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Question on counter program - for administrator -
Posted By: clk
I use your line counter program faithfully for line count clients, but recently had to use it for page count client of mine on a second computer - I downloaded it the same way etc.. When I check off page count and enter my rate all files come up as 1 page. This does ot happen on my other computer - is there anything you can give me a headsup on so I can use it on both computers - both are exactly the same setup and operating programs.
doctors vacation time -
Posted By: Tracey
I am an IC for a clinic. I really like it but for one thing.
I have to wait around all day to see if he is going to upload that day. I have to work some at night and during the day so it's not like I can plan to do anything at all because I don't know when I will have a report. Also with holidays. On Thanksgiving he stated that he was going to be gone but the people in the office wouldn't/couldn't verify so I was kind of stuck waiting to see if he was going to be in.
Is this normal? Does anybody have it set up so they know when their doctor is going on vacation? I really don't think it is too much to ask for.
Thanks
Is it possible to pad line counts? -
Posted By: Curious
Is there a way to pad line counts and actually get more than a person has actually typed? I have been with the same hospital account for 15 years and we have two girls that make just an ungodly amount of lines per day. The rest of us transcriptionists can't understand how they do it and why no one in management has questioned it. One of my coworkers said she thinks they pad their line count, but I don't see how they could. What do you all think?
Webchart MD -- is it a good platform? -
Posted By: Peacebug
Hi there,
Can anyone tell me if WebchartMD is an efficient platform? I'm thinking about subcontracting with someone who uses it but would love to know beforehand if it's a good platform before I commit.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Peacebug
Going back to the old post about -
Posted By: maj
people who don't understand our jobs as MTs, I wanted to add a couple of comments I recently received at a HS reunion about which I just sigh: When asked what I do for a living, one person said that she learned medical terminology and ShortHand in the past, realized shorthand is no longer used and thought medical transcription was obsolete/now fully automated. I briefly attempted to explain what MTs do and about automated speech recognition, but she didn't seem too interested. Another comment I received was how it would be nice to work when you want to; I didn't feel like explaining about having scheduled hours/punching in and out, TAT, production goals, etc., and just let it go...
I think the next time someone asks what I do for a living, I am going to say that somedays I am a magician, most days I'm involved in a race, and that at all times I am required to be a good interpreter!
Ok which forum board did the ...sm -
Posted By: blondie_1147
post go to about whether the illegals would leave with the state of the economy? I have checked the Gab and the political. What gives? Did it just disappear? Huh?
Things can never change if you don't want them to. -
Posted By: 'Shroom
I think we all have a pretty good idea of who wants things to get better, and who wants them to remain as they are.
Coders or billers? -
Posted By: Trish
Anyone have any info on billing and coding that would help me choose a school or program, also if there is opportunity to work from home?
Word Expander Confusion -
Posted By: Jill Valdez
Okay, I am not a veteran transcriptionist, but not new either. I have never been taught the use of increasing productivity by word expanders, macros, etc. I have been doing some research, downloaded some trials, but I am still very confused. What is the difference between purchasing an Expander or just adding words to autocorrect already built in the computer? What is the best program to get? Can anyone take the time to enlighten me? Thanks in advance. If once taught, I think I could really catch on, but I am confused!! Jill
Seasons Greetings -
Posted By: LOUISA MAY
I truly hope you all had a very muzzy Christmas and have a hairy new year.
metric conversions help please -
Posted By: s.o.s.
how does one convert mL/mg%
To Take or Not to Take -
Posted By: Tinkerbell
What are your opinions on an MT job where I would likely be learning a lot of new accounts regularly and dealing with numerous dictators on a regluar basis? I am a newbie and need the work but am nervous about being able to make any money that way.
Need a good pasta salad recipe..(sm) -
Posted By: Help
We are going to have an easy and cool summer dinner tonight. Making chicken salad sandwiches. Want a good pasta salad recipe to go with it. Preferably a creamy (mayonnaise/sour cream) style. Getting bored with the italian dressing recipe lol
Thanks!
