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Posted By: Dinosaur
Hi All--Wanted to share
Gail Rabinowitz of Charleston, SC has won the amethyst/pearl necklace. -
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Posted By: Static in dictation
The company that I work for uses the iType program. I was wondering if anyone has had this problem and if so how it was taken care of. On some of the docs that I get to transcribe there is lots of static/cutting out (almost sounds as if there is a power shortage - that type of sound) in the dictation. It is mostly when the docs speak close to the recording device or if they speak loudly. I have tried different sound cards, adjusted speaker volume, tried different speakers and I still have this problem. Any help would be appreciated.
ICs who do radiology....can you help? -
Posted By: penny
Anyone out there who does radiology as an IC......can you give me an idea what you make and is it per page or report? I just want anonymous answers....no names needed....but I'm just trying to get some idea of what's fair for a radiology Transcriptionist as an IC. Thanks so much in advance.
Fusion and MediTech -
Posted By: Leslie
What is the difference between Fusion and MediTech?
meds for -
Posted By: migraine sufferer
I have been on Wellbutrin for about 4 years secondary to mild depression. The Wellbutrin really seems to have helped that. Then I started seeing a neurologist about a year ago for migraines, and he now has switched me to a different anti-depressant as he believes the Wellbutrin could be contributing to my chronic headaches, not migraines so much being chronic; those seem to have backed off, don't have them nearly as frequent, but I wake up almost every single morning with a dull, but painful, headache. He's had me on Zanaflex for quite a while, and that works okay to help relax me enough to get to sleep but I still wake up with headaches. I told him this at my last couple of visits and that is when he said he wants me to stop the Wellbutrin as he is wondering if that is causing the headaches. He gave me a medication, and I don't remember the brand name (and believe it or not, the brand name isn't on the med bottle where it usually says "so and so generic for ____". Anyway, this is called CDPX/Amitrip 5/12.5 mg. He wants me to taper off the Wellbutrin altogether by taking one in the morning (I take Wellbutrin SR 400 mg daily) and then one of the new pills at night before bed. Well, I started that about a week ago and this new stuff he has me on makes me so tipsy that I have to go to bed right away. It seems to help me sleep better as the Zanaflex wears off VERY early and then I still toss and turn all night (I've told my neurologist this on several visits but he just keeps telling me to "take more mg then.") I have 4-mg tablets and was taking up to 5 per night, but as I said, even that wasn't keeping me asleep for very long. It knocked me out, but then after 2 or so hours I wake up and then hard to get back to sleep. Anyway, back to the CDPX/amtitrip......I feel hung over in the mornings, and am very groggy, with just taking it right before bedtime. It takes me 2 cups of coffee to finally stop feeling hung over and I have never experienced that with Zanaflex. I know when I tell the doctor this he will tell me to take it earlier in the evening (we already had that conversation early on with the Zanaflex issue). But I cannot take it earlier because of mom responsibilities and having to work late hours. The new med (CDPX/ami) makes me start feeling loopy almost immediately, so I am forced to take it just before I literally am ready to fall into bed. I can't find this medication online; all I can find is CDP/amitriptyline (without the X). Anybody know what the "X" stands for? And has anyone else used this med so they can give me some advice? I hate being on so many meds, and am trying to wean myself off of whatever I see isn't working. Thus far, nothing has really helped with the migraines except for Fioricet. He wanted me to take the muscle relaxer at nighttime, thinking that if I was able to relax and get some good sleep I'd not wake up with a headache, but that just does not/has not worked for me. He gives me Fioricet, Lorcet Plus, and Phenergan (for the nausea I get with migraines, but that knocks me out, which, if I have a migraine, is great, but my husband has to be home to take care of the kids because I'm in a coma for a full 12 hours or so and the Phenergan makes me feel hung over as well.) He gives me 30 Fioricet a month, and it seems that if I can take one routinely each morning (I have tried this for a few days at a time) that seems to ease up the "normal" headache I have, rather than try not to take anything, but then I may need one later in the day and since I only have 30 it's hard to make them last if I take one daily, which I don't because of only having 30, but would like to because that routine seems to work. But I'm afraid to ask him to up the # of tablets per month because I type for a pain management doctor who tends to dictate a lot about drug-seeking patients and I don't want my doctor to think this of me!!! I know it sounds crazy, but it's got me so paranoid I'm afraid to ask! I hope this information is understandable....I know I've jumped back and forth...if anyone has any ideas or advice I'm all ears. Thanks!!
