Here's one with a lot of terms/glossaries.

• Operative Note websites - potatoMT
  • Here's one with a lot of terms/glossaries. - sm
    • Wow, just noticed a load of OR samples also...pretty neat. - sm
  • Here are 2 for you -- SM - PSMT

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For copyright protection, IT restricts itself from being able to be copied onto a disk and installed onto another computer. The only way to install it is to use the installation disk.

The glossaries, however, can be backed up onto a seperate disk, just not the actual program itself.

Technically, the hospital owns the license so installing it on a personal computer would violate the license agreement. If you would like to have it on your own computer, it is recommended to purchase your own copy so you don't have to worry about anything with the license agreement.

When you compile glossaries, the choice of phrases depend on the Minimum Word Frequency you select in the Compilation dialog. If the size of the file you compile is rather large, let's say 800 KB, you can raise the Minimum Word Frequency to 10. If you leave it at 5 you will get more phrases. Compiling a glossary is very fast and you can easily try out different settings to find the right balance.

You should not change so much the number of words per phrase. Beyond the 7-word phrases, Instant Text will take care of suggesting what is likely to come next by giving you the continuations. If you have a paragraph or page that is always the same with certain doctors, the best is to highlight them and add them to your glossary.

If you have compiled glossaries for each doctor, you can still combine them including these glossaries into a shell glossary that lets you regroup all the doctors with similar language and have it under the shell name in the glossary list.

On page 68 of the Instant Text manual  as well as in some articles Jon Knowles wrote and which are available at the top of the Instant Text Forum you can read about typical compilation settings.

I hope this helps.

Marianne
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To create glossaries, the first option would be to import your AutoCorrect file. Right-click on Phrases and go to Importer and click on the AutoCorrect option and follow the prompts.

The next option would be to do a compilation as suggested in the previous post. To do a compilation, right-click on the glossary list and select "Multiple File Compilation" and then follow the prompts.

With regards to not seeing any matching phrases in your advisories: What glossary are you currently using? What are you typing for a short form? Do you see anything in the advisories at all?

It may be easiest to troubleshoot over the phone. Please feel free to call us at 781-272-3200 ext 2 with any questions and we can help get you started. We are here Monday-Friday 9am-5pm eastern time. You can always email us as well.

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to a new computer?  I guess a flash drive, but i have never used one.  Do you just plug it in a USB and....well, then what?

Thanks in advance!

To save your glossaries to a backup disk:

• Go to My Computer or Windows Explorer and go to the C-Drive, then the InstText folder, then the Glossary folder
  
• Right-click on the glossries you wish to save and select "Send to" and then select the destination drive. Your computer will automatically make a copy to the backup disk. If you do not have the "Send to" option, right-click ad select "Copy" and then paste them to the backup disk.

To put the glossaries on the new computer from the backup disk:

• Right-click on the glossaries on the backup disk and select "copy"
  
• Go to My Computer --> C-drive --> InstText --> Glossary. Anywhere in the glossary, right-click and select "Paste".
  
• They should now be listed in your glossary folder.

To add them to your glossary list:

• Right-click on the Active Glossary List and select "Open"
  
• Double-click on the glossary you wish to add to the glossary list
  
• When you are done opening all of the glossaries you wish to add, right-click on the Active Glossary List again and select "Save Active Glossary List"

Kind regards,

Kristen

...that seems to have changed. I always put "metacarpophalangeal" before, but almost every doc I transcribe for these days says, very clearly "metacarpal phalangeal." I put the hyphen in because the words should be connected and that is the only way I can do it without changing what the doctor says.

Your book may list "carpophalangeal" as a word, but I am a former x-ray tech and I can tell you that none of the carpal bones attach directly to the phalanges. There is a metacarpal between the carpal bones and the phalanges. If you will look at a hand x-ray, there is a good 2-3" or more (filled by the metacarpal) between the carpal bones and the proximal phalanx of each digit.

That's why you can't depend solely on "word books." If they don't have a definition, you cannot be sure they are correct.

