maybe you'll get on a decent platform/account
Posted By: not all are good - N/M on 2007-12-05
In Reply to: I start w/ Keystrokes Monday after - type-it7707
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and maybe you'll get decent MTs!
Are there companies that use a decent platform?
Currently using ExText with Transnet and it is so slow. Need to find a company with some decent software that runs faster. Im getting frustrated, and some days are worse than others. Today is a worse day.
What companies have a decent platform to work on, .
have employee status, lots of work, and minimal confusion and disorganization? Can do the big 4 for acute care.
Was the platform decent and the dictators. Thanks much for responding. nm
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if your platform is decent at OSI and you make line count....
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Any Wedmedx'ers out there. How anyone made decent money with them and how is their platform?
Thinking of applying but would like the skinny on if you can make any money with them.
Just wondering if the platform is productive and if the money made is decent.
I have worked on too many platforms where you really struggled to get a good line count and make decent money. I'm just curious how easy it is to get lines on their platform.
JLG Transcription - Can anyone tell me about them? Pay,weekends, nice staff, decent platform? You
can email me because I want the God to honest truth! Thanks :)
I have an easy account and make a decent living.
And while you are at it, TT Management,
BITE ME!!! You were fools to file this lawsuit. $294.50 to lose all credibility in the MT World. Sad, truly sad...
And many thought you were one of the good guys.
Thank you. I'll try and look into that platform.
I've heard good things about Transtech in regards to flexibility. Thanks again.
I second Escription. It's the easiest platform you'll ever try. There is no VPN to log into, n
extra screens. You just log on the system, hit a button to get your job, type it and hit the upload and it is gone. Nothing else to do. I have used too many systems where you have to log into multiple screens etc.. before you can even get started. To me, Escription is way more productive. You will not have a lot of time wasted. JMO.
Yes, it comes with Stedman's built in. You'll love the platform, it's
the easiest I have worked with.
if easy platform and few ESLs, you'll do okay with same doctors daily.
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I'll work for them again if they get another eScription account.
The one I was on was lost. Not too heart broken as it was a pain in the butt account.
Congrats! I'm so very happy for you. Maybe we'll be on the same account. :-) nm
then that account will disappear and they'll assign another.
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sometimes you'll hear that there's a new account coming on board ...
sometimes that happens, sometimes it falls through ...
I'm not saying that they absolutely don't care ... but particularly if you are an independent contractor, it genuinely is not their problem.
Either way, the people who are willing to sit and wait for work will stay ... I've been one of them ... not ready to switch companies, need the lines to pay the bills.
I remember when, first of all, work was often backed up (and ALWAYS out of TAT -- the first 7 or so years I did MT) these were hospital accounts being done done by local companies who had history with each other ... The national bought out and underbid the smaller companies and one of their big selling points was TURNAROUND and they agreed to penalties into their contracts ... IMHO, many turnaround times I've heard of are silly -- ER reports and STAT H&Ps/Consults do affect patient care and could justify a 2-4 hour TAT -- most other work types could easily fit a 12-24 hour TAT with the option to flag as STAT.
It was great to be able to work any hour of any day -- now it's much more iffy and harder to make up lines if you have an unexpected down time. JMHO.
too many platform probs, lost lines, IT support is virtually nonexistent, I'll be saying
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My primary account is a hosp in new orleans so I'm wondering if we'll have more charts in a fe
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What platform and account your are, as I know what ones I will be on..
Thus, I may opt to take that other job, but I need to know now before someeone else takes the job.. This is a real bummer.. I'm not sure I understand the whole overhiring thing...just in case of a turnover later??
What platform does your account use?
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Each account has a different platform
No 2 accounts have the same platform. Mine is on ExText, but others are on different platforms.
What platform is Keystrokes ER account?
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The platform depends on the account. There are several.
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if the account is just coming onto the VR platform
then it needs time to get smarter, which means you leave AS out of the picture. It needs to learn to type correctly what is being dictated. It also makes the dictators more responsible for their dictation (I know, a whole new argument in that statement). Anyway, that is why. The engine needs to learn, the dictators need to learn. You just tweak nuances like weather/whether while it learns. From QA's POV, they need to stay on top of which reports come through as straight versuses VR, but they are in their own learning curve.
When I find decent people who know the value of decent wages, I will!
tyvm
Thanks. Can you make any decent pay with them and are the accounts decent. What is your feeling
that. Thank you.
It depends on the account. They use the platform of the hospital or they use
either Scribe or TA Plus. All are easy to use and learn. I am on a Meditech account and love it but it is a hospital. Depends what you are looking for. I do not get shift differential but my hours are flexible as long as I get my 1200 lines in on the calendar day.
