Great Idea. I'd enjoy participating.
Posted By: giddy pc guru on 2007-03-04
In Reply to: Why isn't there a Technical Forum here? Could use one - nm - mtmama
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Isn't it great to actually ENJOY your job again?
I actually look forward to starting my shift every day and truly am enjoying my work again.
Great idea...
EXCELLENT CONCEPT! You would think most of these companies could figure that out on their own.
Great idea, but not new.
Years ago. . .the clerk or supervisor of med rec would edit the incoming dictation numbers (correct the demographics) if needed. Anything coming to us in house, or going out to a service was correct. Why is that not being done any more?
That is a great idea!
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Great idea! now what have you got for those--sm
automated calls where no one is there when you answer?? I get those a million times a day and I want to stop them, short of getting a new number. I like the way you think, so can you help out on this one??? :^) TIA
Great idea - for those who don't think they should (sm)
have to do the crap because it takes them too long, they are not familiar with the work type or dictator, or whatever reason here is a good solution.
1. Reduce their pay by 1/2.
2. Give the other half of their pay to those of us willing to go through and do whatever work is there. We will clean it up, but instead of being penalized by doing mainly crap we will be rewarded.
Sound like a plan?
Great Idea!
That is a great idea! I know (for a fact) that the owner of On-Point illegally solicited MTs from other companies. She also hired interns so she wouldn't have to pay them but she still got paid for the work they did as she contracted through Focus. She bounced checks and didn't meet payroll. She will not return calls or emails and is spending the money she should be paying the MTs. I feel bad for these girls that were depending on the checks to put food on the table! After all, this is our profession and we rely on our employers to pay us.
Great idea
Anything to get them out of business.
Great idea!
That would be wonderful. I'm starting with TT very soon myself. There sure are a lot of us! I think we made a wise choice. 
Great idea! nm
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That is a great idea...
having her copy the manager on all emails to MTs and vice versa. I hope they also record her phone calls to MTs so they can monitor how she speaks to the MTs.
Great idea
What an awesome idea. Hope we can achieve this.
Great idea!
I am going to do that! Yea outsourcing sounds appealing being cheaper for the hospital, but what happens when a patient gets a lawsuit against the hospital for incorrect documentation because the quality of the reports is awful!
Great Idea !
Write to your newspapers, call your local TV and radio stations, tell your relatives and friends. Most people do not know that their medical records and other sensitive info is being sent to the middle east, and most are appalled when finally they are told.
Great idea!
Fortunately I have not had to deal with an issue such as this but as someone who is currently looking for another job, I think that this is an fantastic idea!
Thanks so much and good luck!
Great idea, but no go
I just googled and the nearest place I can find is about 80 miles away, which means it will take me about 3 hours travel time alone and gas, so I guess I'll scrap that. Complicating things is the fact that I live in a very very very rural area so some of the options that are available in metropolitan areas are not to be found here.
I appreciate all the helpful input I've received from all of you. It's been a long time since I've tried to live like a starving student, but I'm guessing it's like riding a bike, so I'll get by.
Thanks again!
Great idea! I, myself have ...SM
considered doing that, since I was a nursing major (years and years back, got sick last semester before graduation) but now trying to get at least my LPN license with the education I do have. In the meantime, I was thinking strongly about doing home health or getting CNA in the interim. I live in a large city so if there are jobs available, that shouldn't be a problem. My aunt is almost 70 years old and came to the US several years ago, no home health experience, was hired by a smaller agency. Even thought pay isn't that great, and she does get an occasionally difficult patient - she says most patients and her agency supes ARE nice and APRECIATIVE. I think I could manage an occasionally difficult patient far better than dealing with the home MT biz lately -- and I would do that ANY TIME rather than got to VR at half pay, which is likely in store for us all.
You're right about the appreciation part - I worked for years and years as a temp MT for hospitals via temp agencies - I got respect, appreciation, not to speak of much better compensated than by the home MTSOs, where we seem to get NONE of those. 
Great idea
Direct sales might be a wonderful option. Thanks!
Great Idea!
If I weren't so technologically challenged I would do it myself. If someone is good at the Facebook thing, this would be a GREAT way to get the message out!
I think it is a great idea to prepare us for some of the truly sm
crazy people out there. The same group of MTs that seems to go from company to company and then uses the MT boards (here and others) to yell and scream. Every company should be able to give psych tests. You are dealing with medical records.
Great idea! MODERATOR, please
This is a great idea. I hope the moderator will do this.
Ex-MQ MT board is a great idea!! nm
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Great idea. I'll work on this in
Thanks.
Thanks..great idea and thank you to everyone else who gave me information.
I think it was a great idea and cudos to the adminstrator--sm
for doing this. It has actually been about two weeks now and it has been the quietest two weeks ever! I, for one, love the change! Thanks Admin!!!
I also enjoy QA and enjoy the mentoring aspect
as well as the contact with the clients and MTs. I feel it is very rewarding personally. I also enjoyed being an MT (I earned between $30-$40 an hr way back when but those were the days). I was fast and burned my body out by being fast. Because I was fast, QA only pays me about half of what I earned as an MT and I only had to work as an MT for half the time that I have to work as QA.
I do understand there are different personalities and if the above poster does not enjoy QA, I definitely would not care what people think. I would get back into MTing. We have to try and be happy as this job no matter what you do can be a very tedious one.
The doctor was a participating provider - sm
per the website given to us by TH. I would never choose an out of network physician if I could help it.
Webmedx fits that bill, great company, great benefits, great pay and always on time. NM
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enjoy it very much
depends on what hours/days you work as to amount of QA to do - many days 50/50 on QA versus transcribing - quite a few strong Spanish ESL dictators but after a while you get used to them
I would not even think twice. GO for it an enjoy.
yes hospital jobs do get outsourced, where do you think all the nationals get their work from? It happened to me, too, and it happened a couple months after we were told that they were thinking of adding an incentive for certification. Then we're booted. Go figure.
