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MS IE 7 in Express Update - Posted By: AnnieM!AnnieM!

I've noticed some people complaining about MS new IE7 and having compatiblity problems with it. I don't know if this has been brought up here before, but Microsoft has pulled a sneaky move and bundled the IE 7 upadte/upgrade in with their High-Priority Updates. If you use "Express" to update your system, only "critical updates" are listed, but this includes IE 7. If you use "Custom", you can then uncheck the box next to the IE 7 update/upgrade so you don't inadvertently download it, and you can opt to not have that IE 7 update shown again if you so choose. Don't know wny MS decided to do that. Warnings went out from my company not to download it because it is not compatible with the platform we use.

Changing .one space to .2spaces - easy way? - Posted By: Confuzzled

I have tried just about everything I can think of and cannot get a way to reliably do this throughout a report. I do not want to retrain myself to do the spacespace because only 1 of my accounts does it like this. Any suggestions? Thanks much.

Walmart job - Posted By: JLF

Hello,

I'm not even sure if this is the right place to post this. I have been a Transcriptionist for 8 years and I just can't do this anymore. I can't handle the unreliable workload and unreliable paychecks....I'm going to go back to school to be a medical assistant but on the waiting list until next January 2010. I'm truly thinking about applying for a job at Walmart at this point because then I would at least have a steady paycheck where I will know exactly how much I am making. Anyone have any suggestions or know how Walmart pays. HELP!

Anyone else get an email from aamt about REGISTERED MT beta test? - Posted By: sm

Seems pretty stupid to me.

Okay Y'all - what is the best ergo keyboard out there right now - not intersted in those really - Posted By: weird shaped ones - just a bit ergo Thanks nm

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Patient doing/during dictation - Posted By: speakeasy

This just really annoys me! I can understand why busy doctors feel the need to dictate while they are with patients, but still, it is very annoying!!! I dictate for a pediatric neurologist, who is a wonderful dictator himself, very easy to understand. BUT, he dictates during the office visit and sometimes the patients are talking at the same time he is, does he stop the tape NO, does he repeat what he just said NO and then changes what he is saying sometimes based on their comments. Some of these children are very young, very disruptive, and very LOUD. He will also have the parents dictate their address sometimes, do they spell their crazy sounding roads NO. ARRRRGH. Anyone else have this problem or am I just having a hormonal day?

I guess I should just be thankful he doesn't take me to the bathroom with him any more often than he does!!! (and YES he does!)

H-ELL - Posted By: help please!

am i supposed to capitalize 'h-ell'?

"The patient is worried about going to H-ell."

I wish customer service departments would stop hiring - Posted By: my poor ears (or hearing)

these people who have this terrible nasal twang of those wannabe CSI Miami blonde bimbos (the so-callled bullet expert). You cannot understand a word they say, everything is nasal and words run together. If doctors ever pick up this habit we are sunk.

Anyone have any good websites for OB/GYN, ER, & dermatology? Thanks! nm - Posted By: keep on learning

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AGGHHH! - Posted By: siren

I have lost my job of 14 years (supervisor 14 years in-house transcription department). The service that took over has offered me a position. I wanted to try them but not take their insurance because I feel it is high. I was going to go COBRA just in case I did not like working for the service to guarantee coverage for 18 months. COBRA is going to cost me $1,200.00 a month with a $400.00 deductible for my husband and I. This is totally outrageous. Now, I do not know what to do! I feel so screwed over my my company that I was loyal to for so many years! We had a termination meeting last week, but we are still employed until 08/31/07, with the service taking over on 09/01/07, and they expect us to have good attitudes and keep producing quality work - - WELL YOU KNOW WHAT TO @#$##@ WITIH THEM!

very annoying - Posted By: jlynn

I have an RN who dictates I have a problem with this chart. She also gives lab values and then says No, I don't like those lab values, just delete them. . It's very annoying and also, what does it mean? How can you not like the lab values. . . Just a little irritated this morning. . sorry to vent. .

Whatcha wearing and who you're emailing - Posted By: Lisa

I had read someone's complaints about complaining yesterday, while browing the board. I got an email from one of my girlfriends just now, telling me she had been called in for receiving too many emails and given a 90 day verbal warning. I used to work for a company that told me I made too many personal phone calls and worried I was not dressed professionally enough. I used to have to pick up the CEO's cleaning and make sure all the buttons were on his shirts and there were no wrinkles. Filling him a pitcher of water on his desk and leaving no fingerprints on a glass to go with it. Let's remember that, today, as we sit in our sweats, being comfortable, or if the phone rings and we visit for 10 minutes, or if we get a cute email and want to send it to friends. No boss towering over us......at least in our home.

