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I'd like to see hard data before buying into that belief Posted By: got proof? on 2007-07-09 In Reply to: Defensive people make the most errors - Laverne I will blast a poorly performing QA'er all day long. Someone with something of substance to offer in critiquing my work is someone I communicate with and have nothing but respect and praise to give. I won't get into a snit about the use of too many or too few commas, but a QA'er who fills in a blank I sent in for a second ear and fills it with something incorrect IS someone who holds no respect in my eyes. That is the person I'll blast all day. Darn. I was not quiet. Wonder what this will do to my image on the board? Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread Trying to keep this discussion near the top... SM - QALady Independents who must edit their own work - PinkLady Currently working for a major national, they use BOS because they want - ic Right on girlfriend - you got it going on. ALL qa are not the same, good and bad ones - Lightning Hip!Hip!Hooray! - QArbouncin It is not fun to QA, for sure thx - Lightning I am paid fror QA by the line, I'm old and READ MORE - Simone the old MT Not big headed? - MTmtmt You suggest being less offensive ... yet - Laverne Talk about being HOSTILE Laverne - ss I am Laverne all the time too, new to board - Laverne SS you are bossy and curt - Laverne How do you have any time to work? - MTing JUST IGNORE HER. She is going - ss Not just in this thread but hostile people on this board always, WHYYYY - Laverne I guess Laverne you are the QA lady? - ss Huh - QArbouncin No, but I am a QA editor paid by the line - Laverne Sorry, I am not hostile. Just tired of - ss We all work hard, MT and QA both - Laverne This board is always hostile - MTPockets Thank you for taking time to answer nm - Laverne You're welcome :-) - MTPockets QA Lady, I admire you but please give it a rest. - I think now you're being counter-productive.nm Blah, Blah, Blah - why fill this board - with this post when you should That's how you interpreted it, - Huh? Think this is a sign of the times - sm Just accept it. Apathy is the answer? I don't think so. SM - QALady You are obviously begging to keep this going - sm Those who do not adapt will become extinct - you have choices - SM Defensive people make the most errors - Laverne ridiculous blanket statement about defensive - people making most errors....blech...sm I'd like to see hard data before buying into that belief - got proof? Excellent post. I totally agree. - We get it, QALady. I'm not wringing my hands. I'm trying to be proactive. - QALady It is not just an MT vs QA thing. It is also MT vs MT - sm after a point, all I hear is blah, blah, blah - please get a hobby - NM This is our profession -- a profession which is dying, I might add. SM - QALady why do you assume I don't care? - you could be a telephone psychic, too! Yeah, okay. Don't share your views and opinions. Just be insulting, that's helpful. SM - QALady You make no sense to me. (sm) - Huh? I am QA and paid by line also and... - Ricki not out to stir the pot or gain brownie points - sm Because you have given up - Huh? again with the psychic abilities - did I even remotely address how I I'm not the OP, so it seems she - Huh? I am on your side! - MSMT I'm with you. (nm) - Yay You need a day off! - Waaaayy too serious about yourself. Nope, I think she is trying to help. (sm) - Nah And some MTs aren't serious enough. - QALady Helping is one thing. Preaching is another. - You've lost your audience. Obviously not! (nm) - Huh? I'm not preaching. And anyone who cares is still paying attention. SM - QALady GOOD! QA LADY, YOU ARE SO RIGHT NM - Harry oh, so if I don't care about my job, I "should" care - about you? Sorry, only 24 hours/day -sm No, she comes off as a caring - What? Not about ME, about OUR profession, you know, MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION?!?! SM - QALady You are so right -WHY everyone so hostile? - Harry You are a big waste of our time. - NO MESSAGE You don't know how to stop reading this - Huh? Obviously neither do you. - NO MESSAGE I'm not the one saying the OP should - Huh? you're the one wasting bandwidth. - later, gator! I have a job and life to enjoy! By Not when it's replaced by - Huh? 