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I have just downloaded Instant Text to use with Word.  I would like to import my auto correct abbreviations into Instant Text.  This might be a dumb question, but if I do that, will they only be able to be used with Instant Text.  I currently am using Instant Text for short periods of time as to not slow down my production too much while still learning the ins and outs of the program.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks a bunch....

Our company is just switching over to Escription and we are trying to make sure things are consistent so the program will learn correctly.  For some reason a few people here feel that any drug brand names that have caps in the middle, such as PhosLo, that we should type them with only the first letter capitalized.  They feel that Escription will get confused otherwise because in allergies they are always done in all caps.  I was wondering if anyone out there who is working in this system can tell me if you type drug brand names correctly or if you have had to do the same thing.  I personally feel that at some point it could be a patient care issue if we don't type the brand names correctly.  Maybe I'm just being stubborn because I hate doing things incorrectly.

I know this is not the religion board, but I have to give a shout out - so if it bothers you look down real quick. Psalm 116:1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Thank You Lord for Your faithfulness. You have seen every tear and every time my wages have been changed by Medquist. Thank you, Lord Jesus!

I am beyond excited this morning! I have been busy, busy, busy on the Internet since Saturday night, following a trail on earning money on the Internet. I did not even sleep Saturday and then went to church all day Sunday and then back on the computer Sunday night. Anyway, after many, many hours, the Lord just dropped a site on me, I don't even know how I got to it. Well, I signed up and started making money answering surveys! So far, I have made close to $60 in just a few hours! This is for real. I am mad, because it is too easy. I know how I have struggled in the last few months, really the last several years, to earn a decent wage. I have years of data entry experience, and that is how I am looking at this. Just keep the forms moving. Advertisers are willing to pay for exposure, hoping to influence your buying decisions. With this, all I needed to start was my email! I was so impressed, I set up a new blog that has all the details, some tips and the link. The company even asked me to share a testimonial. The site has great support. All the details are in my blog, but basically you get paid per form (the ones I did paid 0.60), and they estimate doing at least 12 an hour. We Ts know how to move records!  I did 16 forms an hour easy last night, and like I said, I am just getting started. You can listen to your favorite TV show while you do this! Great referral earnings too. You can e-mail me if you have any questions or if I can be of help. I am glad things have been going better with the Q - the additional bonuses and OT has been great. But this makes me really happy.

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Greeting everyone!

There was a recent post form someone inquiring about salary etc. Many replied you may even start below minimum wage. I can confirm that because that is what I am making.  I am not complaining........few expenses involved and my family situation forces me to be home, which I am blessed to be able to do.  The company I am with has also been great up until this point but now getting stricter. (Do not blame them.)

How long does it usually take to get up to say 150 lph? On pirmary account dictators are the same. On secondary acoout you may get dermatology, ortho, psych, neuro, OB etc. Enjoy the variety but hard to develop speed.

Thanks for any and all advice!

when I click on the arrow for "play" but my pedal is not registering.  Tried a different pedal and the same thing!  Have a call into the Help desk but I am panicking! 

Anyone have any idea would could possibly be wrong????  I have very rarely had foot pedal problems. 

Hey!  I just paid over $60 for this dang BOS (my new employer requires I have one), so I'm studying it diligently, and on page 297 they're referring to Salter-Harris fractures as "Slater-Harris".  Thought I was going nuts, checked Stedman's and they say its Salter.  Am worried there are other errors in it, and I won't know it!  Do they publish their bloopers anywhere? 

I'm not a member of AAMT (and probably never will be, I'm not a joiner), but I'm pretty doggone disgusted I just shelled out that kind of money for published errors, especially after reading repeatedly in the book how regular MTs aren't worthy of putting letters after their name unless they've been certified by the all-knowing AAMT!  Guess I'd never pass their test since I'd say Salter-Harris instead of Slater!

Anyway, I feel ripped off, especially since all editors/employers act like the AAMT is holy like the pope!  Thanks for listening to me vent!

For those of you who are ICs, have you regreted  taking that giant leap of working for a national company versus working as an IC?  I know there would days of feast or famine, but at this point I need the flexibility.  I am in my late 50s and do not yet qualify for Medicare.  

The other problem is too that I will  have to buy my own health insurance.   Would anyone recommend a good national insurance company for getting medical/surgical benefits for myself and spouce that do not charge a fortunate? 

I still get to type hospital dictation since I am an acute-care MT with 29 years exp. 

So undecided. 

Then why do ALL of my dictators have an Indian accent?  I work for the big national transcription company on 4 hospitals in Massachusetts.  Why can't we sent their voices back to India and get the transcription done faster over there and leave us our own?  Just a thought.

a local college has a job posted for an ESL instructor. Any takers?

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? 

Looking to commiserate with their miserable treatment.

My lower back, leg and feet have been aggravated lately from using the foot pedal. Is there anything out there been invented besides a foot pedal to stop/start/rewind or is the foot pedal pretty much it? This is where voice recognition might come in handy ...

Today was 2 weeks since she found us, and we found her a home, actually had 2 people fighting over her, which I thought was kind of funny considering she was "my" dog.   We had decided that if she didn't find a home today we were going to keep her.   We still cannot believe that someone has not been looking for her.  I told the family that if it didn't work out that we wanted her back. 

I have to vent.  I asked a question a few days ago, wondering if anybody heard anything about the big MQ lawsuit.  Now we all know that this is BIG.  But, not only did I only read maybe two responses (thank you, responders) to my specific question, but I have also not heard anything from anybody ELSE on this board regarding what is up with that. 

I am wondering:  a) is it under tight wraps and hush-hush for open discussion; b) do we have damage control by MQ intercepting posts of an informational nature on this;  or c) SOMETHING ELSE? 

Sure would appreciate if someone threw us a crumb.  Thanks in advance from the mushroom crew!

Does anybody do transcription on their laptop, other than those working for that company that has its own board on here?

Hello my fellow MTs, all of whom seem to be so much more knowledgaabe about  online transcription.

I have repeatedly tried and tried and cannot figure out how to calculate what a 65-character line is and how to figure out your earnings.

Does anyone have any advice about where I can look this up?

Thanks!

Challenged once again.

Husband just took 50% pay cut.. he is gone at least 16 days a month and really want to find job that keeps me at home with kids.  Half way done with paralegal certificate but realize now must make major commute into city to find a job.  MTec training worth the $3000?  Seems high but they quote access to forum where passing grades from them eliminate need for experience....confused and need decent job.

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~

I'm marketing for my own accounts and plan to use Mtroscript.  I know the costs . of using Metroscript, but I wanted to know what that equals in cents per line.  I'm deciding on what to charge, and I want to get a good idea of what their services are per line (I know they don't charge by line). 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm thinking of planting rose bushes along our new fence and just can't decide from all the varieties.  I do want some that bloom all summer long and are winter hardy. Illinois can be brutal sometimes.