2007 survey

• considering MT job avenue - Susan
  • interesting feedback - Susan Radford
    • Yet again, SPELLING!!! A lot is 2 words, not allot sm - Spelling police
  • it is a better start than most of us have here..... - cornfused
  • I don't know how any of the MTs at home with - s/msg - MT is harder than it appears.
  • would you hire an MT to be a dentist - frustrated
    • The icon in her posts has the symbol & color - of the Pakistani flag on it.
  • My thoughts sm - Lyndia
    • Amen, sister - Daylo
    • you go girl! - anon
    • Everyone - Cee Cee
      • Good spelling not necessary? - LK
        • agreed... - MtMom30
          • In old days no computer, no Google, had to spell all those longgggg words - Hmmm below
      • When I trained, back years and years ago - Hmmm
      • I know how to spell most and - Shopaholic
      • Spelling...sm - Lyndia
        • Yes - Cee Cee
          • If you don't know how to spell it, chances are you don't know what it means either! nm - me
            • You are - Cee Cee
  • You really don’t have a clue and would be in over your head. - Thinking you can be a transcriptionist
    • I honestly have to agree; even after a nursing degree, with tons of biology, ....sm - CindiRI
      • You said a mouthful! All so very true! Good post! - Thinking you can be a transcriptionist
    • i don't agree. - wvm
      • I consider I had the knack too sm - Lyndia
      • you obviously have the "knack" for transcription... - MtMom30
  • From a newer MT - Newer MT
    • Another idea - Newer MT
  • My best friend has been a nurse for years but I would not have her transcribe for me... - paintyper
  • You'd have to stick to oral/dental, because how much do you know about - deb
    • OP could do like the rest of us----- research, - research, research. nm
      • yes that's how I learned - sa
        • Good research skills the best skill an MT - should have. nm
  • Need to consider VR - mom2huskies
  • Fun is not a word - UnfunnyMT
  • Have you ever listened to real - Z
    • the list so far - Susan Radford
      • Been doing many, many years and - Salaries
      • From what you have "pixked" up...you still don't have a clue. - me
      • Try to be positive sm - Seasoned Survivor
      • just my thoughts - sa
      • 2007 survey - Eileen
    • I second this; definitely see if you can get an opportunity - tnmt
      • I agree...I think you really have to have a "knack" for this career... - MtMom30
  • You would need to learn format. - MT'r
  • If no formal ed., would probably need mentor. - This is not a just sit and type job. nm

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hi,

 I now need to start using Word2007.  I would like to know if anyone out there knows how to build a macro in word2007?  I could do this in word97, but cant find the same commands to do my macro in 2007?

HELP please

Tiffin

Could anyone tell me if they are an IC or an employee and who they work for?  I am trying to find out if I should change all of our IC's to employees or not.  Also, could you tell me which one you like better?

Thanks

I hope I posted this in the right spot! Kind of new to this forum, especially with posting messages.  I downloaded a medical transcription survey from 2007 from the MTIA web site which I thought was very interesting and would like to share it with you all if you have not read it.

I loved the summary point stating "Doctors do not generate revenue, documents do. Accurate and complete healthcare documents are essential to a doctor's and institution's revenue cycle."

I remain hopeful and optimistic that in the future that we will once again be recognized for how important our jobs really are.  All of us can go out and get ourselves a medical secretarial position or other positions in the medical field, but it takes a special talent to do the job we do, and I think many people who think our jobs are not worth the money we deserve, possibly can't do OUR jobs.

This is the link and if it does not work, go to the MTIA.com web site, search under press releases and it is the Bentley MT survey for 2007. Hope you find it interesting.

http://www.mtia.com/Downloads/MTSurveyReport-Preliminary.pdf

Do you believe that:

A:  Poverty is mostly the result of poor choices in life, either by yourself or by your parents and grandparents before you, thereby setting up the vicious cycle.  Early parenthood, out-of-wedlock births, no father in the home, recycled boyfriends in and out of a home, lack of early childhood stimulation with books/toys, lack of routine and academic expectations, etc. 

