major transition
Posted By: Sue on 2008-08-06
In Reply to: Do we really have to go through all this again?!?!?! - SM
I just stopped working for them a couple of months ago and there is a lot going on. It is true that a lot of American QAs lost their jobs, but now the Indian team leads are losing their jobs and they are bringing in all American tead leads and management. I do not believe they are headed for bankruptcy, but just going through a major transition.
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I'm in a transition from one to another...sm
so now only work for 2. My full-time and my part-time. I don't like giving up a sure thing until I have time to try out the new job and their platform. Once I am sure things are okay I then give notice and move on. Since becoming an MT I have always had to have 2 jobs, just because you never know if you are going to have work, downtime, etc. It has been a crazy two weeks trying to float all 3, but as of this week that is over. Yea.
Transition
I printed off my account specifics and the style guide and highlighted the important points, then reviewed it several times. I also pasted the style guide into MS Word and usually keep it up in the background while I'm working. The style guide and specifics for accounts can be accessed within Bayscribe as well. Bayscribe isn't hard to learn. It is missing a few features I'd like to have, but also has some features my other platform didn't.
I also use post-it notes to help me remember key formatting details, etc.
I had problems with my Expander transfer as well, possibly because I had entire reports in my old expansions and it just didn't transfer well, and ended up rebuilding my Expanders on my own, which did take a little time. Like the other poster said, I do know several people who had no problems with the expansion transfer, and tech support will help you with this.
Change is always scary, but I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the amount of support you'll receive from MDI.
Regarding MDI-MD and transition to VR
Yeah, it's a big change; however, it's called keeping up with the times. We're in the 21st century, the age of technology. As much as I enjoy standard transcription, I've done VR on a decent system, made decent money with it, and don't mind it.
MDI-MD resisted this as long as they could, until it no longer became practical what with every decent-sized account switching over to it. I knew it was a matter of time before MDI-MD really had no alternative, short of potentially losing many large accounts, to make the transition.
It's called progress. It's called keeping up with the times. *Shrug* I'm going to put on my 'big girl panties' and deal with it.
MDI-MD is a wonderful company with which to work. I've no doubt they will make this transition as seamless and pain-free for everyone involved, from the client to the MTs. They have a great reputation because they've EARNED it.
The way I see it, either suck it up and accept it and do your best with the transition, or start applying to other MTSOs that have no voice recognition.
But be prepared. Eventually everyone will be utilizing one VR system or another, so it's better to learn it now with a great team like the people at MDI-MD than wait until you're possibly stuck at another company that perhaps isn't so great and you're without a life jacket to drown.
Flame me if you wish. I intend to progress with the times rather than become expendable.
There's isn't a transition....
It's so funny because I worked in a hospital for 17 years and did anything and everything that came across. I landed two clinic accounts on my own simply because the doctors knew I did a good job. It's that simple. There is no clinic vs acute care. Clinic is just usually shorter files and the headings are a little different. Clinic is usually in letter format, but the terminology is all of the same across the board. Acute care can be many different dictators where clinic is whoever happens to be in that practice. It is basically all the same.
What is it like to transition to VR at TT
Does your pay decrease much at first, even with the training pay... what can be expected regarding short-term impact, and then long-term impact. Need to know from people who have already gone through this process, or are going through it now. Have to make some major financial decisions and need some reality check. If it is all good and no worry on finances, great... if pay decreases immediately, need to make some adjustments ASAP. Serious answers only please, this is a sensitive topic and a very important question to me and my family. Thanks in advance.
MT in transition
I have worked as both an IC and employee since 1968. (I'm an old grandma.) The smartest thing you can do is see a CPA before you switch to IC. S/he can give you information you need. Before you think you cannot afford a CPA, I say, you cannot afford NOT to see one to get set up. They can set things up so you get maximum tax advantage, etc. and so that you run your business like a business, which is what you will be if you are an IC. I consult with my CPA once a year and it has saved me enough to pay the CPA fees and have bucks left over. I personally would not IC it for under 11 cpl (which was what I was getting at MDI). Am now an employee for about 1 cent under that, but have terrific bennies package that more than makes up for it, not to mention lack of the ESLs. Make a list of the specific questions you have, book a session with a CPA (you want one who specializes in small business, not someone who is the accountant for huge corporations), and he or she can set you up. I wish you the very best of luck.
not a difficult transition
Having trained MTs from DQS to ExText I can safely tell you that it is not a difficult transition. There are many similarities and it is doable. Never be afraid to take a leap of faith, it could change your life. It changed mine.
They're in transition
Some are still on DOS, and some have been converted to their internet platform called Apex. It's a platform developed by Transolutions. I'll be on it in the next few weeks, so I can't give any first-hand feedback. DOS has been good to me (although it's very archaic), but I'm looking forward to the change. Otherwise, they're a great company to work for.