Anyone working for Spectramedi? -
Posted By: megans
Anyone working for this company? Can you tell me anything about them?
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.
Any testing sites out there to access the files w/o logging in? Just -
Posted By: looking for practice for someone. Thx. NM
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Any tricks on making work more pleasant?? -
Posted By: mountain typer
Hey guys:
Does anyone have any ideas or tricks to make work more pleasant?? Been doing this a long (too long) time, and the isolation is getting to me. Any ideas?
Thanks all.
EMR? sm -
Posted By: Need some knowledge
I know EMR is electronic medical records. Does that replace or take lots of work from MTs? I have three doctors I do work for and they are thinking of going with EMR, will that replace me?
Docuscribe trouble tonight -
Posted By: gooseegg
I'm having serious problems with DocQScribe loading tonight. Anyone else with this problem?
Do you ever feel the financial crunch? -
Posted By: what to do?
My house payment and insurance are auto debited from my checking account. However, work has been so slow and my paychecks have been so puny that I need to get more money in there to cover those. I've called everyone on the planet that owes me money, but nobody's coughing it up. I'm the one that posted the other day about the medical company and the IRS owing me money from way back. I wouldn't have a problem at all if they would just pay me. I've tried picking up extra work and looking for a new job, but there's nothing anyone can do that would pay today. I don't want to take my rings to the pawn shop because I don' t think I'd get a whole lot out of them anyways. Interest on those check cashing loans is terrible, then you get sucked into that cycle of borrowing from them repeatedly. I've already cut my household expenses back as much as possible. I'm just so stressed about it all. Has anyone else ever been in this situation? What do you do? I can't stand being broke.
transcribing programs? SM -
Posted By: NEMT
Not even sure that is the correct word. I am trying to transcribe from a CD but using f4 is not working, no control with footpedal. It's taking me forever. If I do the whole thing like this I'll be making about $1/hour. Is there another free download that would work? Thanks in advance.
Does anyone have good text expanders for vital signs data? -
Posted By: Susan
Do you any of you use text Expanders for the numerical portion of vital signs for example, 130/80 ? I have lots of expanders but none for the actual numerical data. It really slows me down either having to look at my number row or switch to the keypad. I do have some, but nothing consistent. Anything ideas would be great, thanks!!
If you are being paid per report for MRI's and CT's, what is a good rate? nm -
Posted By: Kim
:O)
Transcribing in boonies -
Posted By: zoe
Please share info on successful of connections while living in rural areas. I work for company that uses VPN for voice. TIA!
A very interesting read from 2003 --- sm -
Posted By: quite a few of these have come true!
 
http://www.programmersguild.org/docs/OffshoreSecurityRisk.pdf
the 2 incisions were... sm -
Posted By: gmg
cojoined (which is what he said) or conjoined? TIA
something new for me -
Posted By: Patti
Today is my first day of my new account of a hand surgeon/plastic surgeon. He is easy to do, easy to understand but the gal in the office that had been typing him has some unique ways of doing their consults/letters/IME/arbiter's reports/OP notes and chart notes. They all go on letterhead for the second through however long they are. I just had a 6 page arbiter report and she wants it spaced down for pages 2 through 6 to be on letterhead. To me that is really unusual. I waste three inches for the letterhead. She has been there for 15 years and just incorporated this into her job and she does a reasonably good job but has little things that are not really "correct" and that show that she has not been to school. But she is leaving in a month and so guess I will go along with this and then explain to the doctor the way letters/consults should be done. It is funny as four of my other docs are always doing letters/consults/notes to this doctor and so she sees the other consults come in not on letterhead and so you would think she would notice but she doesn't. But I think it will be a decent account and so will do it "their way. But she said that she preferred if I did not capitalize any of the drugs but I gotta do that correct. I have often said to others, they are the boss do it their way but it is hard when you have been taught something for so long to do one way.
Patti
EMR -
Posted By: margo
Is Electronic Medical Records going to put human medical transcriptionists out of business? I'd like to know before I sign up for an MT school. It's very expensive.
Oh thank you -
Posted By: txmt
For the Medquist board. If I had heard one more word about the famous packet, I was going to have to throw up.
