with KS make sure you know the platform/account/equipment/ESLs;
Posted By: or you may be unpleasantly surprised. n/m on 2008-01-12
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- with KS make sure you know the platform/account/equipment/ESLs; - or you may be unpleasantly surprised. n/m
- Huh? - What do you mean? I don't understand.
- DSG or KS - I've worked for neither, but have read a lot of
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Do they make you pay for equipment? sm...
Thinking about applying. Do they have an equipment rental fee? Do they reimburse internet? Do they require unilimited long distance or is it all internet based? How is the pay for radiology transcription? Weekly or biweekly pay? Anything? or everything? for someone who knows. Thanks much!
Accustat (WI) - what type of platform, equipment needed, etc? Thanks! nm
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on my account, which is ortho, I had to have my own equipment...
but that only requires a foot pedal...someone else just posted that you can use a C-phone from them if needed but other than that you need your own equipment...
Yes! My account had about 50% ESLs. nm
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Can anyone tell me what the Webmedx account is that is 40% ESLs? sm
I am considering working for them and would like to know the ease of the platform, flexibility of the supervisors, work load, and benefits. Thanks to anyone who can provide me with this information. I looked in archives, but everything is so iffy and not really clear to me. 
if easy platform and few ESLs, you'll do okay with same doctors daily.
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number of ESLs depends on account, some not many, some a lot
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Are the ESLs really bad and can you make line count?
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Axolotl has nearly all this except shifts are Tu-Sat and Sun-Th, and ESLs vary by account. NM
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Pay isn't bad, but alot of ESLs. Hard to make money.
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Awhile back they got a New York account that everybody is fussing about the ESLs
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The account I am working has a normal amount of ESLs but nothing awful.
I think anywhere you work these days you're going to get some but I have just had the usual amount here.
Not easy to make 1000 - lots of ESLs or time
spent looking up addresses, etc. They kept you on because they can't find anyone to put up with the low and steady income.
It's all the variables that can make it difficult - lousy software, mangling ESLs, inaudible dic
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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.
How much do you plan to make on the new platform?...nm
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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.
maybe you'll get on a decent platform/account
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So are you saying your account has not been switched over to a Transcend platform yet?? Thanks! nm
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Maybe they are like me, love the platform, but can't make money with it
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ahem...make that BEST platform. sigh. nm
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I love the platform and make good $ on it. SM
I do believe it has to do with the accounts though. I've used it for 4 hospitals and have made great money, both VR and straight typing. VR gives me more than double the lines of typing but I do think it is an acquired skill. Learn the shortcuts and use them. It is also only as good as the team training the VR.
On the other hand I've used it on a clinic account and the lines were just not coming in like they do in AC. A very heavy, 90%, ESL verbatim account and I lasted all of 2 weeks on that account.
I'd say I do about 90% VR and 10% straight typing and all in all I'm impressed with the accuracy of the VR.
Well I make about 60,000 on one account.. sm
BUT... that is having my own account. The norm is working for another company at a low line rate and you would have to work really hard to make that! :) So I understand what your saying. It is a ploy to get people in the door that think they can work at home and do next to nothing for 40,000 a year, and unfortunatley some people fall for it. I cannot tell you how many people have asked me about my work and wanted to do it because they thought there was no work or effort involved in the training etc. Very frustrating!!
I dislike the platform and am struggling to make minimum
line counts. The IT department said platform issues are being worked on but won't be resolved anytime soon. Work is sporadic on many accounts, may not be work during your shift, but you still have to make up the time and you're expected to accept it. You may/may not get a backup account.
You get e-mails that threaten they will have to offshore if accounts can't stay within TAT, which makes me think it is already in the works.
Benefits are good, but they don't make up for not being able to make lines.
I think they are definitely better than some companies I have worked for, but every breath I take I'm in tears because I hate it so much.
if your platform is decent at OSI and you make line count....
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I make that on an easy rad account
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I work on a great platform, have good QA support and make
a lot more than 8 cpl. I even have GREAT benefits, which are more than affordable. There are good companies out there that pays for experience!!!!
I would rather work on 1 account and make more money, than 5 different ones! No thanks. sm
I think their new program absolutely sucks and there are a heck of a lot of people who say the sound quality is horrendous. I wasn't sticking around to find out. I made my decision as soon as I saw what it was about and knew it would slow me way down. Hey, to each their own. If you like it, fine. I am happy about my decision and glad I did it.
Unbelievable! So you have an easy account and make a
decent living, yet you come on this board and trash TT all the time! That really is two-faced. You don't deserve to work for TT! 
been with spheris 4.5 years, easy platform, good clinic account
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depends; can make more $ on easy platform/7 than hard platofrm/8-9 cents
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I am on a new account, doing work types I cant make money on. nm
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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.
Agreed. Could not make any money there. Platform is horrid. I wouldnt matter if you were paid 18 cpl
if you couldnt get a good line count in.
And you just started on DQS brand new account and make 260 lph. You are extremely amazing but to be
honest I dont believe you.
The account that I am on is FIFE, but it is a total outsource. Might make a difference. nm
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Thanks. Yes I heard from others many ESLs and many very difficult ESLs. nm
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My account went to India, have been struggling to make any money for the last month, crappy work. nm
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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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Equipment
You can rent a C-phone or Lanier unit from them, but you have to provide your own computer. You have to pay your own LD charges. No benefits as we are statutory employees. I've been with MDI for 18 months and have been very happy there.
Equipment?
Just hired. They require a $40 dollar lease payment a month for special pedal needed.
You must use their equipment, for which there is $200
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No, I have all my own equipment. sm
My checks were short and late from the very first check.
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