You know - that is the biggest thing I don't like about MDI --the E-mails!
Posted By: MDI'er on 2005-10-27
In Reply to: MDI-MD is great but we do occasionally get threatened by - MT
For being an attorney, she certainly can not spell or form sentences correctly!!
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The biggest thing is
to spell all numbers (Diabetes type 2, patient has 5 sisters), unless 2 in a row (we placed six 5-0 Vicryl sutures)
Hyphens are a big one (3-cm incision, 5-mm nodule, 2-mm laparoscope, right-sided, untrasound-guided).
Followup versus follow up: Take out the word up, if it makes sense... use 2 words, if it doesn't, use 1 word.
You have to get the BOS 2. There are several small things, but these are what I have seen on tests that you should know. There is even a BOS 3 but most use 2 so you are going to have to learn it.
Where else have you applied?
The biggest thing is
to spell all numbers (Diabetes type 2, patient has 5 sisters), unless 2 in a row (we placed six 5-0 Vicryl sutures)
Hyphens are a big one (3-cm incision, 5-mm nodule, 2-mm laparoscope, right-sided, untrasound-guided).
Followup versus follow up: Take out the word up, if it makes sense... use 2 words, if it doesn't, use 1 word.
You have to get the BOS 2. There are several small things, but these are what I have seen on tests that you should know. There is even a BOS 3 but most use 2 so you are going to have to learn it.
Where else have you applied?
Yes, The Q is still the biggest, but
only cause of the million Indians now doing the work...
If the question is what is the biggest American-based MT company, absolutely not the Q.
She is the biggest wind bag of the
and suggest you all watch your backsides.
Me for one. I'm one of their biggest cheerleaders. (sm)
  I have worked for some doozies, let me tell ya.
Biggest doesn't mean best
When I worked at MQ I was just a number, at least at TT I feel like a valued employee.
They are still in business and one of the biggest 10 or 15. sm
I was hired at Keystrokes 2 years ago and have been happy since I made the change. It is hard to find a good transcription company, so I consider myself lucky, as I went through 8 companies in 3 years for various reasons prior to being hired at Keystrokes.
They are nice and personal and I make great money. They might seem smaller to others because they are not in the headlines like MQ or Spheris or others, but working for the other companies, I learned that other companies are afraid of Keystrokes because they do so well with their accounts. I decided that the same company name came up as a threat, in a good way, that I needed to be there and am glad I contacted them.
I think that the US only standpoint is a big part of their success. They know they need us, and we know they appreciate us. Win-win for everyone IMO.
One of my biggest complaints about this job is
dealing with these people and waiting for work to be assigned. They have taken as long as 30 minutes to get work assigned and they obviously can't read. I ask for 20 minutes of dictation and they give me 35. You know, 20 means 20; 22 or 25 maybe, but they take advantage every chance they get.
My biggest challenges (SM)
Even after 4 years of editing I still get frustrated when I see pure junk turned out by offshore MTs that I end up having to almost completely re-do. The frustration comes from knowing they'll still get paid, regardless of the quality of their work, as well as knowing your feedback often goes ignored so that the same mistakes are made repeatedly so, of course, you have to keep fixing the same things over and over again.
It's also very frustrating to know that as an editor, even though you've been given the responsibility of making sure the final product is acceptable to be returned to the client, you're paid very little for assuming that responsibility. It gets even worse if you have a boss who is pushing you to edit quickly, while still expecting you to be perfect. This scenario rears its ugly head if you're paid hourly rather than by the line.
The cut in pay is the biggest ripoff because VR is just
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Other way around. The Q is the biggest, eating up everyone else.
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The biggest insult is...
when the MTSOs hire new, or just not very good, MTs for your account that have absolutely no clue what they are doing and produce horrible quality reports. I wake up in the morning and go to work to see that almost all of the reports for my usual dictators have already been done, with all of them having been sent to QA with no less than 10 blanks in each report! I do not see how this is productive for anyone--not QA, not the dictators, and certainly not for me, the loyal MT who has taken the time to learn these docs and stay with this idiotic company for years. I could have done all of those reports (reports that used to be mine) with no blanks..GRRR...
