An addendum, minor corrections are one thing - being a slob dictator who consistently cannot put his
Posted By: is a quack waiting to happen.nm on 2009-04-09
In Reply to: Whatever happened to the old adage - sm - XXX
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Agree it's the dictator's report and the dictator's call. NM
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Nobody said perfect, just not a slob
be for real... editors know there are some corrections and blanks but some MTs take advantage and as QA are paid by the line, this is unfair.
I'd rather be a "content slob" than a
Yeah, obviously a pretentious underachiever trying desperately through an overly elaborated post to sound like you have some idea of what you are saying.
Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
Wait, on second thought...pat away.
*YAWN*
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"content slob with flying fingers" ?? NM
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The OP said a minor had to have at 17
in case they had breast cancer!! Yep, I guess if a 17 year old should have breast cancer they would not be able to drive a car. I wonder what elderly ladies who actually have the disease do for getting around?
Because his minor was in business..sm
Ummmm...he didn't go to college to be a K-mart manager, per se.
He was a history major and after graduation was a high school history teacher. When my mother was pregnant with me they decided that having a nice house, etc would be harder on a teacher's salary. My mother was also a college graduate but they both decided it would be best for her to stay home.
So....my dad started in the manager's program. My dad likes business and he likes people. You'd be surprised how much money K-mart and Walmart managers make. Managers in smaller retail stores do not make the kind of money that those in the larger stores make.
I'm assuming you feel like retail management is beneath someone with a college degree? My sister has a four year degree and is the general manager for a small radio station and makes 2-3K less than I do transcribing.
Plus....minor inconvenience but still....
When I worked in-house, we started getting some really bad static on our dictation (so much so we had to leave blanks), and our IT person finally figured out it was because the doctors would have their cell phones turned on and sitting right next to the speechmikes.
Try telling a doctor to keep his/her cell phone turned off. Not happening. 
If your daughter is a minor...
the doctor has to get your approval and permission.
The ones who are the first to take a drug that came on the market, are always the 'guinea'pigs'.
They are the ones on whon the 'studies' are done.
If the study has negative results, the drug is withdrawn from the market, and the guinea pigs are the victims. E.g. Hormone therapy, antidepressants, etc.......
If you are skeptical,I would not allow it.
corrections...
I guess I should have "proofed" my own question.. I meant I don't want to charge to much or sell myself short and instead I typed basically the same thing. Boy, I guess I just don't realize how much I depend on my autocorrect/spellcheck/grammer!!!! 
Corrections:
I always send a reply to QA if I know for a fact that they are incorrect. If you notice on their email to you they have CC'ed every person in the company that they know so I automatically reply to ALL with my response and always say at the end,, "please note this was CC'ed to all you orginaly sent to, please respond to my question as timely as possible". If this does not happen I CC the lead QA and/or my AM and ask what is up.
The last I did this I got a very "sincere" email back from QA explaining that she has several accounts she QAs for and that each has their on site notes and she had mixed up the site notes from one to the other.
Hope this helps.
BA in chemistry with a minor in biology
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I'm available. I like getting corrections because I'm a perfectionist.
Sounds like the prima donna is on an ego trip and doesn't want to slow down.
RE: Responses to corrections. One sure..sm
way, I have found, to get a response is to cc your response (double check your response for 100% correctness, first, though) to their supervisor or management. (They have no qualms about doing this to us when chewing us out, but they're too busy, i.e, too good, to answer our e-mails) So now they know mgmt. is in on it, they feel challenged and have to prove they're right, nevertheless. Wanna bet they'll respond? 
It would be 3 cpl on corrections to edited
I do not know of a company or a platform that credits typed corrections on edited reports at a straight transcription rate. Of course, that does not mean that there are not any out there, just that I have not heard of any.
At 3 cpl, your production would have to be incredible to make decent money, especially if all you were doing was editing.
Being able to do those corrections is just good .
I often drive through MacDonald's for an iced coffee, but I don't want it made the usual way with a load of liquid sugar. They're happy to accommodate my request. If I decide I want something else between the speaker and the window, they'll change my order without complaining. They give me extra napkins and sound as though they really enjoy serving my needs. They keep their restrooms clean, too.
That's just good customer service. Those things keep me going back to MacDonalds.
MT isn't much different. It's a customer-service business. We all like to think we're indispensable, but we're not. There are all sorts of other people who'd love to be doing that dictation instead of you.
Getting changes like that might be annoying, but accommodating them is part of the job. Maybe if you saw it as the reason you HAVE a job, you'd be less frustrated by it.
Can VR make those changes? No. I think that says enough.
VR -Lots of corrections
Lots of corrections. Occasionally, a VR will go smoothly with only a few quick corrections. But that is, I would estimate, 5% of them. 95% of them have many, many corrections. VR does not correctly hear what they are saying - Last week, voice recognition had "rectum" as the word - it was SUPPOSED to be wreck (the doc mentioned a motor vehicle wreck). Not MOTOR VEHICLE RECTUM. And renumbering all medications and allergies, taking out the commas at the medications, and putting them in a numbered line with periods is time-consuming. Actually, I like VR - but we need to get full transcription pay for full medical term knowledge and time-consuming corrections. If these companies think VR is accurate, then let them turn in the reports without us correcting them!!!
Please calm down. Minor MRI findings are usually accompanied by (sm)
the message, "Correlate with clinical history." Radiologists don't know the patient' history in detail. They are often noting findings that can't be interpreted without knowing the patient. That's why radiologists will so rarely talk to patients; they aren't your doctor and aren't able to match findings with symptoms and clinical findings. I suspect, but can't know, that your MRI is perfectly normal ... FOR YOU. Let your MD mull it all over. If he/she is not certain, he'll send you to a specialist.
