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need a pep talk - Posted By: bummed out MT

I am feeling so rotten about myself and my MTing abilities today. I got an E-mail from quality control about several errors in a report and complaints from that particular hospital on this one report. Apparently, I had put she in several spots that should have been he. I also did not fill out the demographics screen. I guess I am getting ahead of myself with this produce, produce, produce thing. I suppose it is time to slow down. Anyone else had a slap on the wrist and felt horrible and then just feel so unsure of yourself that you just feel like you need to put the keyboard up for a while?

iChart - Posted By: laguna

New user to Dictaphone ExText. Can someone tell me how to use iChart for my own personal line count? (I do have my user & password, but not much else).

copy type - Posted By: tristen

What would you charge to type up sermons from hand written notes, located in Kentucky, I'm thinking by the page, what would be the industry standard?

Does anyone know where I can find an INSTANT TEXT MANUAL?? sm - Posted By: Old MT, New Hire

I have my disk, but cannot find my manual/user guide to save my life. I would really like to have one handy to keep from having to go through the CD menus. I'd be willing to pay anything at this point.

TIA!!

medical transcriptionists in US Virgin Islands - Posted By: Bob Rogers

We are looking for experienced Medical Transcriptionists in the US Virgin Islands.

Please visit our web site and contact me. http://www.globalmedicaldata.com

Thanks.

Bob

Please help!! - Posted By: l

I'm considering a position with Breitner Transcription and I was wondering if anyone has anything about this company. I looked in the archives but that last one was posted in 04 so I was wondering if there is anyone resently that can tell me anything. PLEASE!!!!!!!

Thanks

Did anyone hear Clark Howard today? sm - Posted By: mtmt

There was a lady on there who's an IC transcriptionist. Apparently she thinks the owner of her company is going to file bankruptcy, and she and the other ICs are afraid they're not going to get paid. I don't want to give any of the details because I might not get them right, but maybe you could listen to it on his web site. As I understood it, the bottom line was these transcriptionists don't have a chance in heck of getting their money, since they're not employees.

MS Word Still SOOOSlow - Posted By: Bonnie Wild

I am posting again for any add'l help with my MS Word Program - still slow on opening and closing of the program. I have added memory, checked for any extra "normal" templates and about anything else I could find to do. I do have a lot of autotext entries in MS Word and think this may have something to do with it, because when I accidentally deleted them once, MS worked fine. Any more ideas??? Thanks Bonnie

MTSO at crossroad. sm - Posted By: Hopeful

I have been in business since 1995. When I started, it wasn't such a challenge to get clients, a few of whom I have to this day. Since moving to another area, I have had a hard time getting work. I send out flyers, put myself in the yellow pages, etc.

I did get a few accounts here and there, which I would be told was permanent, but they were actually looking to get caught up. Once that happened and they were finally honest about it, they let me go - along with the MTs I obtained. I only have enough work for myself now, and I want to grow my business to the level it was in the past.

I'm at a crossroad. Don't know if I should continue to search for clients or let my business go and try something else. I've been doing it for so long. I don't know what I can do at this stage of my life - but I love the MT field. No matter what I do, I can't get clients.

Has anyone else been in this position?

Which HIPAA E-mail Software Program for OE is easiest/best? - Posted By: At Home MT

I provide service for an office of three OB-GYNs and the OM/docs may be willing to consider going from hand-held microcassette to hand-held digital recorders (mean no more pickup-delivery of dictation/transcription for me!). I would like to utilize a very (hopefully) simple HIPAA compliant encrypted E-mail program for transferring of files in Outlook Express that will work on my own computer as well as the office's Linux network.

I have found one that appears to offer all of the above features I am looking for and seems reasonably priced called CenturionMail, found at the link provided. Is anyone familiar with this program and/or any others that they would highly recommend? I need something simple as we are all new to this adventure.

My goal is to some day be on the road in our RV, setup with a laptop, and felt an E-mail program would be my best choice for utilizing a campground's Internet connection for uploading/downloading of files. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks for any feedback you can offer me. I sincerely appreciate it.

A company posted 8-12/cpl not long ago.. - Posted By: (sm)

anyone remember the name of the company or have the link to the job post? I remember seeing it, but cannot seem to find it now. Thanks!

