Finally steady money. whew. Applied and got job at Dept of Law Enforcement entering
Posted By: criminal info. Not mind boggling but kind of inte on 2006-02-13
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They started me way above minimum because of my experience. I was shocked and happy all at the same time.
And of course I'm esctatic to not be wondering how much money I would be getting each pay check. Working on production in transcription now is like playing Russian Roulette.
There's good benes where I going, retirement, sick days, no games with my health insurance. I should have done this long ago.
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Applied to Medical Records Dept ...
... second shift position.
My dad owns a dental lab - GOOD money, steady work, very tedious though
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Maybe this will finally force DH and I to NOT eat out so much, save money there. nm
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Law Enforcement
My husband is in law enforcement and in our area, the computer system they have, he does his own reports. Nobody else does the reports for them. By the time he would dictate a report, he could have his already done. So, not sure if there would be a need or not in this field.
Law Enforcement Transcription
Tired of MT. Do you know of any companies hiring for Law Enforcement Transcription or similar? Want to try something new. Debra
Law Enforcement Transcription
I have been trying to find out information on this as well. I have contacted a company that does so, and have had no reply back. I will keep trying. If I find out anything I will post it. I would appreciate it if you did the same. I think it would be very interesting, and it might just pay well. My brother in law is a county police officer. I am going to speak to him as well.
law enforcement transcription
Hi, I'm currently contracted outsource (general) by PeopleSupport (mostly car insurance reports) and also HTSteno (law enforcement). Love the flexibility and both are great comanies to work for! Peoplesupport is currently hiring and HTSteno always has the ability to be put on the hiring list. Hope this helps! KC
Rates - law enforcement transcription
Does anyone have any info. on transcription for police and sherriff departments? Including:
- Going rates to transcribe tapes, digital (recorder and call-in) and SR (if it's done), and
- Common billing charge method - per page, report, line, audio hour, audio min.
Have you ever done this type of transcription? Is it worth it? Think I remember seeing something in the Archives...
Honestly, it comes down to priorities and enforcement.
First, you have to put work as a high priority on your list. After all, it is how you draw your income and make provisions for your family. It is part of caring for them.
Second, you have to let everyone know that you need peace and quiet and to be left alone during such hours so that you can do your job....then enforce it.
Sometimes daycare is the best option for young ones. Pets can be put into other rooms until break times. Plan your cooking and errands.
Having raised my children while working from home and doing it for more than 15 years from home ... it all comes down to you.
No one is realizing how they impact your work because you have not made it known.
It sounds like you do too much for everyone else.
Protect your income.
entering
If you have won something already, you cannot enter any others, is that correct?
Try just entering part of the last name sm
and the first letter of the first name.
Some accounts do have glitches and yours might be one.
New MTs entering this profession
I don't think it is so much about MTs being all for themselves.
Virtually every newbie needs a great deal of QA support. It is costly. The first urgency of this field is turn-around-time. Slowing down TAT because all of your reports have to be QA'd costs. Having to stop and give you feedback so you don't continue in the same path slows QA down ... again, TAT suffers and this costs. Newbie work needs the QA because quality is the 2nd urgency of this business.
So, it's not your coworkers fault. Not really the MT service companies' fault either. This is the nature of this very competitive business.
It's always better for newbies to go to work inhouse in a hospital and get their experience before working from home. You have to be really self-sufficient to work from home and make it profitable for both yourself and your employer.
Re-entering the MT Field
After being out of MT for 4.5 years I have recently returned. I'm having a hard time finding the right fit. The biggest problem I'm seeing is everybody seems to be requiring headers for reports and then each report put in a separate document, due to the new electronic record. I find that this slows me way, way down. Maybe I'll eventually get used to it, but I sure do miss the days of one document for doctor's day's work. There are so many procedural details that I can't just sit and transcribe. I've also run into very poor voice file sound quality.
I worked in the field for 14 years and never had major problems adjusting to new accounts. Maybe my time is just over for this type of work.
I know technology has definitely made MT easier in some ways, but in others, it seems like such hassle. Does anyone else have problems with headers and all these separate documents? Does the field seem to be worse now than 5 years ago?
If doctors are entering into it, SM
I suspect maybe you really should get out and take a calm undemanding 9-5 type job. Perhaps you could come back later when things in this industry stabilize.
For now, though, this field is in technology- and economics-driven flux, with uncertainty the norm. What is certain is that this is going to continue for some time, during which some people will end up leaving the field altogether even as others adjust to what's thrown at them, retraining or continuing their education as needed.
If you took a second job, I'm afraid the problems you're having with this sistuation with one company would just become the same problems doubled. And let's face it, part-timers are not usually more valued employees than full-timers. Best wishes.
WHEW!!!
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Whew. Thanks! nm
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WHEW!
lol!
Whew!!