Does Express Scribe work like GearPlayer?.....thanks :) - Posted By: Flo

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I want to work on escription program - Posted By: sm

what companies use it? TIA

Question about vacation pay - Posted By: JL

I recently left a company and had quite a bit of vacation time accrued. Have any of you received your vacation pay in the last paycheck from your former employer or did they cut you a separate check? Just wondering.... Thanks.

sample dictation - Posted By: Donna

I recently completed my course which used tapes. I have my Bytescribe foot pedal, but I don't have any dictations to test it with. Does anyone have a sample they can email me so I can test my pedal.

LIne counts - Posted By: Patti

Per discussion below about 16,000 per pay period, is that one week or two weeks? I am a small MTSO, IC or whatever and have 4 accounts (6 docs) plus I work in a clinic to "get out of the house" after an ugly divorce. I work there 20 to 25 hours plus bring home tapes. (hourly rate) On my IC accounts, though this is per month, I do 32,000 to 34,000 lines per month and put in about 22 hours per week with pick up and delivery, printing, cutting apart chart notes, etc. So if that 16,000 per two weeks, that could be considered part time but if it is one week, she is a whiz if she does that part-time which I consider under 24 hours a week.

Just my 2 cents worth.

write offs when working out of the home - Posted By: KSM

As an independent contractor, where can I go to get a list of what I can write off legally when working from home?

TIA.

KSM

Someone please tell me what I need to change in NAV to get the left sided links back for the forums - Posted By: At Home MT

I found over the w/e if I disable my Norton Internet Security and go to Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files and click on Delete All Off Line Content, and choose ok, I can get the links back on the left (in the blue area) but they won't stay. I assume I need to change something in Norton's Internet Security, but what?? Does anyone know? I have tried lots of things and can't seem to find what it is that will make this a permanent change as it won't stay this way.

Please help. TIA.

Besides kids/sig other, what makes you happy the most? - Posted By: nm

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

Anyone use a PC Card for their Internet/MT work? - Posted By: At Home MT

I am bringing my question to the top from my response to someone's post below.

I live in the country and do not even have cable available - only dial-up.

I recently purchased a laptop and it only came with an ExpressCard slot (which it is my understanding that laptops in the future will be built with these and not PC slots). The ExpressCards have not hit the local Verizon or Sprint stores yet but I hear they are to soon and I plan to try one. I hope to be able to drop my dial-up ISP and just use my laptop for my on-line job. I also have my own local account where I pick up tapes and deliver their transcription and I can continue to use my regular PC for that work if I choose to.

Anyway, I would really appreciate knowing how you like your "card" for connecting to the Internet and how well it works out for you. Do you know if Verizon or Sprint has more coverage area? Have you traveled much with yours to see if you are able to get connections? How reliable has this been and how fast of a connection rate do you get on average?

I sure would appreciate any info you could share regarding this. Thanks so much.

Sandi

I'm off until the 5th, and little one is at (sm) - Posted By: yippee

grandma's. Gonna make some fireworks of our own tonight! LOL! Everyone have a wonderful and SAFE 4th.

Wavpedal (sm) - Posted By: Dianne

Any suggestions on wavpedals? Any good or bad experiences would be helpful. TIA

Work picking up? sm - Posted By: Curious

I am curious to know if everyone's summer slump is over and the work is picking back up.

Anyone using VoIP (internet phone) with a - Posted By: ??

DVI or C-phone to transcribe, and does it work well? If so, what company do you use? Are those companies cracking down on transcription like the regular LD carriers?

LPN TO MT PLEASE HELP - Posted By: ANGELA LEE

I AM AN LPN BUT DUE TO SEVERE BACK PROBLEMS I CANNOT NURSE ANYMORE. I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME AN MT AND WORK FROM HOME. I AM NOT TO PROUD TO WORK FOR FREE TO PROVE MYSELF. I HAVE 7 YEARS OF NSG EXP TO BACK ME. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE WELL APPRECIATED. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY!

starting again - Posted By: ksm

I have been out of transcription work for about 2 years now and I am looking to get back into the pool. Can you recomend a company that has a reliable rep to get back in with? Also any site that may be helpful pertaining to medical words and or medicines would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Import from SFW to AutoCorrect - Posted By: G. M.

I have been hired by an employer who uses AutoCorrect. My entries are all in ShortHand for Windows. Does anyone know how to import (COPY into, NOT MOVE) expansions from Shorthand for Windows to AutoCorrect? Very much appreciated.

