Read down the board. Mentioned just 2 posts below yours and mentioned
Posted By: GC on 2006-05-18
In Reply to: Pros and cons of Medware, please. nm - I checked the archives; would like current input.
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They have been mentioned frequently lately. Read
the archives and you'll find lots of answers.
It was mentioned on this board that they -sm
never pay on time, so I wasn't in the least surprised when they told me about their payment method.
Old posts mentioned nonpayment issues. nm
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Do a search on this board. It has been mentioned many times. nm.
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Search this board! DRC mentioned last week... NM
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On another board, every time MedScribe is mentioned, SM
there is one particular person who jumps in with the story that she ws never paid by them, and then the company does not get discussed. So you have not experienced this problem and are relativey happy working there? I just looked at their website and it actually looked like a good company from what is there, and their ad looks promising also. Might just be worth checking out, but on that other board, you're just never able to find out anything! I'm so glad you posted. I also found out they hire ICs so maybe they'd let some MTs start out part-time to see if they liked it or were, as we say, a good fit LOL
Never heard of them mentioned on either job board. Site
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Have you read the posts on the MQ board?? You might
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if you ever read the posts over on the MQ board sm
lots of those folks didn't believe what they were told either. It just took a few years to really hit them. Now they are all screaming.
The poster has a right to post what she did. The other posters also have a right to post the positive posts they have. I am glad they did post. I just wish I had known all this before I went to work for LM, I would have weighed all this out and been more careful as far as looking for signs that I was not going to get paid, i.e., I wouldn't have done as much work the first pay period until I saw that I did get paid on time.
Just read the posts on this board from SS Management
It's obvious NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT ALL! Rude, stupid people running this company. That's why they have such a high turnover. They can't keep anyone! Hello! I mean, look, this is a good example of how dense the mgt of SS is: They post awful, rude, childish CRAP on this board and then try to tell you, oh, things have changed, it's not like that anymore. Yeah, right...
I'm sure you'very read many posts about mandatory OT on this board.
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It's the big O not the one you mentioned
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Yes, it was mentioned... SM
and explained. Transition to new MTSO not going smoothly -- acct could come back at some point but DO NOT hold your breath! Bottom Line: Same-old, same-old -- Onward and upward, think positive, etc. No dramatic announcements other than big push to get everyone on same platform. :-))
EMR...should have mentioned
Our EMR system did cut down on some things for us typists. The medications and allergies were already in the patient's chart and therefore pulled through into the document (office visit letter) that the doctor created himself the day of the visit. If there were changes to those meds, he would dictate the changes. If there were no changes, he would state that. That was one less thing for us to type. It didn't change things for us greatly because we got paid hourly, but I'm sure that would cut lines out of someone who gets paid production. It was a very new concept for our office at the time. We had 21 physicians and 7 NP's so I can safely say half hated it and half loved it. Some doctor's refused to go completely paperless and would always ask us to print hard copies of the latest test results and that allowed them to not have their faces glued to a laptop and actually pay attention to the patient. I have not yet experienced the EMR/EHR system as an actual patient. I'm sure I would be really alarmed at not getting to spend time with my doctor and instead only see the top of their head as they are clicking around in my virtual chart. There are definitely pros and cons and I can see both. As for it completely wiping out transcriptionists -- I have my doubts. Dragon software years ago was supposed to have wiped us out as a profession and look what happened to that. I know VR is a huge thing, but that too is still creating jobs. I tend to be more optimistic. The only thing constant in this world is change and we have 2 choices -- embrace that change and roll with the punches or sit and complain about it and make things worse. Nothing is ever certain so I guess we will just have to wait and see. No one can predict the future.
It has been mentioned that some
companies have increased the cpl when the client requires VBC.
The companies you mentioned
Company 1: Good company if you like ESLs. They have lots of accounts in areas that teem with ESLs. For them, I would choose QA.
Company 2: This company has had more conflicts than Carter's liver pills, and the turnover is outrageous. The problem is that they are always out of work. They overhire, then nobody has any work. Lots of big wheels. Public company and making millions but the MLS's as they call them don't get the money. They promote from within. They are going to speech recognition and cutting pay in half. Forget them totally.
Company 3 outsources like crazy and hires people who don't know what they are doing. Just started decent benefits. Moving to speech recognition. They do not stay in "touch" with the real workers who keep them afloat. If you are not an insider you will go nowhere with them. Forget them.
Company 4: I would shoot for a QA or editing job since you have the experience. There is some pettiness but you don't have to be that way and the managers don't expect you to be. Good benefits and stable company.
Even with some of the problems mentioned here,
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No one has mentioned my company yet
LOL!!! Sad, but true... Don't like my company either.
Several people have mentioned that they have
been hired for the account. I have also been hired for the account.
P.S. You mentioned archives
when you searched. I believe that will give you only older info. Try searching without going into the archives - you'll find some more recent posts, some negative, some positive. Just confirming again, though, that my experience has been very positive.
Do you have to use their computer still? Mentioned somewhere in
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The ESL load has been mentioned as being a very
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Me too - Transtech was never mentioned by OP
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Here's a few places that have been mentioned..sm..
Accuscribe, DSG, Echo Sten-Tel, Execuscribe (just started using it recently), InTouchMI, MQ, and VanBelkum.
