Both, but mostly books, Internet sites not updated often enough.

• Good drug book vs. internet drug sites - Kathy
  • Both, but mostly books, Internet sites not updated often enough. - fo
    • Nonsense! Drug books are dead (sm) - Purple-Hair MT
      • internest is not updated fast enough? I book you buy in January was put together mid last year..how - bwaahahahah
  • I use both.. Book first, then Internet - Info Babe
  • I use both - sm
  • I also prefer the internet because it is always updated - books are a waste (I do not use my drug handbook n
  • I prefer book for drugs. - kl
    • good site for meds - dazydew2
  • It depends. I use both. See below. - omt
  • Quicklook - Lisette
    • Quicklook/internet - Kathy

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I just wonder because I am so sick of correcting reports where the MT has obviously just guessed at what is being dictated or what she heard rather than taking a minute to crack open a freaking book or at the very least Google it.

QA is a resource not a freaking safety net for MTs who can't or won't do the job they were hired for.  Part of the job description for medical transcription is to be both productive AND accurate!  Nowhere does it say, if you don't know, just guess or if you don't know, just leave a blank -- don't look it up or use the internet -- just leave a blank. 

While I'm at it, let me just say to all the MTs out there who have being "doing this for years" and don't think they could ever possibly make a mistake -- YOU ARE WRONG!  To the MTs who use "that's how we were told to do it at my last job" as your battle cry -- THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A STANDARDIZED REFERENCE BOOK CALLED THE AAMT BOS!

I don't care how you did it at your last job.  I don't care if that is what you thought you heard.  I don't care if your spell check didn't catch it.  And I don't care how long you've been an MT.  You should have known how to spell it, you should own a reference book, you should own a copy of the BOS, and years of experience in no way replaces a good solid education!  Finally, you should take the time to educate yourself, look things up you aren't sure of, and just plain care about the content of your work -- not just how much of it you can get done.

 << Getting off my soapbox now.

Every orthopedic test imaginable.

http://www.mtaccstudent.com/Articles2/OrthopedicTests.htm

This site has a free ABCZ Expander system.

This site has free software.....There is Stedmans Ortho Word Book program on there amount other great software. 

http://www.4shared.com/dir/3130156/34dfa22c/Medical_Transcription.html

Good luck

have Stedman's Medical Dictationary on CD and I do use it quite a bit, but that's more because the actual print dictionary is so darn heavy to pick up and look a word up!

Hi -

First time ever on this board and I've been an MT for 15 years.  Worked for Healthscribe before Spheris took over (3 years) and now work for another company...but looking elsewhere.  Can anyone give me their honest opinions about CyMed?  I just tested with them, extremely easy to me, but I HATE changing job.  However, job I have now....isn't paying the bills at all, waiting for work constantly, they are going to start off-shoring, etc.  I'm single, have 1 child, lost a great job last year working by the hour (outside of home), but lost the job (don't even ask). I loved it, but got screwed. Now I'm just depressed, disgusted, broke, etc., and very stressed and worried. I'm going to have to get out of transcription or something.  This just isn't working and I seriously would appreciate any good or bad.   I talked to a man there for over an hour yesterday.  He was extremely patient and took his time explaining everything I asked. 

Thanks in advance everyone!   

I have gone recently for a medical problem and I am amazed how they have everything networked to different departments.

So I didn't like watching my wages go down and I now work for specialists, but it was such a nice hospital visit.  I was in and out of there in no time with no waiting.  It was an amazing system.  And this is a large acute care hospital!  I was absolutely amazed.

Can someone tell me of some good OB/GYN sites out there?  For that matter, any good specialty sites.  I'm fairly new to transcription and still gathering good reference sites.

Thanks in advance!

MTOhio

I'm good to go!!

Visit this site, read paragraph 2 and notice the word global.  It doesn't appear they are trying to hide anything.

http://tinyurl.com/6kz2qr

These help me:

For City/States/Counties:  *HomeTownLocator* --  http://www.hometownlocator.com/

For Orthopedics:  Really great site.  Can use search box or click on any part of the skeleton.  *Wheeless On Line* --  http://www.wheelessonline.com/

For Medical Abbreviations:  Also has a medical dictionary, drug search and medical instrument search, but I just use it for the Abbreviations.  *MediLexicon*   http://www.medilexicon.com/

For Chemotherapy Drugs - *ChemoCare*  http://www.chemocare.com/bio/

For Medical Dictionary - *Dorlands Medical Dictionary* - http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/misc/A_TOC.htm

For Clinical Trials - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/

Those are some of what I use all the time.