True, but typos and minor mistakes aside... SM
I is a MT and I can post without sounding like I be uneducated. 
EditScript does not always hold corrections
I've been there and had this happen. I wound up getting a new computer with more memory (though I had a good bit already). It seems EditScript is a large program and takes other programs working also to support it. It was frustrating to take all the time to edit reports and upload them, only to get nasty feedback in return that I should have made the corrections I made. A new computer with lots of memory solved that problem for me.
They expect us to make the corrections
which is the purpose for sending the fax out, so the MT information has to be on there, which is why I think it should be sent individually. Especially for those who are just learning I do not think they need every mistake broadcast to each MT. But maybe I'm being to sensitive? I just don't think you should be "called on the carpet" so to speak in front of everyone.
It doesn't sound right to me. That one MINOR error should only be counted
as 1/2 point because it's not critical to patient care.
10,500 to 11,000 consistently,
five 8-hour days.
I actually asked my MD the other day do dictate his corrections instead of handwriting them in.
Pointing out minor errors is not amusing. It is simply rude.
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Addendum
Dr. G has changed his mind and would now like to adopt Dr. D's style.
ADDENDUM.....sm
and what that equates to....I work Friday, Saturday, Sunday for MQ - so I worked the entire last 2 weekends and I'm availing myself today also due to lack of private work. *S*
addendum...
Basically, the way I understand it, all of your expenses, whether equipment, supplies, utilities, insurance, dues, etc. will be subject to the 2% rule, only that amount over 2% of your adjusted gross.
But I dont' do that consistently, wish I did ! --normally do about 800 a day - sm
but Sundays I usually hit between 1000-1500 as I save my weekend work for that day and do it all at once. Fun.
Tom's wives have been consistently
10 years younger than the previous. Looks like he'll be scoping out the Middle Schools soon. LOL.
If you have a MT who is consistently making
the same mistakes after being given copies, corrections, etc., then it is time to refer all of this to her supervisor.
Well, at least it will consistently come close!
If an MT is so concerned that she is being cheated out of money, she needs to be proactive and figure out how to verify line counts. I either use Word or an old version of MPCount that I downloaded off the Internet for free. It was my experience that nearly every company I ever worked for was right on or even paid a bit more than my line counts indicated. (Except for ONE company and we all know which one that is!)
Addendum to my above post--sm
I also forgot to mention another suggestion for getting better line counts would be staying off this board...and I am sorry to say that, but it takes a lot of time to come on this board, read any new posts, answer the ones we want to answer, and then go back to work. I see some people on here an awful lot all through the day and I really wonder how they get any work done. I have to limit myself too, sometimes. Just a thought.
addendum to insurance q...
Sorry when I mentioned the low-key $50K "health insurance" in my last post under insurance Q...I meant to say $50,000 life insurance...that is I meant to say you might want to try applying for life insurance before applying for health insurance.
addendum to my answer
by federal I mean federal withholding and self employment taxes - the FICA and MedFICA .
addendum to my op -- poll
A question but now with the economy being what is is how many "significant others/spouses" now work M-F? If they do, on weekends, they are probably trying to do things around the house, lawn care, fixing things and so on -- so while they are doing that, what is wrong with an MT trying to put a few hours in on a Saturday or Sunday when they work for a service doing acute care? Only reason I ask is that my other half is off during the week, but I still manage to try to put in 3-4 hours in even on my "days off".
addendum--here's the link
http://health-information.advanceweb.com/Editorial/Content/editorial.aspx?CTIID=1845
12,000 lines per week for me - consistently. nm
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Probably because I'm an MT and I don't like to see consistently misspelled words.
Perhaps they don't bother you. I pity your employers.
What agency can help me with a co. who consistently underpays me....sm
then says they will have to make it up on the next paycheck. This has gone on for over a year now, with so few checks correct that it just boggles my mind. I just want to know who I can contact to make this company pay me correctly. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance
So you consistently do 520 lines an hour??
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save the emails and send them back when the corrections are inconsistent.
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Addendum: But ya'll go ahead! :)
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addendum: chilly = 10 degrees at 7 a.m.
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Addendum: Batteries not included.
OMG... I feel even better now. I was looking at the back of the box and it said you need a AAA battery. Wow... I thought the sound was great before --- that was without the battery which I did not even notice because of the design of the headphones. Now, for the first time in 9 years working for MQ I am proud to say that I had to turn the volume DOWN. Too loud...hurt my ears...ooww. LOL Glad I was able to exchange my MQ stock for something useful... a pack of 2 AAA batteries for my new headphones.... Life is good.
Sort of funny addendum to above
I do some transcription for this hospital, and they go on and on in their reports, but anytime we have ever been there, it seems they don't have much interaction with the patient. Lol ... You can help but wonder about that!
addendum: I think Moderator Cher is one of the
nicest, fairest and most dedicated.
I have consistently made in the upper $40s to mid $50s in this business.
I have not been chained to the computer. I have even worked just 3 days a week to make that. Long days, mind you, but still only 3 days a week.
I have a talent and great aptitude for this work. I also am fiercely protective of my work time/environment. I work very hard while I'm working. Thus, I do not have to work more than 40 hours a week.
Sit in disbelief all you want. Just remember, you are the one not making the money while many of us are.
Don't understand what that question means. I consistently
make between $20 and $25 an hour, don't have to type 500 lines an hour to make that, it is all in what her cpl is.
Addendum- that should have been sour grapes, not green!
NM
I smell a corrective addendum coming -
The doc says,"the debridement contained subcutaneous and healthy necrotic tissue." Say, what? Healthy necrotic tissue?
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