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How is QA score measured? Is there a standard scale? sm - Posted By: anna

Is it per report? Is by the number of characters in the report? I am guessing that a missed comma is counted differently than a wrongly used medical term...

Thanks for any help!

MT Testing - Posted By: Angie

Should testing transcription be done verbatim or do you suppose it could be lightly edited? I was not sure about this. I have never had a company instruct me on what they prefer.

Thanks

problems? - Posted By: ICHART LINE COUNTS

Is anybody else having problems getting the line counts today from the ICHART website. Unfortunately, after working all day and then going for a count - it does not seem to be updating.

Anyone own their own MT company? - Posted By: Bev

Just wondering if any of you have your own company, how you got it started and what equipment you are using?

Can Shorthand be used with EXText? - Posted By: MT Mommy

Hospital is switching over to EXText next month and I'm worried! Without my ShortHand I might as well go work at McDonalds!

Hey editors..is 3cpl a fair rate for rad? - Posted By: (sm)

I know different factors play into this, but given the best case scenario (platform, etc) is that about what the going rate is? This company offers an increase to 4cpl in 90 days, so just curious if this is in the right neighborhood for editing. If you have some not so great MTs, you could spend more time editing and giving feedback than they did typing it to start with..and only getting paid 1/2 or 1/3 of what they are getting paid.

just got the phone call - Posted By: the reason they cannot tell you anything

Is its all personalized to the individual MT I was told. They've been watching us and the plan will be specialized to each one of us. Why do I suddenly feel like i'm in the game clue, but the only thing thats going to get murdered is a decent paycheck. Feeling anxious.

I AM SO DISCOURAGED! - Posted By: BECKY

Well all...I am so discouraged. I am in the middle of my schooling with Career Step. It's not the course...I am very happy with it. I have done a lot of research on the field of MT before deciding to make the career move from teaching to MT. Lately, all I hear is that it seems EVERY national company outsources and EVERY national company either has too much "running out of work phases" or doesn't pay at all, or doesn't pay on time...sooooooo many negative things I am hearing. I want to try to work from home, but I need to make a living. Is it really too much to ask

that I have work and am treated fairly as an employee? I am getting very scared and don't know which companies to look to for employment. I know there's a lot of archived information, but I guess what I'm looking for is someone to tell me it ain't all bad! Thanks in advance. Becky

Ortho help - Posted By: Need a consult please

Due to account reassigment I am now going to be doing strictly orhto accounts.

I do have Instant Text and several Stedmans such as phrases but no specific specialty books.

I am wondering if the Ortho Word Book is something I should purchase?

I am also wondering about some the ABCZ products?

I welcome any suggestions.

Thanks!

Ergo keyboards sm - Posted By: mlstoo

I know this has been discussed before, but I need opinions on the ergo keyboards, best, cost, why you like them. I'm considering going with the Kinesis but would like input on the other kinds out there as well. How is the Microsoft one? It's reasonably priced but when I looked at it at Staples, it didn't seem much different than the regular Dell I have now.

My aching ears - Posted By: Deanne

Hi everyone! Just wondering if you all have suggestions for inexpensive headphones that don't hurt your ears, but have good sound quality. I have 2 different ones that I use and I prefer the sound quality of my little "bud" type, but they end up really hurting my ears after several hours of use. The other are much more comfortable, but I lose sound quality. I guess I'm looking for the best of both worlds -- oh, and inexpensively, too!! (I don't ask for much, huh?)

Take care all!

Questions - Posted By: Backwoods typist

I have a couple of questions if someone could answer. One, why is it that noone will take a satellite internet? Two, what is the benefit of working as an employee versus working as an independent contractor. I am currently looking for a part-time job at night, but am at my rope's end trying to find one. Can someone give me some insight/inspiration?

medical transcription info - Posted By: Treasia Stepp

I hope I am in the right place to receive some much needed help and information. I am interested in getting into the field of medical transcription by working from home. I am familiar with the medical field and terminology used as I was a licensed Resp. Tech for several years and worked in the hospital setting. I have also done data entry and paralegal work for a number of years.

What I am wondering is quite honestly how to go about finding a good job of this nature. As well as what online course would be best to take for this?

