Shorthand is included in their software, and yes you can sm
Posted By: LTMT on 2007-06-21
In Reply to: Webmedx - information - MT
use the internet -- you have to be connected in order to do the work.
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Shorthand IS the name of the software program.
Here's a link to download it if you'd like to try it free for 30 days.
http://www65.pair.com/lim/shorthand/
Yes, Shorthand. They have an address datatbase that is in Shorthand, so that's what they sm
prefer you use. nm
I probably should have included the hospital...
...in the addressees. My point was that this penny-wise-pound-foolish approach to cost cutting is creating a monster, whether it's the client hospital or the MTSO making the decision to go VR. (I've never gotten through my skull how it's more cost-effective to send work offshore, that needs to be completely reconstructed by QA here.) I guess that once you have developed the software and installed the system VR works for free and cheaper editing labor would cost much less than having it transcribed by an MT in the first place. But at what additional cost? These reports end up in court as part of law suits. You would think a hospital would prefer to get it right rather than cheap, wouldn't you? But aren't these the same hospitals that cut nursing staff, then work the remaining nurses into the ground because overtime is cheaper than paying benefits for more employees? Maybe we just have to face that, like the buggy whip makers a century ago, our skills are no longer required.
Spaces included
I have been with Fast Chart over 2 years. They DO pay for spaces and the paperwork confirms it. They also compensate for headers. The Radiology and Acute Care pays the most, 9 cents I think. Most importantly they have work.
I think the template info should be included
My reasoning is that I believe part of the reason line counts are dropping is, due to automation with computers, expanders, etc., MTs are able to produce greater lines in less time than they were able to produce on typewriters. JMO (but I really don't think it's JMO, I think it's a fact).
I once had a group practice client, which included ...sm
6 physicians. The most irritating one was the doc from India who had been in the U.S. for at least 15 years (I know this because I went to school with his children), and refused to even work on losing at least a small part of his accent. He was so ridiculous, and each time I typed his work, I said to myself I swear this guy purposely works at keeping his thick accent just to irritate me! Interestingly, 2 of his partners in the practice were ESL (had only been in the U.S. for 1-2 years), and their accent was much less severe. These were younger docs, who in my opinion, made an effort to get with the program if they want to practice medicine here! I do believe that people can actually make themselves hold onto their accents. I have a friend who is from the south (She has lived near me in the SE part of the country for 20 years) and she continues to have a strong southern accent. She has not lived in the south since she was a small child. I tease her about it.
I don't have a life insurance deduction .. $10,000 is included sm
in my health insurance premium, and since I am single, that is enough for me. 
It would be nice if when looking for a new job that the line rate be included
I know I personally have applied to jobs only to find out in the interview that the line rate is ridiculous.
Yes they do; 65-character line, spaces included NM
ANY federal money - included Medicare and almost
I could be wrong, but I read it to mean ANY federal money which includes Medicare/Medicaid, and there are probably not too many hospitals, clinics, or private doctor's offices that do not have at least 1 Medicare/Medicaid patient. Seems to me they would not be too worried about all the listed countries for off-shoring if it was only VA, since there was already a big stink about off-shoring VA records. But then, as I said, I could be reading it wrong. I guess only time will tell.
They told me their cpl included spaces at hire but when I got the first check
My paycheck was 10% less than I billed, and when I told them I didn't get paid what I invoiced, they said they never pay for spaces and never have and never SAID they did ..... Liars. I had to stick with them after that because it was my only job at the time (but I definitely started looking for another company after that). THEN another time, their payroll girl went on vacation & they said we wouldn't get paid until she got BACK, about 10 days AFTER scheduled pay date!!  Paychecks were occasionally late, also. I would NEVER recommend them to anyone. Ever.
PS - pay based on 65-char line, SPACES INCLUDED. SM
Also paid for weekend work, 2nd and 3rd shift differential. Bonus plan based on production.
Word-based, expander included, easy to use...NM
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'Nother poster also wondering if spaces are included in that line pay?? nm
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When I worked in-house, we were part of the SEIU, but that included even nurses. SM
After I had quit, I heard they decided to go with the UAW.
It means characters that are printed in black and white - no spaces included. nm
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Shorthand
Hi, I asked this question on the equipment board, but I haven't received any messages from anyone there, so I hope you don't mind my posting it here:
I've just started using the Shorthand expander and I love it, but I'm hoping someone will be able to tell me how to get it to capitalize the first letter of new sentences in a word document platform. It expands better than any program I've ever used, but it doesn't cap the first letter in the sentence and it would be So helpful if it did.
If anyone can share how to do that with me, I'd really appreciate it!! Or,if it can't be done please let me know that also:) Thanks in advance!!
