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Can anyone help me with becoming more efficient with the Emdat platform? I just started on it and it seems like it is very slow going........or could just be me. I tried converting my Word AutoCorrect to AutoText in Inscribe, but none converted. The Emdat help desk said too bad, that happens.

I would appreciate any tips or tricks to using Emdat. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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Hello:

I have a question about the Emdat software.  Regarding the cc: box, sometimes, you have to type in the address, because the address is not in the database.  I have found that when you try to pause the audio with either the foot pedal or the "F" key assigned to pause while typing the address, the audion will not pause; it keeps on playing.  You should be able to pause the audio while trying to type the address into the database.  Anyone else notice this, anyone?  Thank you kindly.

If a MTSO advertises that the MT works in MS Word and sends dictation by FTP, does this usually mean there will be no demographic/doctor database and the demographics will not be autopopulated?

I got into a mess with a small company (got out real quickly too).  I was required to print out daily email copies of the doctors' office patient schedules (which were barely legible) and type in all information.  I spent more time hunting for the correct patient through pages and pages of these schedules.  Then I had about 25 pages worth of doctor's names that I would have to go through to find the attending, referring, etc.  A total waste of time as I didn’t get paid for that. 

I wish MTSO would give more information as to what platform they use (if any).  Proprietary software is such a generic, totally useless description.  Would they buy a new car that listed, "Car has gasoline operated motor?" 

And for Pete's sakes, why so secretive about the pay?  Give a ballpark figure.  Just say, pay is between 7-12 cpl depending on skill, testing, etc. Tell me if you pay for spaces, headers, etc.  It would save them time because I wouldn’t even apply for a 7 cpl job. 

Before I spend an hour or two testing, I need more information from a company to be sure it is compatible for my needs.  If the MTSO would spend a little time on their website detailing their platform, how they send/receive files, pay rates,  how line rate is determined (spaces/no spaces) employee/IC/SE status, minimal line count, whether work pools consist of 100s of doctors, or smaller pools with 25-50 doctors etc.   Having all this information on their website would save them time and the MTs time.   Phoenix Medcom has a really good layout describing pretty much everything an MT would want to know before testing with them.  I am just tired of testing with a company and then finding out the job wasn’t exactly suited to my needs. 

I've been working for MTSOs for years now, using their templates which sometimes cause productivity problems (macro issues, etc). I'm wondering if productivity is increased when working on a structured platform, such as one that a national company provides for its transcriptionists?  I've never used a platform, but it would seem that all one needs to do is straight type onto the screen and the platform program takes care of margins, page breaks, etc?

Any thoughts (as well as companies who are hiring who use platforms) would be appreciated.  Thanks

Found tPosted by not impressed on October 15, 2003 at 17:33:46:

In Reply to:Emdat posted by Heather H. on October 11, 2003 at 10:31:52:

Looked at it for our company as well.....and after using it as an MT for a week, decided it was not for us.....Too expensive, slow (cut my production by half) and uses HTML base rather than plain text base. Our investigation has confirmed that MedPen is a far superior program and you don't have to pay a huge sum up front, then per line just to use the program. EMDAT also outsources to other companies and outsource overseas as well, so please do your homework before you make a decision.
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Posted by happygirl740312 on October 07, 2004 at 09:15:32

In Reply to: Emdat and 4 cents a line - Please help! posted by Mary on October 06, 2004 at 08:12:51:

First of all, let me clarify something for you. Emdat is a transcription platform, and while it is cumbersome to some and not so cumbersome to others, the MTSO who uses Emdat is the one who controls the line rate, etc. 4 cpl is ridiculously low for anything other than QA. Your dictators will vary in quality, obviously, just like anywhere else. If your skills are good and you are insulted by 4 cpl (which you should be), keep looking. Something better will certainly come your way.

I wanted to clear the air about Emdat because my company uses Emdat also; however, our starting line rate is double what you quoted, and I didn't want people to associate Emdat with low line rates.
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Is there anyone out there that can say good things about EMDAT?  I would love any kind of input about it?  I am interested in working for a company that uses it.