See link inside for questions re: Express Scribe. -
Posted By: Wordy Gertie
After noticing the number of questions being posted about Express Scribe, I thought the link to a discussion board regarding NCH products might be helpful.
Bad Dictation - a twofold question -
Posted By: Dixiekaye
Have you ever had a dictator you could not transcribe for? I have been an MT for 5 years and finally had to call my supervisor and ask to have this doctor taken out of my pool. Is this a common occurrence among MT's?
When I worked with MQ there was one QA there that had a personal "device" that filtered out all background noises, adjusted volume, tone, etc. that he used. Does anyone know of such a device? It sounded much more sophisticated than the Koss Equalizer. I sure would like to have one.
logitech wavepro -
Posted By: maltesemom
Does anyone have this keyboard and if so can you share some insight concerning battery issues? i read where you can keep charging the battery while you work. My question is it necessary then to replace the batteries at any time? I need to purchase a keyboard for a new laptop and I really like the ergonomic keyboards and would purchase this if it is not costly with having to purchase batteries all the time. thank you so much for any info :)
Anyone had this happen to you? -
Posted By: Julia
Yesterday, I gave my notice to the company I have been IC'ing for the last 14 months because I found a job that pays more and pays weekly by direct deposit. My boss acted like I committed a crime and has been a total jerk ever since. This is not the first he has acted like a jerk. Anytime he has a bad day, he takes it out on his transcriptionists and treats us like crap. I am just really tired of it and needed a change. So now, he is not communicating with me or sending me any work. Have any of you ever had an experience like this?
I use EXText with C-phone at my current job. We also have access to Job Lister and can click on -
Posted By: MissouriMT
a voice file and listen to it with Windows Media Player. Currently, we dial into the system with our C-phone which is interfaced with job lister and EXText so all our demographics are populated automatically.
My question is, if I have the capability to listen to the voice files through media player through my pc, shouldn't I be able to somehow download the voice file from job lister into something like ExpressScribe or another transcription program and utilize a foot pedal thereby eliminating my need for an extra phone line for my C-phone?
I know that with EXText you can purchase TransNet to play voice files through the pc, but my employer hasn't bought the TransNet module yet, although there is talk they are planning to in the future. I just wonder if it can be done without the TransNet module in the short-term?
inhouse work -
Posted By: ae
I am thinking about going inhouse to work for a family practice group. What is the going rate per hour or per line? I have 10+ years experience. It would be working for 2 family practice physicians 25 or so hours per week. Because I have only done IC the last few years, I don't know what to charge when taxes are taken out.
Please advise what a reasonable hourly/line rate is . I am not sure at this point.
Thanks
Can anyone confirm that JLG outsources overseas? -
Posted By: nm
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the miners' families in WV.........nm -
Posted By: My prayers are going out to all....
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Anybody know anything about Focus Infomatics training period? -
Posted By: NewbieMT
I received an offer for an internship of 2-3 weeks from Focus Infomatics....just wondering if anyone has worked for them and what I should expect?
PC Shorthand -
Posted By: sodiepop
Would you mind telling me your experience (good or bad) with PC ShortHand for Windows? I'm considering buying it but want to know some opinions from people who have actually used it. Thanks!
Does anyone know of a truly unlimited long -
Posted By: stressed
distance plan that doesn't involve VoIP? I'm in the southeast. I have unlimited LD with BellSouth, but unlimited to them and unlimited to me isn't the same thing and I've heard about the nightmares others have had with the $500 phone bills.
I've googled and googled and not finding much information about reliable companies that may offer this.
Would a straight line be the -
Posted By: same thing as a gross line?
or what is a straight line???
Digital Recorder -
Posted By: Curious
Is anyone using the Olympus DS-30 for physician transcription. I am looking to purchase one for a doctor and would like some feedback. Thanks!
ABCZ Typing Assistant- -
Posted By: Anyone bought this?
Has anyone used any of the ABCZ files from the following site, in particular this file "ABCZ Typing Assistant Version 2 - TAMed2C " ?http://home.earthlink.net/~agjon/abczTA.htm
I have Instant Test and was wondering if there was a way to create your own ABCZ shortcuts with the "importer"?
Thanks
Snippy MTSO Ads -
Posted By: Zippymt
Is anybody else getting fed up with the snippy MTSO ads for help? One in particular said "If you aren't off of QA in a week, then you should not have applied." Maybe it's time we took the business back.
