I have to enter an extensive amount of information in the headers and
Posted By: Been had. on 2005-07-29
In Reply to: Comparing Cymed counts to Word - oldhands
footers and look up doctors' names, patient info, etc., and not getting paid for that work. I work for the Ohio office. You're lucky to have the correct line count. From what I've read, others on this board aren't as fortunate as you.
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how extensive is KeyStrokes
testing for employment? Do they have benefits, take out taxes, etc....price per line?
All compaines count lines different--with spaces, without spaces, headers or no headers, 65 characte
a line, 75 characters, etc. I would ask each of them how they count their lines. Sometimes the way lines are counted does not make a company worth working for.
What is MDI-MD's line rate? Spaces counted? weekends? benefits? Thanks. Have EXTENSIVE MT ex
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Futurenet require extensive, time consuming testing? I hate those you can't use foot pedal for.
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I have had to enter them, as there
were barely any. But once I put them in I have no problem. Just click on tooks and auto correct, type it in, click add and okay. That is all I have had to do.
But I would have to enter it all in under another
instead of two separate ones in shorthand. Either way I had to replicate my entire list of abbreviations. And I'd rather be able to type in the same thing and get the heading - bolded or not bolded - in both instances instead of having to remember to put an x after it for one and not the other.
I would say enter at own risk...
They are great at first but run out of work very easily...emails go unanswered..switching from account to account...
a hard return is when you must hit the enter key
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Ah....the voices of intelligence enter
You are so right-on!!! There are those who complain that they couldn't get any work at TT. I'm not going to call them liars or anything else but that has NOT been my experience. But then.....I will type on ANY account, do any type report, any ESL no matter how bad and even if after all these years some of them look like Swiss cheese, and a few of them still do, I'll do them anyhow. I can work for any company, even now, and my money will be about the same. I paid my dues. I started doing MT at 50-freakin-cents per hour!!!! The problem these days, IMHO, is that people believe those ads that say, take our course and immediately make $35,000/year while you rock your baby. LOL There are dues to pay in every career. I've paid mine, reaped the rewards and now............I'm painting gourds.
Enter phrases by using the first letter of each word.
Resize your platform window so you can use Shorthand's suggestion window. Having up to 9 shorcut choices and using a consistent system for abbreviation will make it almost impossible for you to forget an abbreviation.
We enter our lines daily on the intranet SM
You don't enter the minutes that you type, just the lines for the day.
It is an expander, so it is up to the user to enter the words and phrases. nm
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C-phone, yes you dial into the hospital system, enter
your code and the work comes off. You sign off one report and the next report comes up.
I don't work on Meditech, so I can't speak for that. Some love it, some hate it depending on what version it is.
Remember that new "graduates" enter the field every day, so lots of "companies" will
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My Virus Protector would not let me go onto InHealth's webpage. Enter at your own risk!
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Headers
It is all the patient data, name, MR#, doc who dictated, time dictated etc., and no you are not paid for entering in any of it.
headers
If you fill in the header and then it ends up being a no-report/hang up, the rest being blank, Bayscribe shows that report as a 0 line count.
Headers
I would be cautious about headers and demographics. Too many clients want the transcription companies to do their research for them. A good company requires the demographics to be pretty well filled in before they go to transcription. I was with one company where I could spend up to 2 minutes trying to get the demographics, and then get stuck with a one-liner for a report. Some companies want you to use their pre-programmed headers from a drop-down list, and you get nothing for the trouble. Just my 2 cents worth.
Anyone know anything about Global Information Systems? Any information would be appreciated. nm
Headers and footers
Have you spoken with your manager about this? Are you not getting the demographic info from the hospital?
YES they pay headers and footers nm
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Headers and Footers
This really hits my hot button and I think a lot of companies have found this as a big time way to rip off the MTs. I wonder how many are charging the client for this data which most times does not load in and even if it does you are still verifing that it is correct, doing carbon copies, etc. All clerical functions the MT is not being paid for. I just left a company to go to a company where we get headers, but no spaces. Even with no spaces, my production in 4 weeks is up almost 50% so I have no doubt it makes a significant difference. To actually get back to your question, the 30% would depend on the size of the document. It should not be a % but a flat line rate, such as 8 lines per document or whatever. 30% of a 3 100 line document would be 30 lines and no way would that be fair for headers/footers.
