mistakes

I have the feeling that the one that answered me belongs to the company and wasn't happy about what I pointed out.  But have never heard anything about this company and if nothing is said, guess it must be an okay company.   But usually you are a little more gracious when someone tells you that there are errors on something that the public views like a web page, brochure, advertisement, etc.  We don't like mistakes but they happen and we don't usually attack the person that points it out.   If I were perfect and made no mistakes I would not be here right now but in a far better place.  E-mails are completely different than web pages or brochures at least to me. 

Thank you for what you said.  I truly appreciate it.

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it makes me cringe. These reports are coming from US MTs who are supposedly so well educated they can't figure out the difference between the words to and too, their and there and have the gall to say they are professionals and demand more pay, all the while sitting at home griping about how fast, slow, mush-mouthed doctors are and they can't understand them. Take it more seriously, it is a real job, not just typing what doctors say.

are stupid mistakes, like typing cereal instead of serial, or misspelling a doctor's name when we have a doctor's list, etc.   This is carelessness that could potentiall cause the account to be lost.  All the ones I've heard about were mistakes I know I wasn't making and it bothers me that I have no control over it and that 1 or 2 people who produce sloppy work jeopardize the account.   I haven't really had a doctor do a correction in an ugly way, but then again I'm not sensitive to them that much because I know I'm not the one doing these.  I'm not saying my work isn't being corrected, just that I have never head a correction dictated that I was guilty of.  

I also dislike it when the QA dept. sends out a stern e-mail to the entire company about stupid errors, when I know I wasn't making the errors.

If I'm signing my name to a document I want it perfect so I don't blame the doctors for going over the reports with a fine tooth comb.  The reports are a legal document and could also mean the difference in life or death of a patient if there are errors in the report.  

I just received an email from my MT supervisor stating that she wanted to let us know that we just lost 3 worktypes on a major account because we were not transcribing, editing and delivering to the client within our contracted turn around time.  She said she was sharing this information in hopes that we will realize how important it is for us to work our shifts,etc.

All of us working on this specific account are ICs. What has been happening is they want to treat us like employees.  We get demanding emails to work and tons of how to do lists.  No one at this company are employees,yet they want us to work like employees.  When are companies going to realize that if you want someone to work a set shift and answer and read daily emails, then they should make us employees.  This particular company send out daily long emails and only pay 5 cpl to edit acute care accounts with no benefits on escription.  As an IC I never put all my eggs in one basket and especially not for 5 cpl.  I do not feel the MTs should be blamed for losing these work types. I feel the company should take responsibility for this.

If the MTs are not meeting TAT or their said upon line count, then management should have let them go. However, I personally am required to meet 2,500 per pay and that is exactly what I do and no more at these rates and especially not for this company who make demands on us like we are partners in the company.  I feel companies try to get off cheap by hiring ICs, but then try to hold you down to a schedule and treat you like an employee when you are not.  This loss of work is the companies fault.  Any opinions.  Thanks

I posted this on the MQ board by accident...

I am an IC and have doctors (but one in particular that does it the most) correct other peoples transcription mistakes while they were dictating ..It doesn't happen all of the time, but when it does it's pretty harsh ..and it even embarassed me and I knew that I wasn't the one that made the mistakes!! My face turned red a few times (not just by the mistake, but how the doctor would say it/react)!! Or leave little sly comments (which I have to note) for the transcription company. Not to mention how insanely strict they are, as they go over EVERY SINGLE REPORT with a fine tooth comb and if you have an *a, of, to* out of place (that doesn't even come close to changing the context)... your boss/you/one of the other MTs hear it.

Is this common?  I am beginning to feel very belittled by this. It is just to the point where I am so paranoid that I am human and might make the smallest mistake. My production is really showing it.