So are you saying your account has not been switched over to a Transcend platform yet?? Thanks! nm
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with KS make sure you know the platform/account/equipment/ESLs;
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been with spheris 4.5 years, easy platform, good clinic account
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If you'll read through past posts you'll find lots of
recent info. Why do you need menitoring if you already work as an MT. Unless you do clinic work most companies will require you to work at least one weekend day, at least initially.
If you'll read the archives you'll find out everything
you want to know, none of it good.
Probably figure you'll want Way more than they'll offer, whatever it might be. :) nm
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If you'll read more carefully you'll see
I was referring to AFTER she's missed out on a job, having a friend do sort of an audit to tell her what what was wrong with her test she submitted -- not cheating.
RISS is not a platform. RIS stands for Radiology Information System. The platform sm
would be EXText.
MDI-MD platform is fast, not full of problems like Transcend platform or MDI-FL
On Transcend platform you have to click, click, click all day and still get errors, change screens constantly - its a nightmare to work in.
That account in Texas was not a MQ account. They did not use DQS on that account until KS started.
They are moving 3 other accounts to DQS between now and January 1st. I asked. The MQ accounts they have gotten in the past did not go to DQS. I followed my old account, which is how I know, and it was Meditech. The account is still run by KS and is a big account too.
Yes, SPi does use this platform....it's a great platform, but not worth working for SPi. nm
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What would you consider a decent (sm)
line pay? 8, 9, 12 (well, we can dream, right?)
What is a decent
hourly starting wage for QA anyhow, or are we allowed to talk about that here. I have been doing transcription for 11 years, and like you all mentioned, Im starting to just ache. I can do about two hours at a time, and then I have to take a break. I had done some editing here and there, and was thinking this time about going to QA full time, but I get confused with all the pay rates. Some are offering 3 to 4 cents a line, some are offering hourly rate, and I have no idea what a decent pay rate is for this position.
Decent cpl pay.
Does it seem like escription accounts want to pay less because you can produce more with the editing?
Never take less than 4cpl for editing. That's the highest I've seen. I personally won't take less than 9/10 cpl for the straight typing with those accounts either.
Don't know about decent, but here are some
Accurate Typing of Suffolk, NY - use Word and Hyperterminal. Dependable Transcription of Florida - use Word, FTP, DSS files. Documed of NJ - Word and email of files. EFD of Alabama, but you need a Lanier or Cphone. Use Word and PCAnywhere. First Choice - use Word and FTP. Heim's in Pennsylvania - use Word Perfect 9 or higher and FTP. LML Transcription in Illinois - use Word with DocShuttle and FTP. Medscribe in Pennsylvania - only 7 cpl, use Word with DocShuttle. Metro in Georgia - use Word and FTP. MRT Services in Georgia - use Word and FTP. MTs in Mass. - 7 cpl, pay weekly, use Word and FTP. PRN Transcription in New Mexico - use Word Perfect and email, 7 cpl. Transcription Connection in Ohio - 8 cpl, use Word and maybe ExText. (posters don't have much good to say about them, though). There may be others and some of this info may even have changed in the interim, but it's a place for you to start from. Good Luck! ... Wanderer
A decent MT should be getting off QA sm
by the third full day of work, an excellent one sooner. Congrats to you. And yes everyone, I am saying that under most circumstances (unless the company has a strict QA time period of a week, 2 weeks) you should be off!
Decent job
Just changed jobs, went through a Med Tran headhunter type of service. This has turned out to be a total disaster. So, looking for new employment and am very interested in getting hooked up with a company that uses EditScrpt platform by eScription. I have two years experience in that platform and love it. Any suggestions? Not willing to try this headhunter service again as they were less than truthful with me. Actually just looking for a job with a decent company that pays more than slave wages.
Is there a decent IC job anywhere
Cannot find 1 IC job that pays decently with 24 hour turn around, and only 1 day on the weekend required. Scoured the ads left and right. Any ideas? Not MDI-MD please (BTDT), anywhere else would be appreciated. TIA
Repeatedly told another new account would come soon, but it never did. In fact, our slow account is.
everyone else's backup account. What a disorganized mess.
very decent company
 Everybody is great and helpful. Wish you the best..
First of all, have a decent attitude
Lets face it, working for a living sucks. Unless you're doing whatever your passion is and getting big bucks to boot. MT is not my passion, but I still put all I can into it, in order to get a paycheck and stay on the good side of my supervisors. Simply a good attitude, work when i'm scheduled to do so, focus so the quality is above 98%. I agree, its getting bad in this industry, you can complain all you want, but some of us are working hard to hold onto our positions...at least until we have something better to fall back on. I don't have hubby to pick up my slack so I do what i'm told and collect my paycheck.
spell decent!
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I like it a lot. They are really decent people.
My first paycheck was in the bank ON TIME and for the correct amount too!
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