Not a spring board to MT
Posted By: sm on 2006-04-04
In Reply to: Thanks for the quick responses! s/m - searching
You won't get experience to get an MT job from CS. You will, however, get used to working from home, working on production, dealing with feedback, digital dictation, and different dictators, all of which is very valuable if you eventually want to pursue MT.
Just Google work at home moms and you will probably find it.
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That happened to me last spring from
TT. I received an e mail stating I was being let go because I never returned a call when they tried to reach me by phone. They said I could be rehired in 3 months. I wrote an e mail back saying I never received any phone call, nor did my husband. And, if they needed to talk to me, why didn't they e mail to begin with on the same e mail they were sending this let go notice to begin with? I think they had overhired and then wanted everyone on VR, and I was doing straight typing and I was not a cheap asset. I don't know what happened, but I certainly did not reapply in 3 months. It seems to go in cycles with that company, they hire lots in the fall, with a lot of great posts on the board, and then lots of turn over in the spring. Wondering if it has anything to do with benfits kicking in, etc.
Another way to let someone go is when you are a contractor, and suddenly your account is pulled and you have no work and they don't reassign. That happened at 1 company I worked with. Apparently they lost a clinic I was typing, and when I asked the owner, she said there was nothing wrong with my work. She gave me no answer as to why I did not have another account. I sent numerous e mails, and they said nothing was wrong, yet I never received work. I eventually stopped logging in and checking. I guess they were stringing me along, or I was stupid and took a long time to get the message.
No matter, I work employee at 1 great company and 1 IC in another and turned out to be in the right places after all. Sometimes you just run into companies with bad policies/communication and turnover, and you have to move on anyway. Good luck to you!
Yes, last week was not too hot. Spring Break sm
I have 4 accounts I can work on and I do about every day of the week, right now. We have new accounts coming in the near future too.
This is not permanent. I have changed my shift hours so I get a sort of a peak time of plenty of work on a couple of my accounts. I hope that change is not going to be permanent, but if it is, I am okay.
My STM says it was spring break in the Pacfic sm
Northwest, where lots of our accounts are located. I see today already work has significantly picked up on 3 of the 5 accts that I work on.
Just a fluke, I think.
Yes, I have 3 accts now, started the end of the spring.
They are willing to cross-train you if you are willing and good in order to keep you busy. You start with 1 account and after you are let off QA and type on that for a while you can get a secondary, etc. This has been my best job in years.
I will take one with a skirt, preferably spring colors. nm
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They were bought by Nuance in the spring of 2007.
And apparently they feel that stating that fact makes them sound more respectable, I guess. Nuance also owns Dictaphone and Escription.
I heard an interesting segment on NPR this spring ...
-- quote -- Many health care professionals agree — but there is growing skepticism among doctors, administrators and computer specialists who say the costs of implementing a comprehensive tracking system will outweigh any cost-saving benefits. -- end quote --
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It's important to keep in mind that doctors dictating most hospital reports (pathology, imaging are different) are NOT being paid for their time and effort ... the transcription is paid for by the hospital in order to provide the HOSPITAL with documentation THEY need for JACHO ... yes, the doctors do get a copy for their records and some reports are used by those doctors to justify billing for services (surgeons) ... but except where doctors NEED these reports -- Radiology/Pathology/Cath Lab -- most often in contracted joint venture based services -- the doctors often already feel exploited (not to mention being on all sorts of committes gratis as well).
For many private practice doctors, as you can hear in their voices, the time they spend dictating is the longest private quiet time they get all day.
Apparently (another NPR segment I cant find) even Doctors Offices -- which have paid out of pocket for EMR to enhance their practices -- are not properly using it -- to much trouble and bother
(Don't know but I would quess the same old same old military-industrial complex types are the heavy investors in this new technology)
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link to article here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102481028
other article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102360638
What season is THAT? Late spring/early summer? .. sm
or the figment of some MTSO's imagination or latest line of BS??
It's neither. It's ALWAYS slow this time of year, between Spring Break and Easter.
By the week after next we'll be drowning in work.
Not too bad. It's spring holidays and people are on vacation. Should pick up anytime. nm
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MedQuisters, topics from the Company board are being moved to the MedQuist board. MQ posts on
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Thank you,
Administrator
Are you the same condescending person the word board? I thought this was called "Company Board.&#
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Didn't you post this on 03/04/06 on both the Company Board and the Hospital/Clinic MT Board?
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This was moved from main board to company board. Replies don't transfer. nm
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This is the Company Board. You should have posted on tech board. nm
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there is a board for local talk. this is company board. thx
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Posted on wrong board. Plz see Seekers board.
