CONGRATULATIONS! Angie W. of St. Charles Missouri has won
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Congratulations, Angie!
Hi Angie!
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Thanks, Angie
I will definitely check that site out!
Hello Angie
I always seperate with commas if doctor does not specify while dictating in a sentence. It has always gone through QA okay with no errors.
hi Angie...
I am glad some nice people finally replied. I didn't have any real answers but totally understood what you meant.
I work in-house at the moment and although I started in 1996, I worked in-house then too, so I was paid an hourly rate and there were no Expanders or incentive programs, working long hours, etc. No way of making extra money at it. It was like being a secretary. We make very little per line now working in-house -- .075/line but there is an incentive program where people who have been with the hospital a long time seem to be the only ones benefiting from the incentive program.
I have only been there a year and a half. I have a friend/co-worker who has been there 4 years. However, she has been working as a Transcriptionist since 1982. She is very fast. I sometimes watch her type and she is good at what she does and she can barely make the intermediate level on the incentive program. She was having similar problems with the expanders and shortcuts, but I think she is finally figuring them out now. However, now there is talk of switching to speech recognition editing. We will basically be editors and they will probably pay us less.
I have worked from home as well making more per line but also had trouble with finding the right fit, right platform, right account, etc. MTing isn't something I would recommend to anyone to do for a living. Although some are real lucky at it -- in the right place at the right time, kind of like our housing market. Some have made money on the housing market and some are barely breaking even. So I see them as being lucky.
I agree with annabanna, don't be afraid to keep searching until you find the right fit. Good luck in your search.
Angie O'Plasty :)
Angie O'Gram
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Prince Charles or Brad Pitt?
What do they wear underneath those kilts? Boxers or briefs?
john doe patient and charles doe MD ROFL
LOL
How stereotypical. Someone goes against the grain, and that makes them Charles Manson????
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1 cocker, 1 mixed, & 1 cavilier king charles spaniel...nm
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YUK! NO Pitt or Charles. Thinking more of Sean Connery or Mel Gibson with the kilts. nm
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Where in Missouri?
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yep. I may not be from Missouri
but SHOW ME.
Missouri is where I live. You?
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Black, Missouri (nm)
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Missouri MT, what part of MO are you from? i'm from MO
i haven't seen much news lately because of working and just staying so busy! i'm from DeSoto MO
Hmmm let me think who could this Missouri MT be.....
Not criminal but they may as well let us all do it. I could use the money. If the company doesn't object then why should anybody else. LOL ....
(That's good one to Missouri MT)
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Missouri, I feel your pain
I had three OPnotes today from a Doc who can turn a page and a half into one long solid run-on sentence. He really dropped my $$/hr today while I had to translate his own personal language into something recognizable to others. UGH.
anybody work in springfield missouri?
thinking about switching to local company...
South of St. Louis, Missouri....
I have been on the hospital account for 15 years and a couple years ago started doing vacation fill-in for doctor's offices. The word got around that I did this and I was getting more calls than I could handle. I did have to run to the clinic's office to download work on Flash Drive stick then come home and upload it, but I now have DSL and can type directly through their VPN site. It's so much nicer.
Missouri hospital at-home MT..........
I have worked for a hospital for 15 years. They moved us home about 10 years ago. I make 11 cpl on a 60-character line. We have to maintain a 5000 line per two week pay period quota for health insurance which is free for employees, but I carry family plan and it is 110.00 a month (hard to beat that). We can type whenever we want, no set hours. We also rotate weekly on call schedules where we go on call from Midnight Sunday morning to the next Saturday at Midnight. Just for being on call, we get an extra 220.00 that week regardless if we receive any calls, but if we do get called, we still receive our 11 cpl pay as usual. This is a 270 bed hospital with all fields and specialties and pretty well all of the dictators are great. I am very happy with my position at this hospital.
Three dogs...Max our mixed, CoCo our chocolate cocker and Monroe our Cavilier King Charles spaniel,
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24-yo female Missouri, PT at home, FT hospital
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Nah, I work directly for a a hospital in Missouri.
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Congratulations !! ....sm
I'm very happy for you! I know how it feels to FINALLY find a company that is a perfect fit.
Much success!
congratulations
My hat is off to you. How did you ever get so fast? I have been doing this for 5 years and I can't type but half that fast, sometimes maybe a little more than half. I do have 2 small children at home, but they will both be in school this fall. I also have Instant Text and have had for 4 years, but I am not utilizing it to its fullest potential I know; I wish I could manage to do that. Any hints? TIA.
Congratulations!
Sounds like you've discovered one of the secrets to making money doing MT.