Can I transition successfully from
My rad account has left. I typed ER H&Ps several years ago. Medical Records I did 20 years ago. I am being given opportunity to go to account that is H&Ps, OPs, DSs, and everything else, it appears. My pay for the last five years was based on exam.
I will be going to per line, though the amount was not mentioned. It is my concern I may not be able to do enough work to keep my job (as I will be spending so much time acquainting myself with the phrases via internet searches) and as a consequence, have a considerable decrease in income.
How difficult is acute care, I guess is my question. I would hate to fail at this point in my old age.
Thank you.
Gotta transition
It sounds like they are just setting up the transition to EMR. In theory there isn't much work that needs to be done except you don't have to print the reports and put them in a physical chart. This sounds like you are helping the company put all their old records into the EMR and get the new ones up and running...phrases like: cross training of new staff assigned and work with EMR implementation team with suggestions or changes; indicate you are helping them transition. It will be interesting to see how the MT job changes as EMR is more implemented - I'm scared as it is how VR is completely ruining the job!!
Transition to acute care
Is there anyone out there has transitioned from radiology to acute care transcription?
I was hired by a company (I won't name) recruiter and was told that the account manager would be aware that I had not done acute care in a while and help me with the transition. I typed maybe 5-6 reports after 4 hours training on a platform I had never used before. Because I made mistakes on those 5 reports, I got scathing emails from the account manager and she wouldn't send me any more work and virtually fired me!!! I sent her an email telling her how there was some kind of misunderstanding!!! I thought there would be a period of training and positive feedback to help!!! Formatting was the only mistakes I made, no major grammatical or spelling errors!! Anyway, the recruiter finally answered my email and wanted me to call her...I feel so burnt I don't know if I want to fool with this company again. Opinions??? Anyone else have this happen???
As part of the transition team
you should be concerned. There are lots of MDIers with no work, too. WHERE is it all going?
I started the transition to KS before "mass exodus" sm
but just before and it sometimes required a bit of a wait before I got answers to certain things or equipment that I was supposed to get, etc. and sometimes it only happened after a follow-up email or call. However, I would usually get a pretty quick response from the followup. I don't know how big the staff is but I picture it as maybe medium-sized and I thought they were doing an excellent job of covering for each other during the move, vacations, and I believe someone even left the company. It is a 180-degree difference from what I had been used to with the Mega company I left.
I'm having a hard time believing the MDI-FL transition
was all that smooth. From the looks of it, there were lots of problems and people from MDI-FL felt the same way the current MDIers do.
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I have to believe there are some major problems
Some key players resigning and all the messing with wages. Makes you wonder. I have quit so I don't have to worry about it.
Wow, that's a major change.
They used to pay $10.00 per hour for the first 90 days and then put you on production. Yikes.
holidays--major ones. sm
Doesn't matter to me--with all the overtime available at Amphion, it's pretty easy to whittle down using PTO to a couple of hours instead of 7 or 8. But more importantly to me is that as long as I don't have to work the major holidays that are most important to my family--Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's--I'm a very happy camper. I was an IC for a long time before Amphion and was able to take my very first vacation in 5 years last year.
It just depends on what is most important to each individual.
They are not a major company, to say the least. sm
For a small company like that, that is probably a good starting rate. Where did you graduate from? Webmedx takes new graduates for more than that.
I think there is a major flaw
in your thinking when you say something like DRC would allow themselves to be smooth talked by a company. I just think that is a very odd thing to say. On the other hand, go on your merry way - it might mean more work for me! And if speaking intelligently and rationally or seeing a bigger picture makes me sound like management then I guess it's better than sounding like someone who has given up on their job before they even know the reality of what is to come or someone making blanket statements and judgments that do little except invite more of the same. I don't know the future. Acusis may well be the new Evil Empire, but until that is revealed to me personally I opt not to assume it to be the case. I guess optimism is a luxury I have; to each his own. I have no fear of finding work elsewhere with my numbers, I just don't see the need to quit before anything has started.
Sorry - its just that I have a major problem with -
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12,000 lines? OMG - what a major RIP-OFF!
Most other companies have a minimum of 5500-6000 lines. How dumb does that company think MTs are? Whatta buncha c__p.
Yep, just one more of the lies. Major
account was VERY unhappy when they found out work was going to India, which is one of the main reason they lost it. See what it cost them in the end though.
Yes, the 6 major holidays, but...sm
...usually there is no work at all. I was told that this depends on the account though. And your rate is x1-1/2 is paid for work done on the 6 major holidays.
