I'm just putting my clinics on digital too, check out enclosed links - sm
Posted By: Deb on 2007-10-26
In Reply to: I should have paid attention,,,, - SM
http://www.hthengineering.com/sst2.html
http://www.hthengineering.com/pdf/DigitalGuide.pdf
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check out the enclosed site--sm
http://www.mt-resources.com/sample_contracts.htm
check out enclosed site--sm
http://textware.com/board/wordperfect/index.html
Someone there may be able to help you. Other than copying the macros from WP document into Word document and then creating the macro again, I can not think of a way to do it, though there probably is a way.
Check the enclosed site. May be able to find what you need there--sm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=HIPAA+guidelines
check the enclosed link to see if that hels you--sm
http://speechrecognition.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/front-end-or-back-end-speech-recognition/
Check around your local area for clinics or transcription companies
That's what I did. I first started out working for a very small MTSO and worked at their office for a couple of weeks and then they moved me home and I started working on a single speciality account. I'm still working for the office after 5 years (altough the MTSO closed her business).
check out these links
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~journal/advising/careers.html
http://www.kidzonline.org/streamingfutures/careervideo.asp?careerid=3&r=0
http://www.indiana.edu/~udiv/majors/majorinfo.cgi/69
I do tapes and digital. And I was told if I'm not logged into the digital system, they assume I&
BUT she wants me logged into the system by 9:30 a.m. So I'm confused too. I've decided that I may come back to her and just say I'm not going to do the tapes anymore. I hate the tapes anyway. The voice quality is horrible, it fades in and out. It takes me twice as long to transcribe their tapes than the digital.
see enclosed
I recently signed up for a health insurance savings type program called Equal Access, where you are covered for prescriptions, get some sort of credit for doctor's visits, etc. for a reduced rate. If you want additional information, let me know. Apparently, participating doctors give reduction in rates for people using this plan.
seen enclosed-sm
http://home.adelphia.net/~ktm58/links.html
see enclosed sm.
Tools, Macro, Record new macro, box will come up to name macro, choose toolbar or keyboard. I use keyboard F12 since that is easy to get to. You will see a box somewhere on your screen that looks like a cassette. Do Ctrl F, in the find box, I use the ^ as my code, but enter whatever you want to be you code. Find next. Close. Stop record.
You will need to go through you document and insert you code where you want them. By pressing F12 or whatever you set as you key, it should go from one to the next.
If this does not work, e-mail me and I will try to help furtehr.
This is also a good site for Word help---http://textware.com/board/msword/index.html
Could maybe see clinics going over to
full EMR with doctors documenting, but it would be very hard in hospitals for physicians to do this considering how complicated some dictations are.
site enclosed--sm
http://www.transcribers.com/product5.htm
try enclosed site-sm
http://www.mt-resources.com/sample_contracts.htm
Link enclosed
dangerous abbreviations should be avoided.
Go to the enclosed web site.
http://www.komando.com/index.asp
This girl really knows here stuff!! look up her shareware. She has a radio program and gives lots of great free advice.
Web site enclosed
http://komando.com/tips_show.asp?showID=8854
try enclosed site--sm
http://www.prounlimited.com/compliance-questions.html
Try hospitals and/or clinics-
I don't know about other places but in at least 3 of the major hospitals in my area they have people work both in house and at home. Everyone works in house to begin with and has to prove themselves before going home. Some people (like me) just prefer working in house, so it works out.
Local Clinics
I would seriously try to find work at a local clinic if you're finding it hard to get hired with a National. I also went to a local community college. I didn't take me long to find a very small local MTSO to hire me, thank God they decided to take a chance on me. I now work for a local nephrology clinic. I definitely know though that if I tried to go out on my own, there would be no way I could have done it. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
The enclosed link will help you out - sm
http://www.medicalese.org/line_count.php
Yup and I love my clinics! nm
nm
Try local clinics
Or if you have a small local MTSO, they may be willing to give you a chance. That's how I started. I trained with the MTSO at her office for a couple of weeks and then I started working from home for a local nephrology group and I've been there for the past five years. Try not to get discouraged, although I know that's a hard thing to do.
Christmas link enclosed.
