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MTSOs - Need hep with new account please....SM -
Posted By: AzMT
I had my meeting with the office manager of my new account. With the system I use now for my other account (Word-based), the front desk receives my completed transcription via a secure transfer program, downloads it, and prints it.
The problem I have is the new office wants eight computers to have access to the dictation. With the way things are now that would mean all eight would have to download the transcription in order to have access to it. This would work, but I do not feel it is the easiest thing for them to do and I want to retain this account, so I want to find something that is easier that would allow all eight to have access to the dictation.
I believe what I’m looking for is something more like a web-based program where I could upload the dictation and then the eight people could have access to the dictation that way. I’m not familiar with FTP sites or what other options are out there. What I need is a way to transfer my files to the office where all eight people/computers could have access to it, make any changes if needed to the dictation where all eight people would then have access to the final dictation. Does anyone have any ideas? I’m totally willing to put a little money into this, but I just don’t know where to begin. Are there any MTSOs out there who use a program that sounds like it fits my needs or any ideas to guide me in the right direction.
Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated. TIA
Question, please! Cats: Shedding and clawing furniture! -
Posted By: Goldbird
How do I get control of this white cat fur on my forest green furniture and stop him from clawing it up?
per Diem -
Posted By: Cheryl
What exactly is per Diem? Thanks!!!
under HEENT: Nose - moderatly DEMONSTIMINATES more on the right than on the left, no erythema, sm -
Posted By: Mushmouth doctor grrrrrrr
GARA discharge.
I cant make out these words at all. I sloooooowed him all the way down. Sped him up. Took my earphones off.
I'm ready to take the bridge over here. Any clues? THANKS
Ediscript V8 upgrade and word 2007 -
Posted By: MTmom
I need to upgrade and am hearing conflicting issues. Has anybody used the V8 of Editscript with the Home and Student edition office 2007? Two people from Microsoft themselves told me different answers, yes and no. One told me that word 2007 is word 2007 no matter what bundle it comes in and the other told me that I can't run 3rd party software on the home and student edition. Anybody have this answer?
if doctors would only treat MTs like machines !! -
Posted By: sm
this kills me, from the MT news board, a neurologist speaking:
What are the pitfalls? “Mumbling,” says Dr. Block, “that’s the main problem. Doctors are used to dictating in a low, monotone mumble, as fast as they can. A person might be able to handle it by going back and listening to the recording again and again. But for voice recognition, doctors need to speak in a normal, conversational tone of voice, just like we are doing right now. Speak normally, and Dragon has no problem, it works very well. It’s really quite simple.”
yes PLEASE, go ahead and treat me like a machine -- and that TAT would be a whole lot better!!!! and yes doc, you would save money too.....
Who makes your heart go a-flutter? For me, Jude Law -
Posted By: is an absolute angel...
Perfect combo of charm, boyish good looks, rugged handsomeness, *sigh. He was great in Alfie and Closer. Also the Talented Mr. Ripley...too cute. I'm definitely obsessed.
how does unemployment work? do they pay -
Posted By: a percentange of what your salary was?
or the whole thing or what? I'm afraid my company is going under...
Can someone who uses Chartscript -
Posted By: I dunno
Please tell me how to run my linecount. I really need some help with this. Started with a new company and asked but have not received an answer yet...maybe they don't want to discourage me?? Thanks in advance
Any MT Editors here? -
Posted By: CathyB From Ga
I haven’t seen many posts (here or other MT boards) regarding this position, but the ones I have seen were not very favorable. Is there anyone who does this and is happy with it? I have taken a PT position with a company to do some editing. It is a VR account. I am told that the physicians are already VR configured, and that any jobs coming to me with lots of edits should be returned to them, as the configuring may need some tweaking. I will be listening to the actual voice file while reading the report. Is there such thing as a happy MT editor? CathyB
Can someone give me an idea of pay for voice recognition editing? I want to get into it but -
Posted By: Looking
I want to know a fair range. I have heard to look at Transcend, Superior Global and MQ but want radiology only. I just don't know where to start and don't want to short myself and I don't want to ask too high.
Also information on if you like it or not, how your volume is, etc. Not too detailed, just general info.
TIA
question about wav files sm -
Posted By: MT forever it seems
I have been doing MT for more years than I care to admit. I am not familiar with alot of stuff though. When a company asks you to test and download wav files, will they play on Express Scribe? I don't even know what "wav files" mean! LOL.
Help an older MT please!
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Is there a way to be notified by email when further posts are added to topics we have responded to?
DicTran -
Posted By: vjk
Anyone familiar with this system? A company I might go with uses this system and I just wanted to know if it's to get used to, if it's user-friendly, etc. I know any new system takes time to get used to....just wanted to know if anyone had experience with it. Thanks.