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Sorry! Wrong board. Reposted on Main board. NM
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There is a comedy board...put your remarks on that board. nm
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Then this is the "Unprofessional" MT board. Pulic board,
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I can't give you the name of the message board, but it is not a free message board (HINT). There
Monitor, I hope this post is okay.
You already have your own board. Now you want a board for the ones who leave??
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Never Not on this board.
whee
I'm on this board again because I keep
I've been donig this for 10 years and can't remember running out this time of the year. Is anyone else slow. 
Sorry, this should have been on the MQ board. nm
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probably more for another board, but...
In response to the posts about Christmas, I remember the good old days when the Jewish radiologist I worked for took the whole staff out for a big Christmas dinner and gave us all generous bonuses. We in turn gave him and his wife Hanukkah gifts. It's called mutual respect and being big enough to accept and respect each others' differences without taking away anyone's right to celebrate according to their own beliefs.
Where is the MQ board? (SM)
See the links to specialty boards to the left. Medquist is the 4th link from the top.
Moderator
TT's ads all over job board!!!
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Look on the job board
someone on this board once said that they (sm)
give you a line raise after you are taken off 100% QA. I was never told that and did not get it.
Board changes (SM)
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Goldbird
there was a job on the other board sm
that was paying 7 cpl for MT and part time supervisor. I don't think so.
I was just on the La. board looking for La. MTs.
I never see any postings from MTs of Louisiana and when I asked a question concerning LA MTs I would never get an answer. What part of Louisiana are you located. Do you work as an IC or employee or for a hospital? I have been trying to get an estimate on what Louisiana MTs are paid as I think the amount that I was told by the hospital was too low.
If it is the one from the Job board
Then that is Terry and they are out of St. Louis MO. I currently work for them. Good company to work for. Terry is very enthusiastic about MT. I enjoy the accounts, very low ESL if that is a selling point for you. We also have always had plenty of work and if ever I've run out I just let Terry know and she hooks me up with another account to fill my time.
HTH.
MQ has their own board because they are the
BIGGEST MTSO. Spheris will not allow employees to post anywhere anytime anything about them. Spheris joined up with Indian forces long, long ago in a HUGE volume. I have even read articles from Indian papers and Spheris, with Spheris wanting to reduce its US workload by half at least in order to use Indian labor. I have heard Spheris pay per line is very low. Not putting MQ up on a pedestal. I have worked for both, and Spheris is evil #1, though they keep a very low secretive profile.
I just saw on the job board
@ mtjobs.com QDPRN allows the choice of Word or Wordperfect also. So there seems to be companies out there still using Word.
Could you please tell me how to look at this board?
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there were some on this board
when FN changed your pay from per report to per line (I think that is what they did). Those posts would be further down, around the date you were switched. If you do a search, you should be able to bring them up and then you can email the posters if you want.
Is this the info you are looking for?
Isn't that what this board is for?
I do agree with the above post - the Pro-KS people just haven't had a bad experience yet - but that doesn't mean it won't happen, they just won't be prepared when it does. Those of us who had bad or miserable experiences with KS should not be ridiculed for speaking our opinion or telling our stories. KS has had a clear-free ride on this board for a long time and it was about time for someone to start the rant on them that has happened today. They could not hide behind a gleeming reputation forever and get away with it. I am so happy that I beat them to the punch, as I described in a previous post - and now I enjoy working for another company that has been bashed on this board off and on for a long time, but I have no complaints. I have plenty of work and good lead people. Not everything is perfect, but what job is perfect. And, as with KS, I always try to stay a step ahead - and watch for signs that things are going awry. It pays off in the long run.
But is job board
Not for job ads? Seems they are advertising for business, not MTs.
because this is a board where MTs
voice their fears and concerns. DAAAAAAA
TT board
I meant, what is it you know?
It's the second ad down on the job board
I see it's from October, so I don't know if they are hiring right now or not. Haven't heard.
Job Board
Anyone know anything about Silent Type??
I don't think it is a TT board, per se (sm)
I think a TT employee started it. The company knows about it but I don't think they are involved in it. I tried getting on it, but I couldn't figure out how, something about a Yahoo group password and then enabling pop ups, or some such foolery, anyway I'm not that computer savvy, so I gave up.
job board
How does one get to be job board to post a resume? Am looking for companies that work for very small facilities, 50 beds or less.
MQ has their own board. You'd probably have
more success there. Sounds like there are lots of people ready to jump ship judging by the posts here the last couple of days.
With this board, they don't need
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TT board
I don't know if I am allowed to say it here, but yes, they do. E-mail me for info.
IMT job on job board....sm
This is a company based in India. This Chloe person.
Get off our board!
We do not need such nasty comments on our board! I love being and MT and find it quite interesting so go find something/someone else to bash and get out of here!
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