Major Vent - fed up
I have been doing this for 12+ years, and I have decided this is a stupid and impossible profession. An MT should not have to go over and over voice files to hear and understand what at doctor says 3, 4, 5 and 6 times to understand what he is saying. If you do, that means he is not interested in making sure you know and understand. This really hit me today. IF a person were talking to you, would you have to ask him to repeat himself over and over again if he really wanted to talk to you? More so for patient care. If a doctor actually cared about making sure that the patient's information was accurate, would he take such risks that the person on the other end would not understand what he was saying?
major vent
I especially like the PAs who mumble and don't even know how to pronounce the medications and believe they are actually MDs
major vent
What's really fun is when they spell the really obvious words and then slur the important ones! Gotta love the docs!
Major pay-cut was one of the "shenanigans".
I agee, but the new accounts are major
They certainly don't want the new MTs they hired to change their mind, so a mighty nice incentive to stick around. I agree compensation should be offered, but at least we will have more work than we know what to do with once the new hospitals get their technical problems fixed.
like I said below major abuse of power
only 2 account coordinators worth their salt, if they cake walked into their position they are on a power trip and don't know what in beans they are doing, QA is just a mess that is pathetic esp. the upper crust there.
They lost some major accounts, one to
voice recognition and the other was overflow work but still it's gone. THey are hoping site 120 and the clinics that go with it do not work out with voice recognition since a lot of the docs were hard.
After 18+ years I'm suffering MAJOR
burnout and my production has suffered, but I still am able to support myself and my family (My DH works so I don't have to, though I have been sole support in the past). I am not a job hopper. I was with one company 13 years and only left because they lost the account I worked on and I didn't want to do clinic work. I've been with my current company almost 7 years, so things were different then. I do make more than most MTs, though I haven't had a raise in 5 years and a few benefits have been taken away. This past Sunday Parade magazine did a series on what people make and I make almost twice what a medical secretary was making (and I don't work 24/7 either).
I won't say my company's name because they aren't hiring and haven't hired in about 2 years, simply because there isn't any turnover.
after each major upheaval through the last few years...
their numbers of MT have dwindled. For people just starting out its probably okay because you do not have anything else to compare it to. Like what used to be there is no longer. You can't judge until you walked in someone else's shoes.
Major turnover with new pay scale...
hmm...I wonder why!
I work for them - no major complaints
Take the negatives with a grain of salt... they have been very fair with me and *never* miss a payperiod.
it is major medical coverage at best
affordable maybe
I'm not management - major staffing changes and
growth just in the last week alone - all for the better. Just be patient and it'll be worth your while. You won't be disappointed.  I'd give it another day or two and call them just to follow up.
Keystrokes is the best so far in my long and varied career! 
All the major ones do. Go to Job Seeker's board,
they tell you their benefits.
Yes there is a major backlog on that account
nm
I understand some of their major accounts are going to VR.. sm
so you may want to reconsider applying.
I understand some of their major accounts are going to VR.. sm
so you may want to reconsider applying there.
The major companies in my area
They announce the lay-offs, which is what usually makes the news, but then employees continue to work for 60 days.
major mixed messages!
I think Larry must have left that one out in the conference I was in yesterday. It is hard to know if issues are purposefully being clouded (so we don't leave right away) or if like you say, they just really don't know. I would like know to the truth about whether CB, DJ, etc did only find out a few days ago. I guess ultimately it really doesn't matter does it.
Yes, and even if they are saying IC and SE are available, you are right, everything is followed with the foreseeable future disclaimer, or I think or I believe. I know with MQ, eventually SE gave way to IC which gave way to total employee no choice, stay or go. .... ....
Nice people, but they need a major upgrade.
:(
Shortage of work has been a MAJOR complaint....
with all 4 MTs that I know who work at MDI. We are all trying to stay loyal to them, but it seems as though no one is listening and they just keep hiring!! If you have work, you should be counting your blessings, but it is only fair to let those people seeking employment at MDI to know what a lot of us are experiencing.
not a major company - woman owned
around 100 employees but not positive
major lack of communication, which is nice if you...sm
want to be left alone, but sometimes you need an answer to your question. Work load is like a roller coaster, up and down, which makes it hard to make line counts.
Are there any companies that don't work the major holidays? nm
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Oh poop! Major weenie shrinker!
I am so sorry--they lost a helluva worker and I'm sure they are kickin' their behinds over it. I wish you all the best though, you deserve it! Please keep in touch--ya know how to reach me!
Not to mention the major software slowdown
*
I agree - every major MTSO on this board seems to have the same sm
issues ongoing. I've seen multiple company names mentioned (just scroll down) all summer long, so it isn't a situation isolated solely to Webmedx.
I believe it IS the economy, as well as increased volumes going offshore (not at Wmx but the other MTSOs) affecting volumes nationally. There are no companies offering giant hire-on bonuses any more either.
I am also grateful for my job, even if it means flexing around more.
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