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I'm getting another flashdrive and guessing who is on it -
Posted By: Lisa
Okay, last Thanksgiving weekend, my new doctor gave me a flashdrive and I did all the patients, and then she told me nine of them had been done, how did I want to handle that? You all were very kind in giving advice. This was after a girl walked away and left them not knowing up or down on who is done and who is not.
Today, she called me and asked me questions about dates and patients. She said she is busy and doesn't really have time to see what is actually on the flashdrives. We're meeting in the morning and she is going to give me another one (or two or three). Should I volunteer to listen and make a patient list, or should I tell her I will type all the patients and expect to be paid for them. I don't want to spend my time listening and not getting paid, honestly. But then I want to try and hold onto this job, having just got laid off from an office with more than one physician (thanks to Cbay). You guys are experts and thank you.
Curves? -
Posted By: desertflour
I need to get into an exercise program and have failed to do so on my own. Now I realize I need the support and structure of a gym. I have an appointment to "tour" Curves on Sat. morning.
Anyone have any experience with this place? I would appreciate feedback. TIA.
Opinion question... Radiology/Acute care, sm -
Posted By: Thanks!
I currently type on an acute care account (pd by the line). We have an MD who consistently dictates his radiology reports on the acute care line. I have been told to just go ahead and type them. Am I loosing money in doing this? Is radiology paid more than acute care?
Thanks for your help! 
Office Max headsets -
Posted By: NXS
Has anyone ever bought the stethescope headsets from Office Max? They have clear plastic tubes leading to the ear pieces and a center cord. I can't find a brand name stamped on them anywhere and my OM doesn't carry them anymore. They cost about $21.97. I need to know if someone has a pair and/or if another Office Max locally to anyone is still carrying them that I could get the brand name/model # so I could order them online.
TIA!
Outsourcing..Check this out hope it works -
Posted By: xcopper
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/resources/video/commercials/elevator-commercial.html
Has anyone considered going back to college after having a family? -
Posted By: ThirtySomething
Any advice? My husband is wanting me to go back to school and get a nursing degree, but I don't know if I have the stamina to work (which I would have to), take care of my family and go to school full time. I don't think you can enter a nursing program part time.
I don't know that I would like to enter nursing but the thought of going back to school is tempting. Of course, there are going to family obstacles to overcome first, the biggest being having someone available to take care of my son. We have no family close by, so it would be up to me and my husband to work our schedules to make sure he was okay. My husband's schedule is not flexible at all but it is such a weird schedule we could work around it. My son is only 9 (soon to be 10) but I don't feel comfortable leaving him home alone yet. He has some friends whose parents have let them come home from school to an empty home since 1st or 2nd grade, but I would NEVER consider that.
Thanks for listening. I would appreciate any advice or stories from others. This is really on my mind now and I guess I am weighing my options.
I just had a doc give a patient's birth date as 1961, age 24. -
Posted By: Yee-Haw
Now I'm excited, I never realized I was so YOUNG!!!
Amphion -
Posted By: please advise
I need to know anything you can tell me about Amphion -- QUICK!
Is there a TV board or are you allowed to post -
Posted By: comments here? Thank you.
ABC
very powerful about pledge of allegiance -
Posted By: dls
Stedman's Spellchecker and DQS -
Posted By: NewStuff
Hi, I searched before loading this question....Can Stedman's Spellchecker be loaded on DocQscribe. Currently I am using the copy and paste method which is time consuming. Thanks.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY from all the staff at MTStars! -
Posted By: Administrator nm
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Outlook express 2003 email problem -
Posted By: sammypot
I have a large email in my outbox that will not transmit and I cannot cancel it. It contains pictures from my digital camera.
Embarq could not help, Microsoft wants $49.00 up front to help.
Has anyone had a similar problem and know how to fix it?
Thank you.
Windfall...sm -
Posted By: Mt'ing around
Has anyone been watching this new show? If so, what do you think? So far, I kinda like it, but I'm wondering if it's just because I'm so desparate to watch anything halfway decent on TV right about now!!!
CSI NY last night... anyone see it? -
Posted By: HungryMT
So, on CSI NY last night, MAC sure did a good job using a shoestring to tie up that agents artery, didnt he? Even if he WAS in the service, I was impressed. Although, he's no Grissim. Speaking of which... CANT WAIT FOR TONIGHT! http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/ if you click here: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/producer_picks/ you can watch the producer's favorite episodes for free on your computer. :D
studying for CMT exam -
Posted By: JMK
Hi guys! After 10 years of acute care MT, I'm thinking about taking my CMT exam, as my employer supports this.