Having multiple PT jobs may be an option for some, but there are those of out there that need benefits for our families. I would love to just stick it to the MTSOs and leave them high and dry with their new overhires that can't even do the job, but I don't have that option until I can find a new full-time gig with bennies...something that I have been looking for now for quite a while but haven't been able to find.
That's my biggest concern, too
The time clock - that's what I really want to know about. How flexible is flexible? Does that just mean you can pick how to split your shift but still have to be at your desk set hours? Maybe a current Transcender can answer that for us.
I understand that pay rate is case by case. A range would have been nice, but I suppose if they had said something like 7 to 9 cpl and you are offered 7 you may be mad since you know they pay others higher, so maybe they'll never tell us an exact scale.
I'm waiting to talk to HR before deciding on what to do. Pay is very important, but is still a secondary concern for me next to truly flexible schedule.
Isn't the biggest difference in tax rate? NM
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That's probably the biggest question of all, and nobody knows the answer. nm
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You mean WebMdx in the middle there, don't ya? And biggest co. does not mean best,
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Now that's the biggest crock I have heard yet!
The only reason anyone works is for money. If they have money, they usually don't work. Nobody is doing this for charity or putting themselves last for a lousy recruting job? Please! LOL!
The biggest national MT company....nm
This is the biggest problem with Radiology!
If you are paid by line and having nothing but short reports then you get shorted on pay. If you get paid by report and having nothing but long reports then you get shorted on pay.
Are you being paid by report or by line? If by line then I really would not worry about report quota on a daily basis because it will all work at in the end. If however you are paid by report on this account then that of course is a totally different story.
I will only work a Radiology account that pays by report. I have found that for me I make the most money that way. I have been paid anywhere from $1.10-$1.50 a report. I am now an IC and make $1.50 a report with a wide variety of work.
Good luck.
Hey TTMax. I was one of the biggest supporters
of TT. Apparently the feeling was not mutual. Maybe you can get the ops now that I used to do. No sour grapes here... just did not work out. Wishing you well in your career there. See ya.
They are losing their biggest and one of few rad accounts. sm
My manager told me that it will be gone by the end of the month. It is in NH.
That will be the biggest problem with this whole deal and do you know what, MQ could care less. No
money out of their pocket if you sit with no work. They could care less. Which office do you work out of. PROBABLY AMHERST
I meant WebMedix. Sorry for the typo. Biggest does not
mean best, I agree!
Yes OSI Xpress biggest line ripoff ever
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yep, and biggest treads always reek MEOW
clowns. good for a laugh but scarry.
smoooooch.
That is the biggest bunch of horse puckey ever.
I DESPISE Escription, I hate it, hate it, hate it and hate VR no matter what the so-called better platform. It does NOT take me half the time to do a report. If I can type 250 lph I can edit 350 lph AT BEST. I DESPISE Escription and all that is associated with it. Oh and yes, I WOULD LOVE to go back to the old way. And there are plenty of MTs, we all know that--it's just that the work is going elsewhere to uncivilized third-world countries and the patients have no clue their records are being so jeopardized.
Way, way, way too many e-mails
nm
Thank you both for the e-mails.
I cannot, however, use Iscriptor, so that one is out. I don't have enough memory for Iscriptor, so I am told. I'm running windows XP. I was told by another company that I do not have enough memory to run Iscriptor. Thanks bunches for your replies!!!!! 
how about those e-mails..
that say change is always difficult and getting back on track. The e-mail I got transferring me to a lower-paid account said that. I had to get back on track too - had to go.
E-mails ignored
Never get a reply to e-mails. I've e-mailed a particular person about the same topic on 3 different occasions and have yet to get any kind of response. Not very professional IMO.
Thinking I should resend it with a copy to Transcend stating I've yet to get a response from anyone at MDI and maybe they can answer the question.
I am wondering if I am being encouraged out of the company... My thoughts exactly.
