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Is Transliterator a recuiter for a company using VIaneta? Her post sounds like a commercial.

Posted By: Vienata user too on 2005-12-07
In Reply to: Vianeta bad, bad sm - Vienata user too

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Vianeta is a company, too. Our MTSO paid Vianeta to use their platform.
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I used to work for a company who had Vianeta.
The platform was pretty good for me. All the DI screen info was filled in for you, and you just added the date of service. It was nice...compared to where I am working now where I have endless areas to fill in. Blech! I liked Vianeta!
I did not work for Spheris when I used Vianeta. It was a differenc company. nm
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Yes. When the recuiter was offering me
the position I told her I wanted to work evenings and one day on the weekend. She said, "Oh, I didn't realize you wanted to work during those times. I can bump you up." We talked on a bit about how things work with MQ and stuff and then I asked what the offer was and she said she my test scores were 99% (?I guess on both the transcription part and the click-the-answer part..lol) and she asked if I would be happy with 9.5 cpl. I asked if that included incentive and she said that would be my base rate and that incentive would be on production, paid on each check.

I see on the QNet page a payroll schedule that shows a bonus every 3 months but mine is paid on my check instead.

For ME, I was happy with that and took it and ran! I felt very excited about it.

The DQS thing, it is slow to get logged into but once it is up and running I really like it. Everything is at your fingertips, name lists, account information, and the Expander is easy to use. I have had to learn to not use macros -- at least I don't know how to do them on this if you can.

I start at 6 pm and type until midnight. My first couple of nights I was REALLY REALLLLLYY slow. I started picking up though. I get about 1400 to 1600 lines in a night most nights. Sometimes, if I have work that isn't the account I'm on, I might get 1000. I really have to stick with it though.

So far, I really like it. Apparently some people don't, by their silly posts above. Oh well.

Got a news alert today that Spheris bought Vianeta company. nm
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I worked for a different company using Vianeta and could never access line counts. Was also told it
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I like that commercial out now that's blonds & brunettes
insulting each other. Very funny! Both sides had funny lines.


This post sounds like management
to me.

Bea! Stop beating yourself up. This company sounds like the worst - they did you a favor.

I've been doing Radiology for 20 years - most decent companies don't force you to take these ridiculous tests which do *not* gauge true skills...

Never take a timed test - most don't allow you to correct mistakes except for on the word you are *on* and trust me THAT will slow you down.

Keep looking - decent companies are still out there, although I strongly suggest you not rely just on Radiology - as more and more of those accounts are being lost to voice recognition.
This sounds like a Lee post. She's here alive and kicking.
And she won't go away. Unprofessional and not changing.
I apologize if this sounds unkind, but it seems kind of cheesy to post sm

how great your company is and solicit referrals.  Perhaps you mean well -- I will certainly give you the benefit of the doubt.  But in my 30+ years of transcription, I have rarely found that it pans out to refer someone.  Granted, you say that the recruiter knows that you do not know these people and are just soliticiting the referral bucks, but it just sounds wrong for many reasons.  Heck, I have referred FRIENDS to companies I was happy with and either they hated the company and were mad at me (using the word mad loosely .. perhaps disappointed/whatever is a better choice) or they didn't measure up and the company was disappointed that I had referred such a person. 


Regardless, I am happy that you are happy where you are working.  THAT, for all of us, is the bottom line it would seem.  I want to have a home where I can just work and be happy for the rest of my working days, which will probably be until I'm 100, so I guess I had better make sure I AM happy! 


Good luck to all of us. 


It sounds like a new company that
since they want so many lines per day.  NOT IC IN MY BOOK!!  JMHO..... 
What company is using this? Sounds like something new here. nm
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Sounds to me like this vulture of a company
and is trying to cash in on the goods! Don't do it! Just when you thought people couldn't sink any lower....like the Heartland scum......you get vultures trying to take advantage of someone and kick them while they're down....makes me sick!!!!!!!!!!!
This sounds like the company I just left!
I wonder if the MTSO has changed the name of the company? If it is the same company, I think you are wise to drop them and do it ASAP.
Sounds like a horrible company to me
They pay 5 cpl, charge you if you send reports to QA, and only pay once a month. Also, someone posted an article about the owner below that was in BusinessWeek. It states how much debt she is in cuz she's not aggressive about making sure her clients pay her. Also, she charges 12 cpl, but then only pays the MTs 5???!!! Why would anyone work for a company like that?
That sounds like my last company...I have a better home now,
But I am more and more afraid of how long that will last with insurance and bills going up and wages staying the same or going down. Scary times.
Thta sounds like my company. They sm
don't want to pay overtime, yet they have to keep TAT.

I have a crazy picture of one company sending work over to another company!