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 Medical records are data driven. Numerals are data. . Frustrated Beyond Belief I'm having the same problem too. I try to start out the day with a good attitude, and pretty soon I just want to pull my hair out. It seems like EVERY day it turns out this way. Plus I'm just learning, so I don't know if I'll even be able to get 1000 lines. How DO you get 1000 lines in an 8-hour period when sometimes it can take a long time to listen to something or clean up a real mess. I honestly don't know if I'll be able to do 1000 lines a day. The dictators are not tht good. I had one today I couldn't get the name of the patient PLUS she dictated the wrong MRI #. I fought with that thing for over an hour, trying to figure out how to get the name. How DO you decide how long to spend on each report esp. when I'm like you; I don't like to leave a bunch of blanks. To unpopular belief I do care more than some people think. I care about the MT world, as I have been a part of it since 1989. Would you not think that if I was this horrid person, you would have heard something before now? Consider the source. XO I have compassion and I have belief they can important thing in situation like this is to help friend help herself, not just give pity. Show strength and initiation and pass that to friend, not just poor you. Give compassion but also give the feeling friend CAN make her life what she wants it to be. Wow..you guys are blessed beyond belief! nm s Death toll in Pakistan rises up to 30,000. Whatever your belief system is please think of the t If it rains hard, the wind blows hard and there are trees nearby, it snows heavily it will mess up the signal. The speed is not constant, sometimes as slow as dial-up, but at least still connected. Many companies will not allow satellite. So, you think it is okay for hard-working MTs to earn 7-8 cpl for their hard work?? nm :{ data entry Has anyone done Data Entry jobs from home? Thanks I use Northstar Data .... I think they are at www.MTFTP.com I started using them in April, and their website and FTP are really easy to use. My doctors were new to digital, as was I, and we picked it up quickly. hth! We are more than data entry BUT... Yes, they will still need us to copyedit and clean up the voice recognition and offshore "crude" product, but from what I've read on these boards, there's not going to be much money in this for MTs. I too am thinking of leaving MT for another field. This summer my 15-year-old son got his first summer job as basically an unskilled laborer at minimum wage, and he was making quite a bit more per hour as I ended up getting, turning an Indy 500 ESL's mishmash into a perfect operative report. The day I learned that, I decided to start rethinking my career choices. By the way, I'm one more experienced MT who finds it mind-boggling that people are still out there debating the merits of the various MT schools out there. Wake up and smell the coffee, people! Backup data? I'm glad this subject came up as we do some traveling and I was just thinking about this as well. How is the best way to back up the data? Just use a CD or someone mentioned a flash drive external hard drive? Don't know much about this new fangled technology, so am finding this very interesting and helpful. Thanks for the info. data entry I agree. But don't you know, there's always someone lurking in front of their keybord waiting to belittle someone else's from-the-heart question?? That study used very old data. EHR has come a long way since 2004. SAVING MY DATA I have an external hard drive and want to save my data from my old computer to my new computer. How exactly do i do that. Copying data Can anybody say how to copy a large amount of data to a DVD without having to copy one page at a time. It's a training program that I'm not going to be able to finish before the time runs out. Since I paid for it, I want to be able to have it available to study on my own. Thanks. Here's some interesting AAMT data... According to the October 2005 JAMT financial reportings: Revenues from membership in 2003: $1,053,516. Revenues from membership in 2004: $ 920,681. You'd think they'd get the idea with so many people not renewing memberships due to their stance on overseas work - especially since it's hitting them hard in the wallet! Data Entry Jobs Does anyone know where I can find information about legitamit companies that hire for data entry work at home. Looking for my daughter, who wants to stay home with her small child. Thanks! Is it transcribing or data entry? / Data Hand keyboard I just received my new Data Hand keyboard and am starting to use it. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has used one of these. Thanks. Ours is "diagnostic data" and includes it all.NM s Data entry position My post did show so I will ask again...does anyone know where I can find a listing of jobs for data entry positions? certainly not data entry or typing, my reward, aside from pay, is satisfaction that i am doing a very specialized job in an excellent manner. after 34 years, it seems more tedious and difficult, but i enjoy the work. data processing...medical charges okay, so I've been doing medical data processing for a clinic for the past four months and the office lifestyle is NOT for me. Does anyone have information on work at home medical billing? I sure would like a nudge in the right direction. Thanks! How can I record patient data as fast as possible Radiology patients, so reports are short most often. We have to log two several digit numbers, the types of exams (chest/abdomen) dates. We have sheets to do this on but am thinking I should keep Wordpad open and type in there. Any ideas on how I can do this and not lose momentum or time? I do about 100 exams a day. Thanks! Of course, it is only as good as the people entering the data... Also, when computers make mistakes, or are hit with malicious worms or viruses, etc., it could be devastating, could it not? Also, more and more lately we are noticing actually a lot more mistakes with things that are automated, and once there is an error, it has been extremely difficult to get it corrected. Such as - errors at the DMV (?), errors in our car computer (? - again, it is always a mystery when trying to get things fixed), lets see, then there is the mixup with our phone number that belongs to about three other people (still not fixed because we are told it is all done on computer (?)