Does anyone use InScribe? Not everything on template is credited to MT.
Posted By: see msg on 2009-05-18
In Reply to:
This typing program is a software application from EMDAT. I just found out that they are presenting their applications to to MTSOs as a way to increase their profits but, of course, decreasing our income by not paying us anything for text on the template.
Is this the trend and goal now, to take away as much money as possible from MTs. I know companies have to make a profit, but are there no moral values anymore? Why is greed so prevalent in our society today?
I wonder if Michelle Obama sat down and transcribed one dictation and then counted her lines, if she would be appalled to learn how much knowledge it required to do so and how little we were paid for it. What would she advise us to do?
Complete Discussion Below:  marks the location of current message within thread
The messages you are viewing
are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select
the boards given in left menu
Other related messages found in our database
Template question. Somehow this morning I saved the date and patient name into my template? I have t
deleting the date and patient name and resaving as a template but everytime I reopen the template the date and patient name are still there. Anyone know how to delete them so that they come up blanks again???? Thanks.
Create your template (save as a template) and use - sm
Control-F9 to make your empty field (as they call it); a set of {} will appear. Save the file, the brackets will not show unless you set it to show the field codes. To jump from {} to {} use F11. You can also preformat the {} with fonts/bold/caps, etc. Have fun.
These are not credited to you ---
Title of report.
Patient Name:
Age:
Patient ID:
Dictation Physician:
Location:
Date of Birth:
Gender:
Test Date:
Opening standard paragraph.
Last standarized paragraph.
DD: line
TD: line
No, it wasn't credited.
Two paychecks have been incorrect. I've been an MT for 17 years and I know when I am not g
No, it wasn't credited.
I know when I am not getting paid correctly.
did you wait to payday to see if they were credited
I bet you just got mad and did not even give them time
These are credited to you at a reduced rate ---
Indications:
Examination Protocol:
Aorta Meaturements:
Interpretation:
Recommendations:
Standard text lines are credited to you.
But there are many lines in the report that are either not credited to you or credited to you at a reduced rate. The Qualified Text is credited to you at a reduced rate.
So, in other words, many words on the templates are not credited to you at all. This is being touted to MTSOs as a way to increase their profit margin and thus cheat the poor lowly MT out of more dough. Crappy, isn't it? I do not know how they sleep at night!
Thanks - Okay, it makes sense that you do get credited if you are under the predicted from last year
:-)
I just opened Word, opened the template and saved it as a Word template. nm
In InScribe
If you F1 into the bracketed fields and then hit the space bar, the bracketed field will delete. I avoid this by just starting to type after I F1 into the fields - No need to hit the space bar. The blanks being bracketed are helpful when you need to go back and listen, you just F1 to it, find your place on the voice file, and fill in the blank. If you're not hitting the space bar, I'm not sure what the problem is.
Inscribe
Has anyone heard of the company Inscribe? If so what is your opinion on them. Thanks
Inscribe
I just started with them a month ago - I work weekends only. They are family-oriented company, about 100 employees. Everyone I have dealt with have been super nice. They have mainly hospital accounts - some clinics. Not too hard to learn. WGMs are very helpful if you get stuck or have questions.
Inscribe
I actually just got a job with them. They had called me and set up the programs but they had told me that I need to take a training class and someone would contact me. I have not heard anything yet. Hopefully it will work out. I am not even sure what specialty I am typing on.
Inscribe
About a week or so. They just called me and ask me when I wanted to install their program.
Inscribe
Can I get Inscribe's website please?
Using IT with Inscribe
Hi Heather,
Did you download the latest revision for Instant Text? If so, the next step would be to establish your Link Options to tell IT to recognize & link to Inscribe. From that point, it should function as normal. If you are still having trouble, it would be best email tech support directly at support@textware.com
Kind regards,
Kristen
InScribe
Laura, Are you working for InScribe right now? Did you get everything set up?
I use InScribe...sm
and I saw this new option in the "upgrade", but my company, thank God, does not try to screw us out of money by using the "Qualified Lines" instead of the "Standard Lines". I also watched the flash demo on Emdat's website. It clearly stated something to the effect of--with this new option more money goes to the MTSO and less to the MT--that may not be word for word, but it is pretty darn close, because I remember thinking, "WTH?!" I thank God for my company and their integrity for not taking advantage of me, but I bet there are a LOT of companies who won't be so decent about it. Disgusting!
Have had cut in pay due to template
use now required that will not be included in line count. It is a clinic job, part time, 12 cpl. I have done this for one year. But, in last 30 days, the clinic has created a temple of the normally used sentences the physician uses (I had them programmed into auto correct) and now, I am not paid for them.