Lab Tests Online -
Posted By: Angela
I remember seeing on here somewhere where someone had put a link to a good website with normal values for lab counts. Does anyone know that link? Thanks
lines/hour standards (sm) -
Posted By: kla
What would you say is the "industry standard" for line counts in an 8-hour work day? Where do some of the companies want you to be? 150 lines per hour? 200 lines per hour? More? Less?
Just curious since I've been out of the loop for a while. Thanks.
QUITTING MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION FOREVER -
Posted By: Tired MT
Hello everyone,
I have finally quit medical transription once and for all. It has been a roller coaster for the last eight years. I finally found something that is so much better. I will be making my own hours and deciding exactly how much money I want to make. I got so tired of begging for enough work. I was tired of seeing everything going to India. I also got tired of making less and less money. This is the only industry where you have to have more and more experience and knowledge, but you do not get paid more for it. I am just happy that I found an out for myself. Now, with EMRs there will be very little transcription work left. I hope the best for all of you!
Take care
Okay, I'm really confused now. Thinking about going digital but what about FTP? sm -
Posted By: Melanie
What's the difference? I'd rather not e-mail files with an encrypted service or is that the only way? Does the FTP site solve that problem. I don't have any docs that are digital right now but may try to get new accounts that way. I would like the easiest way without breaking the bank. Any help would be appreciated so much!!
Has anyone ever heard of Sten-Tel... -
Posted By: carla
I tested and got accepted at 7.5 cpl but would like any info on the company and what they may be like to work for...
To I Love candles -
Posted By: candle maker
If you want to email me, I can explain how to make them :-)
An awful week! -
Posted By: Ready to give up!
1. First I tried a new skin cream to "firm" up. My face turned cherry red, burned, and itched. Nothing helped. My skin now feels like sandpaper. 
2. The water pump went in the car.
3. My son was taken to the hospital and has developed a heart problem. He's only 38.
4. My phone-in dictation machine died today. Can't afford the high prices they're asking for another one. I only have 1 doctor and don't know what to do. Any ideas?
5. My husband is still not back to work.
Wish I could retire today!
Need opinion... -
Posted By: SM
I am currently a newbie doing transcription for a very high volume acute care hospital. I am having a hard time meeting production, and they are opening a position with a psych hospital. To be honest, I am bored with what I am doing now. I am wondering if I decide to take the psych position that maybe it might give me a chance to improve on my production and mix up my day a little better. Since I have such a wide range of doctors right now and such a wide range of reports, it is hard for me to make any templates or anything that can help with my production. Any advice would be much appreciated. 
Thinking of trying a wireless modem from Verizon -
Posted By: medtype
was told it should work as long as I have cell phone service at my house, which I do. All I have is dial-up at home and I'm so so so tired of the slow, slow, slow connection. Plus I can use on my laptop too. Hoping this will be faster. Just wanted opions if you got'em. Thx.
700 lines per hour... -
Posted By: any thoughts?
Someone told me today that she could do 700 lph. Has anyone ever done this? I'm curious.
Per Line for Other Specialties? -
Posted By: Faith
Hi! I'm new to the forum and was wondering if any of you experts are familiar with the rates for specialties other than medical? I've been approached to do some court work and general transcription, but they need a 65-character line rate and I have no clue what the going rate - or a fair rate - is for subs. Any suggestions? Thanks bunches!
Have a blessed Sunday,
Faith
pulses -
Posted By: Shiva
Doctor dictates what s/l "pulses 1 and 4" in the lower extremities. Should it be "pulses 1/4"? Can anyone help me out?
Help please!!! Is there anything that would make my c-phone footpedal stop working? -
Posted By: radmom
Maybe it got deprogrammed? It was unplugged for a couple of months. Any suggestions please?