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I like Emdat.  I have been using for over 2 years.  When they made the upgrade though, they took out the option to key in word.  I don't like that. But since I have a bad leg on the right side, I can use the hand controls and it works pretty good.  It takes a while to set up your autotext, but again, once it is done, your line count can soar.   

Does anyone know if Voice Recognition software can be used with Emdat Inscribe.  The office is closed and I am way behind in my typing.  I know that it does type on the screen, but I also know that they have had issues with copy and past (although that is not what this would be) before and I did not want to use it if that would cause the same type of problem.

I've used Emdat for the last 2+ years.  I hated it at first but it's ok now.  We have to put our demographics in, it all depends how the company is set up.  I don't think line counts are that great compared with Word or other platforms.  It was definitely not developed with Transcriptionist input but has gotten better/more user friendly.  Good Luck!

Have you completed their on-line training?

I am going to Emdat training this morning and will post again if I learn anything I think would help you.  Emdat is not my favorite and I find it hard to get a good line count with it too.

I read a few posts below people who did not like EMDAT platform at all.  Are there any people out there who actually like it.  Do you know if PC ShortHand works with it? Also, can you use Stedman's Medical/Pharm. Spellchecker with it?  Are you able to view previous reports if you cannot understand a medicine or a word that might be muffled?  How about line production?  Good, bad, indifferent?

I got a job offer where they use EMDAT exclusively so before I get myself in above my head, thought I would post here and get some help to make up my mind.

Thanks.

First Emdat is the company name for the platform developer.  Inscribe is actually the transcription portion of it.  InCommand is the MTSO area and InQuiry is the medical facility portion.  I just wanted to clarify that because I'm seeing that some people are not aware of this.

I used Emdat as an MTSO and also as an MT.  It's not the best program and it is not the worse program.  Only you can decide that.

At this time, I do not believe you can use your Stedman's spellchecker and as others have noted, the Inscribe spellcheck is subpar so it will take some time to add things, but once you do, it will work fine.

As for the footpedal, you can do this a couple of ways.  Yes, there is a special footpedal or foot switch rather that needs to be used if you are going to use the Inscribe media player controls.  However, you can use ExpressScribe and use your standard wav pedal. 

Your IT, ShortHand or other Expander program will work just fine. 

As for the demographics, that is the medical provider issue.  Some facilities will allow the MTSO/Emdat to connect to their scheduling or IDX system which will then download the demographics for you automatically.  Some will not and this will mean that you will have to enter those demographics. 

There are only two ways lines get counted in Emdat - a gross line (but with a 65 character base) which means that if you have a client who is  using a small font, you cant do worse than a standad 65 character line, or a straight 65 character line count.  It does count spaces and it does count the information that goes into the initial demographics.  

As with anything, depending on the account, your abilities and the dictators, you can fly through anything in Inscribe fairly quickly or it can seem cumbersome depending on what platforms you've used before.

Thanks.  I will have to ask them if my pedal that I use for express scribe will work or if they will allow me to use it if it does work with EMDAT.  Thanks again.

I work in Emdat and I'm not sure if you work for the same company I do, but I know I am absolutely not allowed to type it in word...they say it messes up the format in the report....I don't like it at all though...the spellcheck sucks!  I'm not sure if it's just me, but when you correct something, it does not save it...with each new report, it just starts over...plus there is a lot of things in the dictionary, such as meds that should be capitalized that aren't....i don't know, I heard it is supposed to become more word-based soon, but it can't be soon enough for me...I loved the word program that we typed in...I had all kinds of normals and could cut from my own word document that I had saved and paste it in or make macros, but with EMdat, you have to put it in notepad and copy and paste, but it is still a pain to try and do anything in notepad.  I don't know, it really frustrates me!

Hope it gets better for you!

Just curious if there is anyone out there who could give me their opinion on this system?  Just curious how many people think this system is Transcriptionist friendly or not.

Thanks!