OR

B:  Poverty is societal.  Poor people have no choices in America and no real opportunity or ability to raise themselves out of poverty.  The way to end poverty is to increase social programs until people are not living in poverty anymore.  Poverty is societies fault and the government's fault and therefore theirs to fix.

Which is preferred, Notebook or Desktop for working 8+ hours per day doing MT?  Any specifics you'd like to share about processor/memory would be helpful.  Upgrading my computer and deciding which would work best for me.

I have the opportunity this spring and summer to speak to MTs and business owners in various parts of the country, and one of the topics I'll be discussing is voice recognition editing.  After working with it for a year, I have my own opinions on the subject, but I'm hoping to collect information from other MTs who have been performing both editing and traditional transcription for the past 6 months or longer.  Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

The link to the survey is: http://www.webstream.us/survey/index.php?sid=1

Jay

asking about how MQ can do better.  We got a letter telling us the findings 9 months later and on it apparently lots of MTs beitched about no pay increase and they are looking into it.  That was 3 months ago. 

MQ is too busy plotting and planning how to rip off the clients and MTs to be bothered with the current problems.  They have a bazillion managers but no one seems to be able to keep the simplest things done on a timely basis. 

...this is my 2nd year transcribing.  I am really going to try to pick up the pace and the money in 2008 and am looking into getting my own accounts.  If I don't do something I will have to get another job in addition to transcription. I worked for a doctor's office when I first started out making $14.00/hour, which in hindsight was pretty good for a beginner.  I guess it just takes some people longer to get in gear.  Things are really clicking for me now, and I can now fly through dictators that I used to find extremely difficult, so there's a ray of hope!  I have never made more than $15,000 per year my entire life, and I've been working since I was 14 years old - it's time darn it!

there is not much difference between that and 2006.  the big difference between 05 and 06 was the search function.  06 would not let you search starting with an asterisk for a wildcard.  07 is the same.  but i just tried searching for part of a word without a wildcard and it brought up words that had that part in the middle.  so it seems you do not need the asterisk at the beginning of a search.

to be honest, i rarely use my electronic references.  i mostly use the net and sometimes will double check a finding with an electronic ref. 

i update my references on CD for the tax credit.  and as a backup.

I have always used Stedman's QL electronic drug search reference material.  I loaded my 2007 and discovered that they have built in something called a Launch Ready Reference Bookshelf  that completely changes the way the drug reference works now.  One thing that is missing is the fuzzy search, which I have always loved and used tremendously.  I called Tech Support at Lippincott and at Stedman's and they both tell me that it is no longer part of the program and this new Bookshelf is going to be linked to all of their electronic products -- hence no fuzzy search.  So, my question is, what is everyone else using.  I have the Saunder's Pharmaceutical Word Book 2007 and I hate it as well, it takes too long to load and uses too much RAM to leave loaded. 

Hope someone else has found an answer. 

If I buy Word 2007, can I put it on more than one computer in my house or is the license restricted to just one computer?  Thanks for sharing if you know the answer. 

Has anyone had any issues; good, bad or indifferent, on Word 2007.

Thanks

I updated to Word 2007 - I took the time to watch the learning videos and was able to create new macros and boilerplate very nicely.

But I have lost all my add-in word books and dictionaries that were in my tool bar. Does anyone know how to get them back?

I just tried using a wildcard search starting with *...and it would not let me.  It will only let me start with a letter, then add the wildcards.  Hope that helps!

j

I HATE IT!! It is so NOT user friendly!  When you open it, it takes up your entire screen, and the wildcard search feature is crap, in my opinion.  Luckily, I didn't have to pay too much for it (got it on a discount through my MTSO), so I ordered the QLEDB 2007 version (updating my 2005 version).  Unfortunately, it's backordered.  but when it gets here, I'm taking the D&D one off my computer.... that's how much I hate it! lol 

Cheaper is not always better. I'd stay away from the D&D version until they make it more user friendly.