in love with the job yet. 

I am wondering how will look on a resume in the fall to have a 3- or 4-month gap in my resume.  I have 8 years experience and I am sure I would have no trouble getting back in to it, perhaps with a refreshed attitude?  Has anyone done this, and how was the job search afterwards?

Thanks for any advice. 

I have been an oncology Transcriptionist for over 6 years and getting a little bored with it, so was contemplating doing ER.  Can any of you ER pros tell me what you like about it or don't like about it.  Is it difficult to learn the lingo and get the lines you need to produce?  Any info is appreciated.

Thanks for your input.

Is there anyone else, besides me, who's very hesitant on giving out your social security # to new contracts?    Am I better off trying to get a Federal Tax ID # and using that instead?   

nm

For those of you who have acquired accts through cold calling, what do you suggesting saying?  I did get one account this way, but cant remember how I managed.  Any tips appreciated!

Thanks,

Florida girl!

a post to go up here.  Last time I tried, I messed up royally somehow. 

set on fire by her ex-husband.  It's an amazing story and brings tears to my eyes to hear her talk about how thankful she is to be alive and that beauty comes from within.  We could all take a lesson from her.

Amazing!

I was reading on another board...   The problem with the larger companies was switching from account to account to account.  However, learning the account specifics (or at least printing them so you can refer to them) should not be that hard.  I want to know what is so hard about jumping around? I work 7 accounts as an Editor and never have been able to figure this particular "gripe" out.  Docs are docs are docs.  No matter what hospital they are at.  Reports don't change that much.  How hard is to jump from to another? I just don't see why this is such a problem.  Your paycheck should not be an issue, because as an MT you should be able to transcribe any doc out there.  If you really have an issue with this, you might want to rethink what you do for a living.

But in saying the above, just for a note, I don't understand these MTs that can only do 800-1000 lines in 8 hours either.

I am an older MT (16 years) and have had to do all of it.  Never thought once about any of it except do my best at it, learn from it and then excel at it. 

Hi,

I've got a problem where when I type something in MSWord and backspace the font changes.  The default font setting is the same as the font on the document I'm working on.  Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?  None of my enteries in AutoCorrect are in a different font so it's not kicking in from there.  Thank you!

wireless internet through Verizon.  I currently have a Verizon cell and have no problem with reception in my home, so I'm hoping this is a go.  I also have a 30-day trial period, so I'll know for sure if I have any glitches. 

What I don't understand is this lingo about voice files, etc.  I'm on the Bayscribe platform, so any info would be greatly appreciated.  Please "dumb it down" for me, as I am not a PC person.  The lady that signed me up told me that the limit is 5 GB and that that generally means about 35,000 web pages a month.  How does this correlate to voice files?  Do I even use voice files on Bayscribe?  I'm assuming so since I have an audio player. 

At least I know if this doesn't work out, I can cancel and not lose anything.  Then I'll have to sign up for satellite, which is about $300 upfront and $60 to $90 per month for service.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Verizon will work for me.

Thanks for any info.

disabled Transcriptionist who wants to transcribe.  Any type of foot pedal that can be used or adapted for use as have no use of legs.

I signed a one year contract last September as an IC for a MTSO I'm now unhappy with. The platform is slow and difficult, templates outdated and sloppy, and only 7 cpl. Of course, signing the contract on day one, I had no idea of what was to come and now am interested in searching for something else. I understand all the non-compete clause, etc., that is binding, but am I stuck with them for a full year?

I feel ashamed that I didn't know what I was getting into when signing this, both the quality of their system as well as how bound I would be to them. This is (obviously) my first go-round with contracts and have always left other MTSO's on mutual, friendly terms. Any advice?

Hi all!!  I am new here and am getting the feel of things.  I was wanting an opinion.  I am looking into buying me a new monitor and looking at LCDs.  Which is better on the eyes or which do you prefer and why?  I have been told 17" is better because 19" stretches things to make them fit.  Any advise would be appreciated. 

Thanks,

Cindy