Anyone know of MTSO's using Vianeta platform? - Posted By: Terry

Anyone know of MTSO's using Vianeta platform? Could you let me know who they are?

Thanks

Back end speech recognition. - Posted By: scared of any changes

Can anyone tell me if this is a difficult job? Would this be much different than proofreading my own reports while listening to the sound file? What is the going line rate for something like that? Is it better pay than regular transcribing?

Thank to all who can soothe my nerves!!!!

Speaking of remodeling, has anyone ever done an addition? - Posted By: OT - off topic

We'll be adding 350 square feet to our home and moving some interior walls around. I was looking at some of the home design computer software on eBay because I can't figure out what I want to do with the kitchen and entryway. Anybody have experience with doing this kind of project yourself? We do have pros to do estimates, give advice and finish the hard stuff, but I don't want to mess this up. Any thoughts?

Seasons Greetings - Posted By: LOUISA MAY

I truly hope you all had a very muzzy Christmas and have a hairy new year.

Just wanted to share.. - Posted By: sm

I just had a doctor, after stumbling over some words during dictation, say "I'm sorry, you have no idea the horrible handwriting I am dealing with"

Meditech questions and Cerner questions. Any input is appreciated. SM - Posted By: Lori

I just recently went back to work in the office at a local hospital. We type in both Meditech and Cerner, depending on what you are typing, i.e. Medical Records reports versus Radiology. We are currently typing blindly in Meditech, meaning we do not have access to our line counts and must depend on management to give us our totals. In Cerner, we are able to run a line count report and print out a hard copy of our line counts at the end of the day.

We are finding that 800 lines in Cerner equals about 500 lines in Meditech. We are not paid per line nor do we have an incentive plan, but we have a new HIM Director who would like to institute an incentive plan and the administrator over our department has laid down the law and decreed that all transcriptionists not making minimum in the department will be written up. Problem is according to Meditech line totals that we have been given, that would be about half the department.

The transcription supervisor has taken our concerns to the new director who told the MT Supervisor to hold off on writing people and has taken home all the line counts from the last month and she is going over them with a fine tooth comb this weekend.

I am not a very trusting soul by nature, so I am doing a little research on my own. I've been in this business for about 15 years. I started out in a hospital and have worked for a few services at home and am now back in the hospital setting. So I know a few things about line count and I consider myself to be pretty well informed on trends and technology in the industry. I would like to walk into our next department meeting armed with as much knowledge as possible. So I have come up with some questions that I would like some fellow MTs to answer, give opinions, and maybe even direct me to websites or individuals who could give me a better understanding of Meditech and Cerner. Here are my questions:

Is it possible for an MT to have access to her line count in Meditech or is strictly a management function? Any MTs that work in Meditech on this board, do you currently have access to your line counts and if so, how do you check them? Is it an option on the main menu after you log into Meditech?

How is a line defined in Meditech? (i.e. 65 cpl, with spaces, without spaces)

How is a line defined in Cerner?

What abbreviation Expanders work with both Meditech and Cerner?

Examples of incentive plans (if anyone would like to share that with me that would be great, if not I completely understand).

Measuring productivity by minutes of dictation versus typed lines.

What would be the minimum minutes required for an 8-hour day?

How would one structure an incentive program based on minutes?

I was thinking of presenting the idea that we keep track of productivity using minutes instead of lines since there is such a discrepancy in Meditech. I also worry that if an incentive plan is put into place and we are still typing blind into Meditech, what's to keep management from shaving off a few lines here and there?

Feel free to email me or post here any responses. Either is fine. I really appreciate any input, comments, or just plain old supportive posts would be nice too!

Benefit question - Posted By: Siren

I have worked only in-house for years and am now beginning an at-home position. For those who work for nationals who have benefits how do you work under the stress of having to keep your line counts at a certain amount or have your insurance dropped? What if you do not make your required line count?

Extext - Posted By: Brenda

Anybody out there work from home for a hospital, not a service, as an employee using Dictaphone ExText, transnet and speech? I'd like to ask a few questions. Thanks.

Gross line - Posted By: Noodles

What is a gross line, and how is it figured?

Thanks Administrators! - Posted By: RettaB

THANK YOU MT STARS ADMINISTRATION FOR CARING!!!!

Borrowed from poster below, I know You won't mind. Give Administration a Hand. MTs for ALL they DO for US.....

