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It is not the most MT-friendly platform, that's for sure, but if the company sm

Posted By: LTMT on 2009-02-01
In Reply to: Any tips/hints/advice, fellow MTs??? - Been Awhile (SM)

is a good one, I wouldn't pass it up just because of Meditech.  I am using it for the first time, and after a month I no longer loathe it like I did, but I cannot honestly say it is my favorite.  It IS rather clunky and antiquated.  Fortunately, ShortHand works as an expander, so that helps, and one of the pluses of the Meditech system is the ability to access lab, medications, other reports, etc.


Good luck to you.  I am sure your trainer will have some helpful tips, or at least I hope so.





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Good luck to you. If you need flexibility, a decent line rate and don't mind being SE without benefits - go for it.

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First they use the Futurenet platform which is VERY user friendly.

however, there is a discrepancy in line counts.  They tend to try to use the line count that the FNET program gives.  I wrote down character count with spaces for each document and found that at the end of the day the FNET program shorted me anywhere from 50 to 75 lines per day.  The good news is you submit a line count sheet at the end of the pay period and they pay you off your sheet.  So if you keep track like I did, you won't get shorted.


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As that company uses their platform would imagine
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I find it very user friendly. nm
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Is it relatively user friendly and fast? nm
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