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EMR - Posted By: margo

Is Electronic Medical Records going to put human medical transcriptionists out of business? I'd like to know before I sign up for an MT school. It's very expensive.

I missed American Idol tonight. - Posted By: Who left?

:-)

Question about temporary relocation! - Posted By: Birmingham, Ala

Due to a family crisis, I will be relocating to Georgia for maybe up to 2 years. I will be leasing my home to a family member here in Alabama. Just wondering, should I continue to use my Alabama address in regards to IRS, vehicle registration, insurance etc, or register as a Georgia citizen. Since I will not be head of household in Georgia, will I not be able to claim the home office on taxes. I will only be 2 hours away from home, and will probably travel here every other weekend, as my parents live here in Birmingham. I work as an employee with one company via internet and IC with another via internet. Just wondering, as there are so many things to think about.

Anybody know if Shortcut for Windows works with Chartscript? nm - Posted By: MT in GA

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Goldbird see message - Posted By: quietmoods

Why does this happen so often?

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Although I don't post questions or responses very often, it gets really frustrating and it seems at least every other time I try to post something this happens. What causes it and how can it be stopped?

BOS and number and scales - Posted By: Janie

Dicated "pain is 2 to 3 out of 10".

I think according to BOS 2 ranges should be typed 2/10-3/10. Or should it be 2-3/10? (or something else completely?)

Thanks!

Want to hook second computer to printer - what type of cord do I need?nm - Posted By: ???

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Psych transcription - Posted By: psych_mt

Psychiatric Transcriptionist with over 15 years experience looking for extra accounts. Quality work, quick TAT, very reasonable rates. If you are looking for a hard worker that doesn't mind working weekends or whenever needed, please contact via email psych_mt@yahoo.com.

Mary Morken expander system - Posted By: Where can I find this?

I need to make at least $150 a day every day. Where can I find a Mary Morken's method?

Thanks

Over the years, I have seen this coming, and SM - Posted By: cantankerous MT

all I can say is let the Indians have the work, and U.S. QA and editors stop fixing the mess that comes back. It will only be a matter of time before clients start dropping like flies when they receive unintelligible reports. Sorry, but if you have overseas MTs and overseas QA, you are asking for a disaster! I have seen first hand the mess that comes back from Indian MTs, and their work is not even worth the .03 per line they are making. I would compare this as wanting to move to France to transcribe for a French doctor when I have no skills or experience with their language. How long do you think my job would last? U.S. QAs, please do not be enablers for our industry to thrive overseas.

Would you make a 60 mile round trip every day - Posted By: just for the insurance.

I have been driving back and fourth to a hospital for over a year. It is 30 miles away. I have to put two small children in daycare close to my home because it is more affordable then the ones close to where I work. This is another issue. If I have to take them to the doctor or if they have anything going on at the daycare that I can attend well, I have to take a full day off. The pay at this hospital is only 9 cpl so the pay is not what is really keeping me it is the bennies. $65/month covers my kids and I. It is excellent coverage too. We also have a 401k plan where they match. We also have flex spending, PTO which is about used up because we keep running out of work. We are only allowed to get sick 5 times a year, that includes family too if we have to take off. I have asked to work at home because they have home MTs. I used to be one of them but they moved me in house they did not like my slow internet connection. Now that we have cable internet available I asked if can go back home and they seem to give me the run around like it is either "not in their budget" or �maybe in a month or two� but that never comes. These outsourcing companies keep dancing around. I just really want to be back home closer to my kids and so I can eat lunch with my husband again. I do know that any job I get there will be pitfalls. I am just afraid of jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

I have tried and tried - Posted By: siren

and tried to get my production up but to no avail. I am on the learning curve with Instant Text, and my average hourly line count is around 200 to 210 lines. I would love to be able to get 300 lines an hour. Any tricks of the trade????? I feel that I am soooooo slow! I have wonderful QAs (99.1), but I think my production stinks.

Help! Snakes! - Posted By: scared to sleep

Snake in the heat/air vent. His head was right at the vent exploring to see if he could fit through but he's too big I think. Anybody know what to do? He's disappeared now so worried where he went to and if there are more. Thanks.

Need help on drug board, please. nm - Posted By: TIA

hey - Posted By: Transgirl

Am I the only one around here who works for a decent company? ahahah

Anyone with JLG, what expander do you use? I have something but find it's not (sm) - Posted By: quietmoods

working well for me. I haven't been able to figure their's out (don't laugh!) correctly and I'm looking for something else to supplement it/replace it so I can get my line count up higher (only working there part time). What Expander works for you???

