How about providing some samples of format? sm
Posted By: mt on 2008-07-15
In Reply to: I have a feeling - misswebster
OK, so transitioning can be tough, but for an MT with that kind of experience, I would assume that with a few samples of format to follow she could be up and running in no time. I would not mess with them. Something is weird.
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As an employee, I am already providing the company electricity to operate my computer and a free phone line for same. Its is a funny thought to imagine accepting a job with a hospital and having them tell you to be sure to bring in your computer, all your programs, your phone, and your reference materials when you report. It is just another example of what people will accept to work at home. It saves the company big money. All they have to do is get contracts and pass the work onto home workers and keep all the money they have saved by not providing equipment, overhead, or decent working wage to home workers.
Thanks for providing the phone number
I saw where you provided a phone number for OSi below. I just called them and ask them to check out your posts. I hope you've enjoyed working there. I also hope your mama knows someone at another MT company.
It can be done providing the softwares are compatible. Some
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The info you are providing is old and NOT TRUE now.
There is no paid PTO or sick time. I know...I work there now. How could you think that your 3 year old information is correct?
Companies providing computers.... are any of them Laptops?
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YOU aren't providing medical care, toots!
Who the h*** are you to say whether or not I care if others have insurance.
If you think medical care should not be a business, perhaps you should go live in a socialist or communist society and see just how far your idea that medical care should be provided for everyone idea goes! We DO have government-subsidized insurance available. We also have a society who wants high pay for low-skill jobs and then spend all their money eating out (getting fat, needing more meds and healthcare), buying big vehicles that they can't afford, hanging satellite dishes outside of their $200 trailers, and filling their living rooms up with 1000 movies and video games that teach their children a violent way of life and keeps them on their fat butts! LOL
Partial list of companies providing a computer...sm
Diskriter, Precyse, Opti-Script (Penn.), CIT (Charts in Time), WebMedX, Spheris, and Amphion. Transcend used to. Maybe someone can say whether Transtech or MQ still do. I do not know if you have to be FT in order to get computer provided with any of these companies. Opti-Script in Penn. WILL provide one for part-timers. Good luck!
You should ask for samples from (sm)
each person who will be dictating before you decide on a rate. Certain dictators may only need a slight bit of editing where others will need you to transcribe the entire report numerous times before the system gets it right!
Format
The program is very easy to learn - literally only takes a few minutes. The daily line count really depends on your typing speed. My speed is not what it could be because I have a 6yo at home with me and have several interruptions during my shift with dinner, ball practice, etc. But, on a good day with no interruptions, I would say a minimum of 1000 lines. No need to apologize for the questions. Feel free to ask all the questions you want. It's better to know what you're in for before you jump in head first with any company!
samples
I don't have much in the way of samples. You can ask for samples from specific doctors if you have a hard time with them and they can pull some for you.
Why not ask for more samples?
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It does not format everything according to sm
specs. Many times, no headings are made, things are not spaced the way the account wants it to be.
Do not believe the lies they are telling you. I work on it now and it does not do what they are telling you it does.
Did they give you samples? That would help. SM
I work on a mostly ESL account and prefer them to doctors who talk a mile a minute.
The longer you hear doctors with accents, the more attuned your ears become and, as if by majic, they tend to lose their accent. Give yourself some time and I would strongly suggest your company be more supportive.
I mean platform, not format
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You don't need to ask for samples with Extext
Best software program ever.
How easy is it to get samples, etc?
nm
You mean samples of the reports
when you're first starting?
Yes, repor t samples. Thanks :)
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It's all in the margins and format
when comparing a gross line count to a character count, but my goodness, .23 a line sounds like it cannot possibly be true. My gross lines accounts don't convert that way at all. One doc has a 1-inch margin and her gross line count is just slightly above the 65-character count because she doesn't do lists and keeps her PX in paragraph format. If you are being told it converts to .23 a line, I would wonder if most of the whole report is indented half-way across the page. Maybe you hit upon a gold mine! Ask about the format...
