Meditech
Posted By: anon on 2007-04-01
In Reply to: Keystrokes employees using Meditech - Would like info
I have been working on the Meditech platform for one month, so I am fairly new. I am averaging only 100 to 125 lines per hour. I still have to refer to the instructions for things like, for example, how to close up spaces. It is a bit inconvenient to have to go through a bunch of screens before I start typing. I guess I would have to say I do not like the Meditech platform! I do have easy dictators, though. I am not a newbie; I have over 20 years of medical transcription experience, by the way.
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screen and is like WP5.1. It is a bit cumbersome but not bad once you get used to it.
The other is Meditech Client, which is WONDERFUL. It opens into Word and populates the demographics for you.
Neither are bad once you get used to them. I make great money using Magic and a lot of others complain about it.
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Will anyone having typed on Meditech system please tell me what it's like? Is it user friendly? Thank you very much.
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Meditech is okay once you are used to it AND if you can use Instant Text rather than those clumsy combinatio keys to do your macros. I think it has improved since I used it about 6 years ago. It is a BIG change from WP or MSWord, sort of like taking a giant step backwards.
meditech
I thank you for all of your comments. I do use Instant Text so would definitely want to be able to use that with Meditech system. But it actually doesn't sound like something I'd really like doing, from what I've read. More negatives than positives so far.
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I use Meditech for radiology for windows, have been for 10 years. Over the years we have upgraded the program several times. I think it just depends on if the hospital is up to date on the programming. I took a second account that used Meditech and I don't know if the hospital was behind or the MTSO just did not understand the program like I do. For rad, after each report you do have to go through a series of screens before the report is saved. But that is just me. Another hospital could be different.
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Anybody know which companies use Meditech?
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Spheris uses Meditech.
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I have been working in Meditech with Citrix Server now for 2-1/2 years and it's the pits. Even with new updates all the time, it will never compare to today's modern platforms.
Right..I do ERs on Meditech..(nm)
Is this Meditech?
If it is a slow platform, then you'll need at least 9.5 cpl just to make a go of it! 
Meditech
Place you a sticky note or short note pad to your monitor with the function key commands. Where you were referring to closing spaces, were you talking about joining lines? Go to the end of the sentence and space, then do Shift F6; this joins your sentence together. Do you mind telling me the account you are own? Send it to my email. I will be starting soon and was wondering about the account. Thanks.
Meditech
Very easy to learn, but you need a high-speed internet connection
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Don't like Meditech
There are too many screens to go through before you actually type. I can't get more than 125 lines an hour no matter what. Others do like Meditech, though. This is only my personal opinion.
Meditech
Jill, you have to go through screens and it is a database, which is hard to find a rhythm, but some really like it. It lags and goes down a lot, so be prepared to save your document if it is way long because if that connection gives out on you there goes your report. I would suggest being prepared to really lose money with Meditech at first. There are much better platforms out there. Meditech is a hospital program so it so drawn and bogged down with users especially during peak hours. Good luck whatever you decide. 
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I absolutely love MediTech! But then again I was there during installation and I am a superuser in RAD, OE and PCI modules so I comes a lot quicker.
I quit a facility that I still go back and work part time at and I can pick right up and I actually put out more work there. Of course it works better when you are working at the facility. Dial up would be hell due to the hang ups. If you are not familiar with medications and terminology it's tricky because it technically has NO medical dictionary. Keep Stedman's by. If you are working on a Word based system you should have access to your medical dictionary and then it converts back to meditech. When I type for this company at home I type in word and then I go to thier facility and copy and paste into meditech. I have to fix the bold and underlying which will not convert using C&P method but it saves me a 2 hour driving time. Just make sure you always spell check from the top of a document or it will tell you there are no errors! Both Rad and Order Entry have data entry sections but when you get the hang of it you can fly right through those. Use the canned text/expander a lot. In order entry or departmental typing for acute care stuff, when typing directly in the module, I don't have to send my reports right back so I actually hold them and then spellcheck and print all at once since spell check is so slow. Good luck. Hope that's not my part time job you're taking! 
If you cannot get around in Meditech to get more than 100 lph, than you sm
are not trying very hard. The hospital I work for outsourced our work to another company and I went to work for them (not Keystrokes). I have used Meditech Magic and Meditech Client and a strange one that is half-way between the two and never have had a problem getting more than 200 lph. I use an Expander and really use it a lot.
Then again, I used to love WP5.1 and it is very similar.
Different strokes for different folks.
are you on the meditech
platform and making 20,000 plus lines a payperiod?
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Typing on Meditech is driving me INSANE. I find myself wandering away from the computer and not being able to stay focused as I really do not like the platform. It is SO antiquated. It needs to be sold to India for a tax credit or something.
Never used Meditech.
what is blech about it?
