Are the corrections legitimate? If so, maybe you have a few things to learn still..
Posted By: nm on 2005-11-20
In Reply to: What Should I Do? - justme
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I'm with you - mine's working again too, hate to learn new things.
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QA corrections
If you think they have you mixed up, cut/copy your work to wordpad and put a job # on them, compare that with your QA corrections and see. Call the supervisor on this. NO one should be nitpicking you, I do not know who work with but good luck, some QAs can be relentless for petty stuff.
corrections...sm
Wether it's 1 QA person or more, keep corrections as references because I notice that even QA have their I'm in the mood to correct/type this today... These references will be your weapons. If this QA person/people will not let up, then I hate to say it, but just play the suck it up game until you get off of QA. It may or may not work for you, but I've played the suck it up game until I was off QA with 2 people and, now, as long as I follow the rules, neither one can tell me anything. I'm hoping someone will have better ideas, but good luck if you chose to go this route.
QA Feedback/Corrections
I am so frustrated.. I am just starting a new job/new account and the QA feedback is ridiculous.. I was an English major and know where my punctuation is supposed to go and the QA people keep removing commas were I know there are supposed to be commas. Also they keep removing The from sentences were I know the doctor said The or That. Like The History and instead they have been correcting it with just History and some other little changes that are driving me nuts. I am afraid that in the future these changes are going to go against me or something. Do I say something to the QA people or do I just let it go? I find it really irritating to be slapped down for something I know to be correct.
Try to question QA's corrections....
then you are certainly remembered who you are and picked on!
No, not when she has all those corrections to battle
Sounds like it's a 'too many cooks' situation for you, too, skunko. At a company as huge as the Q, I'm sure there are dozens of MTs in there and (from what I've heard) many newbies, etc., I'm sure quite a few people are overriding the system and changing what is technically correct, which is creating a lot of the chaos you're conscientious enough to clean up.
With regards to racking it up because Skunko gets 0.5 cpl, nah, she can't clean up if she's having to practically rewrite every report that drops into her cue. That's incredibly time consuming just doing it a couple of times a shift, not to mention if it were practically each and every report.
My sympathies, Skunko...I'd be struggling just like you if every report consisted of damage control!
WHAT? Do you have to email all those corrections to all the MTs...
so basically you are only getting paid for 15 lines if you fill in a blank? Do Focus QA people have to listen to the whole report from top to bottom or just jump to the blank? Our company must listen to the whole report. Why have a blank in paragraph 1, QA fills it in, but there are typos and crap in paragraph 3, 4, and 5? Interesting!
Legitimate
Well, does anyone know if Transcription At Its Best is a legitimate transcription company?
Legitimate
But, it's network marketing and some folks reject it outright without giving it a chance. Too bad. My heart aches for the struggling MTs who claim they are poor and starving but turn their noses up at a legitimate alternative where they could become independently employed by themselves at home. There are a lot of legitimate work at home network marketing companies, most being in the wellness industry. IMHO, the one I am training with tomorow is the best out there. Some of the folks who are now millionaires in this company were just as poor as me 25 years ago when I first met them. I'm a dummy for not joining them back then.
Hello!! Waiting for my corrections on grammer and ain't. (sm)
Sorry to be so petty, but a person tries to help another and this is the kind of crap that goes on.
This is the Holiday season and we should at least during this time of the year show a little compassion and kindness towards our co-workers.
You are very lucky: Only 10 corrections in 100 lines? Wow!...sm
Please tell me the company, so that I can switch.
Legitimate Companies
Is there any way in knowing if the employers who post on the job boards or in the employment section of this forum are legitimate? For example, I see a job offer posted by someone named Patti. Why won't they give their full name or company name? It just makes me wonder if it's really legitimate. I won't apply for a position unless I know they are a reputable company. But it makes me wonder if just anyone can post here.
Corrections: Sorry..'I would NOT call these people SUCKERS.....nm
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Do you have anything legitimate to share in this thread?
Or are you just bored because you're out of work?