Headers and Footers
I nearly had a panic attack when my paycheck had $450.00 deducted from it. They kind of mentioned it in passing when I was hired there was a small deduction for information we did not type that went into the header and footer, but had no idea it would be 30% off my total line count.
Not about headers/footers
This goes above and beyond the headers/footer. Needless to say, they are safe with having to pay out a bonus. Not very many good standing employees are left from what I understand. Interesting, you sound exactly like a manager employed by them.
24% OFF FOR HEADERS/FOOTERS
167.28/683 X 100 = 24%
683 - my count (Tools/Word count/Lines)
admin.ichart count: 515.72
-167.28 difference
They most certainly do pay for spaces and headers.
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do they pay for headers and footers for ER?
Headers/footers
They don't pay for them but you don't have to type them. Line counting appears to be what you would expect and I think is accurate.
No headers/footers
Since you don't actually type the header/footer, makes sense you don't get paid for them. If you have to look up an ID or something it really only takes a few seconds, so that's not a problem. I've been with them over a year. My production went up. It was a good move for me. They are very honest with their MTs and will address any concerns you may have. Of note, QA and Tech support are really good. Pay is on time, every time. Good incentives.
any companies pay for headers, etc.
new and wanted to know if headers are paid.
eScription Headers
It depends on the MTSO and the account. eScription is a software company that provides a platform to hospitals. The company that you work for determines how you are paid.
Headers/Footers
I agree with you about the headers and footers. Did a recent count and found it to be about 13%. That is excessively high when losing time looking up demos because they are too lazy to input the info. This header/foot thing has gotten worse. I believe I had previously figured 11%. It is morally wrong to take out a percentage. A true character count would count the whole amount and take out for whatever is pre-printed on the page. This is especially horrible when doing 30, 40 or 50 small jobs, don't you think?
Headers and footers
None anymore probably, but that's not the point. When you work for companies that count lines at the remote IC site, go ahead and subtract those lines from your total at Control I. Does 13% difference seem fair to you? Don't you think a fairer thing would be an actual count of characters subtracted?
If they don't pay for headers/footers, it's
easy enough to highlight & delete the block before running the count... It's not rocket science.
Just the right amount here...sm
I get the hours I am scheduled for. I've been there a few months now. Going fine. Off of OT finally but not running out.
they said they pay headers and footers at Transcend??
You better double check that.
headers and footers are paid too. nm
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Do you really get paid for headers and footers with
About how many headers and footers are per report?
Should you get paid for headers and footers.
I was called in to test for a company who do not pay for headers or foots and starting pay is 7 cpl. They do not pay for bolding, underlining, nothing. Is this still a good deal? Should I waste my time testing?
thanks.
i agree, go, go, go (with or without spaces, headers, etc)
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And no pay for headers you type or templates they add
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headers footers lines
There are many different platforms that cheat you out of lines. If you saw what actually printed at the facility you would see a completely different page. The headers and footers you don't see on your page, magically appear - the lines that were single space are now double space and formatted I am sure to give the company the most $$$$. WHere in the world do you work at 10 cpl? Thats really good!
Doesn't it block some of your headers?
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To be specific, how they deduct for headers
They deducted a flat 17% from the line count. You all know that all headers are not created equal and some have hardly anything in them and very few of them are 17% of the total lines typed. I remember when this head honcho went in one day and revised all the headers to make them with even fewer characters but that 17% did not change. I could not accept the politics of this company any longer and immediately started pounding the pavement for my own accounts because I didn't need the benefits anyway. This company was not Transtech by the way. I don't know what percentage Transtech deducts because I have never worked there.
Most companies don't pay headers & footers
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Well what companies do pay for headers & footers?
You do not have to use the pulldown menus for the headers...
...on ChartMatrix. You can if you wish, but you can also just use your expander, or straight type into the header field.
Keystrokes headers and footers
Does Keystrokes pay for headers and footers?
Does Keystrokes pay for demographics, headers,
Thanks!
Could you disclose the amount....sm
you were paid? How long ago was this that you didn't have enough work? Also, were you full or part time and what were your report total requirements per pay period? TIA
For ANY amount of money
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