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Any info on this platform?
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I asked the recruiter this same question and she wasn't sure. She's suppose to double check with the tech ppl and email me, however her manager told her that since DocQScribe is a proprietary platform and Meditech is not, they probably wouldn't be able to save any of my expanders. So I won't get my hopes up, but Meditech already has lots of commonly used macros already installed so all I'll have to do is customize. At least that's the way it was last time I had used Meditech. If that's the case then it won't be nearly as bad as say starting from scratch.
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How do you create your own templates? And what did you mean by the F-key thing?
I just started an account using Meditech. I am getting a run-around about short cut/macros. I think they dont want to tell me anything that will cause them to pay me more ya know.
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Does anyone know if there is a place you can download instructions for Meditech use? (I couldn't find anything on internet, but would be interested in having copy to refer to.) Thanks!
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Can you use any of the word Expanders with this? How about autocorrect from Word? Any input is appreciated.
I don't know about Meditech, but
I'm on DocQScribe and will be starting a new job that uses Bayscribe. The new employer told me that they should be able to convert my Expanders for use in Bayscribe (in about 90% of the cases). I would definitely check with tech support for Meditech and see.
BTW, you don't happen to work for the Q, do you?
Not too much about Meditech
I worked on that for many years, and it is not transcription friendly at all. There should be plenty of posts on this.
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is typing right in the main frame interface.
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I used Meditech with a C-phone for 3 years and thought I would lose my mind. It is a very old archaic-type platform and not conducive to production. Needless to say, you will not make much money with this platform.
Meditech ?
I know the account I am on uses Meditech Word Client but you do not have to have the Word program on your computer so they provide the hospital web-based Meditech for you to use.
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Thanks so much for your response. I did not like working on the Meditech Magic which was horrendous (I think a spelled that right) LOL. Thanks.
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Most of our Meditech clients have recently upgraded. It however depends on what account you are being considered for. I'm not sure we have any still on the old Magic.
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I am looking for a company that uses Meditech. I very much prefer this particular platform. Would appreciate any info you might be able to offer. Thanks.
It was Meditech
nm
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I just got through using it for a hospital that I work PT for. I do not like it period. To me it is not MT friendly at all. I have been offered a job FT using it but I have used it for 4 years just for extra money. I am not sure if I want to use it FT though but I do not like the place that I work for now FT, so PT boss offered me a FT position with him. I use the Internet to do work and I do not have any othe programs open. I can type faster than it is put on the screen which drives me crazy. There are 3 of that use high speed from home and we all have the same problems. We all use Comcast. When asked the hospital why it is so slow they say it is on our end. Wish they would change but not likely. I wish it was word or something else.
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I've had limited experience with Meditech and found it very clumsy and archaic. Perhaps had I stayed with the platform longer I would have gotten used to it and enjoyed it, but I wasn't thrilled with it, to say the least. Other MTs may not have a problem with it, though.
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I like Meditech because it is like WP5.1. sm
I use ShortHand for a lot of phrases and words and can do over 2000 lines a day. There are a lot of people that complain about it, but it is really just straight typing with no formatting.
I have seen people complain about lag time, screen size, etc. If you have those problems, it could be a setting.
I think it may be because I am not the fastest Transcriptionist though because my DIL is also an MT. Her fingers are much faster than mine, and Meditech was not good for her.
I just plod along and use my Shorthand and get 250 lines an hour.
Another thing about Meditech is that you can see old reports, change reports and look up doctors' past reports to get samples. I could never work on a program where that is not possible.
Good luck to you! Make sure whoever you work for trains you well on there, and you will end up liking Meditech quickly.
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Has your line count improved? I have yet to get over 30 minutes and the systems lags terribly. The tech support is great and has taken all the search screens off the top to just the basic one that comes with Explorer but still having to wait for it to catch up to what you type and deleting ends up omitting. The downfall is their spell checker is not the greatest on this platform.
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I currently work on Meditech but on cable. I have talked with other girls who work on Meditech that have tried satellite and they said that it was not at all compatible but did not elaborate. Sorry, I know this does not help much.
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You will love MediTech!
It does not take long to learn.
It is mainly about matching the right patient with the right date of service and doctor.
Also, if you are not working with a nationwide company,
you can look up lab values, CT scan reports, x-ray reports, and a lot of other data to help make your document clean.
If I can help further, just let me know.
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Meditech will work with satellite but the lag time is horrible, worse than dialup. I have worked with Meditech Magic for the last 9 years. It is not user friendly and slower than offsite even with fastest DSL/cable. Lots of function key usage. Since the facility can setup limited access for each individual, access to PCI would be wonderful for old records search. IT does work with Meditech.
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I remember transcribing into Meditech at MQ (before their new platform). I think that was DOS.
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