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Honestly, how fast will VR type the dictation. I read somewhere about 160?  Is that all?  I don't understand how a Transcriptionist can train the program when it is the doctor that is dictating.  Can someone explain.  I am trying to figure out if this is something I want - whether it be to save my wrists for the future/ or if it will type the work faster than I do.  I am generally about 200 now, depending on the work, sometimes better, sometimes worse. TIA.

Hi, I am currently a transcriber.  (leaving the field because as you all know this field is getting too ridiculous).  I am planning to attend a billing and coding school locally.  I was wondering if the hours vary for coding/billing or are the working hours typical 9-5 or 8-4, etc.    TIA

 who do you recommend I go through to get this FAST, and have to put it all on credit card

TIA

Remember mickey mouse ice cream bars?  They were shaped like mickey's head and the face was vanilla ice creame with chocolate ice cream for eyes and mouth.  His ears were chocolate covered.  I don't think they make them anymore.  What treats do you miss that you can no longer find? 

or 2...

1st:  How in the world is it that Jill and Katherine are mother and daughter????

2nd:  Is Brad Ashely's baby's daddy? Or is Victor? Or does she even know for sure?

I have just recently started watching it again after about 4 years off and need a little catching up...

an employee and how would one guestimate if they would qualify? Looking into this option this year.

I was switching back and forth between documents and Word asked me if I wanted to save changes and I hit no when I meant to hit yes and ALL of my work is now gone.  Is there ANY way to recover this?

Thank you so much!

I am just an MT, not management, but I am so frustrated with a few of my MT friends.  I hear all the time how they don't feel like working or they got interrupted by the phone too much or their boyfriend/husband.  These are the same people who on payday whine because they didn't make enough money!  Honestly, did you just expect it to show up miraculously?  These same people also get upset when the work isn't there even though they weren't really doing the work in the first place.  Drives me nuts.  Today i just feel like telling them all look, you have answering machine and/or voicemail, use it and stop crying to me because you didn't take the initiative, stick to your guns and make the money.  These are very capable MTs mind you.

I am not perfect or anything, but i show up everyday and try to do as I absolutely can.  I just don't get it. 

Hello, I found this blog today, it's absolutely great. I think we need to take up a campaign for all physicians to visit. It's a blog about teaching physicians how to dictate better. This guy is my new hero. They even have a store to buy funny reminders for doctors about bad dictating. Funny, funny.

http://dictationtherapyfordoctors.blogspot.com/

"ORAL tobaccoism" -- like what other kind is there !!

oh i suppose it could be cutaneous via patch, but sounded dumb...

Looking for the correct spelling of acetrianam ACE trianam?

We transfer our files back and forth via email and very frequently the clinic is "missing completed" files which we have sent them.  This is beginning to take up way too much time to look up and resend.

I need an online storage site where us transcriptionists (3) can send a copy of finished work and also the clinic receptionsist can also access to look for "missing files."  (Preferably free or low priced) Any ideas??  Thanks.  Free

stay focused.  When you're working at home it is soooo easy to turn on the TV, take frequent breaks to answer the phone, talk to hubbie, play with the kids, take a hot bath, play solitaire on the PC, surf the net, post on a message board, etc.

I just wondered if anyone had any miracle cure for the wandering mind?

I have been in limbo for so long, now I feel this weird anxiety about my job stability.  Voice recognition is everywhere, and a lot of jobs are going overseas, my hands ache, yet I'm still undecided, too afraid to make a change, have been in my safe little MT hole so long. 

I've been taking classes here and there, trying to find my way. Along the way, I have found out I do not like studying, nor can I afford the classes it will take to get a degree in the field I want, all while trying to make a living full time.  Its too much!

I have been buying the Sunday paper for a couple months to see whats out there.  None of these jobs are enticing, no wonder unemployment is so high.  I see more and more people living out of their cars, in fact today I saw someone, looked perfectly healthy, living in his car.  The jobs are mostly either sales, or labor.  I am not above doing labor work, in fact i've applied for housekeeping positions, but sales?  I'd come home with a splitting headache everyday.  Waitress positions...ug.  Manager positions...NEED EXPERIENCE..okay next.  Engineers...psychologist...MUST HAVE MASTERS.  Why do I suddenly feel like i've wasted my life here and am just floating on a life boat or something, drifting.  Am I alone here?  Completely confused as to what to do next.  I have ideas cooking, but they do not seem to be cooking fast enough for me to feel at ease.  