Is there a study guide I can buy? HOw do I go about preparing myself for the exam? What's first ?
THanks to all !
JMK
How many Weekend Warriors do we have here? Those -
Posted By: jus me
who particularly work weekends and very little if any during the week? Just curious. I'm the weekday worker who jumps in on weekends when the workload is very heavy (which it is today).
Does anyone live in the Denver, Colorado, area? sm -
Posted By: mac
I may possibly be moving there. What can you tell me about it? The school systems do not matter as we no longer have children at home. What areas are nice to live in? I read that when it snows it usually melts the same day....is that true?
Any information from someone who lives there or has lived there would be much appreciated.
TIA
He is a healthy-appearing male, awake, alert, and in no apparent distress. -
Posted By: Do I have too many commas?
PC-Dart jobs -
Posted By: me
Hello-
I have a job where I have to dial in and use a PC-DART modem with a foot pedal over my telephone line. Is that common?
PLATFORM QUESTIONS... -
Posted By: kath
Does anyone else have constant problems with the platform they use such as word program stopping/crashing, platform not working, foot pedal problems, etc.? The only time I have problems with my computer is when I'm using the platform.
MP Count -
Posted By: OH MT
Does anyone have the Software for MP Count? (The older version). TU
Anyone out there in Katrina's path? It looks like it's going to be a bad one. -
Posted By: storm watcher
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Can someone help me in converting my SH entries to the Chartscript expander? SM -
Posted By: GaMT
I thought SH would work with Chartscript, but the tech guy says that their Chartscript Expander and all the abbreviations reside on the hospital's server, and my abbreviations are on my own PC which is why it won't work. Can anybody help get around this somehow or convert my entries and how to load into Chartscript? The tech guy says he doesn't know anything about SH. Thank you.
Vann Joe? -
Posted By: Me
I read your commentary on the new Vista OS. Unfortunately, my computer is about to go kaput and I'm having no luck finding a new one without Vista already installed. I no longer use MPWord though I do still have it installed, but rather just use my MS Word program. I also use a GearPlayer. Any idea how those will be affected?
Thanks for any help.
asking for your opinion...s/m -
Posted By: no
I got an offer; they pay 0.5 cent per word.
A line has an average of 15 words? This would be 7.5 cents for a line.
Am I correct?
It is straight transcription.
Shall I take it?
Thanks for you answers,
TIA.
My co. was begging for MTs to work July 4th - -
Posted By: Not happy 2day
 - so I stayed home, and can see a ton of work listed, yet my job list is EMPTY!
I hate when this happens! They cry for backlog to be caught up, yet we can't get to it to do it. Meanwhile, ANOTHER holiday wasted in front of the PC waiting for work.
Does hormone replacement (specifically low dose Prempro) cause you to gain weight? nm -
Posted By: bloom off the rose
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Does anyone know how to set -
Posted By: SM
up a jump code in Word? Like you hit F something and it takes you to that spot on your normal to fill in areas such as labs?
I think this has been discussed before and I have tried the help menu, but maybe I am not searching with the right term. TIA!
Legal or what? IC help. -
Posted By: anon
OK, I need some IC help please? I just quit my IC position and was told after the fact that I would NOT be paid for my last 30 days of working because I did not give proper notice per contract. Well to make a long story short I didn't sign a contract. So what would you seasoned ICs do?
Follow-up on post - had my 2nd HCG test today..sm -
Posted By: Scared but praying
Well 2 days ago my levels were 154 - today dropped to 153. My OB/GYN thinks I am miscarrying, which I am sure I am too. No pain though, just still spotting. I asked her what if my levels went up by Monday, she said it is possible, but NOT REALLY....I don't guess there is anyone out there that had their levels drop then raise back up? I know it sounds crazy. I do, however, honestly understand and believe that I am miscarrying. But I really would like to thank each one of you who gave me encouragement from the previous post. I know God only puts on us what we can handle and even though I don't know the reason now, God has a reason and plan for everything in our lives. Thank you for all of your support!
I can't find the old thread on schools that mentor into a job -
Posted By: need info
can anyone help me?
Hows does your employer handle descrepancies in dictation? -
Posted By: me
Started with this one company and I had a report that had several problems. An illness was listed in the past medical history, then listed as not having in the review of systems. Father listed twice, one with unknown age and cause of death, two sentences down listed what age and what he died of. Documented all of them for QA and got a reply that they leave it like that. What if there was a medication listed in allergies and the medication list? I know from having my son given medications he is allergic to this can be deadly! I can't believe they would just let it go!! They are too worried about marking out the word "an" added to make a sentence complete than being worried about the REAL stuff!!! That's MY name on that document!! 