Shorthand
I understand how to make a word capitalized if it's one of the entries in shorthand, but I'm talking about having the first word in any sentence come out capped even if it's not something I'm expanding. I do appreciate your answers, I really do, but they still don't address what I'm trying to do. I want to be able to type along and have the first letter of any given sentence be capped without doing it manually...like you normally can do when just typing along in Word and using autocorrect....except that I don't use autocorrect any longer and now use just ShortHand..and thought there must be a way to set it up to use that command of capping the first word in new sentences. That's what I need to know about:)
For the replies about how to set this up in autocorrect, I thank you, but if you notice I'm Not using autocorrect as when I copy and paste part of a report into my Word document, the copying and pasting procedure completely turns off autocorrect...but it doesn't bother ShortHand and I can still use my expanders in ShortHand..whereas nothing will expand from autocorrect if the text has been pasted in the document.
shorthand
Can you type in emdat using shorthand? I had always heard Expanders did not work with the program and would mess it up.
Yes, I use Shorthand. I still was using PRD+ and was able sm
to convert it, so I was very happy. It is amazing how many entries you end up with.
I still think that PRD+ is better but I am used to ShortHand now.
Shorthand & TA
Although you can't use ShortHand with TA. Fast Chart can import your word list into TAspeed for you to use so you don't have to recreat your list.
Shorthand
If you are trying to get an Expander that works in windows in general (email, ftp, any program)--then I use shorthand. I use it a lot when typing emails or anything really..good luck.
Or what about Shorthand? nm
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shorthand
I use MS Word the auto correct and Expanders and that seems to work fine. What would be different if I went to Instant Text or Flash Type of one of those? And what is a good one to use?
Shorthand?
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Yes. I'm at TT and use Shorthand.
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Can you use shorthand
with IChart? Thanks!
PC Shorthand
work very well with MediTech
with shorthand, you don't have to --sm
*fiddle with it*, it just works on it's own. I hated IT. Still have it in the box with an inch of dust on it. What a waste of a huge amount of money! with shorthand, you just start typing and any words entered into its dictionary by yu just expand on their own. Wish I had the money back I had spent on InstanText..180.00 as opposed to 29.99 ...um, gee, I don't know which to choose! *fiddling with it* to get it to work as opposed to just typing...hmmm.
Shorthand
I use ShortHand and love it.
I also use PC Shorthand...
...and really like it. It is easy to learn and easy to use. As one of the other posters said, you can get a 30-day free trial. Nothing to lose.
Why don't you just use Shorthand to...
ctrl+N/header/enter.
If you don't want to do that you can still use SH to expand into the header field. You don't have to manually type it out or pick from the list.
For numbered lists it's 1 keystroke - ctrl+L.
Very easy.
Will we be able to use our ShortHand with the new WMX VR? nm
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Shorthand shortcut
May I ask the name of the shorthand shortcut software you use?
How did you get shorthand to work with it?
Deb H said they did not think it would.
ExText. And I am able to use my Shorthand with it. nm
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Shorthand/Smartype
Hi: Only Shorthand is and they recommend it.
It comes with Shorthand or use autocorrect.
I like the system
DocQscribe and Shorthand
Does ShortHand work with the DocQScribe platform? Thanks
I think it's a yes to all. I use ShortHand. Waiting to be set up for the
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Keystrokes allows you to use Shorthand
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I love shorthand
Its compatible with everything because it runs independently. So you can be doing email or Word, or WP or be working on a specific platform and it will work for you.
How do you bold in ShortHand? nm
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THIS IS HOW YOU BOLD IN SHORTHAND
{@KEY ctrl+b}?{@KEY ctrl+b}
Copy this, put it in the text, where the ? mark is add what you want, like {@KEY ctrl+b}CHIEF COMPLAINT{@KEY ctrl+b} I put ccbx (the bx is to determine it is bold)to differentiage it from any other description so all bold descriptions will all have bx at the end. Hope this helps
They provide shorthand and sm
you have to have high-speed internet connection. Even with that, the last few days the platform has been iffy. They like to blame it on the internet, but they platform is the problem. Cuts out constantly. Lots of downtime.
I have used both, prefer Shorthand (SM)
Learning curve was too tedious and long on instant text. I found I could program ShortHand to do most of the same things.
Axolotl Does NOT use Shorthand
Axolotl uses SpeedType. It is a great program. It can hold up to 8-page reports.
Still using TWS but started using Shorthand sm
and it's much better than the macros in TWS. For some reason, I just seem to make more macros with Shorthand. I think the Clarity/Cornerstone platform still has quite a few bugs and hear that not too many people are liking it. Am hoping I stay in TWS for a while!
Does PC-Shorthand discussed here used by KS (sm)
is that word processing only - or does it include medical words too? If it does not, what do you use for medical words? (I don't work for KS but am thinking of using this software since everyone seems to like it.) Thanks!
PC Shorthand question (sm)
I went to download this from pcshorthand.com and it gave message, that publisher wasn't registered (or something like that) asked were you sure you wanted to download it....Did this happen to everybody - and you download it anyway? I've never done this before, and didn't want to have anything happen to my computer. Thanks for you help!
I downloaded PC Shorthand
and I had no problem. It works fine. Just make sure to save your password in case you ever want to reload it.
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