What are the best at home medical billing courses out there? -
Posted By: DEE
Have a friend who is interested in training to become a medical biller/coder from home and I really have no idea where to tell her to start. Can anyone help?
I haven't set up a lot of stuff sm -
Posted By: wondering about Word 2003
in word 2003 but I have a question.
When you put things in Auto Text like a w hole page document or something......is there a quick way using keyboard commands to bring it up into your document. Kind of like when you use auto correct (word expander), can you use a couple Keystrokes to bring auto tex up for bringing up bigger documents.
Never have done this before.
Thanks
ms word 2003 -
Posted By: KSM
Is MS word 2003 compatiable with Vista?????
how do get rid of password protected -sm -
Posted By: Cindy
computer. I had it so a password needed to be entered on my PC but would like to change that now. How do I do that? Thanks.
Vericare -
Posted By: gwe
Has anybody out there done work for Vericare? It is a company that contracts with nursing homes for geriatric psych coverage. They are offering me work. Any info good or bad would be appreciated.
gwe
More Questions -
Posted By: MT Texas
To those of you who so kindly gave me advice on working from home:
What kind of equipment should I invest in? Do most companies us the internet. One company I talked with still has clients that us Lanier equipment.
#1 I would think would be a wav pedal and headset but what about an LX-219?
What do you use?
Thanks
Question about transfering computer into to another computer.. sm -
Posted By: Bitterrooter
I have a dumb question - Just bought a new computer and someone told me to get a flash drive to transfer all my info. But I'm assuming that ExText that I work off of and Escription will have to be downloaded again by the tech people onto my new computer. I can tranfer these can I?
Thanks
DRG'S - DEATH OF BIG BUCKS FOR DOCTORS -
Posted By: Xbigbucks
I still remember when DRGs came into healthcare - before that - you could just go to the hospital and get yourself admitted - relax for a few days or a week - have nice nurses to wait on you hand and foot, and then leave - with the insurance company picking up the tab. Oh, they would give you some aspirin or tylenol - something to charge for and do a complete routine lab panel on you at each admission, but you didn't have to have anything really wrong with you in order to get in. Then came the DRGs, insurance coding and the end of the primadonna transcriptionists - This also ended the big bucks to the physician's (for the most part). Some still make a lot - but it is due more to savvy investments than it is from healthcare. Google DRGs if you want to find out more, especially those of you who are new transcriptionists. Our days of the "big bucks" is over, as well. I have seen about a 50% decline in pay from when I started working 15 years ago. Most of that within the past 5 years.
Does anyone how to enter a new word into shorthand sm -
Posted By: slow learner who hates a mouse
without using the mouse? I clicked on
add new entry (still trying to figure out what the 'key' is that opens this so I don't have to use the mouse)
keyword/text to type/ and then there is an okay butten. I am use to doing this same operation in autocorrect but without using the mouse (where i use the tab and enter key once I program it.) . The O on the okay button is underlined but I can't seem to use the alt/o to have the program OKAY my new entry. I am trying to read this help guide and I am really struggling. I wish someone could write instructions that weren't in computer languange. sigh. Thanks once again
Does anyone suppose that with all the advances in technology that -
Posted By: satellite MT
there might be some more companies willing to take those MT's who only have satellite in the future? There are so few now. Really limits a person's options. Wadyathink? MTSO's - any response??
Anyone who works at Transtech -
Posted By: MT4eight
have you been getting a lot of reports on a certain account that have been under a minute for the past couple of days, like echos, stress tests, etc. I have been getting these like nonstop for the past 2-3 days. I guess I shouldn't complain because it IS work, but I get so annoyed with these piddly little dictations that take more time to set up for than to actually type them. It's really killing my line count. Am I alone or are others experiencing this?
New Board? -
Posted By: outtashapeMT
Hey I had an idea...
Can we get a new board (like how we have Faith, WAHM, Comedy stop, etc) for those trying to get back into shape or lose weight or get healthier? I think it would be nice if we had a board where we could talk about our successes and failures, share ideas and tips, and just help motivate each other. I know since college and now working in front of a computer all day I have become a little overweight and out of shape and would love to get back into shape.
Anyways, just an idea!!
What companies hire.... -
Posted By: Just curious
international/over seas MTs? I have been looking and looking for a decent job that hires MTs from Canada, are their any?
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