I always itemize because have loads of things to itemize, loads. Have not taken just standard in years so understand now. Thanks
Slow and Steady
I too do not name myself a typist. i have learned many moons ago it is not speed that gets you the clients - it is accuracy. I may do between 15-400 lines per hour depending on the client and format, etc. But because my accuracy is way up there I have not lack for work ever, and my clients know that a kind referral is always a pleasure. I have private clients and work for MTSO - and enjoying watching my lines go up and down on my time, at my pace.
I gauge my counts from day to day and know if I need to put in a bit more to make my bills. I do not worry about how others may or may not be making $45.00 an hour. I only believe what I make and know what I can earn. Line counts will pick up when you concern yourself more with accuracy and stop thinking about the numbers all the time.
steady work
I have steady work during the week and don't need to work weekends, but my husband's job and paychecks have been hit by the economy, so I'm adding some weekend work at least through the end of the year to help make up for it.
Steady eddie
I like your attitude! :-)
Of course, it is only as good as the people entering the data...
Also, when computers make mistakes, or are hit with malicious worms or viruses, etc., it could be devastating, could it not?
Also, more and more lately we are noticing actually a lot more mistakes with things that are automated, and once there is an error, it has been extremely difficult to get it corrected. Such as - errors at the DMV (?), errors in our car computer (? - again, it is always a mystery when trying to get things fixed), lets see, then there is the mixup with our phone number that belongs to about three other people (still not fixed because we are told it is all done on computer (?)...
Also, who takes responsiblity when there is an error, because with everything automated, there seems to be little or no accountability - you can hardly get through to real people in a lot of businesses today.
The idea of technology is awesome; however human error will always have an affect...
my humble opinion and just an observation. most information still has to be entered by humans. perhaps we will be obsolete.
Whew!!! Good for you.
See, you can do it
Whew! You had me worried there
whew - I think you've been
listening too long to that one! LOL! I think I must be on the same account. I'm at MQ, too, and I have a psych doc like that. I also have a GI doctor that is exactly the same. I used to cry when I got him. I finally requested samples, and they didn't look any better than mine, so I didn't feel so bad. Now when I see him, I just let my fingers doing the walking. If he doesn't make sense, I can't help him. 
Whew, I feel better!
I just unloaded on AHDI in a brief e-mail and gave them a piece of my mind. I was polite, but in no uncertain terms blasted them a new one. Whew! 
MT30+ and Whew!
I think I may know why Confused is confused. I think that the first post in this thread by "Whew!" was made by one person and and the later posts by MT30+ were made by another person, and I think Confused has confused the two. Or perhaps I am confused. Or perhaps Whew! and MT30+ are confused. At any rate, I am confused about why Confused is so angry. And again, best of luck to Whew! and/or MT30+. Whateverrrrr......
Money, money, money, mmonnneyyy. Singing the Apprentice song.
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I would go where you are sure you will have steady work all the time.
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Whew!!! Got the check today.
Thanks for all the encouragement and suggestions.
That was my point. There will never be any steady work for anyone with TAT at 1 hour
I'm certainly not going to be sitting at the computer 24/7 waiting for reports to trickle in. We are so stupid to be putting up with this. Why do we stay?
Been trying to find steady MT work for 8 months now, at least
At first, no one would even respond. A few months ago I decided to take ANYTHING from anyone who actually did respond.
I'm used to getting paid 10 cents a line for the past 12 years, but when I did get a bite from a company, I took it, even at 7 cents and 8 cents because at that point I was STARVING and worried about making my house payments and paying my utility bills!
Now do you know what the problem is? All three frickin companies have very little to NO WORK available. This is consistent.
Now, at 7 and 8 cents a line and barely squeezing out any work between three DIFFERENT companies (even though they KNOW I am available to do any and all work they have), I am just about as bad off as I was before finding these jobs.
I know nothing else and have no college education, BUT I do know my job backwards and forwards, research skills, terminology, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology and everything else that goes with being a good, experienced MT.
Do you think I am getting paid for this experience? No. Times are bad right now, but they've been bad for me for many, many months. I just don't know what I'm going to do anymore. I rue the day I went to school for this godawful so-called profession.
Every day wake up, raring to go, hopeful there will be SOME kind of work available, at least to make $80 or $100 a day, AT LEAST.
But every day I end up stressing out, worrying, continuously being broken down because even though I'm a hard worker and a darn good MT, I am treated like low-class scum by my creditors because all my bills are late & I can't pick up the phone anymore due to bill collectors on my back. Believe me, I paid all my bills on time every time when the work was abundant and I WANT to pay my bills, but good intentions don't pay the bills. Neither does little to no work at a lame 7 or 8 cents a line.
I also have little food in the fridge or pantry, and things are beginning to be shut off left and right.
I don't know...
It's just extremely frustrating and stressful. I can't live like this anymore but have no way out.
agree with U steady eddie, and bet if they were paying (sm)
downtime - they'd THINK TWICE and hire appropriately!
I, too, work for MQ out of one of their CA offices - 7 years now. Steady workflow sm
I wouldn't say I don't run out of work, but maybe 3 times a year I do. Just depends. Around school time beginning I do. May pay is probably above average because the company I worked for that MQ bought paid really well.
