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DQS and computer spec - Posted By: ??

Does anyone know if DQS will work on Windows 98 or 2000 and what kind of RAM you need, etc. on your computer? TIA!

Regarding instant text - Posted By: Carla

Have a question regarding putting in instant text. I dont use macros, but we use autotext. We have several radiology macros that need to be put into the computer and am unsure how to go about doing it. Each doc has the same type of reports, CT Head, pelvis, abdomen, or CT chest, then just plain chest, other types of X-ray reports.

What I need to know is a short hand type of Expander to type so that the macros come up. If I put in the name of the doc with say XXXXCT then how can I change it up for each type of dictation.

I hope someone can help me. I am at a loss with this trying to figure out a nice short hand for this.

EMDAT down? - Posted By: typingnot

Is EMDAT presently down? 12:30 CST. Can't log on and had new deal put on computer yesterday but have typed all day, but can't get on now. ?

help needed on the word board. Thanks. nm - Posted By: nm

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line counting issues - Posted By: MT/QA/MQ

What do you feel is a FAIR and REASONABLE rate to pay an employee medical transcriptionist?

For point of reference, yesterday I did some basic calculations.

In 1987, I was hired as a TOTALLY GREEN NEWBIE at 4 cpl. In 1988-1989 sometime, I got a raise to 4.4 cpl. My "guarantee rate" for 90 days after hiring was $7/hour. The minimum wage at the time was $3.35 I think. ($4-something maybe?) So my "guarantee rate" was approximately double the minimum wage. At 4 cpl, I needed to be typing 175 lph as a brand new fresh newbie! And amazingly enough, I only used my "guarantee rate" during my first pay period - every pay period after that, I was paid at my lph rate, not my guarantee rate! This was on an Selectric TYPEWRITER, not a computer!

Nowadays, MQ has a standard "guarantee rate" for 30 days instead of 90, and it's $10/hour. Their minimum line production is 100 lph, or 150 lph for full-benefit full-time employees.

I would like to discuss the following questions on a new forum: http://mtfallenstars.proboards.com/index.cgi Please join me there!

What has changed in our industry? Why has the line-per-hour rate gone down instead of up? Why is the guarantee rate now less than double minimum wage? Why do seasoned experts in the field consider it a good day to make $15/hour while newbies struggle to stay off food stamps?

Benefits - Posted By: Desperate

Just found out benefit premiums are going up over $100 more a month. I am hardly getting by as is, let alone when benefits go up. I have to carry the insurance for my entire family (husband is self employed). If someone works for a company that offers good coverage (deductible $1000 or less and copays $30 or less) and cheap premiums (i.e. less than $500/mo for family coverage), could you please let me know. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

OSI transcription? - Posted By: Margaret

Anybody have any experience with OSi transcription, good, bad or anything? I am going to be testing with them. What is their pay scale (I think most companies range from 7 cpl to 9 CPL).

Does anyone watch Y&R? sm - Posted By: soapie

For those who do, what do you think about Nick and Phyllis, and Victoria and Brad...

First off, didn't Jack (Phyllis' husband) used to be Nick's stepdad?

And didn't Brad (Victoria's fiance) used to be married or engaged to her mom?

I'm sorry, I know it's a soap and all, but that is just sick! I just started watching it again after about 4-5 years, and it's funny how little things have actually changed....

See pressure valve - need input - nm - Posted By: Mom-CMT

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Calling Delaware MTs... - Posted By: how about a lunch to gab and network

There are two of us here in Delaware so far that would like to get together and have lunch. We are planning on meeting at the Ruby Tuesdays in Middletown (Rt. 299) at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 3rd. We would love to have others come and have a nice day out.

Company requires a C-phone. Will a Lanier Lx-219 work as well? sm - Posted By: Will this work?

What is the difference in a Dictaphone, C-phone, Lanier LX-219 and Lanier Expresswriter or Voicewriter?

Thanks!

NEED RECOMMENDATIONS on foot pedal compatible w/Express Scribe (sm) - Posted By: CAMT

I realize they sell them on the Express Scribe website, but I was just wondering if anyone found any that were cheaper, worked well, and were still compatible with Express Scribe. TIA!

What is a good per line rate? - Posted By: rek

Have not worked in a while. Interview today in an hour.

RE: Question - Posted By: klownmom

How do you write OK in medical report? I think it is OK, my boss says okay. Think I saw where this was not right.

Thanks.

Grrrghh! Just venting... - Posted By: Miss Celaneous

�What gives with these doctors dictating in the present tense (e.g., operative notes) - "The patient is brought to the operating room and is administered general endotracheal anesthesia. Is placed in Allen stirrups." Then, every other sentence, he/she changes to past tense - "Was prepped and draped in a sterile fashion, and single-tooth tenaculum was placed�" Is it just me, or does irritate others as well??

Need help on word board, please. TIA nm - Posted By: Help??

http://www.umdnj.edu/purchweb/employees/employ16_transcribing.htm - Posted By: NJ Rates - check this website.