CONGRATULATIONS! sm
Glad to give you that extra little "push." As you adjust to your new methods I bet you'll see an even bigger increase in your paycheck!
Congratulations! And, tell
We wish you all the best. Prayers are with you all.
CONGRATULATIONS !
I am so glad that you have decided to do this. I am proud of you for taking the initiative to do this.
We know that to MQ we are only a "number", so they will replace us with another "number", but this job has become so very stressful -- not knowing from minute-to-minute or hour-to-hour if there will be enough work for all of MQ MT's on our accounts !
Congratulations!
I am getting married at the end of October myself. We are having a Roman themed (God's and goddesses)ceremony since it is close to Halloween. Black would not bother me if someone wore it, but my friends wedding this weekend is in the afternoon and I was not sure if black would be okay.
Congratulations!!
Been with them 8 years and struggling like crazy for the past 1-1/2 on DQS. Find out Monday when I can start my new job!!
Congratulations!
Congratulations on your success!!! Whether this is a dying field or not, you still have opportunities in MTing and given time to carve out your path in your journey of life to look into another field if you so choose. Best of luck to you always!!
Congratulations on
going back to school. I'm always amazed when people defend the future of MT. I've seen it go from a clerk/typist job in the hospital that paid minimum wage to a "profession" to an assembly line job, with the assembly line "out of jobs" a good bit of the time.
At least they can't outsource dental work....but then the question will be whether anyone is going to be able to afford dental care or anything else for that matter. I don't think it's just MTs who are suffering. Everything is going up except wages, which are going down everywhere. How can Americans, with our cost of living, compete with $15 a month workers? I don't remember the Great Depression, wasn't born quite yet, but I sure remember my parents talking about it. Their greatest fear was another Great Depression and I wonder if we're not about to see what it was all about.
Congratulations!!! Is this your first? (nm)
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Congratulations to you! nm
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First off, congratulations!!
My vote is put the note in. It's just smart thinking. I personally would appreciate it.
Congratulations to you!
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Congratulations!!
Congratulations
How wonderful. Congrats to both you and your daughter!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This is one MT week you will remember! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!
I'm working on 2 years' of marriage. How time flies. My hubby is a farmer so we don't do much vacationing in the summertime. We went to Vegas last Sept. for our anniversary and hopefully again this year. Best of luck!!
Congratulations!
Hubby and I honeymooned in Helen 12.5 years ago. It is beautiful there.
Enjoy!
Congratulations
Congratulations to your children. Wow, we have smart kids. My daughter has been getting straight A+'s all this year in 6th grade. They must take after us. LOL.
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations To Your Son
I'm happy your son was able to get the job at K-Mart. Good luck to him. And yes, I know, husbands and men in general are never wrong. LOL.
Congratulations to you.
I also am in need of going to gym and perfecting my diet. I think you may realize how difficult it is to make the move. The fact that you did gives me inspiration as I feel so unlike myself, am overweight for the first time in years, tired, nothing fits, people are shocked when they see me and I am becoming house bound and decide when to go shopping when there are fewer people. I even considered shopping in a nearby town so I would not run into people I know.
This is no way to live. The lethargy I feel is profound but I realize the only answer is an exercise program and to cut out the foods that are loaded with salt, fat and sugar.
Congratulations!
Getting the first job is the hardest part of being an MT! (If they are willing to train, even better!!)
Make sure that this "agency" isn't a scam (there are some that prey on new MTs and require them to pay a lot of $$ out up front), and once you're satisfied that it's on the up and up, GO FOR IT!
A computer of your own is a good idea, if only for HIPAA requirements. The desk and chair probably wasn't necessary at first, but if it makes you more comfy, then it was a good idea.
Some companies will provide work equipment, some expect you to buy your own.
Books...I would definitely start with a good medical dictionary, and a medical/pharmaceutical spellchecker. I consider a text Expander essential too. If you can find out what specialties you'll be working, word books for those areas will prove invaluable. You might consider CDs rather than actual books, too, because they're more easily searchable.
It does cost a bit to get started, but KEEP RECEIPTS! Anything that is remotely related to MTing is tax deductible. (Internet connection, gasoline, a second phone line if required, all your equipment and supplies.)
Most times you can get things down the road as jobs and needs dictate. You can even find some things cheap or free if you search.
Expect that you'll be very slow in the beginning. It'll be very discouraging at times, but eventually your speed will increase as your knowledge and listening skills develop. One day you'll be amazed that you're easily doing dictation that a couple months previous sounded like a different language. Just keep at it, have yourself a good cry now and again, and you'll be just fine!
Again, congratulations and good luck in your new job!
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