... Also, who takes responsiblity when there is an error, because with everything automated, there seems to be little or no accountability - you can hardly get through to real people in a lot of businesses today. The idea of technology is awesome; however human error will always have an affect... my humble opinion and just an observation. most information still has to be entered by humans. perhaps we will be obsolete. It's putting criminal data into the computer and no ESLs to listen to! Medical transcription isn't data entry, but you can check with Career Builder and Monster and see what they have, you can Google for it and see if there is a board like this for data entry. You purchase the plans which allow so much data to be transferred. I paid for the $59.99 monthly package, which is a lot of data usuage and have used programs such as Dictaphone ExText and Escription on the road. It seems like someone told me you'd have to pretty much be on it nonstop to use up all the data allowance but you can check it out here..http://b2b.vzw.com/broadband/bbapccard.html Scribes Data Canada Independent Contractors out there??? I have been working at home as an independent contractor for Scribes Data out of Ontario, Canada for the past three years and have loved working for them. I have worked my way to the top of the pay scale and am currently earning between $38-$40/hour. Recently I have been contacted twice by management asking me to consider becoming a full-time employee with benefits rather than an independent contractor. This would mean a dramatic decrease in pay... a $17,000/year base salary plus 60-70 cents/minute of dictation. For the last year I had been paid $1.60/minute of dictation, but just this past month they decreased that to $1.50/minute, stating that was more in line with their pay structure and that I would only be earing $1.60/minute on the radiology dictation I typed. And then a couple of weeks later they contacted me again statingn that I was no longer going to type any radiology dictation unless I was needed and then I would still only be paid the $1.50/minute. This decrease in pay of 10 cents/minute does not really concern me, it just means I may have to work a littel longer than my normal 5 1/2 hours per day and I do not have a problem with that. My concern is that they are really going to push me to become an employee and just keep taking accounts away from me until I do just that. Just wondering if there is anybody else out there who may be worried about the same thing. Here's their revenue for the past three years and other financial data. MQ's debts are not high either. http://news.biohealthmatics.com/PressReleases/2005/08/19/000000002719.aspx Pentium is good for games/ Celron for data. NM z IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA I want to share some information I am studying in one of my college classes right now, and that is the "European Union Data-Protection Directive." Here goes: "The European Union (EU) has been a leader in addressing privacy concerns of its citizens. In 1998, the EU Data-Protection Directive was enacted to require organizations to protect personal data. The directive has wide-ranging consequences for government entities, Internet providers, healthcare providers, and employers. The directive goes so far as to forbid the transfer of personal data to countries outside the EU if data-privacy safeguards and guarantees do not exist. The directive is affecting multi-national firms in both business and employee matters. The EU has investigated and/or filed complaints against United Airlines, Microsoft, Ford, Marriott, and numerous other global firms for violating the provisions of the directive. As it affects employee data and records, the directive states the following: .Personal data can be gathered only for identified reasons. . Individuals must receive information about who receives and processes their data and why the data are being gathered. .Persons have the right to access the data collected about them and to change, delete, or correct these details. . Legal actions may be taken by individuals for misuse of their personal data." Taken from "Human Resource Management," 11th edition, Robert L. Mathis/John H. Jackson, page 503. Pay attention particularly to the 3rd point above, and