Thanks.
Which is correct.
Looking for a good web site to help with oncology; chemo meds and such.
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Thank you.
Happy Holidays.
Questions about Meditech platform... -
Posted By: Evelyn
I read through the archives and no one seems to have a high opinion of the Meditech platform for transcription. Is it still as slow and non-user friendly as it seems to have been in the past?
Thanks.
A question of gift etiquette.... (see mssg.) -
Posted By: RadTyper
Okay --- tell me what you think about this odd little experience!
A friend of mine, a woman who is very well-off -- far more so than I will ever be -- over the years has routinely given me bags of her college-student daughter's clothing that she no longer wants. Her daughter gets tired of stuff LONG before it even looks old, and I really like her particular taste in clothes. We're pretty much the same size, too! So I would always get this cool hand-me-down stuff to sort through, most of which I would keep.
Those I didn't keep were usually items that were a bit too small for me, usually skirts or pants. Usually I would just take those to the Goodwill, but I have another friend that is slightly smaller than I, and also a lot poorer. She's been unemployed much of the time I've known her, and really needed the clothes! Since she usually shopped at the Goodwill anyway, I knew that giving her the stuff I couldn't wear would save her even more money. That way all of my friend's daughter's clothing went to good use, and was enjoyed. A win-win situation. Or so I THOUGHT....
Unbeknownst to me, it turned out that the friend who gave me all these clothes could not STAND the friend that I was giving the too-small stuff to. I didn't know this until one time when I told her how great it was that the other friend was so grateful to have the clothing that I didn't want, because then none of it had to go to the Goodwill, all went to good use, etc. etc. WELL! Instead she emails me and tells me that she cannot STAND my other friend, and absolutely does NOT want me to give any of the clothing I don't want to her, because she "doesn't want to see her wearing it." (?????)
I emailed back and said that although I respect whatever reasons she has not to like my other friend, that I DID have a problem with being told what I could or could not do with cast-off clothing that was given to me, and therefore MINE to do with as I saw fit. I certainly didn't want to have to tell my other friend that I couldn't give her any more clothing because the person I received it from didn't like her and didn't want her to have it! So, since we all have the same large group of friends and see each other often, I decided that I would just no longer accept used clothing from my friend's daughter anymore. In order to try to keep the peace, I simply told her I "had no more room in my closets for any more stuff", though I'm sure she knows why I no longer want the clothes. But, because of her control-freakishness about who wears these clothes, now both my other friend and I have lost out on a good thing.
What's your take on that? Don't you think that once you GIVE something to someone as a gift, that it is THEIRS to do with as they please, regardless of how you may happen to feel about it? Does that sound odd to you?
Laptops - I am clueless! -
Posted By: teacup
Sorry if this is a really dumb question but are all laptops equipped for headsets and foot pedals? I hate all my wires and am considering going with a laptop and wireless connection to do my work but I'm not sure if you can plug in your foot pedal and headset? 
know of any safe hairstyle sites? -
Posted By: sm
I got a fatal virus last year from a hair site -- would sure like to look at hairstyles or 'try them on' without the worry. 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!
I need some time off. -
Posted By: whiner
I feel like all I've done this summer is work. I have so much other stuff I need to get done, but I haven't had time to do it all. 
your son -
Posted By: mommMT
I'm so sorry you are going through this, it must be hard for you. I get the impression your son is hurting and in pain so it's good you are "in tune" with him on this and have him in counseling. How about yourself? You may need some sort of help also. I believe you said dad isn't in the picture, but what about extended family - grandparents, uncles, someone who can help you out with his care. I am no expert, but I would say try to have patience (yes easier said than done at times) and pick the right battles. Keep loving him unconditionally knowing he is hurting. I'm sorry I have no clear-cut answer, but I know if you are consistent as a parent, keep loving and teaching and doing your very best your relationship with your son will get stronger as he grows older.
Reaching out for help as you seem to be doing, is very good. You are doing the right thing. Life can sure be rough and parenting is one of the toughest things to do. I wish you all the best.
Valentines day?? -
Posted By: MTMommy
Did everyone have a good Valentines Day???
My husband forgot....again.... but other than that mine was good.
