George Bush hates medical transcriptionists.

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Whoever says that needs to take a look at the job board and the posting that has over 1,000 views.

There are no transcriptionists looking for jobs either.

I just came across this on the AHDI site, what used to be AAMT, in an article with the above title: "It is a concern of AHDI that medical transcription professionals are often viewed by their employers and the clients they serve as keyboard specialists who have a familiarity with medical terminology which enables them to transcribe dictated reports for an originator's signature.  In contrast, it is the view of AHDI that keyboarding and transcription should not be confused. Medical transcription involves translation from oral to written in order to generate a record of a patient's healthcare documentation. AHDI views medical transcription as a medical language specialty which requires medical knowledge and understanding, sound judgment, deductive reasoning, and the ability to detect inconsistencies in medical dictation." You can read the rest here:

http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/rjobcomp.cfm

Are they actually going to fight for better wages, or is this just a ploy to get people to join?

We are looking for experienced Medical Transcriptionists in the US Virgin Islands.

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why she doesn't get off the darn board and go find something that is more to her liking.  She claims that the equivalent of 15 to 18 cpl doing MT is "entry level" pay at any other job.  Well, what's stopping her from going out and getting one of those jobs since MT doesn't suit her?

This is an MT board and I don't think someone needs to be here bashing MT.  I and several others have stated that we make $35, $40+ an hour doing MT.  I feel fortunate to make the money I do.  In fact sometimes I get tired of doing MT and I would LIKE to do something else, but I couldn't make this kind of money doing anything else, so I'm in it for the long haul.  I started out at the bottom not making much and my hard work has paid off and now I am reaping the benefits.  'Shroom needs to quit complaining and get one of the jobs she mentions that pay so much better than MT, or make herself a better MT so she can make more money. 

and he is NOT alone in this, you could suggest his coming up with normals for stuff he says all the time and then dictate around those.  This is a joint effort with the physician because he will have to sign them and have what he wants in them.  You don't negotiate a lower fee for this either, btw, since it takes time to drop them in and to come up with them in the first place. 

If he has some F/Us for say a total knee, then he could have a total knee note like:  Pt is ____ days postop. I removed the staples from the ____ knee.  Pt is to return in ____ weeks' time for followup. 

WIth the above, you would drop in the canned text and he could dictate Ms. Josy Blow is 10 days out, had staples, return in 2.  Or just 10, right, 2 on his end.  I have normals provided by the company I work for, then I have many of my own.  Some are a full note because they rarely vary.  Some are parts of notes.  Some are just shells with headers.  ANYTHING not to have to type it all! While you have no problems typing them for him, he doesn't like to dictate so yes, you can help him solve his problem AND cut down your work and worry.

I hate Pampered Chef parties and all those that I get invited to where it is really about me paying for junk.

Who else hates these things?

Unbelievable talent that man had and he could make a guitar sing!

     Hypertype is EXCELLENT!!!  

notwithstanding. 

But actually, the first DR. KILDARE wasn't TV's Richard Chamberlain.  Series was based on series of old movies (no age issue here ... first one came out same year my mom was born, around 1932 or 1933 or so).  There, Dr. Kildare was played by Lew Ayres and Dr. Gillespie was played by Lionel Barrymore.

Docs were male, nurses all female and scurring around with, "Yes, doctor... No, doctor ... Right away, doctor."

and Tessier's The Surgical Word Book, 3rd edition.  Books you could buy used I would say would be Stedman's Pathology and Lab Medicine and Cardiology/Pulmonary word book.  These are all the books I use the most during my day.  You could buy other speciality word books as you need them and could probably go used with those.

I wouldn't bother with buying a drug book, new editions come out every year and I just stick to the FDA website and RXList as my drug references.

Also FYI, not a book, but I use my Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictationary a lot.  It's easier to open the program than it is to pick up a huge 30-pound dictionary.

with a lot of encouragement and more words about how "good" the economy is when he gives his state of the union.

I wonder if he has any clue at all that the "union" is falling apart right under his nose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_to_impeach_George_W._Bush

and a couple of paragraphs from there (it's very lengthy that link but very interesting):

A March 16, 2006 poll[18] by American Research Group showed that 42% of Americans favored impeaching Bush. The same poll showed that a plurality of Americans favored the Senate censuring Bush regarding his authorization of wiretaps without court orders.[19]

An informal website poll MSNBC (April 14, 2006) asked whether there was justification to hold a formal impeachment trial, insufficient justification, nothing done wrong, or don't know. Roughly 250,000 votes were reported, 86% voting yes for impeachment. [20] (note that web polls are not scientifically conducted, and can be criticized on the grounds they may be unrepresentative of popular opinion)

I watch them even in their bad movies but has anybody seen Brad Pitt in one of his first movies A River Runs Through produced by Robert Redford.  OMG, he is a beautiful man. 

George Clooney is cool and not bad to look at.  Not full of himself either.