Here's a really great site that somebody shared with me. Merry Christmas to all.
link enclosed for trial.
http://www.pcshorthand.com/dnload.html
This is where I downloaded the free 30 day trial from. It also says you can order a trial CD if you prefer. So far, I am enjoying playing with this expander. It seems like it offers a lot! Wish me luck..
Enclosed cached link has
at the bottom.
I use the enclosed for my meetings with new clients. May be able to use some of them--sm
Spec Sheet
„Ï How many doctors? ________. Names and credentials exactly as wanted for signature line.
„Ï Clinic hours_______________________
„Ï Does office close for doctor¡¦s vacation?
„Ï What is the estimated amount of dictation in minutes per day?
„Ï Turnaround time__________
„Ï Is there ever any STAT work needed? If so, what are the expectations for that work?
„Ï
„Ï Pickup time___ if tape is not ready at this time, TAT is no longer in effect.
DICTATION
„Ï Micro cassette___________ C-phone______________
„Ï Return cassette unerased?
„Ï Will patient log sheet be provided for name spelling/acct #?
„Ï Will office sign for returned work? _________ POC ___________
„Ï What font?
„Ï How do they want you to flag blanks or questions? How to flag for any questions/inconsistencies
„Ï
„Ï Samples provided?
PRINTING
„Ï How is transcribed data to be returned? Printed_______Floppy disk ____
„Ï If printed, client____ service _____will provide paper, letterhead, envelopes.
„Ï If I have to call the office to determine proper spelling of patient's names or doctors¡¦ names the turnaround time is no longer guaranteed.
„Ï Typing letters and envelopes or just actual medical reports. If addresses are not provided for recipients of letters, there will be an added clerical service fee for my time of $0.25 per letter/envelope.
„Ï
„Ï Faxing or mailing reports to third parties will not be done.
BILLING INFO
„Ï What kind of invoice is preferred?
„Ï Billing date: ___________ Payment date: _____________
„Ï Reprints for transcribed data delivered in the past and signed for by office staff will be charged at $0.75 per page.
„Ï _________________________________________________
„Ï Reprints¡Xreprints of reports with an error made by me will be provided at no charge. Reprints of reports with corrected errors by the doctor will be provided at $0.75 per page.
That is great if you can get the same dictators. I have over 85 and all different clinics. (sm)
That is why I started my own business. It really depends on who you work for and if you get a great account your lucky. I unfortunately wasn't that lucky and after 15 years a GF and I do it locally for doctors. Much less stressful. Glad you can do that!!
I wish more hospitals & clinics would get the picture that (sm)
what you have just described is the best and most cost-effective way to get quality transcription. At the hospital where I used to work, MTs are treated like the scum of the earth. The nationals want us, but pay peanuts. By eliminating the middleman and the overhead of having enough office space for MTs, a hospital/clinic can pay the MTs what they're worth, the MTs can afford to keep working for them and stay on for many years, gaining a better knowledge of the doctors and the institution. Both that and having decent pay and a more flexible schedule means happy MTs, and happy MTs will go the extra mile to produce top-level work. It sounds like your employer is ahead-of-the-curve in the way it deals with its transcription needs.
I think the MDs that care in their offices or clinics sm
keep their trans in-house. My personal MD does and overseas every last little detail and she is tough! The ones who dont want to mess with it go to a service and let the service take responsibility. So neither will care....IMHO
try local hospitals/clinics around you
that still have in-house. My local hospital did this and the education/experience/hands-on help provided was golden. Then go home and work - you will be viewed as a step up if expierience is in-house.
DO NOT pay for mentoring.
I would try local doctors and clinics
I only work weekdays and nights only when absolutely necessary, no weekends or holidays either.
Hospital with many smaller satellite clinics associated with it
nm
yeah, my friend sent enclosed link...sm
and I had just posted this on the *other* board....to get their minds off of their problems. I, too, feel like I have lost a family member, especially because I knew her nephew years ago, Perry....same last name as hers prior to her changing it......
very sad, indeed........she never made a movie that I didn't like........
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/14/obit.winters.ap/index.html
So true, work for some doctors and clinics also and many are now
jumping on the save lots of money and offshore bandwagon! We just can't win. It's over everyone :(
I am an IC and my accounts are clinics and doctor's offices
So I have weekends off unless the docs dictate late on Friday, in which case I have the choice of working late on Friday or getting the work done over the weekend.