Now, I am making considerably less money and am half hearted about getting the work done. I suppose I need to quit this job. I have essentially been demoted.
I work FT as well with a national and this PT job was a back up so my eggs were not all in the same basket. I guess I could try to replace it with another PT job.
Any comments would be welcome as I feel ambivalent to quit for some reason...
Thank you.
template
I hope this answers your question. After you paste, there is a little suitcase that appears, there are options there, click on the little options arrow, and choose the correct option, this will change the font to match what is there.
Just put it in your template. That way you don't need to SM
type a keystroke.
Template
If you type for the same doctors over and over, you can make a template, as they tend to say pretty much the same thing every time, at least for PE and ROS. Then you just insert the template and make changes as necessary.
template
It seems to be a lot of template. I wonder if this is the reason for the lower price per page. Don't know.
Template
Send me your e-mail address and I'll send you a copy (PDF) of the Meditech template.
Jeff Smith
Even if you use a template, you still have
to listen to the report and make any changes. A lot of them do say the same thing over and over, but you do have to change the report when something different is dictated.
template cpl
Never heard of such! There must be a fancy new program out there that can tell the difference between expanded words/phrases in a traditional report. What a bummer! 3 cpl usually pertains to VR lines/templates.
EMDAT/Inscribe
I'm lost. This is something I don't think I've heard of. Could someone explain how it works and where I would have to get it?
Thanks
EMDAT/Inscribe
It is not something you go and get unless you are starting up your own business. It is a type of VPN that some MTSOs use. Personally, I hate EMDAT and Inscribe is not much different. I have worked on both and disliked them both. I have yet to work with either that provided anything less than a sub-rate spell checker. You can add words of course, but that takes time that you do not get paid for. I rely on auto-complete in my Word program, which you cannot use with either system. Overall I give it a thumbs down, but that is just my opinion. I run from any ad suggesting EMDAT/Inscribe.
EMDAT/Inscribe
I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to know that I am not alone in my feelings about EMDAT/Inscribe. I quit a job after just 2 days because I hated it so. The MTSO could not understand why I wasn't "in love" with her system. I told her why, but she refused to listen. Maybe there are MTs who love it, but it is on my highly dislike list. Will never work with it again unless I am forced to.
EMDAT/Inscribe
How difficult is this platform to learn? Also, is it difficult to get a good line count if you have a decent account?
TIA
Emdat/Inscribe
Why do want to type in word? I use this program also and type reports in the window provided by the program. Maybe I am not understanding your question.
Emdat/Inscribe
Yes, I have noticed that also. What I do is listen for the info needed, then access wherever it needs to go. Sometimes I may need to write it down if its alot. Pain in the you know what I know.
Inscribe is great!
Although I've never used another platform :) I started working as an MT in June and have 2 jobs which both use Inscribe. I love it and found it very easy to use. There is an online tutorial that will walk you through everything. I don't know anything else, so I have no comparison's for you.
InScribe upgrade
I sent this question to Inscribe and the answer I received from this is below it. I'm going to upgrade and then "back up" if I have to until I can in get a pedal. This does at least give us warning that the upgrade will be forced later on.
Q: I have not upgraded to 4.91 InScribe, but still use 4.3.202. I have been told that the upgrade will not allow Express Scribe?
A: This is mixed results. I know some people are using express scribe sucessfully, but there are some issues with windows Vista and espressscribe
I believe they meanwith the new version. Also there is a USB configuration tool for footpetals built into InScribe that may work for you as well.
The only way to test it is to really just try it out. You can always uninstall the new version and download the previous version, although in the near future the new version of InScribe will be a forced update.
I just use the F keys with InScribe
Go to Options, Set actions, and select which F keys you want to have which function. I thought I would die at first, now I don't think I would go back to the pedal!
Rewind InScribe
okay...as I use Express Scribe instead of the built-in player, can't say for sure, but when I played around when the built-in player, to decrease playback or increase playback in InScribe, you can do Shift/Control/+ to do either one and you can do Control R for regular playback...that's according to the Shortcut help that I read. Let me know if it works. There HAS to be a way to change your rewind to 0 or 3 or 5 or whatever you want it to be.. In don't see why your company won't allow Express Scribe. It doesn't interfere with a thing. The only keys that can't be overridden is F2,3, and 4 and if you are using those keys only as play, RW, and FF, then you don't need ExpressScribe.