the first paragraph about how the EU forbids the transfer of personal data (our professor confirmed this includes medical records) outside the EU IF there are no guarantees. Europe does not as a rule, offshore financial data and medical record data. My point is this, that if Europe upholds the dignity of its citizen's private information to the extent that it does, there is no reason why we Americans cannot be given the same right. I am not particularly opposed to offshoring, however, I am opposed to it in regards to sensitive private information in which we Americans should have a voice in, and a consent to. Because the healthcare system is collapsing in this country with more and more Americans losing their healthcare, offshoring of anything possible in the medical field, is becoming so prevalent without consideration or regard for its implications. The medical industry is scrambling to stay afloat with the soaring cost of healthcare, and because the bottom line is the profit, CFO's will continue to squeeze every drop they can to uphold that profit. In this case, offshoring is directly tied to profits only. Right now is the time for every citizen to take the responsibility to voice their concern, to write public officials, politicians, and do everything possible to be heard in regards to the issue of offshoring our private information. The only reason it is occuring at such an alarming rate is because we are complacent. I know we are all busy, but we must take more responsibility and advocate in a professional, organized, and coherent fashion. Even though I am sacrificing now (at age 57) to get a college degree and enter another field, I find a way to advocate for what I believe in. I will not be leaving the medical transcription field without continuing to advocate for my private medical records and financial information. It is no longer an interest to me to stay in medical transcription, but rather an interest to advocate for ethical concerns which includes medical transcription. Please, let's all make the sacrifice to keep writing our leaders opposing the offshoring of medical records. EMR = 'point and click' method can only insert data in a preprepared template. Doctors will not insert whole sentences, what is called 'free type', they do not have time for this. I guess she would have to start at the data entry site since this place is about MT. nm Wireless USB data cards routers, and multiple computers Hi, I have dial up and am looking into getting a USB wireless card to do my MT work with. My question is.....do you know if you can use a USB wireless card and have more than one computer online at the same time...like with a router or something? If so, what models and how do you hook it all up. Thanks so much for any info you give me. Does anyone have good text expanders for vital signs data? Do you any of you use text Expanders for the numerical portion of vital signs for example, 130/80 ? I have lots of expanders but none for the actual numerical data. It really slows me down either having to look at my number row or switch to the keypad. I do have some, but nothing consistent. Anything ideas would be great, thanks!! Buying new The MT company I work for supplies my computer but I have account on the side from my home computer. I had a computer "cracker" here last week for a serious problem and he suggested I go on line and get a Gateway. Does anyone have any input? After buying car after car and never really sm having one completely paid off, I finally got into leasing. I traded for a lease car and had it for 4 years. It was in great shape, inside and out at the end of lease period. I took pictures of the car from all angles to cover myself. Then I "traded" that for another lease, the car which I have now. The payments for lease cars are the same as if you were buying one on loan. The higher the down payment on the lease, the lower the payments are. The longer the lease period, the lesser the monthly payments but there is also the interest charge to consider. At the end of the lease, though, you have the option of trading it for another car or buying it outright. I leased my current car, a mini SUV, for 4 years with payments of $300 per month, then ended up buying it for $7K at the end of the lease period. I essentially paid the same amount leasing and buying this car as if I had a loan on it. Leasing is not cheap, but you always have a new car. With leasing, you get no equity in the vehicle. If you are a person who wants a new car all the time, then leasing might be good for you. I like a new car all the time, too, but the monthly payments are too hard on my budget. Also with a lease you are required to keep up with the maintenance of the vehicle--more so than if you owned it outright. I don't quite understand your statement about "low payment because you only pay for the amount of money it would depreciate for the time you own it." You never own it, and the monthly payments aren't low. I hope this helps. I haven't had my caffeine yet. before buying