Also please be honest with me and tell me if it's worth it to take the course. I'm not looking for a lot of money but something is better than nothing and want to keep busy.

New to shorthand, a few questions...sm - Posted By: Bella

The record feature? What is the purpose and what does/can it do for me?

Is there any way to import my auto corrects from Word into this program?

Any tips/advice on using this?

THANKS!

Extra shift or extra work - Posted By: tia

Has anyone taken on an extra job or shift with a new company for a just a few months to get out of debt or to be able to pay for something that is needed or wanted? I am thinking about taking on another job to get out of a stressful debt situation. I am just afraid I would be going into another stressful situation working more hours with the very busy family schedule I have.

For those of you who are ICs - Posted By: (sm)

I'm wondering if you receive all work from an individual work source at the same time each day (i.e. one doctor's office, one national, one local MTSO) -- understanding that if you have more than one source that each one may give the work at a different time of day? I'm curious because one company I receive work from can on one day distribute my work at 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. and then the next they might distribute a batch at 10:00 a.m. or earlier, and the next at 7:30 or 8:00 a.m., etc. Now, we have an agreed upon turnaround time of 24 hours and an agreed upon minutes per day of dictation, which is sometimes exceeded and I am fine with that if it is not a whole lot. I originally accepted a part-time position and agreed to 60 minutes per day.

At any rate, I am just wondering if others encounter this, as I find it difficult to plan anything at all because of their varying assignment times. Just wondering how you guys handle it. Perhaps I should mention too that in my case I am not the only Transcriptionist on the account that I work.

Thanks for any responses!

Looking for dependable DSL service - Posted By: Recommendations please

I have had Adelphia and now have Bellsouth both with connection problems. It seems everytime I turn around my internet is down and not in my area but with my puter. I have to use Bellsouth webmail cause my outlook is always getting hung up. I call and they have to set me up with a new ISP# to get connected again. Very frustrated. Anyone out there have a good DSL to recommend. TYIA.

I have 1st edition AAMT BOS, company requires I have 2nd edition. - Posted By: me

I don't think you can just get updates but have to buy 2nd edition book. I need cheap. I did find one place for $70, anywhere cheaper? I checked the equipment board here for the last month and didn't see any offered.

how do get rid of password protected -sm - Posted By: Cindy

computer. I had it so a password needed to be entered on my PC but would like to change that now. How do I do that? Thanks.

Shorthand - Posted By: Lori Strickland

I work in an account that uses Meditech Magic. This account requires bolding, italicizing, and capping their headers. Is there a way to do this with shorthand? I tried to use the record function, but it seems to be unable to read the bold/italicizing commands. Any help would be appreciated. TIA!

putting external keyboard with laptop question - Posted By: sm

If i am using a USB adapter for my round-plug keyboard wire, is that essentially the same as a regular USB connector, ie, don't have to turn the machine off first before plugging in? I don't want to blow my pricey ergo board by doing something wrong...

Quality Healthcare Insurance...SM - Posted By: mtnday

Does anyone have this insurance. According to their website it costs $85.00 a month for individuals. Sounds too good to be true. Any info appreciated.

Doing 60 lph this morning so far. : ( - Posted By: Frustrated Beyond Belief

I get up every day with a positive attitude, and start typing away. Same BAD dictators, skipping all around in reports, and some areas garbled beyond recognition. I'm just venting, but it is so hard to keep going on day after day like this, making no money and being frustrated beyond belief. It takes so many hours just to make 1000 lines like this. ARGH~!!!!!!

any other current nyers on here - I went to the - Posted By: nymt

state board out of curiousity and there are very few. Does New York have a shortage of transcriptionists???

Just curious - if there are NY'ers - where in NY do you live?

response from my senator - Posted By: more on how not to hire Americans

Thought I would share - still sick over this issue

Thank you for contacting me with your concerns regarding the use of foreign temporary workers and business personnel by U.S. firms, as well as the economic security of our nation as a whole. I appreciated hearing from you on these important issues.

As you may already be aware, the use of temporary foreign workers and business personnel by U.S. companies has gained a considerable amount of attention in the past decade. Foreign nationals admitted to the United States are known as non-immigrants and come to the U.S. on a variety of employment visas, including the predominantly used H-1B visa.