USB ports and InScribe
Thanks. That helps so much. I'm really leaning this way. Did you buy direct from Dell or from a dealer? I guess as scribes we need to learn computer lingo as well. I really don't know what people are talking about when they talk about 9-pins and USBs and such. I use InScribe and Express Scribe. You do believe the pedal I'm using now will still be fine? Anyone with the same situation, but using Vista instead of XP? Everything I read seems to say that XP is so much better, but maybe they are just the ones being vocal. I do know that a lot of people do NOT like Vista.
IT and Emdat Inscribe
Every since upgrading my Inscribe I can no longer use my Instant text. Is there a way to fix this? I am totally lost now. Are there any other programs that will work with this? I have tried several times the patch or whatever it is called but still not working. I even tried to uninstall and reinstall IT without success. Any suggestions?
Emdat inscribe
Anyone know if either ShortHand or Shortcut Expander program will work with Emdat Inscribe? Thanks.
Emdat/Inscribe
For anyone who has used the Inscribe program - if you have more than one report on a dictation file, do you know how to get the voice file for the 2nd report after you have got the demographics for that report? I can get the 2nd format but not the voice file. Thanks.
Emdat/Inscribe
Thanks. I will try this.
EMDAT, INSCRIBE
If anyone uses this program...could you please let me know what text Expander program you can use...If this question has been answered before...sorry...I don't get on here every day, and have been using Inscribe without any text expander because the one I have does not work with it...so I thought I would get some input as to which ones are able to be used with this software.
Thanks!
EMDAT, INSCRIBE
I use InstantText without any problems.
How to use Intantext and Inscribe together
Can anyone tell , me how to get Instantext to work with Inscribe? Thanks
Can you help me with MSWord Template? SM
Hi everyone! I'm working on about 20+ reports by the same doctor. I have a template that I saved for him under MSOffice, Templates, his name. In the past, I've been going to explore (right clicking on the start menu) and physically pulling up the template for each and every report.
Is there a way I can just open the template once. Finish the first report and then automatically when a new Word document opens it will open that template?
Thanks,
Chickadee
Working from a template
This is my first week of working inhouse for one doctor with a small staff. I'm the first inhouse Transcriptionist they've tried. The doctor uses a template to pick phrases and words from a standard form with bolded text and then I delete those not needed for report, un-bold, re-format and save as. This is taking a long time for me to figure out and ensure I've selected the correct one and not take out too much, etc., especially on the initial evaluation. I've just typed from recorded dictation before (about 7-8 years altogether). How can I use quick keys or something similar to make this more efficient? Number system for certain phrases? I know I'm expected to do this quicker so I can help with the other office tasks, because have to keep a record of my finished reports for each day. I'm an experiment, I feel!
Incidentally, I've just figured out the office manager (male) and the doctor (female) are husband and wife! Yep, I'm slow! Any suggestions for handling this? So far, they have been very professional, but a family relationship work environment would not have been my first choice for a job. Everyone--so far--I work with is great and I want very much for this to work!!
Thanks!
document is a template
I am using a different computer in my house because my main one crashed. I had new templates sent to me, but when I open them to use them they have all of these arrows and paragraph symbols everywhere! Thanks for any help
Letter template
Do a hard return after the letterhead section and after the centered section. Hope this works. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Can anyone please help me with a Word template? SM
I am going to try to make sense, here.
I am trying to make a template for a new client I was just given by my MTSPO. my template is a bunch of letters. At the top is typical letterhead. They want this starting at 1" from the top. Then below will be the rest of the letter. They want this centered on the rest of the page. Right now, since I am just making a template to fill in, I have the date line starting at the 3 in. line, the RE: starting at the 3 in. line, Dear: at the left margin, and a couple other sentences and closing and cc line and such. This is already on the template so that I just fill it in when I am transcribing. They will dictate 18-20 of these, all in a row, so I do one letter and then just move on the next page to fill in to create another letter, so on and so on. Does that make sense? I am trying to make a template for this.
Here is the problem I am having with trying to get my template set up. I can get it set up so that the letterhead is one inch from the top. But then when I go in to center the rest of the text on the page, I have problems. I click to hilight the body of the letter. I go into file, page setup, layout, vertical alignment, center, center selected text.
It moves everything I hilighted to the next page!
If I go in and repeat that process but don't select "selected text", then of course it centers everything, which then moves the letterhead on every letter below my first one.
I need, on every page of my template, for the letterhead to stay at 1 inch and the body of the letter to be centered on the rest of the page, but then for the letterhead on the following page to be back at 1 inch. Any ideas how to accomplish this?
 I am SO frustrated. I am going to be up all night if I can't get this accomplished!
Keyboard template
If you would like a copy of the Meditech keyboard template, which has all of the formatting keystrokes, send me your e-mail address. I'll send it in PDF format.
Jeff Smith
|