I need advice Please Help - Posted By: Tarah

Hi Everyone! I am new to this place and need some advice from you at home transcriptionists. I have been working for a hospital for 8 years now. I do just some cardiology reports for the department I work in and it is dwindling and I am having to do receptionist and scheduling stuff too which i do not like. I have been wanting to go home to work forever but have been scared. The benefits at this hospital are great but I hate my work i am doing right now. Pluse my hours are 6-2:30 and I have to get my daughter up and take her to the babysitter.

I got offered a job yesterday from an outside transcription company as basically a subcontractor. She told me I would be self employed. No benefits, no taxes (how does that work?) It would be full time and I would be doing all the other different reports that I have wanted to do plus do other work for the same cardiologists I have been typing for years for. The big issue- I have a 3 year old and a baby due at the end of July. I have 8 weeks of paid maternity leave with the hospital. If I quit-i lose this and will probably only get a couple weeks off possibly unpaid if I start with this new company. I am very nervous but they need an answer asap because they have several new accounts and need help now. This is my opportunity to do what i love but the timing sucks with a baby on the way.

Please help me. I so badly want to work from home but losing my benefits and my leave is scaring me. I can go on my husbands health insurance through his work but my maternity leave with be short. Please give me your opinions. Thanks a lot!!!!

How is ORION?? - Posted By: Jan

Hi - I am an MT from Canada. I have an offer to work for ORION- but i dont know what they are like. Does anyone have any advise to offer me. She says they have tonsof work, however they wont tell me what the pay is yet and wont provide me with a computer or supplies.

hypersend problems anyone? sm - Posted By: TXMT

I have had problems with hypersend all day today. anyone else?

Problem with Escription... help?! - Posted By: Jai

I've been trying to download Escription onto my computer but it is telling me I need MS Office 2000 or higher. I HAVE MSWorks 2001, isn't this compatible? Where can I download MS Office? All I am finding is the 2007 version and quite frankly I can't afford the $200 right now. I am supposed to be starting a new job in the AM (I am to download and get things set up tonight) so need this done asap. I am not getting a response from my contact at the company either, not sure if she is available at this hour even though I am on split shift and this is a time I am supposed to be working.

ANY advice would be so greatly appreciated. THANKS!

paid by report (help) - Posted By: cv

I am now getting paid by the report (radiology) and I was wondering if anyone knew what this consists of. What I mean is a two page report count as one report or what. I guess I am confused and need to know if this is a good thing or bad. I have also been paid by the line. So I am new to this.

Is a Celeron M (1.5 GHz) processor equal to a - Posted By: Pentium 3? Can't tell by googling. nm

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Does anyone know if you have a foot pedal for a USB port if you can convert it somehow to a 9 pin - Posted By: MQ2

port or must you buy another foot pedal. Anyone ever had trouble with foot pedal compatability with using their own computer.

So AI fans, who's leaving tonight? - Posted By: Jus Me

My bottom 3: Bucky, Ace, Katherine. I think Katherine is going home. Now what do you think?

Anyone know if you can have two VPNs - Posted By: on the same computer? - nm

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questioning decision... - Posted By: Curious

Can any of you that have been at this for a long period of time answer me this question? When you first started out...did you feel overwhelmed? How long does it take a person to really see if this is something they'll be good at? I find myself getting headaches really easy and only after a few hours of typing. I feel fatigued. Is it normal to feel this way in the beginning and what suggestions do you have to help? When do you feel that things are finally settling down and you start to move along at a normal pace? I'll give it a few months I guess...I'd think at that point I would have a pretty good idea if this is something I'm going to be productive at or not.

Sorry for all the questions.....I guess I am feeling uneasy and was hoping for some reassurance or words of wisdom from none other than another MT.

Please help me choose the right bike. sm - Posted By: CL

I'm sponsoring a 7-year-old boy (and his big sister) for Christmas. The one thing the boy would love to see under the Christmas tree is a bicycle. Having never had any kids and never seeing this boy before, I don't know what size or type of bike to get him. The information I have says he wears children's size 7 shirts, size 7 pants, size 2 shoes, and size 8 underwear. Should I get him a 16" or 20"? If I got him the 20, then he could grow into it, but maybe it would be way too large for him for a long time. He lives in a rural area, I think. When shopping for bikes, I'm getting overwhelmed with all the different brands, handle-bar types, and different-tread tires. Please help me, Moms 'n Dads!! I never in all my life thought I'd have an opportunity to buy a child a bike for Christmas and am thrilled to be able to do this.