Which do you prefer, Shortcut or Shorthand (sm) -
Posted By: opinions please
I've always used Expanders already built in to program, but making a change and need to purchase an Expander (Word-based platform). So I don't know much. Please enlighten me. Which do you prefer?
Thanks, guys :-)
Xs and Os -- Which are hugs and which are kisses? NM -
Posted By: Anyone Know?
XO
Anybody have any info for AZ company Valley Radiologists that they... -
Posted By: AZrmt
can share or hear anything. I've heard very very bad things about the transcription supervisor. Please do share any info you may have or have heard. Thanks!!!
Correct way to type drug dosing -
Posted By: pauline
I have a question and I have seen it typed many ways:
This is regarding proper way to type q.4 h. I have BOS on my computer. I know one is not supposed to mix Latin and English, and BOS and I know what it says about mixing Latin and English, but I work for a National CO and I have seen diff QA tell fellow MTs diff ways to type this. This is a a verbatim account. Have to type what doc says. Before I check with AM, I would like to have an opinion on how you all type the above before I send a note to the Lead QA person. I have also seen it q.4 hours with a space between the 4 and hours. It seems like the QA team with this company has diff opinions when they check your work. Thanks. I was wondering if there any rules or changes on this subject in the short while or a website that I could check into for the latest information. There are so many changes that it is hard to keep up with it anymore.
Word expander needed -
Posted By: LynnL
Does anyone know of a user friendly word expander? I use dictaphone for my main job and like the ease of their program. I am doing some typing on the side and need to install a word Expander that will work with Microsoft Word.
Thanks for any help
Lynn
Converting tapes to FTP - help please -
Posted By: transcriber
Can someone help me. I'm starting to get a lot of tapes in, and I want to start getting some help and outsource some of this, but I haven't the first clue on how to convert tapes to an FTP site. I've tried talking to computer whizzes, but they lose me after a couple of seconds. So I thought I would try this avenue ... have any MTs out there been able to take mini tapes or standard cassette tapes and convert them to an FTP site to be downloaded anywhere in the country for someone else to transcribe?? I do not know the first thing about it, and I would really appreciate any input.
Please email me. Thanks! 
VR line rate -
Posted By: sm
Could someone just throw out some numbers for me on a fair VR line rate? I know the rate will vary greatly - just as it does for MTing and QAing. We all know the nationals pay 8-10 cpl (hopefully on a 65 character line w/spaces) for MT work - and more often than not they just pay for the typed report and not for any ADT info - no headers/footers, signature lines, etc. We probably can agree on QA rates - 3.5 seems to be the minimum acceptable and again on a 65 character line and while the company would like to believe you match 100% voice to typed word - it is possible to give a quick read and fill in the blanks - but only if you know the MT and know the dictator and this can be dangerous. Can someone please PLEASE give me some indication of what VR pays? Thanks so much!
working from home w/ little ones -
Posted By: cnymt
I am expecting my 3rd child this winter and work at home. I am nervous about being able to work and tend to the baby. My 2 older kids are in school. Any tips or advice would be appreciated. I really do not want to put this child in daycare as it is expensive and I would rather have my child with me if possible.
Question about Instant Text -
Posted By: cloverport
I have been using Instant Text now for about 3 months. I absolutely love it. I know there are things I can still improve on as far as all that it can do. I have a question for seasoned Instant Text users. I am at around 15% increase in my production level according to Instant Text. Is this good? Any tips on how to make Instant Text even more efficient?
Asking rate in Georgia for MTs?sm -
Posted By: TiredMT
Just curious as to what other Georgia MTs with their own accounts are getting per line. I have been an MT for about 12 years and don't think I am being paid enough, but would like to know what everyone else is asking before I raise my rates. Thanks!!
Is there a way to do ''wildcard'' searches for medical terms on Google? nm -
Posted By: Googler
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Question regarding editing -
Posted By: Carla
Does anyone know if there is a resource out there for learning how to edit transcription reports. We all edit our own reports now, but would like something for a resource to help train new transcriptionists. I know there are booklets on transcription but would like something for editing. If anyone knows of a good site for this or a resource book that I can buy that would be great. Looking to eventually needing it for our group if we go voice recognition and want to be on top of things before it happens.
Thanks
About ABC Good Morning America in Mumbai -
Posted By: mqmtnewbutold
As a person of strong faith, I don't believe in vengence or discrimination; however, with all our work going to India this has changed me. I look at the opulence, Bollywood excess, etc and think; okay we have slums right here in the USA. We have people who ARE WILLING to work now for even slave wages. And just like India we have those who live in opulence with disregard for the poverty in front of their eyes.