Biggest problem with MQ is they put too many people on the accounts and guess what. You either have
nothing or keep going into multiple accounts which presents its fair share of problems plus big time QA problems and quality problems and MQ wonders why they lose accounts. They STILL dont understand it is better for everyone including the client for the MTs to be familiar with the account. They just dont get it and I guess never will.
lol They are the 2 biggest MT companies in the world and growing every year.
lol
What garbarge!!! How about the e-mails
I have telling me to take the next couple of days off because there is no work. That place is worse than I thought if you always have work. Sounds like management is totally incompetent.
Over 500 e-mails in just over 2 months. How do you have
time to work? There have been multiple, multiple posts about the poor communication from Precyse. How questions are asked but never answered. I wouldn't want to work for a company that sent that many e-mails. There should be no reason to send that many e-mails, even if they are bulk e-mails.
I'd like to get in line on the e-mails, tx. NM
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Does anyone else have problems getting e-mails
nm
Just forward the e-mails and any
questions you have to your supervisor.
Political e-mails
How timely...I received that type of e-mail today....Wonder if we're at the same place................But yes, it's so inappropriate and offensive, particularly since I don't swing the way of the e-mail. Even if I agreed, I would still feel it's inappropriate.
When will you respond to our e-mails?
nm
You never respond to e-mails.
I received several e-mails sm
privately stating some of the same things the others had said. These e-mails are all from experienced MTs with 20+ years experience. I would agree with your post IF the e-mail I had gotten from the recruiter hadn't been worded so strangely. She was very very nice but it was obvious this was a problem with her higher up and she did not agree with it. Its ok but it does aggravate me that they are taking up so many MTs time with their testing and not being up front. I would rather they say they are slow than make up something. I can't say as I would feel comfortable working for a company that would lie up front. I am glad you have a great experience there though. Any job in this economy is a blessing! BTW from the time these posts were done yesterday until this morning, I have had a job offer I think I am going to take. Thanks for your post.
Unfortunately, I have to agree that her e-mails and tactics are quite....
unprofessional and annoying. 
Or what about when you get the e-mails that there is too much backlog and D will have to hire..sm
more MTs if you don't get it cleaned up and then you dial into your 3 accounts only to hear requested dictation completed. I don't understand this and it is very frustrating and
500 e-mails in 2 months is overkill. Either they
are horribly disorganized and can't compose 1 e-mail to get out the info, or they have serious issues with accounts/MTs that they are constantly having to send out info. I don't work for MQ, but my company only sends out e-mails as necessary, at most probably 2 a month. We get daily QA feedback in our QA file, which is not an e-mail and it pertains to just us, not one mass e-mail. I do my job and do it well so there is really no need to dozens of e-mails a day, or even a month, from my company.
I'd like to get info of Med-Scribe too. E-mails are welcome. nm
no msg
Anyone else getting unsolicited e-mails from any MT companies?
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Please forward those e-mails to the Administrator. SM
The Administrator will handle those harassing e-mails.
The address is admin@mtstars.com.
Goldbird
I've got 2 e-mails from my STM threatening
that.
Left MQ in August...still getting e-mails. (nm)
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My e-mails are always answered promptly
I really enjoy working there and have no gripes. Did you bring the incorrect paperwork to their attention?
Query about companies and e mails.
In recent experiences for me, I have found that supervisors rarely answer e mails. I find even if they ask something in an e mail or on a phone message, and you answer, there is no response. If an MT needs advice about QA, scheduling, etc. and e mails there is no answer. Is this a new trend? I have found this with recruiters as well. After hired, if you ask the recruiter anything, there is no response, and you get voice mail if you call.
Is this a new form of etiquette among corporate individuals that we at home do not understand? This is something I have found working for companies which I consider not so good, and one which I consider to be wonderful, but since MTs are isolated, it seems that at least an answer now and then would be nice. Even to let us know if they got the message to begin with.
My DH said not to worry, if I don't hear anything no news is good news, and yes it is rude, but I need to get over it. I am starting to agree, and not ever getting answers from team leads, or sups are the norm. Anybody else have this experience? Thanks in advance for your response. I just want to know if I am the only one feeling slighted. I don't want or need my hand held, just need to know they got my schedule for example, or my query regarding QA. After all, I don't want to make a mistake over and over again, for example. Perhaps no news is good news, but are we MTs in the field a bother?
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