Has anyone experienced diminished hearing from transcribing with headphones/headsets? sm -
Posted By: T
I don't think I hear as well as I used to as I'm always asking DH to turn up the voice on the television, and he used to play in a rock band! He would be more likely to have hearing loss. Just curious as there has been a lot said lately about MP3 players and hearing damage.
Any PC techies or gurus available?! Need -
Posted By: help with XP Pro download to Vista system.
Thanks.
digital recorders -
Posted By: christy
My client keeps recording over his records on his Olympus digital recorder. Does anyone know of a recorder that will not record over something unless it is actually manually erased or one with some mechanism that will prevent this from happening? Thanks!!
on the topic of looking/feeling younger -
Posted By: sm
I dont really know how to say this, so here it goes...sometimes older women in denim shorts and tank tops look...like older women trying to look young. I am not trying to disrespect anyone, but come on ladies, we've all seen them. The person in the skimpy shorts and low cut top and bleached blonde hair, she turns around and lo and behold, she's your grandmother! That is not attractive! Women can dress and feel sexy without having to borrow our daughter's clothes! Just IMHO!
IC need business license? -
Posted By: NVMT
No one responded to previous post. Maybe I worded it wrong. Company wants me to get a business license to work for them. Has anyone had to do this or required to have this?
Radiology specific CMT -
Posted By: How do I become one?
How can I become a CMT which is radiology specific? Do I contact AAMT? It is my hope that the focus of the test is primarily on radiology and anatomy as I have been out of the other fields for such a long time, it would be impossible to pass the test (I have heard the standard CMT test is quite difficult, is this true?).
Thank you and Happy Holidays Inspite of It All!!!!
CalfRadMT@aol.com
What is a good inexpensive small home printer. -
Posted By: MQMT
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Need info -
Posted By: Daphne
What software, which has to be HIPAA compliant, do you use for sending completed work to small-sized transcription companies? Thanks
You haven't lived until you have -
Posted By: Just me
been woken up at 1:48, 2:37, 3:12 and 5:07 a.m. to windows shaking from Mexican rap music blaring from almost 2 blocks away and then getting yelled at by the 911 dispatcher over and over again saying that 911 is not for noise complaints. Well if they would have taken care of the problem the first time, I would have stopped calling. One 911 dispatcher was really sweet though because she could hear the music when I stood outside talking on my cell phone. Usually the first time the police go out there, they stop the music but they must have new people staying with them as they kept playing the same Tequila song over and over (only word I understood was Tequila). Then when the police went over there these idiots pretended not to speak English, speak Spanish when the officer tries to speak to them in Spanish or read the complaint printed up in Spanish. Tomorrow I'm searching for the owner of the house online and will start complaining to them as will the rest of my neighbors. You also haven't lived until you have seen some of your neighbors out in their pjs at 3 a.m. trying to do a Mexican hat dance. I'm thinking maybe they too were consuming mas tequila.
THE LAWS OF MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION -
Posted By: McFingers
The Laws of Medical Transcription
1. When a doctor carefully and distinctly spells out the name of a patient, drug, body part or referring doctor, it will be spelled WRONG.
2. If a doctor calls from the O.R., incoherent with rage because a note he/she dictated is not done and the patient in question is anesthetized on the table, that note will have been dictated on the Dictaphone that is sitting inside the doctor’s pocket.
3. A dictation that is stat, urgent and absolutely vital to the patient’s care will be dictated into a Dictaphone with dead batteries.
4. When dictating an involved neurosurgical op report involving rarely used instruments and multiple complications, the doctor will be sitting next to either a beeping ventilator in a crowded ICU or a screaming infant.
5. The speed at which an ESL doctor dictates is increased in direct proportion to the thickness of his/her accent: i.e., ESL = mc2 = total incomprehensibility.
6. A doctor who is a crystal clear, concise and organized dictator whom you love to transcribe for, within 15 days from the moment you begin working on his/her account will decide to accept a job at another hospital.
7. The above mentioned crystal clear, concise and organized dictator will be replaced by the only doctor in the Western Hemisphere who has both a lisp AND a stutter.
8. A doctor with a sexy, deep voice that turns your knees to Jell-O and your skin to goose-flesh will have a stomach the consistency of Jell-O and a face that resembles a goose.