I thought I could grab some clothes in his size and "reconstruct" him next to a bicycle, but there are just too many people shopping now. I've no idea how long his little arms are.

Thanks!

Looking for advice - s/m - Posted By: Nerves on end

I recently started with a new company after about 10 years with my previous company. I was never really called much on errors with the old company and had always gotten 98% or better on my QA reviews, but the new company I'm working for is much smaller and the account I work on is closely scrutinized. I now find myself making ridiculous errors and the more I try to proof the reports, the more errors I seem to be making and missing when I proof. I feel completely inept and my nerves are really starting to wear.

I'm wondering now if I made a mistake leaving my old job. I've turned in my resignation there, but I'm still working out my notice. Do I stick with the new job and hope the new company can see its just nerves or do I bow my head and crawl back to my old job?

sony foot pedal help - Posted By: janett

I lost the disk to download the installation for my Sony FS-85USB wav pedal when I moved recently. Any one know where I can get one or download the installation? Also, lost my red line under misspelled words in Word. How do I get it back?

How do I put the goggle icon on - Posted By: me

my taskbar so I can just hit it and bring up goggle when I am in a report?

help with phone lines. - Posted By: AL MT

We have been having A LOT of rainy weather for a while. When it is raining and lightening I lose my internet connection. Also, I use a C-phone so I get off when I can hear the "clicking" coming through my phone line. Is there anything I can get for my phone to prevent me from being struck with lightening and to help my connection better? I have dial-up. I am tired of losing money because of the constant bad weather.

Surreal moment this a.m./CNN - Posted By: notinpainanymore

Today on CNN they had on the phone a doctor by the name of Tony Asher, a local (Charlotte) neurosurgeon.

I have been to him and I work at a hospital where he practices, so ironically this a.m. I recognized his voice before I looked on the TV and saw his name during interview with Sonjay on CNN. For me, it was a weird experience, but only one that another medical Transcriptionist could fully appreciate.

Also I have seen him as a patient. I was misdiagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia and he verified it wasn't that diagnosis. In long run, it was a bad tooth - I actually went to Duke for a consultation and they couldn't figure out the problem, BUT the first thing the doc there asked, "Are you sure it isn't a tooth?". AND it was a tooth, but that didn't happen until a x-ray by dentist later on (which contradicted findings of x-ray when this first happened).

I will always remember the resident that was in with the doc (whose name I long forgot) - the resident looked just like Raymond's brother on "Everyone Loves Raymond." And talked like him.

Crazy question... does Express Scribe actually convert audio to text? Sounds too good to be true.. - Posted By: MTToo

It does state this on their web site. I was curious if anyone has used this option, and if so, does it really work?

Thanks again~

Acronym help - Posted By: QArbouncin

This is a helpful, interesting site:

Whonamedit.com is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15.000 eponyms and more than 6.000 persons.

OneUpManship question - Posted By: me

Although all MTs for my company work remotely, some of the MTs know each other's names for whatever the reason. One of those MTs really caused a lot of problems trying to start some trash with me and getting me to leave to the point where the account supe told us both either cut out the mess or the company would do something about it. I cut it out and then she was all like "oh, I only want to be helpful!" - ralph -

Fast forward a couple of months. Recently I get this nasty email and decide to change my email address to keep it from starting over. Today my account supe sends out an email to all the MTs on the account from this "kind" person. It was an email I sent to the company last FEBRUARY, was relayed to all the MTs working for that state and the training manuals were updated with the info. I forwarded a copy of my original email to my account supe. The difference is that the current supe wasn't there in February, so has no clue all the stuff I contributed to help QA, my coworkers and the company.

I'm getting so tired of this. If I leave, she wins. She was getting jealous because even though she had been there longer, I was becoming someone to take notice of and was biting into her cherry picking. The company and this person posts/monitors here. I like the company and I want to stay but I also don't want someone stealing my ideas/contributions or the recognition I deserve. On the other hand, they see the "good" side and don't have a clue what she is doing outside the door so to speak. I don't want to be caught up in a she said/she did thing either.

Suggestions?

Coffee drinkers? How many cups or pots do you drink/day while working? sm - Posted By: Addicted to caffeine

I drink 1 - 2 pots.

