Go with your gut, Patti - my gut is turning and screaming Indian - sm
Posted By: US transcriptionist on 2005-10-04
In Reply to: Sounded fishy to me - Patti
but then again, it could just be increased peristaltic activity... but I doubt it
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Have to be screaming
There is no work on the account they were just hired for. Explain that one.
ESL - screaming with you
How can we be held to line count when getting 4 or 5 of those ESLs in a row, or "Dr. Don't Care". MTs need to walk on water and make a perfect report. Maybe it's slop in, slop out. I try but's its difficult. I want to throw my headset across the room sometimes and just quit...lol but I need the job.
Screaming mammograms
I transcribed radiology for years and one radiologist always said BILATERAL SCREAMING MAMMOGRAMS. He also had other "pet names" for certain studies - at least it helps to know that some have a sense of humor or are they sadistic??? either way - breaks up the monotony of transcribing radiology.
hello, screaming Mimi, where are you?....nm
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hello, screaming Mimi, where are you?....nm
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hello, screaming Mimi, where are you?....nm
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hello, screaming Mimi, where are you?....nm
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I say she was screaming with good reason
If you don't want to work for her, then don't apply. It's a free country.
I agree that all caps=screaming .
I would try to politely let her know. That could save her from an embarassing situation in the future.
Bilateral screaming mammogram
The doctor said that, then got so tickled at herself that she could hardly go on with the dictation.
Similar problem with screaming kids. nm
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Total incompetence and I'd be screaming big time.
Just recently had a mammogram come back abnormal and had to have another one. Waiting on that radiology report was stressful and if I had to wait longer than a week I'd be asking where it was and you can bet the source of the problem would have been found. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for this sloppiness. What does the woman do all day?
screaming into their hand-helds so that the sound is distorted!
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No, not offended and not turning on you sm
I think some of us are frustrated and concerned for you because we know it will happen again--and there's nothing we can do.
We also see the things that you're saying and see them as typical problematic statements, classical of someone who's being abused and will be abused again.
Statements like these:
"I have neglected to mention that when he is calm, he is actually okay." What? What difference does that make? He's probably very sweet and wonderful when he's not hitting you, yes.
and
"The incident two weeks ago was because I was forcing a trip to see my daughter's family." In other words, you caused it, right? That's so typical of an abused woman. "I made him mad" or "I egged him on." See, we on this board read things like this and see what you're not seeing, which is why we are SCARED for you and urging you firmly to see them. You're interpreting this as turning on you or that we're offended. No -- we are seeing something and trying to get you to see it, and really worried that you're not. And yes, frustrated that you're going to live with this man under the same roof while you try counseling and religion.
things are turning around?
I have some relatively good news fellow transcriptionists! I am seeing a change for us in small doses. Seems several of the larger hospitals who have outsourced to "companies" are now bringing back in the MT and paying decent wages with all benefits. Look around, they are popping up everywhere. I know of several "compaines" that I have worked part time for that the hospitals are dropping like flies because of various reasons, but the truth of the matter is that it is always better to have regular typists working for the same doctors as we "learn their lingo" and know how to baby them, which in a nutshell is what gives us the job security that we look for. I work for a hospital as an IC that now is having big problems because they dont want to give raises or benefits(therefore people are quitting), but they are finding out very fast that no one else can or wants to do their work. I can't wait for them to try the offshore companies.. will just be too rich... As fussy as my group of doctors are, well, I smell raise on the horizon and benefits to boot. they will just have to fall flat on the ground before they can walk the walk!!
Just remember, what goes around comes around. I have a new job with a hosptial that has made me full employee and decent wage. I am so looking forward to seeing this change that has been long coming.
I am just glad that it really is starting to turn around. Just goes to show these offshore cheaper prices are not being "bought" for long by many. I know of one hospital that had outsorced all their work, after a while (maybe a couple of years) they found that it was CHEAPER to bring the Transcriptionist back in and train to send home with all equipment and benefits and really decent pay, I am talking more than what any "company" has ever offered me, except for opt notes.. Just too cool. I am so excited..
Will keep you posted as I start my new job - really belonging again! :)
Maybe you are accidentally turning it
on by hitting Ctrl-B or a combination of keys to turn it on. I am always accidentally making words all CAPS.
Have you tried turning it off and then back on? nm
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turning off computer at night
I leave mine on -- just do a "control, Alt, delete" and "log off" instead of shut down. It works fine. I have to enter my password the next day, but thats okay.
I've heard the machine will not last as long if it's turned off every night.