C-phone/Dac question - Posted By: NM

I just started an account using a C-phone. The rewind is so slow. Does anyone know how to speed this up or is this just the way a C-phone works? Is a DAC any faster at rewinding?

need help with shorthand - Posted By: nm

I'm new to ShortHand and whenever I'm typing and have to go back and backspace to fix something that expanded accidentally, another expansion occurs. Also, I've saved my shorthand file, can I install it to a different pc. Want to try working on a desktop instead of a laptop. Thanks

Anyone want to share their favorite crock pot recipe? - Posted By: Bored with dinner

Phone line help, please if possible - Posted By: Getting older

I hope I don't confuse anybody but here goes.

Back in 1988, I had 4 phone lines installed in my home. 1 is personal, 1 for my dial up modem (also personal), a business line, and an 800 number which the phone company tied to another personal phone number-I'll call this number 123-4567. (This was the only way the phone company could do it at the time).

As it stands now, I get a bill for the 800 service through Sprint, an 800 bill through MCI for the calls I recieve, and a bill through MCI Small Business for the office phone and 123-4567. I also get a bill from Verizon for the 123-4567 number (I think that's the one) that is a minimum $5 charge a month. I'm really getting triple billed for 1 line.

As of Jan., I want to disconnect my 800 number, my office phone line, and my modem line, but leave the 123-4567 line for my doc. MCI told me I can't disconnect my office line without disconnecting the 123-4567 number.

Am I supposed to wipe the slate clean and go without any phone service then get new service with somebody? It's been so long since I had to deal with something like this and I'm so confused.

Can anbody make any sense out of this? TIA.

Word expander for Linux? - Posted By: Wally Bugg

Code Runner - Posted By: MQMT

Anyone know what this is?

Head manager, middle manager, lower manager question - Posted By: April

Ok, maybe someone is having this same issue as me. A couple of weeks ago I made mistake and the person on call for the weekend not there, tried to contact them. I He contacted me about this after my shift was over. Instead of stopping there, he in turn told the higher boss up on the chain and then I was contacted again by them. Does this happen in most cases- the 1 you talk with then goes higher and you get slapped on the wrists from both sides? Does 1 person calling it to your attention just not work?

This is just way to insane. Hunters beware. sm - Posted By: Mainer

Our "esteemed" governor has just passed on something new for deer hunters. I am not a hunter and neither are any people on my side of the family or my husband's side. However, Maine is just plum full of avid deer hunters. The deer hunting season runs from the end of October through the weekend after Thanksgiving for firearms (bow and arrow hunting starts a month earlier).

Over a decade ago, because of the supposed "dwindling deer population" Maine adopted a "bucks only" law where hunters could only shoot male deer with an antler length of 4 inches or more, but were not allowed to shoot females.

Now wait, this gets better. . . .

A few years back, the grand old State of Maine began to hold a "lottery," so to speak, to issue "Any Deer Permits" for hunters so that they can shoot female deer or not have to determine antler length for whatever deer they happen to get within shooting range of. This "Any Deer Permit" system is only the "luck" of the draw.

Now here is the new and wonderful thing that our governor just passed, and I am NOT kidding:

Any deer hunter that reaches the age of 100 (yes 100) can shoot at any deer without possessing an "Any Deer Permit."

100 years old in the woods with a firearm? Now THAT is a comforting thought.

Macros retaining their info - Posted By: IndianaMT

Does any one know what you have to do when your macros no longer retain their info even when you re-do them. It seemed to go little by little. For a long time it would not retain the font size. This week, it decided not to keep the font chosen. and now today, it is not keeping the margins. I am frustrated! Please help!!!!

Updated info on CyMed? - Posted By: Tracy

Hi -

First time ever on this board and I've been an MT for 15 years. Worked for Healthscribe before Spheris took over (3 years) and now work for another company...but looking elsewhere. Can anyone give me their honest opinions about CyMed? I just tested with them, extremely easy to me, but I HATE changing job. However, job I have now....isn't paying the bills at all, waiting for work constantly, they are going to start off-shoring, etc. I'm single, have 1 child, lost a great job last year working by the hour (outside of home), but lost the job (don't even ask). I loved it, but got screwed. Now I'm just depressed, disgusted, broke, etc., and very stressed and worried. I'm going to have to get out of transcription or something. This just isn't working and I seriously would appreciate any good or bad. I talked to a man there for over an hour yesterday. He was extremely patient and took his time explaining everything I asked.