Looking to buy Instant Text V sm -
Posted By: Vicki
I posted this on the classifies, but thought I would post here as well to have a better chance at finding a copy.
I am interested in purchasing a copy of Instant Text V with license that can be transferred to me or where I can register it.
Thanks,
Vicki
Dictaphone VR commands -
Posted By: Speech Rec
HELP! Can someone tell me how to start and stop the speech flowing for Dictaphone VR? Any other commands would be great too! thank you.
Dialup Internet (sm) -
Posted By: Dixiegirl
Any MTs left that only have dialup internet available to them? Bellsouth said we would get it in 2-3 years (big wow). I would like to change MT companies but cannot find anyone who accepts dialup internet. I could probably get satellite but I notice many companies won't accept this either. What's a girl to do?
Grey's Anatomy is the Best!!! -
Posted By: Big Fan
 LOVE IT!!!
Everyone wish me luck, getting rid of AT&T -
Posted By: Ticked with internet service
As of this morning, have signed up everything (except cell cause Charter does not carry) with someone other than the nickel and dimer, AT&T. I wrote them an email yesterday and do you think I got an answer? No. I am told their internet is much faster than what I have been used to and keeping fingers crossed. You know sometimes it is hard to change because you do not want to mess up and jump out of the frying pan into the fire. The issue of telling me at the first place I had to have land phone - even though I could not use- they would charge me a nomimal fee- so I could have my internet just sucks big time. That is the end for me. Getting the new provider hooked up 12/31 - just in time for the new year.
per word -
Posted By: clsk
Anybody know an appropriate rate for per word - non-medical trans??? Low and high levels please - I appreciate all feedback
Do you relisten to your entire reports after you finish each one or how do you -
Posted By: PAMT
edit your work before you send it in. Do you reread each one. Sometimes I think you can miss a word if you dont but not sure how to edit before sending without making minimum wage.
Anyone here about the Windows XP virus out right now?? nm -
Posted By: Yikes!!
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maybe...(beautiful thoughts) SM -
Posted By: RJ
Maybe... we are supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
Maybe... when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the new one which opened for us.
Maybe... It is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives.
Maybe... The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they have.
Maybe... You should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of and want to do.
Maybe... There are moments in life when you miss someone – a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child – so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real.
Maybe... The best kind of friend is one you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word...but when they walk away you feel as if it was the best conversation you've ever had.
< br> Maybe... You should always try to put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too.
Maybe... You should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave them alone.
Maybe… Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but, if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.
Maybe.. You shouldn't go for looks; they can deceive; Don't go for wealth; even that fades. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
MT positions -
Posted By: Francine
Does anyone else with 20+ years experience get upset when they see jobs that advertise for 6 and 7 cpl?? the advertisers think that is so great. We are back in the 80s with these prices and No I am not going to count my blessings this time. They charge these facilities a lot more now than they used to and want to pay us less with no benes. Okay I vented, thanks.
As an IC...are you finding enough work? -
Posted By: ICagain?
I was an IC for 26 years, then decided to join the digital world and become an employee for benefits sake. I am on my third company in one year and none of them have kept me in full time work (1500 lines/day). I'm so frustrated. I love the bennies but I need full-time work. So, I'm considering going IC again and trying to get as many accounts/companies as I need to get the lines I need.
I am wondering if the ICs around here are still able to find the amount of work they want...specifically via MTSOs rather than local offices/hospitals...anyone who cares to share, I sure would appreciate hearing your experience. TIA.
V/R -
Posted By: Kathy
My company is going to V/R. Does anyone know how it pays compared to straight transcription?
Can you recommend a book? -
Posted By: Becky
Hello all. I want to purchase a new drug reference book. The one I have now (I forget the name) is about the size of a medium-sized Bible, and I love the size of it. Can you recommend a book that is not too bulky, hard to flip through, hard to store by your already crowded computer that is up-to-date? Thanks in advance! Becky
can someone tell me how to copy pcshorthand -
Posted By: from computer to DVD rom? TIA :) n/m
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I need a car in the worst way -
Posted By: Has anyone bought car on Ebay?
Anyone know the best place to start? My 1995 Bonneville has almost died on me. The car is in great cosmetic shape, but the new tires, fixing a window that won't roll down and putting a new air compressor (I think) is gonna cost me more than I think the are is worth... so I'm car shopping. I'd like a Maxima, Accord or Camry(a couple to three years old) for a good price but not sure where to get the best deal. Anybody have any recommendations?
foot pedal not picking up??? -
Posted By: Wanda
I have a dictaphone foot pedal with the adapter and it isn't picking up. Anyone know what to do?
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