Does anyone know how to do the dictation part on Webmedx site? It is horrible.
Posted By: just me on 2008-09-01
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Who is hiring part-time for ER, ortho, clinic dictation? sm
I have over 14 years experience. I love doing orthopedics, ER notes, and clinic dictation. Does anyone know of a company who is currently hiring for PT work right now? I am looking for a company that you don't have to spend weeks and weeks filling out paperwork, calling back and forth, waiting, waiting and waiting to begin work. I am very dependable, hard-working. Looking for someone that can respect that in this day and time. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Webmedx is not horrible but not good either.
I wonder if these students aren't doing some Webmedx dictation already with work volumes as they
It ain't all the economy. They are either OVERHIRING incredibly or the work is going somewhere else. Definitely. They should have the decency to be straight with us.
Horrible, horrible, horrible place. Unlike the other poster
I actually worked there. Sound quality is horrendous. The account I had was the worst ESL I've ever had and I do 85% ESL so I have no problems doing ESL. Frequent management turnover. When I was doing QA the work was so bad that I pretty much had to redo every report. I hear about how well they pay, but they don't pay that well and certainly not enough to compensate for all the other stuff.
Here's part of the problem with Webmedx (sm)
I'm not sure they know how to analyze data, for one. For the example, they supposedly pulled 1 MT's data from 1 day of work. How about using a true average instead? She said that it was representative of the average, but I really don't know that's true or that they even know how to figure an average, taking into account variations.
Second, we kept hearing that the base ISR rate is more than competitive and one of the highest in the industry. The industry has been paying MTs very poorly. Look up the average income in the United States, and then see how MTs fare compared to that. It's a cryin shame. If they want to keep saying they're REMARKABLE, they need to do more than be competitive with crappy companies out there. They need to set a new standard.
A very good question: Why would Webmedx invest in technology if it's going to mean they have to pay MTs more? Using the example of the mystery MT who is now making more money (of course), when that's the average, why would a company sink money into something that's going to cost them? Such a good question.
Supposedly it will reduce their need to hire more people, is one of the answers we hear. Have we ever known Webmedx to be hesitant to hire people? I haven't. I've seen them hire and fire from management to MTs, and I've seen them make what I feel are really stupid decisions that cost money. Rather than using their workforce, they have often hired from outside, getting people they have to train on everything, and many of these people have been let go in a short period of time. That costs real MONEY. I'm not buying the line that it will reduce their need to hire more people since they haven't seemed too concerned about this issue in the past.
Also, the figures are of a supposedly of an MT who makes the average over there. No info was given on how long it took that MT to reach that level. That's a rather important factor. Two weeks for everyone to adjust to a new way of doing things? That's not much time, and I doubt it compares with this sample that was used for illustration.
Here's a novel idea: Webmedx should raise the pay rate. By doing so they'll attract the BEST MTs who will want to work for this company because they are actually remarkable. By attracting and only keeping the best, they'll actually have to hire fewer people because the quality MTs will work their schedules and send fewer reports to QA. Hiring costs will be reduced. Training costs will be reduced. The company will profit dramatically by raising rates. Clients who leave thinking they can get a better deal elsewhere will find that the quality just isn't what it was at Webmedx, likely prompting retention of customers and return of those who have left. By making a remarkable move like this, the industry would either have to follow suit, nudging up their rates a bit, or they would lose quality-conscious clients and MTs to Webmedx.
I would suggest Webmedx put that little idea into their little metrics-machine, but I'm not sure they could wrap their minds around it. In my opinion, it would require actually thinking in new ways and truly being a leader in this industry rather than trying to be influential by infiltrating AHDI and MTIA and other organizations with people who work at Webmedx.
Webmedx execs, please use your heads. Take a little risk. Do something remarkable. Think in new ways. I'm not talking about sitting around thinking up new acronyms (MCS = medical content specialist, ISR = intelligent speech recognition) to try to act as if you're different and better and justify your executive pay by looking like you're actually doing something. Actually DO something different. Create some radical change. You'll truly be remarkable then, and you'll reap the rewards for it.
Does Webmedx hire part time?
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Does anyone know if Webmedx hires part-timers? TIA (nm)
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webmedx PTO question. Do you get PTO as part time? (sm)
I know they changed from 35 hrs to 40 hrs for FT classification in the recent past. I also know the PTO hours for the first year are darned slim. Just wondering of you can to PT and still accrue any PTO?
TIA
Webmedx- Do they offer bennies for part timers?
Also, what does the phone interview consists of. I was told it would be a 30 minute interview.
Webmedx hire part time employees...sm
I'm really happy there. You might give them a try.
