bird in the hand my butt sm
Posted By: Discouraged MT on 2009-04-08
In Reply to: A bird in the hand, well you know the rest - Sallie
Do you call working for $5 an hour a bird in the hand? I was trying to be nice and give notice. I'm thrilled they said no. Now I can do whatever.......but not work as a slave. That is below minimum wage.
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A bird in the hand..... nm
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A bird in the hand, well you know the rest
probably. A place would never want to hear let me work a little while longer but as soon as I find something that fits I will dump you. I would have worked another job in some way, at least on a part-time basis, while getting out of the VR business. Good luck.
Right hand and left hand dictated on same report.
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because the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing... EVER! that's how.
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EMR and Transcritpion can go hand-in-hand
IMO, until the old docs retire, they will use EMR and transcribed reports hand-in-hand. There is no reason to totally go away from dictation, since typed reports can (and probably are already) be added to the EMR system.
Starting in 2011 when the big roll-out starts, until 2015 when Medicare/Medicaid penalties go into effect for any doctors not using EMR, there should be no dramatic change in the number of MT jobs. After 2015, I believe that as Transcriptionists retire, those jobs will simply not be replaced. It may mean medical transcription schools will have fewer people to train starting in 2015 because of the decline in NEW transcription positions, but current Medical Transcriptionists should be able to retire from this field, if they want to. JUST MY OPINION.
Here is an interesting article giving the pros and cons of both EMR and transcription from a doctor's point of view.
emrhealthinformatics dot co dot cc
www.emrhealthinformatics dot co.cc
What did a bird have to do with anything?
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May the bird of paradise...
build a nest in ur hair, missy! 
I looked around and see bird references, but
not really an explanation of where it comes from. Is it because she sang Rockin' Robin?
Consider yourself a free bird and move on. Lots of stories like this out here in MT land. nm
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Don't mean to butt in ....
When I got mine this past summer, the gal at Wal-Mart gladly set the whole thing up for me and I went and shopped. I had to give her information in order to do so, but since I didn't (and still don't) want to spend time trying to figure it out, her willingness to do it was very much appreciated.
Wow. That's really beat. There's a butt for
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Or - there is a seat for every butt! nm
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Also I was the one who said butt kisser
to Teresa's post and I thought she was quite smug as well. One should not think that what is happening to others cannot happen to them. For someone (Teresa) who acts like they have a team attitude, you certainly do not. I do not want to read e-mails sent out from DRC managers saying that they understand people may have a financial issue with lack of work. I do not want other MTs sitting around stressing out and having a hard time.
butt in but trying not to be rude (NM)
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Oh, god... not the 'NUT-BUTT' again.
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. . right and monkeys fly out of my butt
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SO WHO GIVES A RODENT'S BUTT IF ...sm
the MTSOs or Suits cruise these boards?? Or have we forgotten WHAT COUNTRY ARE WE LIVING IN, ANYWAY? They don't like us networking with each other? TOUGH! That's just tooooo baaad; OK with me if they like it, OK with me too if they don't like it.
Of course, THEY know that WE know that they're ------g us left, right and around - naturally DON'T WANT US COMPARING NOTES - sure, keep the dimwitted MTs isolated, so we can figure out a few more ways to keep exploiting them. Don't want them comparing notes, though, because a little light might go off in their brain, and they'll tell each other, Hey, that's not right, let's do something about it. That's the last thing they want ... for us to unite. Decades ago, labor union opponents (i.e., Suits) found out the hard way that THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS & IN UNITY. Because once we MTs start becoming more proactive regarding our rights, watch out, MTSO's! 
If you never even worked for MDI, butt
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I don't care for crack (especially butt) either. nm
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Gotta butt in here! Yes, the sound quality
is poor and it is the platform. I too left Transcend with the sound one issue.
I work as an IC also and the sound was excellent on my other accounts. So, it was not the sound card.
You have no affiliation with this company, so why would you even comment. The experiences of these MTs is real. I know, I've been there.
Also, what you are recruited for is not always what you get - been down that road with them also.
Very bad experience with that company and will never go back, ever!
Yeah...well, this butt wouldn't go in that seat!
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Rolling on floor laughing my butt off.
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butt out. LOL. It's a PUBLIC board that you've
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Yes, she has her nose up Amit Chattergee's butt big time.
I have proof that she offshores. I also have correspondence where she deals with Amit, owner of MTIndia.
As you can guess, I've been the butt of many Polish jokes - LOL
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Not happy about WMX changes, but I have to get my butt busy and type today. (sm)
Yesterday I spent waaaaaay too much time on these boards and not enough time on the keys.
Will catch up on lunch and after shift. Can't give it up totally you know.
Good luck to all of us in the industry. What is good today may be crap tomorrow. We just never know.
With all the holiday vacations and sickness, she has been working her butt off trying to pick of the
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I have seen this first hand with my own BIL
who is an M.D. He fired his own MT (IC) because he got a voice recognition program and decided to do it himself to save $. Like he needs to pinch pennies. He let her go after 10 years and sits at home doing it himself. Then tells me I should think of another career path because I am going to lose my job to his new program, hahaha! That was 2 years ago and my national still bothers me every weekend to work.
On the other hand...
We could all be totally thrilled and happy with the "new and improved" Medquist about to be unveiled. I'm staying POSITIVE! 
