I'd work in Word and cut and paste into their system. SM

• New in-office job has NO spell check - Jennifer
  • I'd work in Word and cut and paste into their system. SM - lb
    • They may not have word on their computer - Patti
      • Well, Word is easy to buy and easy to install. Word 97 works great. Cheap. SM - lb
        • You are coming across as being very strong armed - Patti
          • See post below, about investigating and presenting options, plus web site for spell checkers. NM - lb
          • But she probably didn't know going in that - there was no spellcheck. sm
            • Others are working without spell check, facility - probably didnt think about it. nm
    • Also, Word has the AutoCorrect and AutoText--see inside - lb
  • I type into EMR with no spell checker - Patti
  • are you paid by production or hourly? - n/m
  • Can a carpenter work without tools? (sm) - anon
    • Totally agree!!...nm - blondie
  • Vianeta had bad spell check. Copy & pasted - into Word to use that spell check. nm
  • Spell check....... - sm
  • You know, people are totally spoiled now - OMG!
    • This is 2008. Why work without the correct tools. nm - anon
      • Hello, know the year but I am saying - OMG!
        • Maybe not end of world, but.... - AnnieM!AnnieM!
          • I agree, easier but I worked on production years ago - OMG!
            • I worked with typewriter and carbon paper, too, but - I was also paid hourly then!
              • But way back then, we not only had hourly - OMG!
                • I agree I learned more as a result of the - "old-fashioned" ways, but..sm
                  • This is why Andrews is such a great school. . sm - sm
    • I would not work without my production software, including spellcheck sm - shipaddict
      • Great reply-- Can you list the productivity tools you use? Tx NM - lb
  • I had to work without a spellcheck for a few weeks once.. . - sleepy
    • Good grief! - Jeeperbelle
      • Agree with OMG sm - Anon2
        • They used to wash clothes by hand, too, - but I'll take my washer, tyvm. sm
          • The only difference in now and then is - My take on this
            • Oh, yes, you're quite right. That is such an - awful word to use in a casual setting.
              • And then there is no class - My take on this
                • Ah, what's your purpose in this? If it gives you a - false sense of "class" to cut .. sm
                  • All that rhetoric about old days sm - Anon2
                    • Same thing happens over and over again - human nature
                      • Yes, you have it right sm - Anon2
                        • My views as the last 2 here - OMG

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into that platform, they say it messes up the format in the original reports....so I don't do that, but I do copy the note from the Emdat platform into a word document to make sure I haven't missed anything because my Word program has a better spellchecker. 

I did not know that you could use Shorthand in there...I really don't know what that is...I had Stedman's word Expander program (can't recall the name right now), but my company said it won't work in the Emdat program.....is it call shorthand...do you have the link?  I would appreciate any information.

Thanks!

You can set up Meditch to use a Word interface, which is what i do, and then i cut and paste from my verision of Word to the Meditech version of Word. 

I have a remote desktop that i connect to and so i basically have 2 desktops running at the same time..."mine" and "theirs."  It is quick and easy to switch back between the 2 and do a cut and paste.  If you cut and paste directly into the meditech screen it is very slow and painful.  I too have found that the spellchecker and also the expansion component in Meditech is totally useless.  I use Speedtype and it will work in the version of Meditech that I am using.

If you want to know how to set up the Word Interface in Meditech just send me a pm and I can send you the instructions.  It takes just a couple of minutes to do.

Tanya

There's nothing "wrong" with my CD, it's just that this edition (2007) doesn't have some of the functions of earlier versions.  It's not something you would find out unless you bought it and installed it.  If you don't care about those functions, go ahead and spend your money.  But for just the wild card or fuzzy search function there are other places on the web, that do not charge, and where you can minimize and cut and paste. 

This was discussed on a couple of other MT boards, with the same conclusion and disappointment as above. 

You decide. 

Wise

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while Ops offer lot of challenges -- that's a good thing, imho, REALLY ...

I keep my op stored in WORD sorted by

(1) client

(2) specialty (general surgeon, ortho, plastic, podiatrics, ENT, GYN, GI , urology, neurosurgery etc) .... and then in word folders

(3) within speciality, within client I name individual reports like this:

470 hernia vental simple

470 hernia umbilical

470 small bowel resection 

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470 would be that doctor's id number -- the file holding 470's reports would be named with doctor's last name 

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works for me, although I do usually do big time "indexing" until I've gota bunch of copied reports.

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It's really important to NOT consider these NORMALS until you are more familiar with the dictator ... however... this is worthwhile ANYWAY because the joy of OPs is that most doctors say pretty much the same thing in 80% of their reports ... sometimes more. Gastroenterology and GYN  are excellent "easy money" most of the time but you MUST pay attention and change every difference ...

All these saved reports need to be updated when you review your QA ... those phrases that doctor mumbled yesterday are probably mumbled 24/7/365 ... follow up and record this information.

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I use Emedicine for my go-to for a lot of things... while they don't have op reports they are stellar at terminology and spelling, hyphens, and capitalization as far as I can tell.

One of the fabulous things about op reports is usually NO MEDICATION LOOKUPS!!!! (although you will spend time finding out the latest heart stents, hip replacemetn component marketing  names, etc. ) Most medical device manufacturers have "pretty good" web sites -- use them, rather than relative Google popularity wrt spelling, caps, etc.

Good luck -- there is a learning curve but imho it is more than worth it -- Surgeons understand that their dictation is in essence their "BILL" when it comes to Medicare and insurance -- they have a vested interest in it being intelligible and complete ... they may talk really fast but most of the time, if you have samples, you will find they are saying variations of the "same thing" using the same words/terminology. 

Oh, and OP pay better.

Sincerely, good luck.!

.. is there another way?   Do many use the "autocorrect" to make your own word Expander without having to purchase anything?  Does that workout well or is it best to buy expander software? 

I'm setting things up to start again after a couple years out of hte business.  My Spellex spellchecker expired and I had to purchase a new spellchecker.  Also wanting to get my expander going.  GAH!  It's a bit spendy to get things going again... not fun.

The doctors I transcribe for are specialists so I do a full consultation but the doctors only want part of the consultation sent to the referring doctor so I copy and paste part of the dictation to a letter.  This very easy, but very time consuming.  Is there an easier way than to copy and paste for every letter. I am working in Word.

Alice,
Do you need to upload the job first?
Can't you just go to the Search window and from the Search window use these functions again normally?

Marianne

The EXText job is a employee status job I took for benefits.  I work as a remote MT for a 235-bed community hospital.  I would say I do the same 20 docs or so on a weekly basis.  The other account is a dermatology account that is my own and I do three docs there. 

I should add that with the hospital I have a great boss who basically lets us expand everything.  Same with my derm account.  They really don't care, just as long as the works on time and the notes and letters are basically what they said.  No exactly verbatim, but close.