(That's a joke, before anyone has a knipchin or anything, IT'S A JOKE.)
Actually that's sounds like something the company bully would say.
They let other personal issues bleed into their work environment and feel they have the right to bully all the MTs they can, because they want everyone to be as miserable as them. There is no room for rudeness to anyone by anyone. Thankfully I work at a company that would never tolerate that bad attitude and people treat each other with respect. It is very refreshing.
Sounds like you work at my company.
They never respond to calls or e-mails and, when they do, it shows they never understood the question or problem. LOL.
sounds like the company I worked for
Happened to me, too. By any chance, is this company located in Colorado?
The company sounds wonderful, by chance....
do you need a really dedicated Radiology MT???? 
Sounds like you work for the company/account

I do FT.   I'm 17 hours short this week.  Fortunately there is plenty of work today, my day off.  I won't be able to get any overtime but hopefully I'll be able to make up most of those 17 hours. 


Sounds like my company - starts with T, ends with D.
No work to be found.
Dang, sounds like we worked for the same company before!
I agree; I was scared to death to make a change, but the opportunity to work for KS just fell in my lap and after a rough (slow) start I can truly say I am glad to be working for them.

I was kind of impressed by the year-end survey, which came to me shortly after starting. I like that kind of proactive approach.
Sounds like the company I work for now. Horrible
it.  The company in general is also very, very strict on QA, so there's never a relaxed minute as the newbie on the block, and the cliques! Its cruel. I feel like I'm in school again, getting left out and laughed at and even set up for failure.  There is always someone calling out sick, etc., as you describe, and I am told I always have to be the one to cover due to seniority, or my lack of it.  Its so upsetting that I'm just about to throw in the towel myself.  I'm sorry I can't recommend anyone other than MQ QA, but I heard they are no longer hiring QA staff.  They used to pay really, really well and the conditions were fine.  Best of luck to you.
Disillusioned....Sue's description sounds like the company you just left
except for the rental fee, which they JUST changed recently, and even then it was higher than the one Sue quoted.  I still say you got a much better deal with Amphion.
A company sounds strange because you didn't pass their test? SM
I LIKE working for a company that puts quality over everything else.
Sounds like a company I worked for. I did get paid in full but I sure know how you feel!

Can you post or email me just the initials of company and I'll let you know if this is the same one.  It has happended to me by more than one company in my time as an MT


This company sounds great, but they don't accept satellite users. :(

Other than that, from what I can see, they provide equipment/software, etc.  Sounds like a really great company.  I would apply if they could look over the satellite situation. I have had no problems with three other companies using satellte.


Vianeta
Are you with InterPro or another company? I have experience with Vianeta.
Vianeta bad, bad sm
I am currently working Vianeta.  My line count has NEVER worked.  I MT and edit.  To get line count I have to paste finished document onto a blank Word document.  Then I can use Word's counter to get a line count.  I have to do this with EVERY job if I want any idea what my count is.  Very time consuming.  If I leave the Vianeta window open for a certain amount of time without actually working in it, it does all kinds of strange things so I have to exit and re-enter to straighten things out.  Also, I you accidently u/l job before you are ready, too bad.  You have to try to find someone who can retrieve it for you, hopefull before the client gets it.  My other job is a Word based platorm.  I d/l into a folder and when I want to send it off, I u/l from the same folder.  Also, their spell check is HORRIBLE.  That is another reason I d/l onto a Word doc, so I can use Work spell check.  I didn't realize what a pain Vianeta actually is until I wrote this. 
vianeta
No to the recruiter question. Just somebody who has been using the platform exclusively for three years, trying to share my experience with it in response to the original post. No hidden agenda and no commercial audition.

With that said, it might be useful to try to figure out why there seem to be such diverse opinions and experiences with the platform. I agree with anon3 that it is bizarre and that part of the answer must be that different companies use the system in different ways...especially when access to line count and productivity information is involved.

I first started typing on Vianeta 3 years ago on an earlier version which earned my same praise. The update came along 1-1/2 years ago. There could be obsolete versions out there still in use, who knows? Don't know the earlier version number, but the current server I use is version 5.2.0.12. That information appears in very small print on the top left corner or my job explorer screen.

In any case, as soon as you log into Vianeta on my platform the job explorer comes up. Your queue is there immediately with jobs waiting, job#, dictator#, time dictated, priority status all clearly indicated. All this info is already on your report when you bring it up, along with patient demo info. To feed the reports completely into a 4-report queue takes about 3 seconds. To me, that's pretty fast. Once they are there, when you sign a job off, another job takes its place with no waiting time whatsoever.

On the queue screen at the top, I have options such as working on line (active transcribing and transmitting) or off line. This is specifically useful when all you want to do is check your line count or review your production for the ongoing pay period, current month or current and previous month...all readily accessible information. There are also log out, assign job, split job (for batch dictations) change job info (when the MD enters the wrong report info) options...all taken care of in a very minimal amount of time, I might add.