Spaces versus no spaces.... -
Posted By: CardioMT
Can someone tell me how big of a difference it makes if a company pays for spaces versus no spaces. I have only every been paid without spaces. I have been offered a position that pays for spaces, but the cpl is less than I am making now. I am not sure if getting paid for spaces will make up for the pay cut. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Need to switch client from tapes to online. How do I do it? -
Posted By: Kath
I'm clueless as far as this goes. What kind of software do I use? How do I go about it?
I LIKE THESE NEW FEATURES! -
Posted By: Just playing around!
Especially the colors! It's fun to experiment!
Escription and dial up..Will it work? -
Posted By: INMT
How do you make Escription and dial up work together? I have a slow connection and I can get short dictations but no long ones. Does anyone have any advice for me?
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If these dictators actually got verbatim -
Posted By: wannie
reports, they would probably have a stroke and need immediate medical attention. It is scary to think that these people dictating take care of us and our families. I certainly hope they are better at treating than they are at dictating.
Lost toolbar on Internet Explorer -
Posted By: IndianaMT
Can anyone tell me how to restore the tool bar with the buttons such as home page, refresh, go back arrow, forward arrow? I know that there are other buttons on there but those are the few that I use most often and can remember.
My guess is that something has been inadvertantly turned "off" but I don't know where to look for it.
Glo and staff at MTS. (sm) -
Posted By: nm
Just wanted to thank you for your ultra-quick response to my plight of not being able to get to your job bank this morning!! Found it w/your help, was ready when the phone call came in and got an offer!! Yahoo!! Thanks again - you are the best!
Okay shopping for a house and I found new construction. -
Posted By: Limits?
The name of the street is Wild Turkey Walk. I refuse to buy a house on Wild Turkey Walk. Another street is Squirrel Run. How does a person come up with these names? I want the job of naming streets in new subdivisions. Has anyone been shopping for houses, new or old, and refused to live on a silly named street?
Lanier Headset -
Posted By: mroperbath
Does anyone know where I can get a good price on a Lanier Stethoscope style headset (metal) - LX-10-35??? I have found these for $70, but maybe you might know of a better deal. THANKS....
Working 40 hrs. with lunches/breaks..how do you sm -
Posted By: as
I have to set up my schedule with my company. I have to work 35-40/week to be considered full time. When I log off the system during my workday to eat or take a quick break, I don't believe that it is considered part of my 35-40 hrs; I have to be logged in and at the computer for the hours to count. Just wondering if you schedule yourselves a lunch or always work through an 8-hr shift, or schedule yourself a 9-hr shift minus your lunch, or how you do things....I can't see how I can work 40/week (35 maybe) without scheduling myself for 9-hr days unless I don't plan to stop and refuel somehow! thanks
Not getting paid on time -
Posted By: Lee Ann Keller
I have been having a huge problem and wanted some input from others who have gone through this. I have been typing for this company who shall remain namless for the time being for over 6 months now and I actually really like it. I like the people, I like typing almost all of the doctors, which I think is rare. However, my main problem is with getting paid. I am supposed to get paid weekly, but I have gone weeks, literally weeks (3 or more) without getting paid and it is really starting to interfere with my ability to pay my bills on time. I am not working to make a little extra cash, I actually have to pay bills and buy groceries and I find it extremely frustrating that companies feel it is okay to do business this way. I am expected to work and cover my shift an should I not expect the same in return for getting paid on time? I am so angry about this and do not want to have to look for yet another position, but this is getting to be ridiculous. I would be extremely interested to hear if others have gone through this and what you did about it. I am almost getting reluctant to do any more work for fear that I will never see this money. Any advice would be appreciated!!!!!
What's your house like? And your finances? -
Posted By: trying to destress my life
I'm just being nosy because I'd like examples. I feel like I'm drowning in "stuff". I've been decluttering and trying to get organized for years now, but it doesn't seem to be helping. I got rid of all the stuff I was saving for "some day it might be worth something". I feel like just going through the house and chucking everything because I'm tired of looking at the piles of crap everywhere. It's not like it's a pigsty either, but there's just too much of it. I've sold stuff on ebay and in yard sales, but it's all piling up again. I hate it. I'm not a packrat. Anybody else feel like this?