Thanks in advance everyone!

Help! Doing a pacemaker and doc is saying - Posted By: Dancin Shoes

threshold testing revealed R wave sensing at 22 millivolts and a pacing threshold of 1.2 volts at 0.5 milliseconds and 600 ***ABMs****??? Any EP geniuses out there that can help me???

dictaphone c-phone help - Posted By: Lisa

Hello: Can anyone tell me how to get the dial-tone to come through the headset rather than the handset? For some reason, today, the dial-tone is coming through the handset only and I cannot hear anything out of my headphones. Any help would be appreciated!

So what is it?? - Posted By: Sunshine05

I am considering getting into MT. I have decided to train with the Andrews School if I end up going into this profession. However, now that I have read this message board, I am having serious doubts. I've read the various reasons why MT sometimes drives you guys crazy, and I can certainly respect that, because every single job in the world has SOME things that are undesirable. But after reading this message board, "undesirable" doesn't seem to do justice to the way MANY of you are describing this profession. I have a lot of positive images of how life will be after I graduate from Andrews (assuming I get accepted), but now I am starting to think that this career is akin to torture. Is it tortuous to sit--presumably with a good posture--all day, every day, for hours upon hours, in the same spot, typing and typing and typing and typing? Is it tolerable? I hope so, because I've done a good bit of research on this profession and I am convinced that the Andrews School would be a quality education and that MT is a great field. Can some of you give me some direction here? It's probably not even clear what I'm asking, but if anyone can make any sense of this, I would appreciate the help. Thanks!

Quicken or Microsoft Money - Posted By: MslaMT

Which one do you like better?

Check your coffee cups!!! - Posted By: michelle

uuuuuuuuuugh! I got up from my chair and went in the other room. When I came back to my chair, I picked up my coffee cup to take a drink. I looked inside the cup, and there was a HUGE SPIDER swimming in my coffee!!!! ugh! yuck! How freaky is that!?? What if I hadn't looked first? EEEEEW! Gives me the creeps. I threw the spider, coffee and all, out the front door (I felt too guilty to dump him down the drain).

Back end voice recognition - Posted By: pookergirl

Hello,

My employer informed us they will be implementing a back end voice recognition program this year. I am looking for transcriptionists who are using this type of program in a large company such as a hospital, and how the transition affected their job and staffing as well. Thanks.

AAMT Journal-Is is worth it to get it? - Posted By: MTer

Does anyone get the AAMT Journal. Is it worth the money?

ALL POSTERS PLEASE READ - Posted By: Goldbird (Moderator)

There is no need to play grammar school marm here. Do not correct other poster's spelling, grammar, etc.

Goldbird

Dictaphone Voice Recognition - Posted By: DD

Does anyone have experience with Dictaphone voice recognition? If so, can you please contact me. I have some questions about it.

Truthful Advice? - Posted By: lolabug

As some of you might see I have already posted this on the WAHM board, just thought I'd get it out there as much as I can, so....looks like you guys get it too. lol

I just recently got married and I am working in-house at our local hospital. I LOVE getting out of the house and going to work every day. I love what I do and want to stick with it. We will probably not be having children for at least a couple of years as my husband has a year left in college to get his business degree. I want to be able to stay home and raise my children, but I have seen what it has done to my mom. She sits at home all day in her PJs and type, type, types. I am just wonderng if any of you have any regrets about deciding to do transcription full time from home in order to be there for your children? This may sound a little selfish, but I don't want to have any regrets about my life and want to look at all options before I settle into a decision. I know I have some time to think about it, but it has been a topic that I have really been thinking about lately. What I would really like to do is stay at home with them until they are all in school and then try to get a job out of the house while they are at school. Have any of you made this transition? Any advice would be appreciated. I would just like a heads up before making any decisions. Thanks!

Washable KB/mouse - Posted By: RettaB

Here's a great idea if you work in a setting where there are multiple keyboard/mouse users; however, note not available in our ergo style.

http://www.unotron.com/UK/products.htm

Ideas for 18 yo daughter's birthday? - Posted By: tyvm

She is graduating this year and going off to college in the fall. I know she doesn't need knick-knacks. I want to give her something special.

Amphion - Posted By: please advise

I need to know anything you can tell me about Amphion -- QUICK!