Yes, turning Celine OFF works even better! LOL
He will be turning on the charm 100%. Don't listen to it. sm
And you've never tried God as an option before? Well, if you wish, tell him to get some God on his own while you and your children are safe someplace else.
You're stoked right now, which is great, but don't let it fizzle out with husband's pleas and lack of abuse in the meantime. It WILL happen again if you stay. Anybody who knows anything about abuse will tell you that. The center you contacted will tell you that, too. Listen to the experts.
Bravo on actually contacting your parents and Swan. However, you said they can hide you out if you actually need to go. Hello? You actually need to go. Now. You were just hit 2 weeks ago. You're feeling in control and all, but it WILL happen again. Yes, you are in danger. Your husband is scared right now. He senses the loss of control. However, this is a cycle. When you stay, and things get a bit more distant, they'll resume some sort of normalcy. It'll build up, and he'll blow. What will happen next? You know you've got someone who has abused you as recently as 2 WEEKS ago, and you say you're not in danger and you're willing to let your CHILDREN LIVE under the same roof as someone who WILL eventually blow again, and maybe hurt them next time?
It's not just about being hid out when (not if) things get ugly again. You need to work toward a permanent plan, not just a crisis plan. There are other places besides this one you've called, ones who can give you some counseling and advice on how to leave and make it on your own with your children.
I wish you would listen and leave, but I have a feeling you're going to wait til next time. Do you know it takes women an average of SEVEN times leaving their abusive spouses before they finally leave for good? How many times will you let it take you? And what will be the cost to you and your children before you finally "get it?"
Turning numbering on and off for lists
Does anyone know the keystroke commands or if they even exist to turn numbering off and on for lists? I hate having to use the mouse to point at the menu and going that route!
Turning the control off did the trick. sm
I don't even need the convertor now. The plug-in downloaded and my GP plays the dvf files just fine. Wow!!! I can't thank you enough.
Thanks, thanks, thanks!!!!
It seems turning that off sorta turns it into XP. LOL! nm
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You might also try turning off the suggestion window SM
or whatever it is you have for a while. I use Shorthand, but it's pretty much the same thing. That way you could give yourself a list of often-used abbreviations to memorize and get very comfortable with and/or a rule that tells you what a lot of your abbreviations are going to be. As you get comfortable with those few, you'll end up loving them and wanting MORE, MORE, MORE. With that attitude, you can turn the window back on or give yourself yet another list and another rule or two to get used to.
Just think, if you only used abbreciations for the words "the patient" (tp or ?), "hydrochlorothiazide" (hycx or ?), and "blood pressure" (bp or ?) you'd never type those three out again and would be saving that much time with each of them. Start small and unspook yourself.
Join the club on being confused. With turning us
things are charged, billed, or anything any more.
It just seems like they wanted me to work for nothing to clean up ASR reports. It was pitiful what they wanted, considering what they needed me to clean up. I could have typed it faster and better using my word expanders.
Try turning off the User Account Control. nm
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Are you turning the volume using the home typist icon
or your regular volume control icon on the tool bar?
I have had that problem with some whispering dictators, so I mute the program itself just for that dictator.
It's a shame if you can't use it. I get a real rhythm going and my day just flies. I don't think I can type without it now.
I hear ya. I'm a natural blonde turning white sm
At first the box stuff worked pretty good. Now I have a huge "skunk stripe" on the left side of my forehead and I'm starting to grow another "skunk stripe" on the left side. 
After a while the box stuff only calms down the different texture of the white stuff for a few weeks so if you wear a few bangs, you need to cut them to match after dying. 3 weeks later the bangs with the white stuff are suddenly a good half inch shorter again.
Needless to say, for the time being I have the "off the forehead" look that makes my head look like two breakdown lanes on a highway. 
I'm saving my money. The initial shock for the "makeover" is scary, but my 2 sisters told me to go for it as the upkeep isn't too bad at all. They would both be snow white in their late 40's if it weren't for visits to the salon.
I'm headed in the same direction and I'm early 40's. My husband, who went white by 38, told me to just go natural.
I told him to kiss my natural behind.
Try turning off User Account Control in Vista. (nm)
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Mine is working fine and turning purple...
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Turning off Indexing will drastically improve speed.
Vista loads a ton of "services" that you won't ever use so turn those off as well. A Google search will give you exact instructions on the ones you don't need.
I would feel like people would think I was an infertile woman turning my cat into a baby.
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You're turning this lighthearted thread into something entirely too deep. Lighten up.
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Try turning the volume down, it works. Celine is superior by far. No contest. NM
Raintree County, Cross Creek, The Turning Point nm
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Indian?
What does him being indian have to do with anything?
