How is the error percentage calculated? nm
Posted By: new to board on 2006-03-13
In Reply to:
nm
Complete Discussion Below:  marks the location of current message within thread
The messages you are viewing
are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select
the boards given in left menu
Other related messages found in our database
error.error.error, should be a bad home life, sorry (nm)
..
What is acceptable error rate (i.e. error ratio to line count).
Thanks.
Your error made me chuckle, which is, ya know, fitting for the error. Not a big deal, and no we ALL
make mistakes! Heavens! I remember starting out, I actually typed CABBAGE! Can you imagine? Scary thing, though, is when you get an MT out 10 years and they type cabbage. There are errors like yours, and there are major-absolutely-no-clue-of-our profession errors, which are mind boggling when you see them in print. I've been on both sides, typing and proofing, and I never dreamed of the quantity and quality of errors some MTs make - HUGE errors. That said, yes, we all make them, but its the ones who are unlearned and then arrogant when you point out the error - we have to, ya know, and its done kindly, so that they learn, and still that type of MT flips out and has a hissy! No win situation for both parties, really, as the MT really can't grow in the field if they aren't accountable to themselves even for their work. I can't give more specific examples, as I could potentially hurt some MTs who would recognize their errors, but I assure you, some are unbelievable.
Anyone know how QA percentages are calculated?
They obviously aren't the total number of Keystrokes divided by the mistakes, but I have no other idea of what numbers they would use. I assume that for the use of a phrase like "98% accuracy" there must be a standard way of calculating that? Thanks for your response.
"Rounding" is always calculated at .5 -- less for anything lower.
It will average itself out down the line.
No, it just freezes and I get an error box that says "printer error". nm
.
Percentage?
Can anyone estimate a percentage of letters/words straight typed versus expander? I am quite sure no one type 100% expansions, but I am hoping some of you can give a good estimate.
I make lots of them but am wondering what your ratios are.
Thanks for your feedback! 
You can only take a percentage of
things related around the home if you have an office. I take 7% off of anything around the house, but not 100%. I take 50% for the internet. I do take my office supplies off, but only a percentage, I do use my printer for things other than work. Having a home office and taking deductions is a red flag for the IRS.
You can only write off the percentage actually used...
for work. Who uses 40% of the space in their house??? I write off 10-15%. You also must use that work area for work only. Come audit time (and it eventually may happen), you will need to show a floorplan of your house and what area is for work exclusively. If you're writing off 40% you will be in deep doo-doo. 
but what percentage of hospitals allow that?
From what I've been reading ... the home-based service MT is averaging 8 cpl, for those dictators which make you run screaming from the room. And, I don't forsee things improving. Then again, some are lucky enough to make a line rate worthy of their skills, without worry about the dictators from Hades.
This is a bit out of date: http://www.bls.gov/oco/pdf/ocos271.pdf
Percentage of ESL dictators
Have been lied to on 2 jobs now and it is about to give me a nervous breakdown wondering how in the heck I am going to pay my bills with so many ESLs. They tell me 35% or 50%.....90% or more is about right. I'm looking for a non-MT job after almost 10 years as an MT.
Percentage of loss.
Line pay it's about 15% if my calculations are correct and as far as vacation/holiday pay, it's about 27%. So sorry for you.
Some companies just take a percentage
of each report to compensate for headers and footers, not what those headers and footers actually are. The same thing happens to me at my company.
What percentage for state and fed? nm
x
Yes, renters can write off percentage (sm)
of apartment/house used for work. In the area where it reads, "rents," you can write off percentage of house used.
Brother is a tax attorney and helped me out with this. I used to pay a fortune, but no more! On top of that, if you are claiming under $25,000.00 they don't even check for small businesses anymore.
Just trying to help. You sound like a tax man! A tax man will say the same thing, you can't write off this, you can't write off that, but if you read the IRS publications there are a lot of things you can write off. They don't want to end up in tax court, want to run through your return and get it done. They don't care if you pay a fortune. If you have receipts for everything what are they going to do? The IRS is not going to bother with our piddly incomes. 
I do all ER and only a small percentage are gruesome. sm
The bulk of them are minor car accidents, asthma attacks, chest pains, bug bites, high blood sugar, household injuries, rashes, babies with fevers....and on and on and on. I thought they were easy to learn and get used to because so much was so similar, docs use the same formats for dictating. The charts flow pretty quickly and I make good money on them.