• abduction
  
• activity
  
• adduction
  
• air-fluid level
  
• airborne radioactivity
  
• angiocardiogram
  
• anteroposterior
  
• arteriogram
  
• arthrogram
  
• atom
  
• atomic mass
  
• atomic mass unit
  
• atomic number
  
• attenuation

• betatron
  
• Becquerel (Bq)
  
• binding energy
  
• Bohler calcaneal angle
  
• brachytherapy
  
• build-up

• cardiothymic silhouette (on chest x-ray)
  
• cholangiogram
  
• cholecystogram
  
• cineradiography
  
• Compton effect
  
• computed tomography
  
• contrast studies
  
• curie

• decay constant
  
• dose

• echocardiography
  
• electron volt (eV)
  
• electrostatic field
  
• element
  
• eversion
  
• excited state
  
• exposure
  
• extension

• film badge
  
• flexion
  
• fluence, particle
  
• fluorescence
  
• fluoroscopy

• gamma camera
  
• genetically significant dose (GSD)
  
• gray (Gy)
  
• ground state

• half value layer
  
• half-life
  
• hysterosalpingogram

• in vitro
  
• in vivo
  
• interstitial therapy
  
• interventional radiology
  
• intracavitary therapy
  
• inversion
  
• ion
  
• ionization
  
• ionization
  
• ionizing radiation
  
• irradiation
  
• isobars
  
• isomers
  
• isotones
  
• isotope

• Kerley('s) [s/l curly] A, B, or C lines
  
• Kerma

• lateral decubitus
  
• lethal
  
• linear accelerator
  
• linear energy transfer (LET)
  
• lymphangiogram

• magnetic resonance imaging
  
• mass attenuation coefficient
  
• mass effect
  
• mass energy absorption coefficient
  
• mass stopping power
  
• megavoltage
  
• mucositis
  
• myelogram
  
• myelosuppression

• nuclear medicine
  
• nucleon
  
• nuclide
  
• oblique

• orthovoltage

• pair production
  
• palliative
  
• perfusion studies
  
• photoelectric effect
  
• positron-emission tomography
  
• posteroanterior
  
• prone
  
• pyelogram

• quality factor (Q)

• rad
  
• radiation
  
• radioactive contamination
  
• radioactive decay
  
• radioactive equilibrium
  
• radioimmunoassay
  
• radioisotope
  
• radiology
  
• radiolucent
  
• radionuclide
  
• radiopaque
  
• radiopharmaceutical
  
• radioresistant
  
• radiosensitive
  
• radiotherapy
  
• recumbent
  
• rem
  
• roentgen (R)
  
• roentgenology

• scintillation camera
  
• sestamibi
  
• SI
  
• Sievert (Sv)
  
• sonogram
  
• specific activity
  
• specific ionization
  
• stopping power
  
• supine

• teletherapy
  
• tenth-value layer (or thickness)
  
• therapeutic
  
• tomography
  
• tracer studies
  
• tram tracking (on chest x-ray)

• ultrasonography
  
• ultrasound
  
• uptake

• venogram
  
• ventilation studies

• xeroradiography

Then outsources like us are getting ripped off...

I barely make $5 for 8 hours.. you think that's fair. .. cause I sure *&%# don't.

Software is the computer interface that allows you to perform a certain task, in this case, FTP software allows your computer to connect to an FTP site. If you're looking for an FTP site that is secure, you will more than likely have to pay for it. You can try www.ftptogo.com, although it is not free, it is a good site.

I am testing for a company and I need a good website with Opthamology terminology?

Thanks

FTP is (very) basically a secure connection to the client's mainframe.  It is like your computer picking up a phone and dialing the employer's system.  Once you are connected the only thing you have to do it keep the window open and the connection should stay active.

FTP is faster than a connection through the internet because it makes your computer a part of the actual system, instead of just a satellite.  Think of it like a meeting: the internet is a group of people just standing around talking, anyone can just pass by and listen in and hear all or part of the conversation.  FTP is like a closed and sound-proof conference room where only those in the room can hear.  Yes, there are ways to breach the room, but they are much more difficult and, for most, too much of a pain to bother with. 

The client should give you information how to use their FTP, but to understand, learn DOS commands (remember that from the 80's?).  FTP is easy to learn but confusing if you don't understand DOS.  Beyond that I can't really help you without a set of instructions and a netmeeting :)

I really dislike the company.  Years and years ago I worked for a small local MTSO.  I wanted to work at home and she wouldn't let me so I quit.  I did tell her I would work PT at home only if she needed help and I knew she needed the help, but she was ticked at me and wouldn't give me any work.  About 2 months later she called me practically begging me to work for her, and I did.

I have applied to a company and been offered a position but turned it down and then have gone back later and applied again, but I haven't actually worked for a company and then asked to go back.

It is frequently recommended here to not quit one job before you have time to test the waters on the other, just in case. 

I would reapply or call them.  The worst they can do is say no. 

Lots of psych terms and phrases on this one.

http://medicaltranscriptionwordhelp.googlepages.com/psychiatricterminology

Some of you might remember that I'm working for my BIL doing chemical dependency training videos (transcribing them).

Well, I came across a term that I'm unfamiliar with.  I did a websearch and found this website.  Thought others might find it helpful so decided to post it.

http://www.nicd.us/drugstreetandslangterms.html

Happy MT week!

Chickadee