No name was mentioned and how many people
even know who the recruiter was.
I don't get it. This Kim person is mentioned all
I guess you don't want to say anything against someone here. There is also Debbie mentioned for TransTech. 
As I mentioned in another post...sm
what a great way for terrorist organizations to infiltrate the US.
exactly. That's why I also mentioned POOL
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Quite a few posters have mentioned doing this..nm
Which one mentioned hourly?
Was it M.L. or was it the female? Just curious. I can't understand why they won't pull the escription MTs who don't have work - over to the Dictaphone accounts that they are scrambling to hire for.
It seems really dumb to lose some of those MTs because they are quitting due to no work and then be desperately trying to find new hires for the dictaphone accounts.
They are only making things worse because those lies are catching up with them and they will have fewer and fewer people applying because the word is out.
ok.. but names were mentioned x2
A name was mentioned x2 in the tts nasty post and was not removed...
It's so important to her that she mentioned it not once
Maybe it's just my perception, but that post came off as really pretty arrogant. I know things can be conveyed wrong in writing but she does not sound like she would be a pleasant person to work for, that's for sure. The whole tone of the post made me go EEK...
All those "occupations" you mentioned are
fine but most businesses, even small mom and pop ones, have so many hoops to jump through to even get started. Then there's the ugly taxes to pay, too.
I'm trying to figure out a business I could get into without all the crap. Sick of all the hoops. Even crafters have to have a license if they sell at shows and our farmer's market has the list of names of everyone that has a stand there that they must turn over to the government if asked, even if someone is just trying to make a buck in something temporary, like selling all their attic treasures.
I'll be able to retire soon. DH says I better sign up as soon as I can, but I'm still paying off bills after his surgery, so it's impossible. I need another 3 years to get on top. Anyway, when I didn't pay SS taxes for 3 years (no job), my SS $$ went down from $1000 to $200 a month and after 10 years, I'm now at the $800 /month mark now. Who can live on that?
I already work at the first one you mentioned and leaving for
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as mentioned, not a big demand for it whatsoever - sm
because of the fact that it can be outsourced. However, there are hospitals in very very remote areas that do not want to or cannot outsource, usually a very small hospital with outdated equipment, etc., - those were the travel assignments.
Forgot about benefits you mentioned. I don't have
their benefits so I don't know how they work or what the requirement is to get them. It is much cheaper to purchase an individual policy in most cases when you work for any MT company. Very rarely do they actually have good insurance.
You mentioned benefits. They only hire ICs.
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I have no desire to go to MQ, never mentioned it in my post. nm
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Don't Precyse and the other company you mentioned
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How can you be so defensive? nothing was mentioned about India -nm
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Plus, their QA on the account you mentioned is INSANE
If you're not one of their personal favorites, they will keep picking, picking, picking, tearing your work apart making sure you have at least a few errors - you know earth-shattering, life-threatening ones like putting a comma somewhere they don't approve of, just to make SURE you don't get that highest pay rate. Then next time you change it to what they said it was supposed to be last time it's wrong that way too - you have to have mistakes on your reports you know!
Power trip from hell, and messing with people.
No thanks.
Are they still in business? They used to be mentioned years ago on MTD. nm
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No competitive website was mentioned by
name. Someone asked where something was posted and I said it was posted at another job website.
That told nothing. It could have been one in a million places.
They did?!! How long has this been in place? Never see it mentioned in their ads. Sure it was
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Anon, you mentioned a website...
where you took a test and not 10 minutes after the recruiter called? Could you give any info on that.
Thanks
Very sad to be unhappy at MQ
It is mentioned in Devastated's second post.
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I've mentioned before that I was impressed
I made it partially through training and my Mom passed away; so I had to postpone. Once I went back a few weeks later, unfortunately, the schedule was not the same, but I do not hold that against Transcend. The recruiter was very understanding and they wanted to give me another chance, but it was due to the workflow. I would HIGHLY recommend Transcend. They are the only ones I have dealt with as far as nationals go that were very communicative and very, very understanding. There will always be bumps, but if you have the big tires the bumps don't hurt as much! HAHA! Anyway, nice people, nice place!
I don't think the Transolutions mentioned has any connection to (sm)
the Transolutions based here in the United States. When I clicked on the link of Transolutions from the above website, it brought up a completely different Transolutions than the US-based company?!? Not sure what is going on, but it sure doesn't look like the same company...
Don' feel bac about one company you mentioned
not communicating, or acknowledging your resume. This MT actually works for them and does not get answers to e mails, and there has been no work on what I was hired to do. All a mystery as to the no answering e mails business and the not acknowledging. This is a strategy which I believe most often backfires.
Nobody mentioned Lovey-Dovey but you.
I don't think that is what the poster you are nicely attacking was saying at all. You are just over-interpreting her comments and attacking, all in a rather passive-aggressive manner. Just making up more drama to add to the mix. Its just so kindergarten to tell people to stay away when they voice their opinions and actually answer a question. Were you the one who threw all the shovels out of the sandbox unless you got the color you wanted? Were you the one who grabbed all the empty swings and tangled them up just so nobody, including you, could swing? Sheesh. Grow up!
Thank you. Someone had mentioned that they had trouble getting lines. Is
there a reason for that. Did you like the accounts they have.
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