I'm so glad that made sense!
Posted By: VR-MT on 2009-04-16
In Reply to: Not Snarky At All (sm) - NightOwl
Having learned Escription at a smaller hospital with a total of only about 10 MTs, the difference in how quickly the system learned and started dropping down near-perfect reports to edit was a stark contrast to what I'm sure you're seeing.
We were all trained in the same basic account specifics, no allowances for personal styles or preferences, and no unnecessary expanding just to get the extra characters, so we were all on the same page.
Within about 6 weeks, Escription (with the help of above-average dictators) was churing out probably a 90% accuracy rate for all reports.
Whew...is it Friday yet? I feel like half of what I'm trying to explain isn't making sense, and I'm really glad you're understanding me :-).
I'm also BEYOND delighted to see an intelligent exchange between people regarding editing versus standard transcription! It's so refreshing to discuss this without insults, flaming, accusations, etc.
I want to thank everybody in this thread for their input and being able to act like intelligent adults instead of kids at schoolyard.
When we MTs put our minds and collective experiences together, it's amazing what we can do :-)
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Exactly!! Glad to see someone here with some sense.
People/humans ARE NOT ORIENTAL. Just shows the number of ignorant people. Before people post here trying to defend something that is so wrong and incorrect on so many levels, you may want to do some research first.
Well, I am glad someone had the sense to see the humor
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Geesh..It's been a long day. I don't think I made any sense on that post.
Bottom line is, best pay rate out there, most of the time enough work and good benefits. They have a lot of happy employees.
Your posts make absolutely no sense. Glad I dont
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I made the move 8 months ago and am glad I did. I did sm
take an unpaid vacation so I time off and look forward to PTO. I have the insurance they offer now. It is expensive but has covered everything for me. I have also done the question sheet for 3 other insurance companies and they keep getting either turned down or higher rates. I talked to my supervisor, and she said that it is making the owner pull her hair out because KS is too big for some policies, too small for others and has too many pre-existing things for a good rate. Once they get it, though, it will be easier.
My FIL owns construction company and had the same problems for years, so I know it is hard to get good coverage at a good rate.
This is sad to see about MDI but actually I'm glad I'm not crazy like they made me feel (sm)
look what they're doing to everybody? It's a shame to see such a good company go down in flames but I saw it coming and predicted it too when they brought all those Medquist castoffs in...they let the snakes in the door. when you bring in Medquist people, with Medquist mentality of use and abuse, what do you think is going to happen to a company? Become like Medquist perhaps? There was a day when you could not find a person who had a bad thing to say about this company and they honestly felt that way but now look at it? People speak the truth and though it is sad and people are afraid to speak out I for one feel relieved like I said that I didn't just imagine all of this and that I wasn't the only one who just couldn't figure out to make it work anymore. It's validating.
I am glad to hear that a lot of money can be made with MT work. This gives me hope for the future.
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I am so glad, so very glad that finally I have reached
the age that if we are low on work, I just take off. No problem at all and love the extra day or so off. I now have worked since the 70s and finally made to retirement age, get SS plus other retirement money coming in and thank the good Lord do not have to worry about if there is work or not. BTW, when I worked inhouse never ran out of work ever, only when transferring out to company do they run out of work. If I had to raise a family now I would most certainly cross train on other accts at my place but only have 1 that I work on, by choice.
u made 300 a week? That's more than I made there.
But no work, no pay. Nice ppl, they really are, some of the nicest in the business. Just can't communicate to save their lives and the recruiters are lying dogs.
I'd say if you're looking for part-time work, as in less than 20 hrs a week's worth of work, then this place is for you. Use them as ur backup. Because guaranteed that's all they're using you for.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear that, I didn't think anyone used it anymore! I'm glad to hear so
I'll definitely check them out!
Ah-so! That makes sense.
Hope you get the answers you're looking for--pass along any info if you would, please. I'm interested, too!
Okay..that makes a lot of sense..
Obviously, you are a bit off your rocker.
Would it not make sense that there are
probably a good-size crew getting on in the daytime so any work that is there is quickly dispersed to everyone, bringing the account to current standing? Then, only a few MTs are needed to keep the current dictation caught up.
I'm not agreing with how that is being done ... just trying to help with the question of what is happening. Sounds very logical to me.
Would it not make sense..
That makes perfect sense to me and, in fact, that is what happens with my accounts and has happened for the past 5 years! I do have an account that I do regularly now that I only share with one person but somehow..that gets dropped from my DEP pool every once in a while..hmmm.....wonder how that happens?? Anyway, when I do get on my other accounts that are shared with lots of other MTs, they get caught up quickly!!
Does this make any sense?!
A particular company is now telling its employees that they are considering a pay raise AND dropping their daily line expectation from the current 1000 lines per day.