I have had absolutely no problems with MQ, though the things I keep hearing and seeing do bother me that I belong to a co. like this. But personally, they've been too good to me.
I guess not all offices are the same, for sure!
I need help finding a good company with steady work..sm
that pays a minimum of 10 cents a line. I have been an MT for 27 years and I take pride in my work. Things have changed at my current company and cherry pickers have taken over so I end up doing all the reports no one else wants to do. This takes me longer and my line count is suffering. I know there have to be good companies out there that pay well and need good employees. I have left my email address if anyone would like to offer me some hope and share names of companies. Please no flames, I am just an honest MT wanting an honest job with decent compensation. Thanks for any help.
You have my sympathy. I was afraid of that too, but fortunately there is plenty ... whew! sm
I hope maybe work has picked up for you later today.
My wish is that next year be better for all of us. Happy New Year! 
Whew! I just left clinic notes after 4 years..sm.
and got back into acute care. My momentum is back and I feel like I'm part of the medical process again. I guess I just like acute care better. I can never go back to clinic notes. I can't deal with those 20-second charts. Took me longer to get in the chart than to type it. The company I WAS with had such a screwed up demo screen if you made 1 mistake you got put on probation. Just toooooo much for me.
IMO, that is.
Scarry!!! Docs and nurses entering drugs and dosages into online charts. (sm)
Most of my docs cannot spell medical terms. They can't pronounce or spell drugs. The nurses are for the most part useless - no ARNP I ever asked could help me with a medical term.
I just spoke to my HMO. They are now offering personal Online-charts showing
visits, tests, immunizations, etc. of what you personally had done.
I asked EXACTLY HOW DOES THIS INFO GET INTO THE SYSTEM, at what point?
The woman said: It is input by the doc and the nurses.
I shuttered!
There goes the end of quality health care as we used to know it!
Whew! Glad to hear it! Spoil yourself tonight, okay! :-) no message
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Never did TrimSpa, etc. just talking about dieting in general. Slow and steady is preferred way
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When you have a good QA dept, this isn't a
I've been an MT for 28 years. The first 20 years, we didn't have such a thing as QA per se. The office manager might have read a report or 2 a year at best. The last 8 years have had a great QA crew, and I have learned and relearned a lot. I am always very thankful to get the feedback. Perhaps these MTs you are referring to aren't quite as lucky as I.
You can also go to the Dept. of Labor. (n/m)
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your QA dept is incorrect....
from whonamedit dot com and when it's a proper name and you have to put *non* in front of it - you hyphenate..non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866) |
English physcian and pathologist, born August 17, 1798, in Pentonville, St. James Parish, Middlesex; died April 5, 1866, Jaffa, Palestine [now Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel]. |
Hodgkin-Paltauf-Sternberg syndrome (Hodgkin's disease) |
Hodgkin-Paltauf-Sternberg disease (Hodgkin's disease) |
Sternberg’s disease (Hodgkin's disease) |
Pel-Ebstein fever (Hodgkin's disease) |
Paltauf-Sternberg disease (Hodgkin's disease) |
Hodgkin’s syndrome (Hodgkin's disease) |
Hodgkin’s paragranuloma (Hodgkin's disease) |
Hodgkin’s granuloma (Hodgkin's disease) |
Bonfils' syndrome (Hodgkin's disease) |
Bonfils' disease (Hodgkin's disease) |
Hodgkin's disease |
A neoplastic disease of unknown aetiology, considered to be a form of malignant lymphoma, producing enlargement of lymphoid tissue, spleen, and liver with invasion of other tissues. |
Try to talk to someone within MR Dept.
That kind of info wouldn't be easily found out unless you actually know someone in MR Dept, HR, Personnel, someone with knowledge of what happens around there. Our local xray techs actually know what one of our hospitals do with their transcription.
If you have a good QA dept
they shouldn't mind helping you fill in those blanks. Make copies of all the reports you get back if their from a particularly difficult dictator and used them for future reference. Most QA I know love to help people so I wouldn't hesitate to ask for their assistance.
Breaking news. Bush directs H. Rita to Texas in order to curb illegal Mexicans from entering border.
LOL
check with the dept of labor...sm
they might be able to handle it for free
Dept of Consumer Advocacy........nm
When I got into this field 17+ yrs ago, not one MT in our dept had gone to school. s/m
You could hear the 6 of us clanking on our IBM Selectric clear down the hall. I was one of the youngest going to college where I earned an A+ in Eng. 101 and 102. I had a little bit of doctor's office experience (6 months). Luck didn't have a thing to do with me becoming an MT at 18. God blessed me with ambition, the desire and ability to learn, a love for the job, and a touch of intelligence didn't hurt either. I learned hands on, which sometimes is the best way. In a year, I was receiving commendables on my evaluation. I'm not trying to sound arrogant. I just want people to know that they can learn if they have drive and the passion to do it. Heck anything can be conquered with those two elements. Trust me... I was ranked nowhere near the top 10 of my class.
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