Indian MT
I don't believe you for 1 second. Indian work is NOT SUPERIOR to what is done here. A few of them are doctors, but most are not. They get the medical terminology, but their American English is horrific. Very few of the Indians who do MT trained over here or in Europe. They completed medical school here in India, which is a very abbreviated compared to US or Europe training.
The Indians are enticing American companies to invest and train MTs over there, working at next to nothing, so that when they have captured a significant percentage of the market, they will jack up their rates and the hospitals and clinics here will have to pay because they have driven out all the US MTs by not paying us living wages or giving us decent paid time off, benefits, etc.
People like you are cutting your own throats in the long run.
I am an excellent MT, QA 100% for 15 years, never miss work unless there is a death in the family. My income has gone down steadily over the past 3 years because of the greed of MTSOs. I am leaving this job shortly. I look forward to the day when you bleed to death from the Indian MTSO who will put you out of business.
Indian pay
I am not privy to a lot of info about this, but I can tell you my experience. When I lost my contracted work to a couple of small hospitals that went with India, the administrator told me they went with India because they were doing away with lines. India took 6 of my last invoices and averaged the pay and gave the hospital 2/3rds off!! Mind you, I was only charging them 11.5 cents per line!! She then told me that the offshore company would pay their Indian transcriptionists $2.00 an hour.
Indian......
I am an Indian MT working from home and I read your post. Indian MTs are not bad, they are best. The only thing you need to do is get to a real good one rather than just these newbies who just want to make some quick money and do not have enough experience. Get in touch with some experienced one and you will them superior when compared to other MTs. I myself have been working for 8 years now and i know what it takes to be an MT to prdduce a good accuracy consistently.
Indian......
I am an Indian MT working from home and I read your post. Indian MTs are not bad, they are best. The only thing you need to do is get to a real good one rather than just these newbies who just want to make some quick money and do not have enough experience. Get in touch with some experienced one and you will find them superior when compared to other MTs. I myself have been working for 8 years now and i know what it takes to be an MT to produce a good accuracy consistently.
Indian MTs
From what I have heard, you are on the money and it is so ironic because as American MTs we are not allowed to make any mistakes at all. We have to have this impeccable quality of 98% and above to stay employed. We have to abide by these high standards painstakingly so patient care is not compromised by an inaccurate medical record. Is this a double standard (no pun intended)? Are they not lowering the bar when an MT is paid considerably less money and their profits are thus enhanced in the process?
This is a no brainer and we all know it is about the almighty dollar and not just about patient care.
Indian.
Indian English is not the same as American or British English. Somebody please tell that to the Indians!
Are you Indian?................nm
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You are Indian
You Are Indian
I'm hardly Indian...
...and hardly a troll...I'm pure born-and-bred Texan through and through.
As I said, take my advice or leave it. In the meantime, keep putting money into the pockets of all those money-grubbing MTSOs. I sure won't contribute to them...nor do I have to do so.
You SHOULD be able to tell by my writing style that I am certainly not Indian or foreign in any way, shape or form.
Indian workers
I was obvious they were Indian workers from Indian..Every one of them that I talked to had an Indian accent..I have nothing wrong with American workers with accents..but I called at least eight people to get my internet account straightened out and all had Indian accents..Come on now, I cannot believe eight people are of Indian descent all working at the billing department of my internet account..If you are American of first descent and working IN America, more power to you..if the account is sent overseas, I have a major problem with that..and if you dont have a problem with that, contact me in a few years when our jobs are overseas.
I never said I hire Indian MTs
...but I can't wait to see you bleed to death by your own hand, either.
Thanks for driving us away from American MTs though.
I fought against offshore heavily. What did you do?
Bitter, bitter, incompetent MTs.
Is that still Indian owned by Jay?
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Oriental and Indian
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Indian and Pakistani, although (sm)
When I first started this account, there was one doctor who was so awful I was sure I'd never understand him. His dictations are usually very short, which you think would have helped. However, his speech is so bad, I could only make out a few words. After begging my sup for help and getting samples, I now love him! Now that I know what he is saying (even though he doesn't always make sense), I can breeze through them. And.....sometimes he even thanks us at the end of a shift. This is what he said today after the last report....."
Thanks for the help. Happy Holidays . I’ll be here back again Monday. Thanks for the help. God bless you". I wish he knew how much that is appreciated.
Indian Company
Having been a part of an office of six transcriptionists who lost their job to a local service who has "allegedly" sent work to India, I would rather have been let go due to voice recognition. That would not have hurt so bad. The work that was returned from the service had mistakes that I would think were typical of those from inexperienced typists!
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