Beading and knitting are popular

• Hey Crafty Girls - Romey
  • Cross stitch kits, square lap looms for crocheted afghans. - my hobbies
  • Tried to post 3 times yesterday and kept getting - trying again
  • If you have a Hancock Fabric store near you, they have a knit ball and video that teaches you how to - Debra
  • Beading and knitting are popular - crafts - see message
    • Beads - WVMT
      • Yes, polymer is great, isn't it? - So many things you can make - see message
  • since I am not real great at crafts, I work on the rug kits you can buy... - MTbucket
  • Scrapbooking - WVMT
  • How about counted cross stitch - JanieB
  • I love candle making, and you can get - sm
    • Have you ever made those water candles? - Busy MT'ing
      • I've never tried that! - luvnMT
        • Soy candles? Oh, please do explain! - Busy MT'ing
          • soy wax is made from soybeans and is biodegradable...sm - luvnMT
  • Did I pass? - test
  • sm - Just an idea
    • crafts - me
  • Glass etching, maybe? see link - paints

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fat-free/sugar-free hard candies to suck on.  The walking is a great idea and I know it is hard to get started.  Try to find a friend or neighbor you can walk with the neighborhood with after the kids have left for school or at night after dinner.   Once you start losing weight, you get some fresh air, and are just more relaxed you'll want to walk and it won't be a chore.  / / / congrats on stopping smoking.  

The whole reasoning behind VR is to decrease cost to clients and to speed up TAT (well that and to increase revenue for MTSOs).  But, just as more and more clients are starting to find out about offshore outsourcing, the cost effectiveness may not be such an advantage.  Being on VR for several months now, it seems like even the sloppiest work is submitted for the sake of getting it out quickly.  I've found, and it has been reported here repeatedly, that those on VR are told not to "pretty it up", just make sure it's accurate.  Even the banned abbreviations on the JHACO list are allowed in favor of quick editing.  Things that never would be acceptable in straight typing are allowed in VR.  Sooner or later this is going to catch up and the money saved on VR will just switch to risk management.  What once seemed like a big money saver will end up costing them more in the long run, just like outsourcing to India.

Also, it is a proven fact that those who are very high producers in straight typing (1500 to 1600 lines a day) will most likely not make the money that new MTs or less skilled MTs will.  Those who are producing approximately 1000 to 1100 lines a day will have no problem doubling that.  With some MTSOs cutting the VR editing rates to 55% of base line count, it isn't feasible for experienced, skilled high producers to work on VR at half the base rate. Thus, a lot of skilled MTs will be moving on to companies without VR.  Without some of the tools required, VR mandates that the editors will correctly use and spell terms that would otherwise be done by expanders.  A new MT isn't going to catch the "mistakes" as quickly or as often as a highly-skilled MT with years and years under the belt. That, too, will contribute to the lower quality of finished product. As far as increased TAT, it might increase it a little but full editing isn't as quick as QA editing, so the increase in TAT isn't going to be that dramatic IMO.

I can see VR being advantageous for the quicker, easier reports such as radiology and ER, and I can see it catching on for a while.  But, I think sooner or later it will trend back to the clients wanting professionalism over quick, money-saving efforts that will end up costing them more in the long run either in risk management or outright lawsuits.