They also recommend ShortCut for Windows. nm

• Is Shorthand or Smartype compatible with - TransHealth's platform? nm
  • Either program is compatible with ChartMatrix. nm - THMT
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    • They also recommend ShortCut for Windows. nm - TransHealth

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I found it simpler to use than ShortHand (I also had downloaded the free trial and decided not to buy).  BUT with ShortCut I have problems having it expand words.  I called tech support and he said to turn off AutoCorrect in any programs I have running (I had to re-do my Expanders from AutoCorrect to ShortCut but I'm sure if I had wanted to spend the time I could have copied them from AC to SC).  Tech also said to open ShortCut BEFORE any other programs.

Anyways, sometimes ShortCut will not expand a word.  I then have to use backspace up to the last letter of the previous word, then space, then type the short form.  It will expand if I do this.  That is extra Keystrokes that should be unnecessary. 

Bottom line, for me is.....I use ShortCut because it is simple to use and I did not have time to learn a new Expander program.

Maybe ANON has fixed this on his/her program.  Would like to know.

I Googled it & came up with nada.  Would be interested in taking a test drive if possible. 

TIA

I've heard it's flawed and am afraid to do the time change upgrade.  Will it show that all the reports I do are an hour ahead?  I work on Ex-Text.

How can I best start "cleaning up" a copy of my beloved PRD for DOS  to make for a less-hassle conversion to Shortcut for Windows?  Many of the headers in my PRD have special DOS characters for bolding, and I don't think they will be useable.   For many of my glossary entries, I use slash marks (i.e., cad/ for coronary artery disease).  Are the slash marks a problem in Shortcut?  If so,  what's a good character to substitute (a "q" maybe??).  Thanks for any suggestions.  I'm trying to make this conversion in a month just a tiny bit sane.

you will type in.  It is very, very user friendly.  Frankly, it is the only aspect I miss about working for Healthscribe/Spheris.  Good luck!!

If you don't mind not having any benefits or any hopes of receiving a raise then thehy would be okay.

My main two concerns are a decent platform to work in and a decent medical insurance plan.  But, you're right--there's obviously some other things that I need to consider too.

I know that every company will have it's advantages and disadvantages, but does anyone know of any companies where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

I currently work on Cornerstone doing mostly letters and the occasional op and ER notes. By far, I spend more time looking up addresses, time I am not paid for. I would not mind it if the pay was fair but it is not. So, I plan to look at other companies because I can no longer afford working for them.

In the beginning I had a somewhat decent account where I could meet the line count but on my new account with more than half my work being letters I waste a lot of time having to look up information and then inserting it into the document.

Another thing is the number of upgrades, and I use that term loosely, have caused my computer to crash. So I end up wasting more time.

Also, raises are as rare as hens teeth. And, if you do get a raise they end up putting you on an account where you cannot make any lines, so you cannot really call it a raise.

This week I plan to dust off my resume and start sending it out. If nothing else I can get something PT and then work into FT and then get away from Spheris.

Sorry for rambling, but I would not recommend Spheris even to newbies and especially not to the seasoned MT.

To put it bluntly, their platform SUCKS ASS.   

I just tell people that expect to make absolutely nothing for the first 10 years.  LOL

My pay has doubled since I left my hourly job; or should I say I was pushed out of my hourly job with outsourcing hanging over my head.  I was to train my replacement as so-called just for back-up but I saw the writing on the wall, so I left.  I was only making 13 dollars an hour and that was 3 years ago.  I started at 7 dollars an hour 17 years ago.  I'm making a lot more now and have a lot less stress for sure than working on-site and having to do everyone else's job with no one to do mine.

I'm happy MT'ing.  I do not recommend it to others though as I tell them it takes years to get acquainted with the terminology. 

As far as telling people to come to this board, they have no clue what all of these abbreviates mean especially the company names.  It's too confusing for someone who doesn't know our world to come in this message board and make anything out of it.

They have some weird system for line counting and you never can quite figure it out.  Lines are VERY hard to get and pay isn't great.  Many have left because they just can't make any money.  They are also training people in Trinidad (I think) how to do transcription, so guess where they jobs are going to go eventually.   They haven't been allowed to post on this board for that reason, but since MTStars is allow U.S. based offshoring companies to post, they show up.