The economic prosperity of the 1990's fueled a drive to increase the levels of employment-based immigration. The nation enjoyed its longest economic expansion, and the unemployment rate had remained low. At that time, both the Congress and the Federal Reserve Board expressed concern that a scarcity of labor could curtail the pace of economic growth. A primary legislative response was to increase the supply of foreign temporary professional workers through fiscal 2003.

The recent economic downturn in the information technology sector may have diminished demand for H-1B workers in that sector and has raised serious questions by many individuals like you about the lay-offs of American workers by U.S.-based corporations in favor of H-1B's non-immigrants.

Proponents of the H-1B argue that increasing the levels in the admission of foreign workers is essential if the United States is to remain globally competitive and that employers should be free to hire the best people for the jobs. Opponents, on the other hand, argue that any further increases, temporary or permanent, are unnecessary as there is no compelling evidence of a labor shortage in these professional areas that cannot be met by newly graduating American students and by retraining the existing U.S. work force.

As you may know, the House passed H.R. 4818, the Omnibus Appropriations bill of 2004. This legislation provided funding for the majority of foreign and domestic federal programs for fiscal 2005. Unfortunately, this bill contained a provision that allowed the first 20,000 H-1B beneficiaries who have earned a master's degree or higher from a U.S. institution of higher education from being included in the annual H-1B visa cap of 65,000. This provision effectively extended the visa cap to 85,000.

While I support keeping an appropriate level of legal immigration, in my opinion, we must work in Washington to ensure that current American workers are not losing their jobs or being forced to survive on depressed wages because we are voluntarily importing far more foreign workers than we need through the use of nonimmigrant visas. During the 110th Congress, you can rest assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind and take action as appropriate to promote economic growth at home for the benefit of both current U.S. workers and future generations of Americans.

Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please feel free to contact me again on any issue that concerns you.

headset/speaker/amplified help - Posted By: Smit

My volume on the new computer is fine, but transnet volume is low with all controls at full volume. Best way to increase the volume? Do USB headsets have broader volume control? Thanks

word expanders - Posted By: sue

Has anyone used SmartType as a word expander? How do you find it?

I am so mad - Posted By: need to vent

How in the world can my company be looking for new employees when I sit here for hours a day with no work and for some reason my supervisor will not give me a second account? Is anyone else in the same boat? AAHHHHHHH!

MS Word grammar settings? - Posted By: What catches all the errors?

I would like to set up my MS Word to catch as many grammar errors as possible. Should I just check every box?

Thanks

Does I-chart have a good expander? - Posted By: anon

Anyone familiar with Dictaphone I-chart. I'm thinking of working for a company that uses this. Is it good for productivity. I have Word 2000. Is it compatible? Thanks in advance!

Help. Can anyone tell me what the song is on the commercial on tv where the guy is driving across - Posted By: MTPA

the US to San Francisco for a cell phone commercial and he pulls up in front of his girlfriends house in SF and calls her on the cell phone and she comes to the door and there he sits in his car. It is the cell phone commercial for the cell phone with the bars on it. This is driving me nuts. I cannot remember the name of that oldie song.

USTranscription - Posted By: rae

anybody work for USTranscription out of Iowa/WI, you like?

I LIKE THESE NEW FEATURES! - Posted By: Just playing around!

Especially the colors! It's fun to experiment!

Microsoft SP2 tech ? please sm - Posted By: Gemini

Have older backup computer, won't take my Norton antivirus CD unless I update my SP2 latest download. I went on Microsoft download site and perhaps I'm doing it wrong but none of it will work for me. Anyone can help would be appreciated, on here or E-mail me. I really feel better having an extra computer as backup, and my license is for 3 computers so it's nothing that I'm doing illegally. Perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong place as there are several "fixes" and some are for techs only. Help! TIA

Same companies posting... - Posted By: Renee

Have been a member of MT Stars for quite a while-Has anyone else noticed in the Job Seeker's Board it is always the same "Big companies" looking for new MTs. Makes ya wonder why these companies are always looking for MTs. Transcend and Spheris come to mind real quick, but I'm sure there are others who chronically cannot keep MTs as well. Just talking out loud...What are your thoughts about this???