What would be a late fee or percentage suggested?
I think your idea is excellent. Other companies do this. Why can't ICs? Of course we can. But how do you decide on the late fee amount? Certain percentage after a certain number of days. What is the usual company procedure on this? Does anyone know.
You pay your home state tax, whatever percentage that is. You can claim
deductions for anything associated to your job....i.e., a percentage of your utilities, expenses such as supplies needed to do your job, etc. Save all receipts for any of those items that you purchase related to the job, and I think the 1099 would be sufficient.
As far as I know you can earn up to a certain amount - you cannot exceed a certain percentage of the
salary you were making when you took your disability. I do not think it is uncommon to work as you could certainly not make it on disability alone.
What percentage productivity gain do you get with InstanText?
Am thinking of switching. I currently get 400% productivity with SH8 (it types 3 characters for every 1 I type). Can anyone out there get similar figures with InstanText?
So MQ explains how they arrived at the increased production percentage for ASR.
It appears to be a good study with what was excluded. However, don't tell me about the opportunity for increased financial gain with this so called wonderful increased production of 30% when you decrease my pay by 20%. The only financial gain I can see in all this is in the profit margin for the company.
Own accounts, line charge, MTSO percentage
I think you might have posted this same question about a week ago. I take anywhere from 20 to 30% on an account from my IC's that covers my being the QA, the accountant, the customer service rep, the go between and the relief transcriptionist. I really think you MTSO is being more than fair. Stop and think if and when you get your own accounts, would you only keep 25% if someone was typing for you? Sometimes it is hardly worth my time to keep the accounts for the IC's as the time I spend on those accounts I accounts I could be typing and earning $30 to $40 instead of the $10 to $12 that I get when someone else types it. Remember when you have your own accounts there is no one to cover for you when you are sick, your child is sick, you go on vacation, holidays, etc. There is always a flip side to the coin. I do wish you luck but there is more into doing your own accounts than you realize.
It is irrelevant what percentage the service takes of 'your' earnings...sm
what matters is: is it worth it to you to work for that rate? On some accounts, my IC's might make only 50% of what I charge the client, on others they might be paid 80%. For one physician, I might charge 12 cents a line - if another calls, says they are in a jam and desperate to get their backlog done, I might bid it at 14. But if you are satisifed with say 8.5 cents a line, it doesn't matter if your MTSO charges them 9.5 or 19.5.
As far as line rates to physicians, again, it depends on what the market will bear. You could call local physician offices and tell them you are an independent MT service and you are getting price ranges for the locality, and ask the OM what they are paying. That would give you an idea of what is competitive. In West Virginia, they might be charging 18 cents per line, in Chicagoland they might be charging 11.
The line rate
error
I like your math skills, 5 errors out of over 10,000 likes = 50%, glad you aren't doing my line counts.
EPT error
On a Friday I had my GYN to the urine test. At first it appeared negative, but after about 10 minutes up pops a second dot, faint at best. She took blood and told me that...I swear..."might be a little pregnant". You might want to go to a women's center where they will give you free tests.
Took EPT - said error :-(
x
Error
About the post re measly pay, I accidentally capitalized transcriptionist--but maybe I really thought the title "transcriptionist" meant something
Thank you. Sorry for the error
error in med given
this was dictated by ESL doctor: unfortunately secondary to computer glitch, the patient was given Hytrin instead of Vytorin.
now i wonder, was this "computer glitch" bad enunciation that was mistranscribed or speech recognition gone bad maybe?
ERROR message
I am trying to sign onto Docuscribe but it keeps giving me an error message that says "Editor failed to connect" Can someone help?
simple MD error
They forgot to turn off the microphone before they said the words, OR they forgot to use the proper commands to direct you up to the location they wanted.
Had they done either, the words never would have appeared in the first place.
Error rates
Could anyone tell me how other service providers are dealing with error rates? Need to implement something but am unsure how to go about it. Thank you!
Sorry. Spelling error..
I mean adjust.
a GROSS error???????
come on. I do not think I would want to work for you!!!!!! **said jokingly**
To me a gross error is something that changes the meaning of something. You didn't get that the MT was from California when he/she put "Ca" instead of CA????? Sheesh......give 'em a break.