I have to put that leading 0 and use h:mm:ss format
or it doesn't add correctly, but yeah, I found on playing with it that I could just enter them in that way, then do a sum and it added up just fine without any special formatting or customizing cells.
And, thanks for the information and the offer. Most of the time I don't know enough to even know what question to ask. I just made that discovery and thought I'd throw that out there in case somebody else was in the same boat. :)
So much to take to DC - thank you for all of your emails and samples
The USMLSU folks want to thank you all for emailing your suggestions, ideas, experiences, as well as samples of the horrific reports that are returned from India to US QA editors to correct - the before product; this is exactly what we needed to take with us to DC. So many of you have responded and are already helping out, that we've proven that a group of skilled professionals do not have to go on strike to make a difference in their financial future.
The fair pay vote results will be listed shortly.
I did not see any format rules.
As far as reformatting, I use macros to make formatting changes that seem to be frequently necessary.
You can format Shorthand to...sm
put the ctrl+n keystroke into your text. You don't have to go back and reformat the headers that way.
Can the company provide you with samples of the
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MDI-MD resume format question
I sent them a resume a couple of weeks ago, but it was in word perfect format. Should I have converted it to a .doc file?
Do you have a copy of the BOS to follow for format, etc.? nm
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Thank you! What is the format like, and is it timed? Any info helpful please. Thanks! nm
nm
Does it format for a SSN - can you put in a note that you will provide it if hired? nm
nm
More than 1/2 the time you don't get actual facility samples, tho, just
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Just paste it and let it go. They're looking for content, not format, when ....sm
...the resume is sent via a web contact form. If you are a good MT with good qualifications, they won't care how it's set up, but do make sure words are spelled correctly. That's a huge bugaboo when I read resumes.
Then provide samples and learning tools.
We are all only human. The doctor is supposed to be reviewing and signing these reports they dictate. Are they not? If they sign off a report that has an error, that then makes the dictating physician liable, not the MT. This docking for errors sounds like another scheme to make money off of hard-working MTs. tsk tsk
You will have to completely format the hard drive first
delete any partitions and create a new partition, format the C drive and then install Windows XP. I have done this a ton of times and have had no problems.
She could remove all MQ-related stuff, samples, etc.
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Clinic notes. SOAP is the format,
subjective
objective
assessment
plan
Excel date/time value vs. format
It's helpful to understand how Excel handles date/time. (In all examples below, you don't actually type the quotes)
Excel maintains a distinction between the VALUE of the date/time and the FORMAT. For instance, when you type 5:12 in cell A3, Excel understands that you mean a date/time value, and stores this as 0.2166666. By default, if you do not specify a date, Excel uses the mythical 1/9/1900 for the date portion, and the time specified.
As another example, go to any cell and type in =NOW(). Excel will store this as a date/time, but format it on screen to your default preference -- mine looks like 1/26/2008 14:23. But if you click on that date again, then go to the Format menu, choose Number, select 4 Decimal places, you will see it change to 39473.6000 -- representing 39473.6 full days from the beginning of time (according to Excel - 1/0/1900).
Bottom line: go ahead and enter your data as just h:mm, then add them up / see if it behaves -- shouldn't require any special formatting....
Also, fwiw - if you have any Excel questions, I would be happy to reply here or answer emails....
They will use the hospital MTs for samples, then ship account
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I totally agree re medical report format.
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Agree to point, but people need samples and also ability
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our hospital provided the outsource service samples of ESL's dictation so that the
reports wouldn't keep coming back with missing dictation and blanks and horrendous attempts at guessing. I would also keep asking your company over and over and over again to please provide you with a sample, if not from the hospital, then maybe from one of their transcriptionists on the same account.
Most of their work does not get proofed. some of it is absolutly awful - I've seen samples - ACK
NM
Anyone know of a company, easy clinic work, easy Word format, dependable pay? Help!
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