How can we ever be viewed as professionals if we ourselves

Posted By: Don't think our services are worth paying for?? on 2005-11-23
In Reply to: What would you do? - TLB

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What would you do? - TLB
- Thank you everyone for your valuable opinions. See message - TLB
- How can we ever be viewed as professionals if we ourselves - Don't think our services are worth paying for??
- Don't lower your rates - me
- I would not lower it. If you just got the acct, they had the negotiating time before sm - txmwmt
  - I would not lower the rate. They know how - Janice
- Smile all the way to the bank! - nm
  - Amen! I agree! nm - MQNJ
- I wouldn't lower my rates. Should I request a lower CPL from my employer - C-msg
- I had an easy account like that once, too. sm - Hmmm
- This whole debate is kind of interesting - what I think
  - Speaking of Yeehaw - Melanie
    - i'm sure there must be plenty of those - but
      - About feeling guilty - Melanie
        I agree with you completely - I work for directly for doctors in their office
- I would - me
- Leave it the way it is unless they come back to you wanting to re-negogiate. nm - Small-one-person MTSO
- It can be difficult... - mq_mt
  - My thoughts - Greypuppy
    - Not difficult for you maybe - mq_mt
  - If this industry has become amoral it's because: - SDLady
    - Good point - mq_mt
      - And I agree too! - Liloleme
- I'd lower it, but I'm a softie at heart so you might want to ignore me. nm - JustMyOpinion
  - You realize by doing that they're making more money & you're making less? You should reconsid - Jen

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I think because it's been viewed a lot, kind of like hot topic..
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I viewed this so called resume of this man too--sm
and I personally do not think it is real. The picture on it looks like it was *pasted* there by someone, and if you look at the bottom line as to where the document came from, it says /my documents/wharrison/john karr.

nope. something does not smell right here! But in this case (resume) I don't think it is john karr doing it. JMO

A flame only means it's been viewed over 200 times
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I briefly viewed their website and what a joke.

They are so full of *rap. I would stay away from them. If you are considering a career change I'd look somewhere else besides MT.

It's a hot topic and has been viewed lots of times.

Not silly at all.

We are professionals. You type it and keep your
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And some of you wonder why we are not considere professionals...
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If we were treated like professionals, we might be
Management IS the devil. By the way, what's it like up there in mananagement, with your 6-figure income, your executive healthcare, and salary-not-hourly status? Especially when you sit in your office all day surfing Amazon & eBay? Must be nice, Beelzebub. But I'll never sell my soul for it.

At-Home Professionals
I thought the training there was excellent. At the time, I was very frustrated with all the ESL docs they had, but now i'm glad they did that because while other MTs are shying away from ESLs, I'm getting that work and getting paid a premium for it. It took me a little while to find a job, but I've been working now for over seven years and I never regretted taking those courses. Your best bet would be to start with local doctors and get some experience first. Good luck to you!

Call in the professionals unless you think it will dry really fast.
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school professionals are not always "perfect"

In my own experience, my daughter was upset all the time, crying, acting out, etc. I was receiving phone calls quite often, but I knew my daughter. She was in th 4th grade already. I met with teacher it was only about 2 months into the school year. It was actually the teacher my daughter had, who was new to the area and the district and seem very timid. I changed her to a teacher who I knew from before with her brothers and was outgoing, gave lots of praise to all the children and really interested in the kids. My daughter was back to herself..

I have also had problems with the principals, and one was a psychologist. They will try to "bully" you, so you have to stand up for your children. I even had them take off a suspension on her record because it was unfair, as I had many times spoke with the principal about some girls teasing my daughter and hitting her many times and my daughter never did anything and finally was tired of it and hit back and she was suspended. All the other times the other girls never were suspended but they were just talk to. The principal never took the time to speak to the kids before this happened. She just thought my child had issues, but in the end I showed her that my child did not have issues.

Anyway, my older son has ADHD, so it took a teacher who was patient, caring, and who expand the mind of the children not just classify the children with learning disabilities as "worthless" and put them aside.

I have walked into class without notice to see what is going on; I have stayed to help out for awhile.

If you do not get anywhere with the school officials, speak with the superintendent; go up the ladder, make waves. Make sure to document everything, person you spoke to, time, date, etc. Believe me this will help enormously.

We have to be there for our children. We also need to remember they are imperfect, they will also make mistakes and they do need to take the consequences of their actions.

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to All!
Even if the company you work for does not remember this special day, let's just appreciate each other and all that we do for our companies. Have a wonderful, special day, everyone!

If the trained professionals at the school can't handle him,
why do you think you'll be able to work and homeschool him at the same time? I'm not slamming you, but I don't think working and trying to educate your child at the same time is the solution. Maybe try switching teachers or switching schools. Have you had him evaluated by his pediatrician or obtained a referral to someone else? What kind of phone calls are they? Is he acting up? Have you asked him WHY he's doing these things? Kids need to be socialized. They need to learn how to cope with other people. They also need to learn that being part of a society means that you're not always the center of attention. My SIL is going through this with her kid. He's being an absolute beast because he doesn't like the teacher and she has 19 other kids she needs to pay attention to. He wants attention, any attention, so he's acting out. I don't know if your situation is similar to this one or not. I'm just saying that sometimes sticking it out and finding the root of the problem is better than trying to have your attention focused in two different but important places.

Do you think nurses and front office professionals look sloppy?
I don't like to go around looking "sloppy all day" either, but is it really practical to work comfortably in nylons and suit jackets when I am sitting and typing all day? No thanks -- I can't work well that way!

I refuse to wear sweats or jammies because I want my work to reflect my professionalism and I think the way I feel about myself reflects that -- hence, scrubs, which medical professionals wear. I am a medical professional and I don't think there is anything sloppy about wearing tasteful, professional, and comfortable scrubs.

Do you think that front office people, nurses, and doctors look "sloppy all day" by wearing scrubs?

off shoring tests for health care professionals

Below is an ad I found were they are offshoring the devlopement of questions now this is scary Title: Healthcare Exam Question Writing

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The client is based in the United States that is providing training and education to health care professionals.
The client is looking to outsource the process to outsource agents who can write exam questions from the source material (source material can come from journal articles, books, etc.)
1. The client will provide the source material either by email or by providing the web address.
2. The outsource agent will write multiple choice questions from the source material provided. Each question will only have 4 possible answers, with only one answer being correct.
3. The client will designate the number of questions required per course.
4. The outsource agent will format the questions in a format that will be provided.
5. The outsource agent will email the questions to the client for review and editing.
6. The client will email the edited questions back to the outsource agent.
7. The outsource agent will upload the edited questions to the client website.

The client will pay one dollar US ($1) for each question written.

We believe that for a typical set of question will require 15 questions and will most likely take about 3 hours to complete. This equals about $5 US per hour. We anticipate rejecting some of the questions that are developed, though the client will consider paying for the development. The client will work with the selected agents in the future to assist with question development.

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Since you have recently become an advocate for these "well-educated" professionals....
please justify the 20 minutes I had to sit and listen through all because the doc left his hand held recorder on. I actually had to sit there and listen to him urinate AND defecate! Immediately after hearing the toilet flush, I could hear the door open and then several footsteps that led him to meet, greet, and converse some more. I was more appalled at the fact that such a "well-educated" medical professional didn't care enough to wash his germ infested hands after his restroom break. Unbelievable.

Advance for Health Information Professionals. Mostly geared toward coders now. nm
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