This is a style error not a GROSS ERROR. Maybe you should put this in your advertisement "Please use AAMT BOS guidelines when filling out application and submitting employment letter". ROFLOL!!!!!!
Seriously though, I think if the MT has a good resume and performs well on the exam that he/she should be given a chance. Be clear that you expect proper style guidelines utilized. If they still want to do things their way (from the 1950s, LOL) then put them in your delete box :-)
Just a thought.
Have a good day!
Mine has the error also
.
now on page 50, I have that error too..sm
page 50 of my book says *Aster-Coller* twice.......WRONG *sigh*
Trial and error.
I check with former companies that I still have good relationships with. I check the job boards. I cold email "good" companies and asked about part time. I have 4 jobs at the moment, 3 transcription and I work at a vet 4 days a month for a couple hours just to take a break and do something I really enjoy.
exception error
That is not strictly an Extext error. It may actually be something to do with your Word software. If you are using any add-ins/macros with Word, they can cause this error also.
Major error?
That is not a major error. They are just two straggling headers that got left behind, an oversight at best but not major error category. What is wrong with these people? If they call that major what do they call a real major errors that could possibly affect the outcome of patient care? When you consider all the malpractice that goes on with direct patient care involving doctors and nurses, two straggling headers on a report is really very minor.
Docking for error..
I'm trying to remember what it was when I was there. I believe for 98% or lower, it is 5% of your check and up to 10% for 97% and below but this could have changed. I am glad to see that they have added some US QA editors. When I was there, I was only QA'd by Indian QA and that did not make me feel real comfortable since my check was going to be based on them QA-ing my work. Once I was docked 10% and that hurt but it was like losing a whole day of pay. Again, it sounds like they are really turning things around so best wishes if you opt to go with them.
Macro help...error?!
I have set up several macros with my docs thank yous, closing and signatures. They seemed to work fine whenever I set them up and then tried them out but now everytime I try and use one, it plugs in something that I earlier cut and pasted. For instance, the thank you and closing are there but instead of the docs sig it is something wierd that I cut and pasted earlier. I go into my macros and it looks right. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?? As always, thanks! I don't know what I'd do without this website!!
ignore error on sig...
x
was that error or for real
I think they are actually about $5 per pill. Did you check? Was this an error or for real?
HIDWATCH Error.
Does anybody know how to fix this? I get this read error and my foot pedal quits working. The only way to get my foot pedal working again is to completely restart the computer. It's very annoying.
TIA!
Sorry for typo above (Tansforlife-error)
When I found this to be true (work available but blocked out), I called and questioned it. Perhaps she should do the same.
Not so funny error on my own MRI report
The MT apparently may have misunderstood the doctor when he dictated (English doc BTW) and typed "calcula" telangiectasia as opposed to capillary telangiectasia on the pons of the brain stem. This upset me a bit as I have some significant symptoms going on and my malformation is in a "high real estate area". I have had several MRIs in the past and they have been correct, except for minor typos (I know none of us are perfect). My real problem with this error is that it doesn't even make sense! Yes, the reports are being typed right at the local hospital. I have read several of my neurology reports also from the past that had many typos in them and it really makes you see just how important our job is, being accurate but also having a general knowledge of what you are typing about. When a new term phrase comes up, I take the time to check it out as many times I have found I have been wrong in what I thought it was and what was truly correct.
No, you're not in error at all. One of my medical sm
secretarial textbooks from 1967 listed all the states with the two capital letters. This was considered "new" then, shortly after the advent of zipcodes. Therefore, the two-capital-letter abbreviations have been "new" for 36 years!
AAMT BOS has an appendix listing all of these, with their state capital cities!
Hey, QA can be wrong, too. I know that I have made an error or 2 when I QA, but I
will always fess up to it, aplogize to the MT, thank her/him and take my whipping. That is what makes us all human.
Are you a MT-typo error honey!!!
Proofread before you send out. I sure hope you are not a MT????
Sometimes it is a matter of accounting error
when the time sheet is sent to payroll. If they have you under certain budgets they may be trying to pay you from multiple departments and somewhere somehow the proper hours are not being sent to payroll. Usually they will rectify the situation, but I can feel your pain. This happened to me a lot when I was typing for several different departments. If one manager forgot to put my hours in then I had to wait sometimes up to two weeks. Hang in there! 
I agree. Sounds like they are using this error as a
x
|