Anyone tried AAMT's health insurance? -
Posted By: Sickly
Just wondering if anyone had checked out the health insurance premiums that are supposed to be discounted for AAMT members. Really need to get some coverage for myself and family.
?Rheumatology sites sm -
Posted By: Speedqueen
Anyone know any good links to rheumatology sites? Appreciate your answer(s).
Foot Pedal Tendonitis in big toe!! -
Posted By: Carol-GAMT
I have been doing transcription from home for about 15 years and about a year ago had this pain in my big toe. Got to the point that joint is very enlarged and so painful to press on bare floor. Well, after months and months of going to doctors, x-rays and arthritis profiles - finally....ANOTHER doctor says... "Well I have noticed my Transcriptionist and she is always typing with her shoes off and using that big toe to press the pedal". I thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread to figure this out. He did a joint injection in the toe! YIKES, not very pleasant, but now I am almost able to walk barefoot on the floor . Has anyone ever heard of this? How long does it take to get it better without using the toe to press the pedal. I have switched to the other foot and using the ball of my foot. Just a warning if you are using that big toe to press the pedal.
Laptops and foot pedals -
Posted By: Julia
I just discovered that the foot pedal I use with Bayscribe does not fit into my laptop! The foot pedal has a 9-pin connection and the laptop has mostly only USB portals. I don't want to buy a new foot pedal. Is there any sort of adapters or some other way to make this work?
What is, on average, a normal weekly IC report production? -
Posted By: Stressed
I need your opinions please….
I am an IC who works for four doctors who each dictate approximately 100 or more reports a week. They send them via over to their personal website and I download and transfer to Express Scribe (awesome program by the way). They tend to call me often and will ask for one or more patient’s report to be faxed over immediately for insurance purposes. Of course, they have no idea how complicating and time consuming this is on me, when I have to search for these specific voice files, one by one, and then transcribe the report, etc. I felt a bit of an attitude the other day when it took longer to perform my task.
I am wondering, am I just too slow? Is completing 400 or more reports (on average half page reports) a week slow, including transcribing these special request reports? I feel so stressed all the time now; their phone calls for insurance purposes are becoming more constant. I am wondering if they realize that I am not an employee, but an IC, and that there is a difference. How may reports do most full time IC’s complete within a week, plus deliver 2-3 times per week?
Thanks for any and all advice.
Question about CMT and VR -
Posted By: thinking about CMT
There's a push by some MTSOs to get the CMT certification, but my question is this: Would it really be feasible for the MT to spend all that money on the test along with time/money for continuing education credits for recertification if VR and electronic charting are the future for MTs? If all we're going to be doing is reading and correcting for less money and everyone is adamant about the "writing on the wall", why are some MTSOs encouraging CMT status? Is it smoke and mirrors or will it hold more weight in the future?
hosp acute care dictations..please sm -
Posted By: anon
Are hospital dictations difficult to type? I have always typed various specialities for clinics. The company I just started working for lost the account I was hired for. They did offer me a position to type for the hospital dictations. Do you think it will be a rough transition for me? Any advice please! Thanks. 
Cap lock and unlock is driving me crazy -
Posted By: Hey manufacturers
I wonder why the light above caps locked is so small. With the constant need for capitalizing words in this industry, I am constantly backspacing to delete words mistakely capitalized or not capitalized, especially with IT. Does anyone have a cure for this?
C-Phone Question! -
Posted By: debbie
Help.  I cannot remember how to change the SPEED (I believe you have to use the keys on the keypad to program in) on the Dictaphone C-phone (the typical gray model 0421). This dictator is dictating a mile a minute and I can't seem to SLOW HIM DOWN.
Any help would be MOST APPRECIATED.
Any good companies that will provide a free computer?? -
Posted By: Jan Marquis
Are there any good MT companies out there that will provide a free computer and the software, supplies I will need?? I am a canadian MT living in canada. They also must hire outside the USA. IF anyone knows of such a company (that pays at least 12 cents per line too!!)- please email. Thanks!!!!!