And finances. Do you have a checkbook or do you operate on a cash basis? Do you track every single penny every month using a home accounting program? I've been really anal about our finances for years now, too. I'm just tired of the stress of it. It seems like life would be so much easier if we just lived life instead of trying to remember where it all went. Honestly, why do I need to keep track of it all? It's not like I'm a wasteful spender.
question on gloves -
Posted By: sm
I just purchased the handeze gloves, and seem to have a more difficult time dong my work. If you have tried those, did you find there was an adjustment period?
I am now wondering ifthe softflex ones would suit me better.
If you have used either, did you have any problems, any adjustment period??
Decent money is out there -
Posted By: Patti
Most of you know me from this board and I just want to share this with you guys. One of my gals that I met through a nephew's baseball team -- he and her son played together and we go to the same church. She had two terms of medical terminology/some transcription underneath her belt, many years in the law field as a paralegal, etc. She wanted to work at home, make some extra money, etc. I took her in and started her on my psych accounts and the onto some IM accounts. She got the psych accounts quite well but had trouble with the IM. We butted heads several times over scheduling, etc. She did not understand the 24 TAT and so on. But we perservered together. She finally got a job in an attorney's office part-time doing some medical review, etc. and quit me. On good terms. Then last November I helped her land a GYN account that we started off together and I just handed off to her as it was not worth my while to drive 25 miles for what dictation was there. It was my business name and years in experience that landed the job. She took it over and tonight she informed me that she is so glad that I kept at her and perservered with her as she is now making $42 to $45 an hour typing for them. She is like me charges only .12 cpl but because of auto corrects, macro's and shortcuts that I helped her with, she is making good money. If fact in Sept when they add another doctor she is going to quit her legal job completely because she makes more with this account with less hours or if she keeps the legal job she is going to do what I did and mentor and help someone else break into the field. Again these are tape accounts, with pick up and delivery and the little accounts no one else wants but they provide us with a good living. Again, I don't look at the cpl but at my hourly rate and that is what keeps me happpy. She just wanted to thank me for helping her out and I am really happy for her. Yea we spoil our accounts but they reciprocate with decent money. So for those that want your own accounts, keep at it, takes time and patience but you can get there. I had most profitable year ever this year and less hours.
typing 5 grams. Would it be 5 g as dicated or type out grams? -
Posted By: nm
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Best place to buys books, spellchecker? -
Posted By: SS
I am getting back into MT after a 5-yr break. I need to buy a new medical Spellchecker, the Quick Look Drug Book and the Book of Style. Where is the best place to buy these? Thanks!
Poll on editing line requirements -
Posted By: me
I would like to know your line requirements per shift. Please indicate whether this is production based on hourly or based on cpl. Thanks!
My blooper typo-of-the-day! sm -
Posted By: LOL!
Doctor dictates: "Extremities are warm and well perfused."
What I almost typed: "Extremities are warm and well PERFUMED."
Time for a break
Going digital - sm -
Posted By: sammypot
Have a dictaphone system at home but it is now causing some problems and the doctors are having hissy fits.
We want to go "digital" (there are 3 of us) and we each have high-speed internet service.
Am looking for guidlines, suggestions, etc. as to what is the best program and any tips you may have. This is new for us so will really, really appreciate any help. 
Thank you. Barb
If you are looking for a job -- please read -
Posted By: Goldbird (Moderator)
Please do not post any job-wanted posts, period.
If you are looking for a position as an employee or as an IC, there are countless jobs listed on our free Job Seekers board. If you would like, you can post your resume for free on our resume bank for potential employers to peruse.
If you wish to ask about a specific company, please do so -- on the Company board.
If you have any questions about this, please email myself or the Administrator.
Goldbird
Hair coloring question -
Posted By: desertbloom.
I realize this is shallow compared to some of the posts on this board, but I am sick of my white hair. I went for a "consultation" at a spa this a.m. and they want a fortune even to just highlight it.
Anyone do their own coloring with L'Oreal or Clairol? Does it cover the white? Someone told me that over the counter coloring doesn't work on hair as white as mine.
Selling the BOS to MTs in other countries? -
Posted By: Curious
Does the AAMT really sell the BOS to MTs in India and Pakistan? Can MTs there belong to the AAMT?