My point, help me not be so darn angry every time I here the word India!! I know it is not right. I am a peaceful person.
better line count -
Posted By: stargazer
I am only a year into MT and have been wondering something for a while. Do most MT's relisten to the dictation to edit it once they are very familiar with the dictators? I have been tracking my errors when editing and have almost none and I thought how much that would improve my line count if I did not have to relisten to every one. I'm thinking about cutting that back to just the difficult dictators. The QA people are happy with my work. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
About myspace posts below and opinions. -
Posted By: me
My niece has met a guy on myspace. We're in New York, he's in Wisconsin. She is 19. She is going to fly out to meet him this summer. Am I CRAZY, I THINK SHE'S NUTS! Am I too old fashioned to believe if he were any kind of guy that he would come where she lives to meet her before her just flying out there sight unseen? I really believe she is heading into trouble that we can do nothing about. She is an adult (LOL) but this is still scary to me. What do you think?
for puzzle lovers -
Posted By: Snow Bunny
Take a break from working:
http://www.puzzlersparadise.com/page1029.html
When an account specifies no patient information (as in no name, etc.) in report does that mean no f -
Posted By: Kat
information in the reports also, such as spouse name and family phone numbers?
Need Advice ASAP -
Posted By: LG
I was offered 60 minutes of transcription for $40.00. I am new and I do not know if that is good or not. Looking through the samples it seems he says the same thing over and over again so you can macro the physical examinations. Please give me advice. Right now I am in school, pregnant, and work full time. My goal is to stay home but it seems he should pay $60.00 for 60 minutes. Please give some advice I am a new Transcriptionist and I do not want to be used.
help on word board for heart battery -
Posted By: please, thanks
nm
Check your coffee cups!!! -
Posted By: michelle
uuuuuuuuuugh! I got up from my chair and went in the other room. When I came back to my chair, I picked up my coffee cup to take a drink. I looked inside the cup, and there was a HUGE SPIDER swimming in my coffee!!!! ugh! yuck! How freaky is that!?? What if I hadn't looked first? EEEEEW! Gives me the creeps. I threw the spider, coffee and all, out the front door (I felt too guilty to dump him down the drain).
a bit of advice re health insurance. -
Posted By: fg
I had an emergency trip to the hospital a few weeks ago so my daughter drove me to the nearest one (it was the middle of the night of course) which is about 5 miles from my home. Well, it turns out that the hospital my insurance plan (Regence Blueshield) will pay 100% for is about an hour away and since I didn't go there, I now have to pay 40% of the EMERGENCY hospital bill. I know, I should just shut up and be thankful I have insurance. I AM, but this will hurt me financially - besides -
The reason I'm putting this in here is don't make the *mistake* I made - read all the details BEFORE you need to know....being a newbie MT, this bill is going to take a loooooooooooonnnng time to pay off.....
Common Error List -
Posted By: Kristen
Does anyone have a common error list that a new MT could use? I have been doing transcription for about 6 years now and am starting to edit a new MT's work. I know I had a common error list with another company I worked with, but I tossed it when I ended my contract (I know, never throw away a resource! I am kicking myself now). I just was curious if someone had one and was willing to share :0) Thanks in advance!
Kristen
Clickety-clacks driving me insane! -
Posted By: j.lo
I need helping deciding...I'm looking for a keyboard that feels like a laptap's keys do. I hate the clickety-clack sound! Sometimes it's so loud I've got to turn my volume up on my headphones! 
I've been looking at "quiet" keyboards but they still make too much noise for me. Someone suggested a gaming keyboard one time but I have no use for all those extra function buttons and LCD screens, so why pay ($100+) for something I'm never going to use??!!
I've been looking at Macally's IceKey and from what I've read, even though it's made for Mac's you can still use it on a PC (just the volume controls on the keyboard won't work, no biggie to me). The only thing (and this is a big thing) that's keeping me from buying this one is that it's USB.
I don't have anymore USB ports available on my PC!
Does anyone know of a keyboard similar to the IceKey but is PS/2? Or perhaps can I just use an adapter with it?
If anyone knows, or can suggest another keyboard, please help me out.
LD carriers -
Posted By: Belinda
What LD carrier is the best for at-home transcription? Thanks for any info.
I need to gripe or vent - please don't kick me off board -
Posted By: mfras
I occasionally come on this board, as do some of my coworkers to get help with words, look around, etc. I've never posted but today I'm fuming and frustrated.