Terror attack in London, explosions in the subway, many deaths - Posted By: On Fox news. nm

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download - Posted By: Rebecca

Hi everybody,

Does anyone know where to go to download the sony digital voice Editor 2? This is supposed to be a free download. I need it to start a new job, and I can't find it. Help anyone?

Anyone know how to transfer auto corrects from SmarType to word? please..nm - Posted By: AzMT

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IT desk stalker/hacker - Posted By: sickandtired

I work for a hospital in town, make great money, more than any other job I've had MT'ing, (20+ years experience), great benefits. However... I work a night shift and have had repeated incursions into my computer, with malicious changes, that I have become convinced are originating from the Hospital VPN, namely the sole IT desk person who also works at night. Hospital dept. head says, oh no, you have an internet virus/bot/intruder, none of our employees would ever do such a thing. But I've rewired my house, had computers wiped down, and still the little hack jobs, and only when I'm hooked up to the hospital. Things like, my printers disabled, files deleted, etc. I talked to the IT person twice and it raised red flags, because he seemed kind of sarcastic, and also seemed to know more about my computer's workings and programs than he should have. Has this ever happened to anyone else? What would you do?

Getting MT contracts/subcontracting - Posted By: mt

Are there any MTs on this board who get their own contracts or subcontract directly from the MTSO that individual practices, hospitals, clinics, etc. contract with that would be willing to give me some pointers about getting my own accounts? You may feel free to email me privately if you want. Thank you in advance.

Can anyone tell me an environmentally safe way to dispose of old computer monitor? TIA - Posted By: nm

Would someone recommend a company or companies - Posted By: anon

that are good to work for as IC? Looking for flexibility especially. Would love 24-hour turnaround. I'm considering signing up with 2 or 3 to TRY to guarantee a consistent work load. Any thumbs-up would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Word 2002 help - Posted By: swooty

I have a problem that's driving me crazy. When typing in Word, it will automatically capitalize the beginning of a new sentence, EXCEPT when the prior sentence ends in a number. Does anyone know how to change this so that it will capitalize a new sentence following a number? TIA

Has anyone ordered pet meds from Entirely Pets? - Posted By: me

My dog has Cushings and is on $200.00/mo worth of meds and we are going broke between them and the $1000.00/year testing needed, not to mention shots, etc. We are paying about $80.00/month for one medicine. I found it at Entirely Pets for $32.00/mo - a big savings. The package they show is the exact same as what we get from the vet, the dosage and the # of pills is also the same. I read the description and it doesn't say anything about it being a generic or anything else that would raise a red flag. I checked this med at 1800PetMeds and it is $60.00/month there.

I'm going to ask my vet tomorrow what she thinks. I don't think she'll have a problem with me getting meds from another source but I'd like to hear feedback from an outside party too.

Oprah show Monday-have you let yourself go?? sm - Posted By: MT 10 years and then some

I must admit this is me ever since I started working at home 6 years ago. Too easy to do. 6 months since a decent haircut, too many kids to look after and too much work to get done. I thought others might appreciate thesubject matter. Happy watching.

WAV players - Posted By: LieseOrlita

What kinds of .WAV players does everybody use to play voice files. I am having a hard time trying to use it with TouchType 2.

TIA.

Chrismukwanzika? *lol* but happy holidays nm - Posted By: well how 'bout Merry....

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Incompatable foot pedal?! - Posted By: bindysmom

I bought a Lanier 219 XL and what I thought was a compatible wav foot pedal, but it wasn't... ones the 9-pin hole, the other is the 15... Is there an adapter or do I have to replace one of them instead? Anybody else do something as dumb as this?!

Med-Line school: anyone know anything about it? - Posted By: Lolly

Hello,

I'm seriously considering applying to Med-Line for MT studies. They are AHDI approved and provide a paid internship. Has anyone heard anything good/bad about them? Has anyone gone to this school? Were you satisfied? Found a job? Do employers hire folks who studied from that school?

I'm trying to keep all my options open - I realize Andrews and MTech are the top schools - but I was also impressed with what Med-Line has to offer.

Thanks!

all your information needed to steal your identity - sm - Posted By: resumes posted

name, address, telephone and past employers etc. Now in Pakistan