I agree that they may not be a legitimate company.
See post my me above in response to internship post.
Finding legitimate companies
The best thing you can do is ask around on message boards about a company that peaks your interest. There is usually somebody who has heard something before or has worked for them. Search the message board for old messages about that company. Just make sure you do lots of research before you accept any offers. You may want to check out transcription matchmaker on the internet.
Netscript...a legitimate company??
I just talked with Doug from there today and was wanting to do some research on the company before signing the contract. I did not want to give my bank info and SSN to them without knowing if it was a LEGITIMATE company. So, would you say they are legitimate, like they are not going to get into my bank account or anything?? I understand that they are a bad company to work for, but I am in need of the work right now, so I don't really care about that. I just need to know that they don't get into your bank account and they do really pay you for your work. Thanks!! Any info would be appreciated!
Legitimate work-at-home job that isn't MT????
Please spill it! You don't have to say which company if you're worried about all of us suddenly jumping in with resumes, just what industry? Thanks!
I have a pretty good list. Any comments/corrections welcome. This is just from
what I have seen over the past few years in terms of growth, size and national accounts.
I put them alphabetical rather than size as I am not 100% on a few. There are 11 instead of 10 too.
This also leaves off a few that only have U.S. Editors with all work done offshore.
If I am missing any, I apologize. These are companies that I have seen at AHIMA, in magazines, on these boards, at AAMT, etc. I am not claiming perfection so I have omitted any, I apologize in advance.
JLG
Keystrokes
MDI-FL/Transcend (same now)
MDI-MD
Medmedx
Medquist
Medware
OSI
Spheris
TransHealth
Transolutions
A few corrections? Must be short reports. You are lucky! Thanks for the smile/laugh! nm
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There is a difference between bashing and legitimate negative opinion. nm
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That's probably why most legitimate junior colleges don't even have an MT program anymore
Only fly-by-night crap schools have MT programs because it's an easy way to get money out of desperate people.
Go to an accredited college and get a real degree that you can use.
That is the legitimate toll-free phone number
for Transcend. The non-toll-free number is ******. Laurie
Yes - Excalibur Remote Workforce is Legitimate although there is a small fee!
They are legitimate although they do charge a small fee which I didn't mind paying since they are legitimate.
I joined with Excalibur and I have been happily working with the company now for 5 months as a contractor on their client referral position as Medical Transcriber.
Don't let the fee discourage you - its for your background check verification and their work at home job bank registry.
Thanks & Good luck!
Jennifer W.
Stop the mudslinging crap about all companies. If you have a legitimate complaint and
can BACK IT UP, then feel free to post, however if all you want to do is consistently mudsling with no real facts, take it somewhere else.
Not the OP, but I want to learn OPs.
I've done a few of them, but not enough to feel proficient on them.
Never too old to learn
I don't think it is old at all. I went back to school when I was 39 to learn MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION as I had previous secretarial experience for 20 years but wanted to further my career in the medical field and work at home, which I did. My family was all for it. Good Luck! amj
You can learn a lot
from the Andrews medical transcription website. It is an excellent school, and if you enroll you can learn a lot about the business as well as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and all the ins and outs of MT.
Well, you learn something new every day.
I live just outside Syracuse, and I don't think I've ever even heard of them or knew they were here. I'd be curious to know more too.
had to learn not how to learn
I have weekend cobwebs
Learn something new everyday.
I was told I was being changed from DEP to DQS when I trained. So then I guess I really don't know what platform I came from. LOL!
there are MANY links there to learn....sm
about the company - the VERY TOP of the page - I almost missed it myself.....but there's all kinds of info, FAQs, and contact page for any questions you might have that the website did NOT answer for you.
Geesh, you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make them drink it.
And no, I wasn't the poster of that website - it was your reaction that got me curious and so I went to that website and there is a lot of info there....only at the top of the page of the browser......
Do not feel that way. That is how you learn
Actually, you click on the Reply by Email in blue. Good luck finding MTs!!