Webmedx lack of work is NOT part of business as
usual. It is by their design due to constant overhiring. Perhaps they are trying to squeeze the better paid, more experienced MTs out. Maybe then they can raise exec bonuses. Wake up people. This company is the new Q.
Worked there 2 years ago..horrible, horrible, horrible.
Would totally avoid them at all costs.
I worked part-time for Webmedx and I work FT for TransTech. sm
My vote would be for TransTech, although Webmedx is not bad. Since I was only part-time, I did not receive any benefits, but from what I recall, they did seem to have a nice benefit package. My main complaint was that I just never could get my lines per hour up to where they have been at other companies. Normally, I average around 300 lines per hour, but even with totally focusing and typing as fast as I could, I never could get past 250-260 lines per hour at Webmedx. Their incentive pay is based on lines per hour that you type, not total lines per pay period, so it did make a difference in my pay. I also did not like the fact that I had to use their computer. I like using my own computer, and also like the flexibility of being able to load the program on my laptop so if I have to be away from home, I can still work if I need to.
I have seen negative posts about TT, but I have no complaints with them. My line counts are fair. The people in management are absolutely some of the most caring people I have ever met. The work generally is plentiful, and I have a backup account. The incentive tiers are easy to attain, and the benefits are pretty good, I think, and not outlandishly priced.
Obviously, not every company is a good fit for everyone. I hope you find just exactly what is best for you -- good luck!
Webmedx offers incentive scale to part timers. NM
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I applied at Webmedx, took test, passed, and they said no to my part-time schedule.
Maybe call and ask before you waste your time like I did.
SoftScript is the worst - horrible accounts, horrible management, don't go there! nm
nm
horrible, horrible contact person! Worst experience ever. SM
Turned it down because of the arrogance and attitude.
That was not long ago. Ads run every 2 - 3 months.
Horrible accounts, horrible sound quality, etc
The only time SoftScript would not be wonderful is if you aren't doing your job. They are an extremely professional company. Sounds like someone may not have lived up to their standards.
Horrible, horrible place. Lots in the archives.
Horrible company, horrible dictators, ESL
at its absolute worst, sound quality horrible. The MTs I did QA for were horrendous. They made up words, obviously didn't use a spellchecker, couldn't get the hang of something as simple as copying and pasting Preop diagnoses to postop diagnoses and would type same again and again. QA manager would send out updates for new drugs, equipment and have things misspelled, frequently got e-mails that evidently were sent because someone wanted to feel important, absolutely no useful information, management problems, lots and lots of turnover, including management. The CEO has no clue about transcription and is in it for the money. After talking with him you feel like you need a shower.
Horrible platform. Horrible communication.
Horrible people who say one thing and then when you do what they say, they get mad and act ugly.
Enough of a bone?
You are still wrong to thank your company on an MT site, appropriate is your site.
NM
OH - I thought part transcription, part escription, but don't know for sure
nm
They no longer hire part-time and may be eliminating part-time employees within the next 6 months.
They are going to have those that are PT go FT if possible. Some accounts require 1 weekend day, but not all. Most transcriptionists have 1 account with 1 back-up account. I know that they are hiring for hospital accounts in medical records and radiology right now.
No PTO for part-time. Not sure if you can work part-time or not since recent rule change. sm
You do pay a deposit for their equipment.
There is a part-time and a flexible part-time, just left there and they offered
me both. Flexible, however, is more or less when they need you (I.e. weekends), part-time is fixed hours.
Net Dictation
Any information on this company I cant find anything
I had some really bad dictation like that
when I had my older computer, which didn't have a sound equalizer. Way too much time spent and way too many blanks. I downloaded a free trial of an equalizer and - voila! I could hear! I ended up paying about $18 after my free trial expired because it made such a difference. E-mail if you want info.
ESL dictation
NM -- It is called being a professional. I realize that a lot of the newer MTs have not had the benefit of working in-house and having more experienced coworkers help them through this, but it is a big part of the job. I also agree with Lillybelle that there is a limit of what an MT should have to put up with. In my opinion that is when it goes to QA and becomes their problem. If you want to just be a typists and make a mediocre salary then you can due just do the gravy work and not improve your skills. But if you want to learn the job, act like a professional, and be able to demand an excellent salary for the job you due, then you need to be well rounded as an MT.
ER dictation
I'd love to find a job doing ERs, anyone know of any place that has an abundance where you could do only ERs?