They enjoy it??
There are a lot of sickos in MT HR; at least, I've met quite a few. Maybe they derive some perverse pleasure out of watching us jump and squirm for them.
I also enjoy my job at Transcend but still..
believe that management does come on this board, and know for a fact that management posts because I have seen it. Not that it matters though because they can post just like we can, as long as they do not pretend to be an MT.
I really do enjoy transcribing, actually
as much as the day I first started almost 17 years ago. I'm willing to go the extra mile and learn as much as I can. I just need someone to give me the chance. Thanks for the encouragement.
I currently work for them and enjoy it.
They only hire ICs and there is no direct deposit but I get my check like clockwork every two weeks, either Friday or Saturday. I have never had any problems with them. The pay is not that great but it is what I was looking for account wise. I have two accounts and really enjoy the work, 48 hour TAT. I have complete flexibility which for me compensates the low pay for now.
They are really growing and I would highly recommend them to you. The last newsletter they sent out stated they were actively seeking new MTs, so you might want to apply online if interested.
Do you want to enjoy your work? If so, you know what you need to do.
It is your choice; it doesn't make any difference what others think. They cannot find peace for you; you have to take charge. Personally I love QA as I find it much more challenging.
I do psych and I enjoy it.
It actually ends up paying pretty well for me too because they are generally longer reports but I can do them fast without stopping and starting like clinic notes.
I know it is frustrating and I sure don't enjoy it
either, but doesn't it make sense to give all applicants a difficult transcription test? What better way for a real cream of the crop MT prove that she is skilled? If the test is easy, the results will be the same, whether the MT is a newbie or highly experienced. True?
You must enjoy being clueless....
Didn't get your paycheck? Why not contact your employer? How's that for rude  !
Enjoy it while it lasts.
I hung in there with MQ for a long time, about 9 years. I watched them go down and down, get worse and worse. I hope they get bought by somebody soon and all the people who created the mess there get fired. Then, and only then, do they even have a prayer of being anything like the great company they used to be. If the powers that be stay the same there, forget it, it will never get better. I agree with the poster below. They do not treat all their employees the same, and their pay is all over the board. They do not reward experience or excellence. All they care about is their bottom line, which I am sure is getting smaller and smaller. I hadn't had a raise in about 7 years when I left.
And YOU must enjoy being extremely
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Enjoy EMDAT!
I totally enjoy EMDAT. It's very different from what I was used to at MQ and at first disliked it strictly because it wasn't what I was used to. I've worked with it now for almost three years and wouldn't go back. My particular account has all the data filled in already and I have two lines before I even begin typing the history. I average about 300 lines per hour and have often gotten 400+ when I have my good doctors. The expansions and short cuts are wonderful...once learned. I was told once when I applauded EMDAT that I was just not familiar with the more advanced/professional platforms! No, I don't switch jobs often. In 11 years, I've been with MQ and present company, so, no, I don't have experience with all the advanced platforms! If they are all so wonderful, though, why are these people changing jobs all the time. I think it is a very professional platform. And the bosses of the company I work for said that all the people that stay with them, do not quit real quick before they learn it, all the stayers, there has not been one complaint Ever! It's a matter of learning it.
I personally used to enjoy the little quotes (sm)
that were at the end of the job overviews we got each morning, on Cottage. Now that I'm on DQS, I don't get anything. And I don't even get an e-mail each morning from my supe, so you must be special! 
I currently work for Meridian and really enjoy it
There was only 1 person that I ever had a problem with, and that was only on 1 occasion with a person in QA. I just chalked it up to a bad day like everyone has. Other than that, I really haven't come across any problems with the itchy office staff.
Wow..Good luck and enjoy it !!...nm
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Enjoy my 401K at Medware
It has kept me ahead of inflation, and I have no problems with their plan. I make a regular deduction from my pay and get statements every quarter. Have you contacted HR, maybe you did not fill out your paperwork correctly.
Think we're all just very hopeful and looking for a way to enjoy
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Enjoy your good fortune! nm :)
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You MUST enjoy arguing, looooool....
As much as I enjoy the freedom of working at - sm
home, I've come to detest the loss of so many other freedoms I'd taken for granted: Freedom to buy everything on your grocery list at Safeway, not just the few that fit in your budget. Freedom to FILL your gas tank, not just put in $5 and hope that gets you back home from Safeway. Freedom to take a vacation once in a while, and if you DO take a vacation, you actually get to GO somewhere, and don't just spend it in front of the TV set because you can't afford to leave the house. The freedom to put even a tiny amount of money into my savings account with each paycheck, instead of continually siphoning off what little is left in the bank to pay bills each month, would be nice.
When I worked in an office, I only had to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I made 3 times what I'm making now, and I now work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
I was willing to trade a little bit of poverty and maybe have to work a few more hours per pay period in order to be free of supervisors breathing down my neck all the time, but honestly, I miss being able to do things on the weekends besides just work. That's gotten REALLY old.
I enjoy this company. Sorry it did not work for you though. nm
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Actually I enjoy reading most posts
Even if they are repetitive. That only reinforces one's opinion. Accept or not. Since I did not see the prior posts, I actually thought the post would be informative and there would be useful feedback. That is what this board should be about, and most of the time it is. Then you always get the one or two people who have to be rude, nasty, demanding, negative critism. Nothing useful. I think it probably makes them feel better about themselves. My point was, even if she was annoyed by the post - other people might not be. So many topics are actually repetitive here. If the topic was old or annoying to her, then why participate in the post at all? What was the purpose of being so ugly? I don't even recall the post being addressed to her.
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