What does a gallon of gas cost in YOUR town? - Posted By: yen2772

$2.39 here. Northwestern Wisconsin. It is pathetic.

Medical Bazaar is Indian and horrid. Avoid like the plague. - Posted By: In the know

dumb foot pedal question - Posted By: janett

Forgive if really a dumb question, but are all foot pedals basically the same? I have one from one account and just received another one that looks the same from a new account that I will be doing.

mortgage shopping - Posted By: sandy54

Hi, this board is so helpful regarding so many different things, I thought I'd ask about my current dilema. Just sold my home in SE New Mexico, moving to Albuquerque. Obviously a site built home is the easiest one to get a mortgage for at low interest rates (I have excellent credit), but because of the cost I'm also looking at manufactured/mobile homes on their own land and in a park. This is just for me and my dog, so I don't need anything large anyway. Does anyone have any advice regarding buying a modular/mobile home as I have never owned one before? Thank you for any thoughts you might have regarding this.

Express Scribe will not play .sri files......anyone else - Posted By: have this problem? NM

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Has anyone had dealings with - Posted By: voip.com in Boca Raton, FL?

I was assured that their home plan included 10,000 minutes and after the 1st month, they took $156 off my debit card (which I had ordered under) in overage charges.

Customer service is a joke and, when I asked to talk to the billing department or a supervisor, they just tell me I can't - that I can email billing, which I did and no response. I'm so frustrated. What a perfect way to avoid dealing with billing disputes on their part - just tell customers that no one is available!! I think I'm going to take them to small claims court

MTSO with platform versus no platform (big message) - Posted By: Rambling Rose

If a MTSO advertises that the MT works in MS Word and sends dictation by FTP, does this usually mean there will be no demographic/doctor database and the demographics will not be autopopulated?

I got into a mess with a small company (got out real quickly too). I was required to print out daily email copies of the doctors' office patient schedules (which were barely legible) and type in all information. I spent more time hunting for the correct patient through pages and pages of these schedules. Then I had about 25 pages worth of doctor's names that I would have to go through to find the attending, referring, etc. A total waste of time as I didn�t get paid for that.

I wish MTSO would give more information as to what platform they use (if any). Proprietary software is such a generic, totally useless description. Would they buy a new car that listed, "Car has gasoline operated motor?"

And for Pete's sakes, why so secretive about the pay? Give a ballpark figure. Just say, pay is between 7-12 cpl depending on skill, testing, etc. Tell me if you pay for spaces, headers, etc. It would save them time because I wouldn�t even apply for a 7 cpl job.

Before I spend an hour or two testing, I need more information from a company to be sure it is compatible for my needs. If the MTSO would spend a little time on their website detailing their platform, how they send/receive files, pay rates, how line rate is determined (spaces/no spaces) employee/IC/SE status, minimal line count, whether work pools consist of 100s of doctors, or smaller pools with 25-50 doctors etc. Having all this information on their website would save them time and the MTs time. Phoenix Medcom has a really good layout describing pretty much everything an MT would want to know before testing with them. I am just tired of testing with a company and then finding out the job wasn�t exactly suited to my needs.

What's the best electronic drug reference? I need - Posted By: Jerseygurl

quick look ups - mostly just questioning generic versus brand names!! I thought there was a post on this the other day, which peaked my interest, but not can't find!! Wish there was an on-line site, even if I had to pay for it, which constantly updated. I just don't have time for the free online sources, though I have a few good ones! Any suggestions?

How many lph do you average doing VR editing? sm - Posted By: GoColts

I am making the switch from straight transcription to VR editing. Just curious to know how many lines you all average.

Thanks

Question - Posted By: Texas MT

I have an interview on Tuesday (Dermatologist). The doctor dictates regular recorder and then transfer to a disk? What does this mean?

Wrong profession? - Posted By: frustrated

I know there was a post about this yesterday, but I did not want to taker hers over. I am just wondering if I can really do this. I have been doing this 3 years and have been at the same company. I just got back 5 reports this morning that just have me almost in tears. Granted, some of my mistakes were stupid and should not have been made. But, others that were sent back to me I really have issues with. Some of the "mistakes" were not typing "Jane Doe" in the report instead of typing "the patient," which directly goes against my account instructions. Also, was told not to expand an abbreviation in the diagnosis section because my account is verbatim. I just do not agree with this!!!! Plus, had different instructions on the same thing. The QA is totally inconsistent, and let the QA manager know what I thought of some of their changes.

I do think that I am a good MT. I have a new position starting with a great company soon, and I just want to know that I really can do this!!! Any advice??