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EMR? sm - Posted By: Need some knowledge

I know EMR is electronic medical records. Does that replace or take lots of work from MTs? I have three doctors I do work for and they are thinking of going with EMR, will that replace me?

WeType - Posted By: MTMommy

Has anyone ever heard of WeType Transcription?

Personal transcription websites - Posted By: Carmen Druckenmiller

Does anyone out there have a personal website dedicated to medical transcription? If so, and you don't mind me looking at them, please send me your web address. I'm thinking about making a webpage for myself, and would like to see what is out there already. Thanks!

Speaking of needing tunes in the background - Posted By: need my tunes

My kids and their friends threaten to video me on their phones and post it on YouTube or something because.... honestly, sometimes I get really rockin when I'm working. Heee heee

Then I came across this video the other day and I thought.... Oh My! That could be ME caught in a "moment" one of these days.

Will try to link to the video. Hopefully it works.

Help - Posted By: kathy patitsas

I need major help! I bought a Dell computer about two years ago when I started the DocQScribe program, and since that time, my line count dropped by about a third. I am now working for a different company on the same computer on a Word-based program, and I am having the same problem. I can transcribe at a rate of 300 lines an hour, sometimes more, but I rarely can get above 1,200 lines in a six hour period. The Word line counter shows that I do about 40 to 50 more lines than shown on my invoice line counter. It makes no sense to me and I can't figure it out - I transcribe just as fast as I ever did and in the same way. Could it be my computer? Please, as many opinions as possible, and thanks!

saving autocorrect - Posted By: gracek

i saved my autocorrect onto my hard drive and want to add this to my laptop. i saved the program on the laptop but how do i save it to autocorrect? Any ideas

The snowflakes are pretty cute. :). nm - Posted By: Cyber snow is definitely better than the real thin

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I bought a new headset today but - Posted By: silly me

it is stero? and only works on one side. Isn't there an adaptor I can buy from Radio Shack which will make it work in both sides? Anyone know.

Went on another MT forum (will not - Posted By: me

name names) and saw work wanted postings for MTs in India. Don't know how I feel about this. All I do know is that I don't want my job outsourced like so many other jobs. The other MT forum is supposedly not an Indian forum, but they seem to let the Indian MTs post on it. I won't comment on there because I don't want to be called a bigot. Just worried about my job is all. Can't type for 2 cpl and buy groceries.

Has anyone tried SmokeAway? sm - Posted By: TXMT

I really need to stop smoking and I purchased a started kit on a whim....well, maybe more than a whim....yesterday. Has anyone used it with success? How bad were the withdrawals on it? Any comments welcome.

Any good sites for plastic surgery? sm - Posted By: JGT

Been doing reports for breast augmentation, mastopexy, blepharoplasty, Z-plasty, etc. Any web sites that may have terminology or sample reports other than MT Desk. Their site is good, but need more sample reports or terminology.

The Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions - Posted By: Interesting forward in my mail.

The Difference between Focusing on Problems and Focusing on Solutions

Case 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space,they found out
that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the
writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and
$12million.

They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down,
underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a
temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the Russians do...??

They used a pencil.

Case 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was
the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest
cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a
consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities
isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the
packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.For some reason,
one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its
engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard
to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two
people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure
they were not empty.

No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a
whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company
was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays,
etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong
industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the
fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty
boxes out of the line.

Moral
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution.

Contract - Posted By: IC--not by choice

After working for a small practice for about 2 months, I was abruptly told one afternoon I wasn't a team player, they were letting me go, but gave me the transcription to do at home--I was and am grateful for the work. I did have presence of mind to ask if I would have a contract, as this is all new to me--have mostly worked in-house, except for a short part-time job. The office manager's reply was, "Oh....we trust you--I don't think we need a contract," which really irritated me--what about my trusting them?! Now I wonder just what category I'm in. IC or what?? I suppose I just don't want this office to think I'm a dummy and of course, need to protect my interests--this is my bread and butter--not a sideline job.

I started looking for a sample contract here on MT Stars, but I suppose the required wording varies from state to state. Does one have to have more than one client to be considered IC?

Appreciate any help!

Career Step? - Posted By: just me

I have over five years experience in psychiatric transcription. I started at a counseling facility with no experience or training -- just a good command of the English language and a good typist.

Anyway, I went about five years doing no transcription. I recently got a home position doing psych trans. again. I would like to continue working for this company, but broaden my skills in acute/medical. Of course, there is some medical in psych transcription, but limited.

My question is: Has anyone here been through Career Step and is it worth the money? Also, do you think it would benefit, or should I just try to gain experience as I go?

Thanks!!

"These movements were smooth and painless"... VR "These movements were smooth in penis." - Posted By: MT reader

feeling lonely - Posted By: lonelyMT

My last "baby" is headed off to college shortly. Not only will I have an empty nest, but I am single and feeling a little scared about being alone. Just wondering if any of you have gone through this, and what it's like to find yourself alone - do you get used to it rather quickly or what?