I thought I saw it here awhile back but I can't find in archive search. sm - Posted By: need info

I'd read here (I thought) about herbal antidepressants including 5-HTP and something else, but I can't find where I saw this. If anyone can be of help, I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks.

I need help on Tecnical Board w/ - Posted By: Express Scribe. Please. TIA!

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Please email admin@mtstars.com with your choice of gift card and full mailing address and we will ship it out immediately!

HELP....with LANIER and Dictaphone??? - Posted By: Laura

I am looking for any information that someone can give me regarding getting your equipment fixed with Lanier Voice Write -LX-219-1 machine, as I cannot get my machine to operate.

I also have a C-phone (Dictaphone) and I am getting a lot of static in the earpiece and cannot even hear the physician in the background.

Basically, I feel that both of my systems need to be serviced and was wondering if you could help me here with either (Lanier or Dictaphone) as I am losing $$ as I am even typing this. I have called all the local businesses and searched the web for any help and to no avail. I live in Ridgeway VA....

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated....Thank you

want to get own clients - Posted By: need advice/suggestions

Hi Everyone,

I have over 2 years� experience in medical transcription and really want to get my own client(s). I feel that I am finally ready to take that leap. The question I have is � how do you go about talking to potential clients? What is the best way? Mailings, calling, just going in? Should I make business cards? Unfortunately all of my doctors offices (family, ob/gyn) husband's GI doc and daughter's pediatrician are all EMR. Ugh. So that's no help.

I�m not really afraid of what to charge or contracts, the rest is what has me stressed the most. Should I buy a program like DocShuttle or will they basically tell me what they want? I have been with nationals and small MTSOs alike and just am not sure how to go about everything myself.

You can feel free to e-mail me with any advice also.

I really appreciate the suggestions/help!!!

Lanier VXP?? - Posted By: Amy

Anybody use Lanier VPX? I can't get my wav pedal to play these files. Any suggestions?

Can a company "trick" you into paying you by the 65 character line by - Posted By: JLG Question

stating 9 cents per 65 character line in writing, but you don't get paid for spaces? I heard rumors about this particular company that they don't pay for spaces and so I'm wondering about this. I suppose I could call and ask them, but was wondering about that. Thanks. What's been your experience about pay, if you have one?

Looking for a new job. What are some questions...sm - Posted By: Linda

I should ask besides pay, benefits, and hours to make sure I don't miss anything and then find out I've been screwed later? Should I get pay in writing to make sure they pay me what they tell me. I never worked for a National, so I am unsure how a lot of things work with them. Thanks.

Idaho - Posted By: Kathy

Is there anybody out there that lives in Idaho?

This is so exciting! - Posted By: nm

I never knew there was Google for medical transcriptionists, too. Well, I've found this and am over the moon. It works, too. See link below.

Question from a newbie - Posted By: sm

I'll try to make this short. I have been working for a company since June (I don't want to name the company, only because it is not relative to the question). Here is my story:

During QA we get our corrections back for every report, and we then fix it and send it on to the doctor's office. That being said, I know that I have not been making any mistakes lately. The only blanks that I have left were because of an ESL, and my QA could not figure out what was being said either. I feel like my accuracy is 98% or better, although I am not sure how that is determined. I am anxious to be off QA and feel that I should have been already, but I do not want to over-step here because I am so new. Should I say anything, or just keep going and wait for something to be said to me?

Thanks for any and all opinions!

home office tax question - Posted By: sandy54

Doing taxes. To measure the square feet of my my home office, which is 10 x 12, do I just multiply, which would give me 120 square feet? Thank you!

Newbies - Posted By: Allison

Hi! Where does a newbie get started? I am working at a large local hospital in the Transcription Dept. and have been here a year. I transcribe 2 days and I do tech work. I just finished my internship and I have my MT certificate. :) I do not know where to start to find MT work as a newbie. Anyone have any advice? I am able to get 2 days transcribing at my current job but I want a second job transcribing. Any adivce is greatly appreciated! :)

Pathology Compensation - Posted By: Tess

Can anyone tell me what the average compensation is for transcribing the gross only for pathology, by report, not lines? Thanks so much for your assistance.

How cute - there/their/they're instructions - Posted By: Bonk!

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-There%2C-Their-and-They%27re

are there any websites that have live chat for MTs? that actually have people in them? - Posted By: bd

???