It is implied that the MTs are expected to work seven days a week because the company is under staffed.
What logic is there to dropping the daily line expectations and giving a raise when the company is under staffed?
Makes sense
Your point is valid! I would take it up with corporate or your supervisor immediately!
Bad Business Sense
What I don't get is where is the logic of hiring someone with less experience and then having to pay a QA person to correct and review the work. It is the same old thing, you get what you pay for! Their loss.
I have common sense thank you
If I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to do transcription for 15 years. All I wanted to know was info on a potential new job switch. I once again apologize. I don't frequent these boards ever and was just directed here by someone else.
What you say makes no sense.
Why would you resent getting more work when you're FT? You make no sense. A PT person isn't going to do as much as a FT person, so I don't get why you'd resent anyone. Why not worry about doing your own work instead of what PT people are doing. Jeez!!
A lot of it is they have an inflated sense SM
of self-importance and their need to have someone fussing over them because it makes them feel like they are getting the personal touch or something like that. It's weird and I only see it in fields where women are predominantly doing the work. Then we have a whole 'nuther bunch who do crap work and think they are excellent transcriptionists.
Oh, that makes more sense.
I'm just an ex-heartlander who was curious. I still have some friends that work there.
Thanks.
Thank you, Kim. That makes sense. sm
I thought it had to do with Direct Deposit. Geez, it's been a loooong day!!!
makes sense
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common sense
tells me that my creations of Expanders are my own; the program may belong to the company but i feel i have made them and they belong to me. Granted, legal eagles may have their own angle. However, if i am moving from job to job, i'm not stealing, as i am not taking anything other than the generic word combinations i have created myself, not company secrets etc. Regardless of your opinion, if i have spent 10 years creating a file, and can move it with me, it is going!
HUH....you make no sense
be more specific. if you log off each time your account is out of work, and everyone else did the same, you would have more of your primary.
Wow!!! It's not that difficult. take off your blinders.
k now that makes sense, but..man
I would still hate them to do that, though
Okay, that makes sense(NM)
NM
Makes sense now.
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I see. You don't do many LPH. Makes sense.
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Makes sense
However, I guess everybody doesn't think like you and me. I also think some people have the mind-set that they should be paid the maximum for doing the minimum amount of work.
No sense is right thanks. Sigh. nm
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Thank you. That does makes sense. NM
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you don't make sense
Every IC job I've ever had we had to turn in a time sheet or an invoice, even with flexible hours. What is the big deal? They are pleasant to work with, there is plenty of work, they pay on time, they don't send work offshore and hours are completely flexible.
You learn to pick your battles.
Sure it makes sense, but why do they lie about it first?
What is the big secret about this...why lie? Many people do not type for a reason. They should make this known up front instead of stating that you will not have to type and then told that you must type on the account first?
Not every company requires this. It is my right to know all requirements BEFORE I accept an offer. Many of these MTSO folks are worse than used car salesmen. Is it too much to ask to be told that I have to type up front...instead of being lied to?
makes no sense
What I dont get is why would someone make a referral off of someone when the recruiter knows she doesn't know this person....as she says she does. I mean, really, a referral is really supposed to be paid to someone who recommends someone who knows this person's work and work ethics. Makes no sense to me as to why this person wants to take a chance with her work reputation for a few bucks.
What you are saying does not make any sense.
It does not pay any company to hire poor quality workers. It costs them.
Again, believe in your own inability to make errors or deficiencies in your knowledge. It's always someone else's fault.
Sad.
Not sin, just no common sense
Nobody wants to work 7 days a week BUT to think you are going to start the job and work M-F and NO workends is a bit ridiculous and IMHO, ignorant. Work Five days a week can include Saturday and Sunday, you just don't want it to. What makes you think straight off the street you don't have to work towards anything; the better hours, the better dictators, the best pay? Those are the perks of working some place for awhile, not what you are entitled to straight off the street. Like I said try doing that at any other job or company and you will get nowhere. Why is transcription any different?
This does not make any sense,
you have access to all the patient information because you type the reports. According to their rule, you are in violation of the regulations by working! We want 100% quality, but we are not going to do anything to help you achieve this.
Never worked for a company that did not give access to samples and/or old reports, and would consider a move if I found myself in this situation. 
you make no sense at all
You say you don't want to waste your time, but yet you are posting? Do you even know how stupid that sounded. You made no point at all, except showing how you are also wasting your time. Yeah I will continue to laugh it up...AT YOU!!! I make great money as an MT as well. You are missing the whole point. Learn how to read and then post something that makes sense.
now it makes more sense! you were sm
wrong about MQ! Well I guess you didn't listen huh? I worked for MQ for 23 years leaving in 2006 when they changed to employee status and got really bad. MQ use to be a really good company to work for and I made a ton of money with them, loved working for them but had enough sense to get out. Obviously YOU didn't listen to what others were posting about MQ huh? So why do you think you can judge me by what I am telling you? Just because you haven't experienced it yet doesn't mean you wont and I hope you don't. But whatever MDIs practice is, it is NOT the way it should be for hiring ICs!