W2s in hand?
Well, that is good to know, but who is going to monitor them, the W2 police? What is our recourse if we don't get them on time? It is aggravating to be ready to file returns and have to wait.
On the other hand
Most of us don't have much choice where to buy our water, natural gas or electricity. But hospitals can shop around until they get the transcription on the cheap. And some well-thought-of MTSOs are losing accounts that have been totally satisfied with the work, because some other MTSO promises the client pie in the sky, 99.9% accuracy, 1-hour TAT at a real bargain price. Might take the hospital quite a while to discover you should *love the one you're with*.
Some of us have had an experience with deregulation of public utilities in our areas. A small natural gas provider offers cheap rates on gas, using the big company's transmission system. You sign up, then within a month or two the little company *discovers* it can't afford to sell the gas at those rates and has to raise its prices. Sounded like a good deal at the time, but getting un-signed up and back with the company you never should have dropped is a real hassle.
Not unlike what happens when a hospital gets courted by a new MTSO and finds that the price is nice but the quality stinks, because it is either bad VR, or offshore outsourced. Have you ever noticed that a client hospital gets super picky about QA issues that never were a problem before? This is how they justify breaking a contract before it's up, to go with the cheaper company.
On the other hand
They hope that we're all sheepish enough to make nice with them until they get the accounts transitioned over, so even if they may not care if we stay or if we go, they're pompously (but probably accurately) assuming enough will stay to make the transition smooth FOR THE CLIENT.
Glad I'm not one that will be helping out in this regard.
I figured one good turn deserves another and walked on MDI-MD immediately.
I hope this has 'FAIL' stamped all over it.
Enjoy your $16 mil, D...I hope you're sent on a slow boat to India to spend it.
Hold my hand??? sm
How about returning my calls instead of hiding behind the answering machine!! How about answering one of my dozen emails!! Give it up Lee. You're just making the obvious more obvious.
Yep!! I have experienced that first hand.
On more than one occasion, the company I worked for knew that I had worked 22 days in a row without a day off. They were so back logged and desperate that their response to me (CEO's response) was so, I've worked 24.
Right hand does not know what the left is doing!!
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You obviously have your hand in AAMT...sm
or HIS or you wouldn't post ignorant stuff like this. If you don't have anything supportive to say, don't say anything at all.
Aren't we all. Why do you think someone should just hand
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They sold off what they have. They might have more on hand, but I think that sm
once it's gone, it's gone.
So, no they do not provide equipment. They sold what they had for dirt cheap. Some accounts need it, some don't. If they have it, they will sell it to you very cheap, if they don't you have to find your own.
Okay, now calm down, it's okay. I see a hand too sm
when I have the message open, then scroll down to see the list, it is pointing to the one I have open. Do they have rooms with a view there?
The Mysterious Hand
Oh thank goodness someone else sees it. I have never noticed this before, and I have been coming on this forum for months now. Yes, there is a window view, and we only have to wear the straight jackets in the afternoon to give the staff a break 
Gotta hand it to ya
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No your hand is up, because apparently
you think it's normal for somebody not to be able to spell the name of the company they work for. Sorry, my hand is down because I agree that's a little weird. Sorry if that offends, people, I just think it's strange.
Raise your hand... SM
...if you work for Acusis and your pay was cut during today's conference call.
Me to, I sit there with 1 hand on the mouse and the other on the
keyboard, reading along. When a correction is necessary, I put the cursor in that spot and make the correction and read on.
I never use shortcuts and I cannot imagine that this would speed me up.
Second hand information s/m
My DIL works for them and has for some years. She seems pretty happy, says as long as you do what you're suppose to do no problems. She said she very rarely runs out of work. I've never worked for them myself.
My feeling exactly. I can count on 1 hand
the number of times I haven't helped out when they have gotten backlogged, usually without being asked with never a thank you, but an e-mail or phone call asking me to do extra the next day and then the next. I've always pulled my share and then some. I don't care about a gift or even a card, but if I do my 40 hours/committed line that should be enough. They aren't paying me when there isn't any work.
Ultimately it comes down to they don't care if I'm sick or I have a life or not, they just want the lines done. They didn't used to be that way, or at least they would offer incentives, which they rarely do now. I can't stand threats about losing accounts. If isn't my fault if they lose it. If another MT is not doing her share don't ask me to pick up the slack.
Please don't post what you have no first-hand knowledge of. sm
It just makes it difficult to sort through what is true and what is not.
ooops, my expander got out of hand..lol - nm
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Until money is in hand, yes, we have been stiffed.
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I'm not the one needing my hand held, now am I?
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Biting the hand that feeds you.......... sm
Sometimes that is all one has to eat! LOL
The MT field is transforming at an alarming rate and will soon require fewer MTs. I think it is time to open our eyes and really look at where we are now in comparison to 10 years ago and apply that difference to the next 10 years and try to project whether this field will still supply a viable income then. Personally, I don't think it will, and I don't think it will take 10 years to see that. Offshoring, EMR and VR are rapidly replacing the American MT, and if we continue to sit here at our keyboards with blinders on, we may be caught in a situation more desparate than the one we are in now.
I wish everyone, whether they choose to stay or choose to go, the very best of luck and good fortune.
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