Another option is to type from the Job Explorer (which is what my commpany uses) or from the transcribe station which I have never used. To the side of the queue there is a Nav bar which gives you Job Explorer/Transcribe station choice on the top...and to the bottom you find a report tab. Click on that, then another block comes up on the nav bar for productivity feedback which I click again.

Once I enter that, I am given a choice to either generate a graph report (which I do after almost every report if I want to) or I can get it to download the more detailed report which I save to a word document. I do that if I suspect a report is missing, it helps me track it down. That report usually has a list of the last 2 or 3 days of reports, job numbers, sign-off time and line count.

When you enter a report, your demo screen with all the information already showing n the report if the doctor has entered the MR# correctly. If you have to look up patient or doctor info, send cc to other doctors or leave QA flags it is done from that screen. You can search the patient data base and the MD roster a number of ways. There is even a sound's like feature in the MD roster data base.

I find the patient info data to be almost 100% reliable and the MD roster data to be about 95% reliable. It certainly helps me cut down a lot of time searching MD lists elsewhere. The ONLY bone I have to pick with that place is that the MD specialty does not show, but you can search the roster by first name, last name, specialty and hospital.

Once the missing info is found, I double click the bar and it is automatically transferred to the demo screen and onto the report...no typing involved.

The word processing features of the system are excellent, Word based...but can be set for WordPerfect formats and others. The spell check is excellent help....especially in distinguishing between generic and name brand drugs. It can be modified and added very easily.

If you don't have those features then you are not on the same Vianeta platform. One last thing. I remember when I hired that my TM told me they never use the transcriber station because it is so cumbersome.
Vianeta
We obvious have a difference between companies.  My Vianeta has maybe 1 in 4 medications that it will pick up.  Transpose two letters in a work and most of the time it will miss that. 
We will be using Vianeta soon. It has already been sm
tested by several MT's, who just love it and have been able to increase their line count. How amazing!!!!

PS
Probably why Busy MT got out while the going was good.
Vianeta-THanks...can you tell me more
MT friendly, fast, pros and cons. TIA.
Its Vianeta (nm)

Vianeta
Has anyone worked for a company that used Vianeta software. If so can you tell me a little about it.
vianeta and IP
Amen to that, adios, hasta LA vista....too many other places to work. who needs the headaches that they have, and they have many, thats for sure.
they use Vianeta too

The up side:  I liked the Vianeta platform.  Nice people.  They left me alone (that's the way I like it) but I was IC...employee status could be different.  I never had any QA hassles and enjoyed flexibility.  Trained on as many accounts as I needed to stay busy.  Never ran out of work.  I could work as much or as little as I wanted.  Line rate was decent (10 cpl, including shift differential for evenings).


The down side:    First year or so was good, but eventually ended up with so many TERRIBLE  ESLs (some were downright impossible), no matter how hard I worked, could not pay the bills.  You may get lucky if you can manage to dodge those accounts.


Might be worth a try.  Good luck to you with whatever you decide.   


Question about Vianeta. sm
Anyone use or has currently use this awful software?  I just started a job using it and my line counts are SO LOW!!!!! When I compared the line count in other programs, it is just not right!  I don't think I will be with this particular company long at all.
Vianeta = Crap
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VIANETA PLATFORM-DO YOU LIKE?
Anyone have experience with this platform?  TIA.
vianeta users
Anyone out there know of MTSO's using Vianeta and need out?
Vianeta is a little flaky, sm
but is really easy to use.  This particular company, from what I have read over the past few days, is not something I would want to get involved with.
Response ria Vianeta below. sm
It is a total platform.  It works differently on different company systems.  Overall it is good, but it can cut out a lot.  Word clone.  Not hard to get used to.
Vianeta Platform

Can anyone provide any insight to the Vianeta Platform?  Any info appreciated!


 


TIA 


I used Vianeta at 2 different companies.
One job you couldn't do line counts, the other company you could, using a different program.  Both companies Vianeta spellcheck so bad, had to copy to a Word document and use my own spellcheck.  This is what the companies told us to do!
Anyone know of any MTSO's using Vianeta
Anyone out there know of any MTSO's using Vianeta software?  Could you let me know?
Vianeta was awful...
They still had Vianeta when I left, also another bad platform. The person who you were referring to as the sister (will not name) has been in and out of the office because of the issues you mentioned. I liked her, but the day I had my interview she was screaming at someone over the phone and I almost did not take the job there because of it! I think it is a good company for MTs because of the pay, if you can get an account that has good work on it.
How bizarre! Vianeta was the previous sm
platform used by my employer.  I actually liked it.  There were some days when it was slow, but overall I would not be afraid to use it.  Different companies use it, so it must be tweaked for the individual companies I would imagine. 
How is Vianeta platform like to work on?
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