Now that makes more sense......sm
It's the poverty that is killing me. Work is work but when you are getting lowballed for what you do, it makes no sense to stick around.
That makes sense
Thanks for clarifying for me. That makes so much more sense, and I agree with your egads! :)
It does in an economics sense
In a strictly economics sense, it was the only real possible outcome. One of the consequences of the move to offshore is that it has driven down on-shore wages (and this goes across all industries impacted by offshoring- ask anyone in IT, software, or customer support). On the plus side, all things will equilibrate. Already, at least for some companies, the switch to offshore companies meant a 1-time profit because of the greatly reduced labor costs. But the demand for skilled workers offshore meant that they could start asking for more money. As their wages get closer and closer to US wages, the pressure is on in the industries to bring those costs back down, which means offshoring from the offshored. Eventually, however, they will decide to bring it back because we'll eventually become the low cost alternative. We may eventually see our wages return to what they once were, but we're probably looking at about a 10 year cycle before that happens.
Now if the cost of living came down commensurate with our wages, I could probably deal with it. Unfortunately, our capitalist business structure means those labor savings, rather than enabling then to bring down the price so those impacted by their business model could still afford them, meant that the CEOs make insane salaries/bonuses that would enable them to make their own stimulus payments to the US economy.
The trick is holding on by our fingernails until the worm turns and our jobs come back.
That makes no sense
Why would a company look for new employees when the ones they had were doing a perfect job? How would they know you were retyping? Also I don't believe your VR is so perfect. I've heard that and then when I got on to edit, it was a mess and they told me, oh can you please mark the ones that are real bad? oh yeah take more time for that BS with no pay.
That makes no sense.
I don't think you're quite understanding. Let's say VR isn't even in the picture and you've been straight typing on your account. Don't you save certain doctors' procedure notes (without the patient data, of course) as a short-cut so that when the doctor dictates that particular procedure again you just enter your short-cut and the whole report pops up? Let's say Dr. Blue dictates an appendectomy. You save the whole report as blueappy.
So now you have a really, really bad VR report. It is a lot quicker to erase the whole thing, type blueappy, and the whole report pops in. Then you follow along in the VR and make the changes as he dictates. Chances are that it is going to be very close to what you have already saved, since Dr. Blue dictates most of his appendectomies in the same manner, and you have a WHOLE lot less to correct than if you did the editing in the VR. You're actually saving yourself time at 4 cpl than if you edited the really bad report.
I have literally hundreds of reports saved as short-cuts. For me it was always easier to erase the bad ones, enter my short-cut and correct from there than it was to fix all those stupid errors. My line count was much higher that way on the bad reports.
Finally, someone with a bit of sense about her
I am glad someone figured this out. You bottom lined it, out of a job, life is going on for the company as before.
At least what I am saying makes sense.
Don't know what you were on about in that long message of yours. I am sure it makes sense to you.
The current state of VR is mostly GARBAGE. An excuse to get MTs to work for EVEN LESS in these tough economic times so that the MTSOs can put more money in their pockets because we all know they are hurting so bad. I agree. I wish I was able to make the money I made 10 years ago--and so do the MTSOs, obviously. And this is their way to do it--by RIPPING OFF THE MT.
None of this makes any sense to me.
I think they are working with each other to help get this work all offshored.
Didn't Medquist just sign a deal with SPI? MQ is sending SPI enough dictation for 2 million lines a month. I guess SPI is taking it and farming it out to the Phillipines? Or India? Just can see now it is not America.
It is hard to tell, reading all the postings here, where one MTSO begins and one ends sometimes.
Bottom line is, if you are an American, then you are shid out of luck. 
That makes no sense. Don't do it. nm
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You make no sense
Why are you still working there after 3 years? They must be doing something right. As far as work, I have no trouble. There is an occasional Monday morning dry spell. It ALWAYS picks-up. There are a few times during the year when volume is low for any MTSO. Anyway back to typing.
Sorry but this makes no sense
Your post seems to imply that one would know *in advance* that different values could be ascribed to different keystrokes...
Virtually no one would think of this unless they knew such manipulation was possible on a particular platform...
So if you are told the rate is x/65 character line including spaces, it would be reasonable to expect *all* spaces count the same. If it was any different it is incumbent upon the administrator of the platform to advise in advance that some characters count for more- or less- than others.
In the case of these platforms that pay VBC (black characters only)? When/if that becomes the norm, I will hang up my headphones for good. If they won't pay to hit the space bar I won't hit it !! LOL
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