I just got done working a couple of extra hours at the hospital this morning, worked all day yesterday (overtime I might add) and do you know what my job has been on all this overtime? Correcting ALL of the outsource's work coming in. What makes me mad is that all of us have been complaining to our boss and even to HER boss about all the mistakes this company makes - terrible dreadful DEADLY mistakes - and all we get back is "there is nothing we can do about it. We signed a contract and we have to continue to use them until the contract ends." Which, by the way, ends in another year or two, I'm not sure. But anyways, this outsource company (who is WELL KNOWN) does not even make an attempt to do our ESL doctors, who are not really that bad. I know there are harder doctors to understand as I have been doing this for 16 years. The service sends the reports back with a ridiculous amount of blanks. We go in and listen to them and basically redo the whole report, to which they get paid for it. Then there are the easy docs - the so-called "hold your hand while I dictate to you" docs - and the service still has mistakes.
Our boss has asked on occasion if they are offshoring, which they swear they are not. It was in the contract that they are not to offshore so they swear they are not and the mistakes don't look like they are offshore mistakes (the hospital used a company prior to this one that offshored - big difference in transcription mistakes).
I just cannot believe that our hospital has had this company for a little over two years and not only are they being paid a ridiculous high line rate, but we are correcting all their reports and they still get paid!! We have asked if we can start deducting lines, but we were told that their contract states that that cannot be done because our boss has tried that.
I have a friend that works at a hospital in another state that had an outsource service that was somewhat like the one we have, only they constantly lost reports and got paid for them, but she just lost her job because the hospital felt that there was no need to have all the overtime for the past year and the outsource service doing the overflow. So they just hired a new outsource company, let all the transcriptionists inhouse go, and got rid of their current outsource service. she is looking around for another job now. She had that job for 9 years at the hospital, and because of the outsource service, the administration of the hospital looked at is as a huge $$ problem and just said bye bye.
I needed to vent. Aaaaahhh, I feel better now, but I'm worried that with all our overtime and what the outsource service gets paid, that I'm going to end up in the same boat. Even our boss has admittedly had some worries about it as well, but she keeps telling us that her boss says her hands are tied and is just as frustrated with the service. It makes you wonder how it is that these services can be in business for so long, make sooooo much money and do this.
Liver protruding through the abdominal wall -
Posted By: Becky
My father just had an MRI and it shows that his liver is protruding though the abdominal wall. He has a hugh "bump" on his right side, sort of like a hernia. The doctor is baffled by this and says that she has never seen anything like it before. Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
Do you find that this job makes you a social recluse? -
Posted By: Sara
I never get out socially with anyone. It's just my husband and three kids. People used to call, but since I both work full time transcription and home school, I never had time to do anything and people just quit calling. Yesterday evening a neighbor had a party and invited women from the neighborhood, but not me. That hurt my feelings, and made me see just how isolated I am from the world. I am also pretty shy by nature, but being home all day and never getting out doesn't help. Do any of you feel isolated with this job? Does it bother you??
Is 13 cpl a good rate for clinic account?...nm -
Posted By: curious girl
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Posted By: Instant Text?
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Posture. How many of you tend to sit on one leg while working? -
Posted By: ALMT
I cannot break this habit. I do not think about it until my knee starts aching midday. Do you practice good posture?
Hello? -
Posted By: Liberated
New here, trying to figure out how to post . . . .
A good site for searching medical abbreviations. -
Posted By: MA
Check the link below. A really cool site to search for medical abbreviations.
Companies out there that use ShortHand? -
Posted By: Just wondering
Anyone know which companies (that are hiring) use/allow ShortHand for word expansion?
quesion on tax refund -
Posted By: lillydale
for those of you that filed early how long did it take for you to receive your tax refund check in your direct deposit account? Thanks! Trying to estimate when I can expect mine.
Soooooo slow computer -
Posted By: Wanttotypefaster
I have the XL Dell and recently had more memory put on hoping to increase the speed. I also did the defraging procedure and still seems like doing escription and working in word it is slower than me. I type and the letters are not coming out as fast as they were say 5 months ago. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? I had thought about getting another computer (just don’t want to pay huge $$$$ on one) but also have no idea about a good system to buy. My computer is about 4-5 years old. Thanks.
Need help with static in voice files -
Posted By: angela sparr
Please help!!!
I am given .wav files, through a VPN connection, from a hospital that uses DVI/Fusion. I have an enormous amount of static on the files and it seems that no matter what I do, nothing helps. I have even been able to let the gal at the hospital listen over the phone to what I am dealing with and she says that her files sound nothing like what I am getting. I am assuming it has something to do with Fusion and I have called Dolbey numerous times to try to get them to help to no avail.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
FYI: I have tried playing the files through 4 different software programs and always get the same static.
Thanks much for trying!
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