one... You should maybe rent one for the weekend, drive it around, and see how you like it. I had a rental when my son wrecked his truck, a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. I fell absolutely in love and my hubby got me one for Christmas! Renting one for the weekend will give you a pretty good idea if you're gonna like it or not. I personally have never owned a convertible, but did drive one (my bosses wife's car) and it was ok, though not that great...good luck! Not buying it...sm I didn't graduate from CS or from either of the other 2 schools considered the BIG 3. I had a recruiter from MQ call me the very week I passed my course. My instructor gave them my name after I graduated. And if you look on MQs website under FAQ, it states that under certain circumstances, they will accept candidates with less than 1 year experience if they graduated from ONE of the MT schools MQ has a relationship with. Sorry. Not buying it. You must work for the folks who are pushing this fiasco. I can tell you from first hand experience. It indeed DOES take longer or as long (just to be fair) to edit as it does to type it. You are so right about buying there I bought several items this year off Etsy for my Christmas presents, flower pens, individual painted flower cups for the ladies I gave to, have bought soaps there before, lots of stuff. I really like Etsy, some really nice things. I'm not buying it. These are just some of the incidents some of my Canadian friends have gone through: 1. My GF's husband decided he was still a teenager and went snowboarding, tore up his knee and had a 6-month wait for an MRI. 2. Same GF her best friend had an abnormal mammo. 3 months to get an ultrasound. 3. Ex boyfriend's ex-wife broke her leg while they were skiing. They kept her on Morphine from Friday until Monday because no orthopedic doc was available to do the surg. 4. Another GF of mine was on a specific type of thyroid medication that was the only one that they found worked for her. Then they decided it was not a covered drug anymore and she could no longer get it in Canada. 5. Another GF's husband needed cardioversion waited over a month to get it, meanwhile he was in horrible shape, legs and ankles swollen. I'm sorry this is not acceptable patient care. The latest estimate is $1.3 trillion dollars to re-structure our health care the way Obama wants it restructured. Everyone puts Bush down for his "agenda" on Iraq no matter what the consequences. This is "Obama's" agenda. This country does not need another $1.3 trillion debt for future generations to have to try to pay off. JMHO. Phone Tools is a Bvrp software program that allows you to not only fax and receive data/documents v your pc (including coversheet and confirmation of date/time received), but can also act as an answering machine. It's a very good product. The receipient/s just need to make sure that their fax machine is turned on and has a paper supply loaded (thereby saving you the expense of purchasing reams for this purpose). If you expect to receive faxes, you also need to be sure that the program is running and set the control to fax modem, rather than answering machine. I'm sorry, is anybody buying this story? sm part-time, 16,000 per pay period!!! Come on, I'm not buying this at all. Buying local .... Unfortunately, some of us don't live in areas that have a lot of choice. My town is tiny and we have a teensy WalMart that has items that (I really think this!) have been there waiting to be sold since the day it opened years ago! I buy from JC Penney's from a catalog outlet here in town (if they're open) or online, sometimes I shop in one of the larger neighboring cities. Frankly, unless I'm buying cotton or watermelon, it ain't happening here :-). However, in defense of your statement, when I lived in a larger city and had variety (and choices!) I did shop in town more often than not. I miss those days LOL. BOS is changed so you have to keep buying the new one--$$$$ nm Better off buying on Ebay. I bought this computer and what a mess. I was told that it was bought for her daughter just the previous year and still had the warranty. She was going to transfer the warranty to my name. I thought that because I used paypal I would be safe, but that is only if you buy off of E-bay. When I received the computer, it was a whole two years older than I was told and there was no longer any warranty. The seller conveniently died a week after I received the computer. So, if anyone contacts you about this computer, BEWARE. Just an FYI when buying it from another user Be sure to notify Textware Solutions that you purchased it & who you purchased it from so we can update our records showing that you are now the licensed owner. This will ensure that you can receive technical support, discounted upgrades in the future, etc. I usually stick with buying........ ...mine from the tattoo shops. However, I most recently bought one at one of those little jewelry stands in the mall and I haven't had any problems with it.