I do not consider myself a loser, although my family does having chosen the career I did, but I put myself through tech school (still paying) I did not have rich parents to put me through college. When I was in my early 20s, I did the full time work thing (lived with parents thank heavens) and went to school two years to earn an associates degree.  Now I feel pretty scared, esp with the cost of housing.  the American dream seems so far out of reach right now.  I've worked very hard, but having absolutely nothing to show. Anyone feeling the same way?

Went to the Urology Clinic this morning.  The doctors are dictating on a C-phone to a transcription service and they are transcribing the reports and sending them back to the office for me to QA.  I download the files, check them, print and save.  My questions is how can I have them route these files to  my home computer.    Wouldn't the transcription service have to send the files to me so that I can access the site on online with a user name and password?  Can I do this through AOL or do I need to use Internet Explorer.  Anything else I would need?  Just need some input, because this current Editor may not come back and I may be taking on their actual transcription also.  Big Company.  Don't want to loose this one.  Any ideas would be appreciated. 

I'm very seriously looking into working with one of the medical context publishing companies.  I would be so delighted to talk or e-mail with anyone who works with these companies -- what do you do, what time frame are you working in, how does it pay, is it steady work are just a few questions I have.

Please e-mail me. 

Thank you.

Any suggestions for different/easy foods to take to widowers?  I know when we have had deaths in my family, we are overwhelmed with cold cuts, and the widow works at the bread factory, so I'm sure she's good with that!  I need to go over there tomorrow, so whipping something up would be in the midst of working, and that's why it needs to be something relatively easy.  I appreciate suggestions.

Seems like everybody's passing nowadays.  :(

A friend of my daughter's got married in early February.  They have been friends since kindergarten and through the girls we met the other girl's parents and became friends with them.  They moved a couple of years ago to the same metropolitan area but not as fast, easy and convenient to get to (they used to just live a few blocks away), so we haven't seen them as much the last couple of years but have seen each other from time to time.

Well, DD and I went to a personal shower for the bride a week before the wedding and spent $50 on a gown from Victoria's Secret.  Then our whole family went to the wedding and we gave the bride and groom $50 as a wedding gift.  We have not heard from them since and have not gotten a thank you card or anything.

I have been one in the past to criticize others who were miffed about not getting a thank you or acknowledgement of a gift because I figure I give a gift because I WANT to, not expecting anything in return.  So I'm not sure why this bothers me so much because I still believe a gift is something you give from the heart and that you shouldn't give it expecting something in return.  But it DOES bother me.

I think maybe it bothers me because money was really tight at the time that we spent that $100 on the shower/wedding gift but we didn't want to give nothing and in fact wanted to be generous since she and the family have been friends for so long.  Since money was so tight DH and I talked about waiting and giving them a gift later but then decided we'd go ahead and give it and we'd just get by the best we could till we got paid.  Basically we had to go a weekend eating omelettes, egg sandwiches, Ramen noodles, grilled cheese, etc.  Which isn't the bride's fault - we did that because we wanted to go ahead and give her the gifts instead of waiting.  I'm sure she doesn't realize that the money we spent on her made things very tight for us.

I just keep thinking that if it were friends of our family I would make SURE my daughter sent out thank yous.

I'm not getting all freaky about it or anything and it won't hurt the friendship, I guess I just feel that what we did was unappreciated.

The response I got when asking about the credibility of MTAtHome.com wasn't very good.  So now I'm wondering, what are some good Medical Transcription schools that you can do online.  I'm looking for an online program.  Can anyone send me in the right direction?  I definately don't want to be jipped by a school that is not credible, which will then affect whether I get employment or not.  Thanks for your responses.

-Hunter DuRant

I am just curious how this works.  Does the doc dictate on the digital recorder and then just plug into the computer and upload the dictation via e-mail to be downloaded by the MT?  I have been wanting to switch to digital for a LONG time but just haven't taken the time to research this.  Presently, I have several doctors that I transcribe for but they dictate on microcassettes.  Some of them don't want to change -- just stuck in their ways, but I think it would be easier for them and me and would save me a lot of $$$ on gas. 

Is there a lot involved in getting this set up? I mean, besides purchasing the recorders?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!!