I feel like such a big baby !

Meditec?? - Posted By: Jen

What is your opinion of this school. I have a friend that is interested. Thanks!

what happened to the ad - Posted By: MIV

what happened to the ad on the job seekers board for Volunteer Transcription. It was there last night and now it is gone. What goes? Tell me it is not a phony ad because I responded with my resume and all my pertinent information is on there.

Selling body parts in the US sm - Posted By: Workin fool

There was a brief mention of a recent arrest (I believe it was in New York) of a phony business set-up involving funeral homes, etc., selling bone grafts, etc. from dead bodies (one was supposedly Allistair Cook's body of the PBS fame) and replacing these parts with PVC piping in some cases. These people made "millions" and the patients/families had to be notified. One man was practically crying because he had been told he has to be tested every 6 mos. for HIV, hepatitis, etc., since he had a recent surgery on his neck. They said it may not present itself for years in some cases. They showed some gentlemen being led away in handcuffs but the story was cut short. Anyone else know about this travesty and why so little else has been said about it or is there any web site, etc., that explains it in more detail? Would like to know morel I am very concerned for the recipients as well as the unbeknownst-to-them "donor" families.

I got your apology and it is absolute accepted! - Posted By: "sm"

Thanks!

Sounds like Zoltan drops for - Posted By: me

the eyes, can't find in my references.

I must be a bitter MT..Check out the ad on job seeker's - Posted By: IdahooeeeMT

Obviously Indian-based, but they want to train you to be an MT..check this part out..

Transcription is fun for the right person as it allows you to write and if you love to write, then it is an enjoyable career. Some people who do not like writing because they are not creative still enjoy this medical online profession. Even people who hate writing like this profession because it allows for working at home on a flexible schedule.

OKAY.. what planet are they from..Since when is transcription fun LOL...and I'm sure glad it lets me write whatever I want, because I just love to write..LOL and I get to use my creative ability also to write whatever I like. People who hate MT-ing just do because they hate to write and are not creative LOL. I'm sorry but this just cracked me up. I've thought a lot of things about transcription but FUN was never one of them. Lucky for me though, even though I don't like it, I get to stay at home and have a really flexible schedule..NOT.. lol...

Why aren't the BOS editions readily available at the bookstore sites? - Posted By: How do MTs come by this? nm

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voiceware/voicescribe - Posted By: colormedainty

hi there! does anyone know or encountered these softwares before? i hope someone could give me an overview of these. thanks. appreciated it...

what difference in schooling for PA's? - Posted By: sm

vs. MD's? What can they NOT do?

I have a friend needing some advice. She is trying to get an idea of sm - Posted By: Friend

what to charge for a general typing job (probably legal transcription) and is interested in getting paid per page. Does anyone have any idea what the going rate is for a per page rate? I told her about getting paid per character line, but she is looking more to charge per page. What would you say? 6.00 a page? I have no clue! I would appreciate any help from anyone! Thanks!

Does anyone know how to make the text larger in Word?? TIA - Posted By: nm

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Shorthand different than Autocorrect - Posted By: TiredOTyping

I just download PC ShortHand for the 30 day trial and I want to know what's the difference between it and autocorrect? I have not been to thrilled with Autocorrect yet because it seems to run so slowly that I have already typed the word by the time I even notice the Shorthand box in my document. I like Autocorrect, what's the difference between the two and how can SH enhance my speed. Thanks

Need help with invoicing, first time... - Posted By: Jai

I have to count my own lines for the first time for an invoice. Before this I worked with Emdat and that produces a line count for me. If anyone would be so kind as to help me out I'd greatly appreciate it. I want to be sure I am paid what I should be without overcharging either.

This is how the it was explained to me by the recruiter "Only space between words is counted, while empty lines, tabs, headers, footers, standard templates and hard enters are not counted."

So, when using a counting program how do I set that up? (I downloaded the Sylcount software, but could/would download another if it is easier) What is the easiest way to do this? I'm confused right now, and probably too tired to be trying to do this at the moment anyway...

THANKS!!

Question for radiology transcription - Posted By: Lisa

I have done orthopedic transcription for about 4 years now and was wanting to give radiology transcription a try. There is currently a position open at a local hospital for a a radiology transcriptionist. What references do any of you suggest I get to help me. TIA

PeachTree Radiology Transcription - Posted By: kim

I would like some information regarding Peachtree Transcription Associates that is based in metro Atlanta, Georgia.

Still make Drake and Drake drug reference? - Posted By: MT again

I had this in the past and loved it, but now I don't seem to find it. Do they not make this any longer? If not, what seems to be a good replacement that you use? I need to update my reference books.

Thanks.

post thumbs down votes aren't being counted - Posted By: moon1010

If you've tried to vote thumbs down on the two posts by computerboy advertising illegal downloads of Stedman's items, you'll be interested to know that the forum is instead counting them as "thumbs up" votes.