Companies In Georgia - Posted By: gonesouth

I would like some information on medical transcription companies in Georgia Thanks

VoIP in lieu of landline phones? - Posted By: Nancy

I read a little article in one of those free local trade publications which discussed ways of saving money on everyday household costs. VoIP was listed as a way to save a ton of money by using your Net connection for your phone service.

The article didn't explain how it all works. Is anyone doing this? Do you hook up your phone to your cable connection or are you using some speaker system/software on your PC to make calls? I just don't get it. All I know is that they said you can call anywhere in the world and it doesn't matter, it's a fixed inexpensive monthly cost. I also don't know if you trade your landline telephone number for something through thte VoIP service.

So, I'm intrigued but totally in the dark about this concept. TIA!

To JoH... - Posted By: re: positive pause (sm)

Wow, thank you so much for posting that website...if you haven't visited it yet, GO NOW! It is, I think, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen...

You truly brightened my world with this website...

Shorthand word expander - - Posted By: anon

Tech board is down. Need to know how to stop word from expanding. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

technology smarter than you think - Posted By: steady eddie

An advert for *TAKE THIS MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION COURSE AND START A NEW CAREER!* was sifted into my junk email box.

help, adjuvant chemotherapy with s/l fury???? - Posted By: cant hear doc good.....nm

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Sick to death of this! - Posted By: Just me

Now, I'm sure that this has been covered again and again, but I am so upset that I just have to say something! I am so SICK and TIRED of every single job listing saying, "New graduates need not apply," etc. It's like a slap in the face...you're not good enough, we just know it, don't even THINK about submitting you resume to us you subhuman. I have worked at previous jobs in which I was as good after two months of experience as some who had been working there 3 or more years. (I'm sure everyone has had this feeling. I'm not trying to insinuate that I'm a genius or anything.) Why can't anyone just give me a chance? How do they know that I'm not good enough?!?!? Meanwhile, I've invested a moderate amount of money and a huge amount of time into this for what??? Anyway, that's my rant. Thanks for listening and sorry for the negativity.

To MQx4 - Posted By: MTmom

I apologize to you then MQx4 if all these posts were not yours. It is very difficult to determine who is who anymore.

Although, in those crazy people's defense, I actually did find those posters rather hillarious! I am just your average MT and no I am not disturbed in any way, just enjoy a raw sense of humor now and then. Please don't bash me for saying that, it is just my opinion. A raw sense of humor is not grounds for being in the psyhiatric ward. A good laugh every now and then does wonders for the body (burns lots and lots of calories you know). With that being said, we should welcome everyone here and as long as I am personally not being threatened, then I really am up for any conversation and/or jokes or whatever.

It's nice to know who you are talking with, so MQx4 thanks for being consistent with your name. Sorry if I addressed some of those posts to you!

What you doing over the Labor Day holiday? - Posted By: I'm going to the fair. Diane

Med. coding and billing - Posted By: Maria

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

imaging - Posted By: Martha

(Single) contiguous (axial) image was obtained from base of the skull to the vertex without (intravenous) IV contrast.

Not really sure about the word single and axial in this sentence.

Dragon Naturally Speaking - Posted By: Curious

I used to use Dragon 7. I was going to try and install it today on a new computer; however, I lost my original CD case, so I no longer have the serial number. So I'm thinking about purchasing the newest version. I did okay with it previously. I was still getting it trained but I could manage to use it and match my typing speed on a good day. I'm curious as to whether anyone thinks the investment of buying the "preferred" version is worth it? I purchased a couple of different microphones previously, etc. I went to dictaphone.com to see if they had anything worth purchasing and noted that it seems that website takes you to nuance.com who is now the maker of Dragon? I thougt that interesting. Would appreciate any feedback on the newest version. I'm not looking to type 300 wpm or anything. I'd just like something that can at least take the load off of me a little bit so I'm not typing 8 hours a day. Thanks in advance!

unemployement - Posted By: cs

Just wandering about unemployement. I have never been unemployed before. I was just laid off from my job and I guess I am eligible for unemployment. I worked 30 hours a week at this job as an employee. However, I also work 20 hrs a week as an IC for a different company. I will continue with the IC job, so does anybody know if I can still get unemployement from the employee job while continuing to work the IC job? Thanks!

Moderator, is there any way that there could be 2 job posting boards? sm - Posted By: suggestions?

one for at-home positions and one for in-office positions or at least ask them to state which position it is for? I see a lot of hospitals advertising on there but not many of them even state whether it is in-house or at-home positions. it would save a lot of wasted time on our part and there part if we knew this detail before we decided to apply, etc.