What is Webmedx FL? Webmedx itself is located in Pittsburgh & Atlanta. nm
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I haven't gotten particularly bad dictation and
really good dictation. I did switch from not using the quickbar to using it and I'm not sure if that's when I noticed the change or not - but it makes sense that if you are using the quickbar you are not typing out as much so you should be making MORE, not less. Maybe I will go back to not using the quickbar and see if I make more again, but I don't really think that's it. Something's funky is all I know. If I could make $30 an hour on a consistent basis I would be happy, but I just can't seem to do it ever anymore.
Very low pay, they want 120 minutes of dictation sm
per day. I did all ER work for overflow account, never anything else. Pay is once a month, I was IC status. Platform not very MT friendly, had to put in all headers, lots of extras.
A Station For Dictation
Does anyone have any information on company called A Station For Dictation in Pensacola, FL?
Dictation Solutions
Has anybody worked for this company out of Houston, Texas?
I Know Med dictation platform
Has anyone used this platform? If so, what did you think of it?
Dictation Solutions
I work there PT. Great MTSO to work for. Different accounts have different platforms and different pay scale. Always paid on time and pay depends on the account. I don't know anything about the pain management acct though.
Lanier at MDI is just for the dictation...sm
It connects to your telephone. If you only have 1 phone line, it will stay busy the entire time you are connected, you cannot use call waiting. You also pay the long distance. The Lanier gives you the voice to type and you type the reports on your computer in the Bayscribe program which means you have to connect to that website on the internet. Bayscribe does not fill in the Lanier screen info, job numbers, dates, etc. You have to do that manually. You do not have access to other reports, only ones you have done previously and you cannot access even that when you are in a report (unless you go out and come back and restore the report as if the power went off, which is way too much trouble).
One good thing is that if you have another phone line you could use dial up if you don't have DSL or cable.
Pay is by the minute of dictation.
There is a company on the Job Seekers board that states that the pay is by the minute of dictation. I have never heard of this, has anyone else?
Dictation in the wilderness
I might be a bit of a spoiled brat, but I am thinking by now I should have heard from Webmedx (tested on Monday 02/11) and Diskriter (tested on Tuesday 02/12). I think myself so grand at scoring well on these tests that I am flummoxed to not have heard. Anybody out there who'd care to share how long it took to hear back from either of these companies? Life is short, but those bleepin' voice files are long. Sigh. The Sorrow and the Self-Pity, ya know?
Minutes of Dictation sm
If you type over 140 minutes of dictation in an 8 hour period, how many lines do YOU get at your company?? TIA
ESL dictation originators
Had my share of ESL dictations at medical center with rotating residents / constantly new dialects to learn and also pushing for that darn line count...these difficult dictators should be Weighted somehow so that they count for more than straight english dictation. I have been taken advantage of for a long long time/got layoff notice now after 17 years...geese guess ill live on the street!.
if you transcribe around 1 hr of dictation per day are you pt or ft?
nm
dictation time
Last I did it this way, we calculated a 3:1 ratio, i.e., 3 hours to do 1 hour of dictation. Pretty rough, but it worked when I ran an MTSO. Didn't know folks still calculated this way.
Rosie
It's the "normal" dictation.
In my experience, template lines are the lines that you do not have to type. For instance, if you have a doctor that says to use his normal dictation, the template lines are that part of the dictation that is canned as opposed to the part that you type in.
dictation loads
It would be interesting to see from a larger MTSO who has some long-time clients how the dictation load is compared to a few years ago. It could be the economy, but only the MTSOs know for sure if there is less dictation. Otherwise, I'd say it's a combination of overstaffing, individual MTs taking more lines per person because of VR, India, EMR, etc., etc. Probably lots of factors.
I'm not putting off college for a career change any longer. My application for spring semester is already in.
Yes I know they hire part time because I referred someone there for part time.
They are internet based.
From what I understand, the part-time positions will be only be for those that are already part-time
It is not a restructuring of the company, just of some of the existing part-time positions.
I know that there are a few employees who have been with Keystrokes for many, many years who are part-time and they will not displaced.
Other than that, there have been many discussions why there will not be any new part-time employees hired, and I really don't think they will back down on that.
Cymed Dictation Dollars
Does anybody know what these are? Is this something new that we haven't been told about yet? It seems that since they are posting this as a benefit for new-hires that they should inform their current employees about it, or am I dreaming?
Who are they gonna give all the bad dictation to? (sm)
I really should start showing on my resume I've only worked for 3 years. Maybe I'd get the good accounts for once.
So what did I do before that? Oh, I guess I didn't need a job. Maybe they'd stop slinging me all the sh**.
RE: Medical Dictation Services
I would say it depends on the account. The problems the above poster has, I have not experienced at all, though I am only part-time. My platform is totally internet based- BayScribe which handles the voice and the transcription platform. So therefore, I never experience requested dictation completed.
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