I don't think they are hard to learn, but they are much more
technical in the terminology, lots of equipment and procedure names that change all the time. It seems that each time a new batch of doctors come in that the terminology is different. They come from other parts of the country/world and they used different equipment or different techniques. Lots of stuff to look up - just like the new drugs.
It's easy to learn...
Not sure what kind of advice you're looking for... I don't think you should be freaking out. It's the best platform I've ever used and it's very easy to learn. I'm sure this isn't giving you anything helpful, but not sure what you want to know.
Oh and learn this new system..
 Be an IC at 7 cpl, and do your assigned work and be our slave! What a joke...
Well sir then just let everybody learn the hard way
Give it a try, see if we're all lying and making this up. There are simply too many people that can confirm the same facts my dear. You will hear the same story over and over and over again. This is such a big fat lie that you're telling. I hope nobody buys into it.
You do have to learn what account? Sorry
if it's a dumb question, but what did you mean by that? You have to learn the account your given or...?
I want to learn escription
Some companies advertise that you must have experience in eScription to be considered for an editing position. Have any of you been hired for an eScription position without experience in eScription? I'm sure I can learn it in no time. New platforms don't scare me. Thanks for your input.
If you care to share your opinion of eScription, I would like to hear that also!
Do you have to learn the language?
nm
Learn from my mistake
Do not go to work for Robin Hall. To this date she still owes me over $800 and I can't reach her in any way. Phone, IM, e-mail, cell... nothing.
You need to LEARN to spell....
Don't you think? 
HA! You chickennecks will never learn!
I told her to write that and sit back and watch the responses. You knuckleheads never disappoint! HA!
Yes, you can definitely continue to learn, but -
why throw away perfectly good money on a USELESS 'certification'? You won't get paid more money, and you'll have to pay every time you take it if you fail the first time. AND pay to continue to renew it. Biggest ripoff in medical transcription history. AND, all this by a company that gives Indian MTs a better price to take the test, and who openly promotes offshoring american jobs.
You'd do better to spend the money on a comfortable work-chair, an ergonomic keyboard, a better computer, or some new reference books. Getting a bogus 'CMT' cert. just helps to fund AHDI's selling of the American Transcriptionist downriver.
Do I really care about whether you learn VR
or not? Not really. I just think the people on here complaining so much either cannot do, have never tried doing, failure at it (if you say you can transcribe 2000 lines a day and then on VR only 500, give me a break). Unless you find a small company, most of the bigger ones if not already on VR going that way. Get the same answers on here from people who don't know any better: Gotta be management, gotta be newbie, gotta be slow. Umm, did I miss anything that is normally said with people who are proficient with VR? Oh, cheerleader, forgot that one. I know McDonald's is probably going to have to get new positions open I see so many here threatening to go there because they can make more slinging hamburgers than VR.
I expect I could learn it but
I can't imagine much of anything being more boring and one's ears can only hear so fast. I know too many MTs, all working for different companies, and ALL of them are looking to get out of MT. It isn't a matter of making it work for them, it's a matter of them making only 50-60% of what they made doing straight transcription.
How hard is RadNet to learn/use?
Is the platform MT friendly, I guess is what I'm asking? Do you like it? Is it word-based? What expanders work with it? Any information you can give. TIA!
It took me, no lie 10 minutes, to learn the platform. sm
When the trainer called, I already loaded the expander, logged into the system, and was ready to go - no training needed. It took me all of 10 minutes to learn the platform; however, the account specifics is what takes a while. Like every company and account, there are certain specifics for each account.
I am liking it very much; however, I am not ready to quit my other job. I prefer working for two, so I have something to fall back on.
All you can do is learn from this and move forward.
Keep on going forward, learn from the obstacles in the road, the road will get smoother ahead, I promise!
Keep you chin up!
IC (excuse the pun, lol). But why are they hard to learn? nm
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True. They always learn the hard way it seems.
I am hoping somewhere along the line, I would have helped someone stay away from a bad company.
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