Jan Marquis
Can you get cancer from chronic mouth -
Posted By: ulcers?
I have a wisdom tooth that is coming in. I do NOT do well w/ dentists/anesthesia, etc...well a few months back i had an appointment to have this removed. long story short even though the dentist knew I was freaked out about the local anesthesia he took so long to do the extraction my mouth was no longer numb when the hygenist tested my gum area. I freaked out, left crying and vowed to never go back to him. Well now that the tooth is slowly coming in more and more i have an ulcer that seems to be getting bigger from where i am more or less chewing the inside of my mouth.
It doesn't really hurt or bother me that much, i would much rather deal with the ulcer than have another panic attack/heart racing event from the local at the dentist's office. My concern is this: Can you develop cancer from a chronic mouth ulcer? My aunt died of oral (tongue) cancer last year so i'm paranoid about it.
Any info you can give is welcom. Thanks!
Can someone answer this question? -
Posted By: JustWondering
I've long wondered why it is doctors are so emphatic on getting their dictation back by the deadline, and if they don't get it by the deadline, they or their OM have a fit, yet it seems to be okay/no problem if they don't get it on time when the medical records processor is on vacation and can't process the work, they forget to download their voices files for several days, or they'll dictate on a patient who was seen a week earlier or the like. Anyone have any idea why that is?
Meditech and Stedmans -
Posted By: pauline
Does anyone use Meditech and Stedmans Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker together? I just purchased Stedmans to use while typing in Meditech and now someone told me it would not work? I have not tried it yet though. I will keep Stedmans though to use in Word so no big money loss.
Anyone have one of those all-in-one -
Posted By: pools?...sm
They're blue, have the blow up ring around the top...We are thinking about getting one and would like some opinions if anyone has one of these pools and would like to share! 
Norton antivirus program -
Posted By: cjsi
If my Norton antivirus program expires, will it still work but just not allow me to get updates, or will it stop working altogether? I was hoping to wait until the weekend to install a new one.
looking up words -
Posted By: please refresh my memory
Somebody recently mentioned a site where you can go and put a * in the part of the word that you can't get. Example:
ap*ectomy = appendectomy.
Can you tell me again where this site is? It's sooooooooo helpful!!
Thanks! 
Who is the best company to work for? -
Posted By: GAtrans
Can someone please tell me someone you work and are happy. I have 8 years' experience in multi-specialty clinic and acute care (except op notes) and want somewhere with good pay and steady work. I'm tired of bouncing from company to company after they lose your account and don't have enough work to keep you busy. HELP! I am so frustrated with this field. When things are going good, I can do 2000 lines a day and be happy, but then every 6 months or so things go bad with that company and its a few months of transition after things fall apart. I'm about to lose my mind. Thanks in advance for the suggestions.
ERROR message -
Posted By: Jennifer
I am trying to sign onto Docuscribe but it keeps giving me an error message that says "Editor failed to connect" Can someone help?
Does anyone pay someone to clean their house? sm -
Posted By: Happy camper
If so how often do they clean for you and how much do you pay them? What size home do you have? i.e. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room and kitchen?
MedQuist board is now set up. See Medquist link to the left. -
Posted By: Administrator (sm)
Link is also below.
Suggestion for wav player -
Posted By: Kathy Stryk
I have Express Scribe wav player but cannot get it to SLOW DOWN the dictator using keyboard control. anyone have suggestion? Which wav player would you suggest investing in? TU
Help! -
Posted By: MTrPJ
Dr. states SGOT, PT is high. Does he mean SGOT/PT or SGOT, SGPT or SGOT-PT? I'm confused. Just gone to ASR and freaked out!!
partnership -
Posted By: JayRae
Has anyone started their MTSO as a partnership? Would like some details on how to go about it.
MQ has lost their collective minds! -
Posted By: Downtrodden MQ
2 cents for a check?? What in the world is up with those goomers? They must be smoking some chronic over there in New Jersey...
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