With clinic work, you don't have the constant flow that you have with a hospital. You can't work harder or longer hours to make more money. There is a specific amount of work, and when it's done, that's it. Your income will fluctuate. But if you're willing to put up with that - you can have your weekends off.
Opinions/impressions, please, on wording enclosed.
Please help me with the wording of this letter that I am seriously considering sending to one of my offices:
Please inform Dr. XXX that in the future any dictations that are done in the swimming pool area, karate room, cafeteria or other public venues will not be transcribed by this service. This decision has been made due to the fact that the dictation is difficult to hear and understand because of the amount of background noise.
Additionally, I believe this to be a breech of the confidentiality of patient records that are mandated by HIPAA and I do not agree to be a part of such violation.
Any future dictations that are submitted by this physician which have been done in the above-named situations will not be transcribed by this service and will be immediately discarded.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
Sincerely,
(end)
There is a new doctor in one of the practices with small children and she's one of those who is trying to be supermom. (That's a whole other issue.) I have transcribed for two other (male) doctors in this practice for over 15 years without anything like this. I have twice now asked the office manager to tell her about this situation and it improved for a short while but today I had 18 minutes of very loud swim practice in the background. Her solution appears to be talk louder and I've got one HUGE headache after listening to her. I don't understand why she has to be right there instead of even finding a quiet spot to do this while the kids are occupied but she apparently thinks they can't be out of her sight. (I know they're unsupervised, either; I can hear the coach shouting.) Among the reasons listed above, I really want to say that I think this is just flat out disrepectful of both patients and myself but I don't think it is wise to get that personal. I really don't want to lose this practice but I honestly am not willing to put up with this nonsense from her anymore, either.
Thanks in advance for any HELPFUL suggestions you might have. If you're not willing to help, that's fine, too, but please keep the mean stuff to yourself.
Get a Google Toolbar, description and link enclosed
I have a Google search toolbar at the top of my browser. It's a small line like the address bar but it says Google beside it and I just type in my searches there instead of going to Google first, etc. I've found it very easy to use. Of course, as with anything there are extra parts to the program, I just added the basic tool bar and went to options and only kept the parts of it that I wanted on my toolbar. It makes searching a whole lot easier, all I need to do is bring up the internet and my search is at the top.
ALL of the clinics I work on use SS #s as medical record numbers, and many of them cc to the
patient at their home address, which is conveniently typed at the bottom of the report. Seems pretty straight-forward to us, then why can't the govt figure this out and put a stop to it?
Is this Holiday a major one? Clinics and offices closed?
I guess I am out of it. How big of a holiday is this? All the kids home from school today? Post offices and banks closed? Seems rather quiet work-wise. Wondering if I should start cleaning the house or keep staring at the no jobs to do in my queue.
Thanks!
TO the person who emailed me about their experiences on the multispecialty clinics, etc.
I tried twice to respond to your email and help but it keeps coming back undeliverable.
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good luck getting hospitals/clinics and the med communityto
nm
I got the enclosed by accessing Help, typing in template. There are more options--sm
other than this one--
Create a memo
Show All
Hide All
On the File menu, click New.
In the New Document task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), under Templates, click On my computer.
Click the Memos tab.
Double-click Memo Wizard.
If you do not see this wizard (wizard: A feature that asks questions and then creates an item, such as a form or Web page, according to your answers.) in the Templates dialog box, you might need to install it.
Follow the steps in the wizard.
Notes
For more templates and wizards, visit the Microsoft Office Online Web site.
You can use the Memo Wizard to create a memo for printing, e-mail distribution, or faxing.
Hope this helps.
Yes, I always have the notes. One time, it was an entire day worth of clinics except for one!
How did they just get one note and not the rest? There have been a couple of times when the doctor just didn't dictate on that particular patient, but most of the time I typed the notes, printed and delivered the notes, and then they say they never go them! And I always have them on my PC and backed up on CD.
I have 2 clinics still on tapes, love'em! Also work for a national. Like that too. nm
nm
Enclosed are the steps involved, my point of view only. Very long post. sm
1. Make sure you have the qualifications. If you have EXCELLENT spelling and grammer skills, good typing skills, complete attention to the smallest details, and willingness to work HARD and learn constantly, you may have what it takes.
2. Realize that you will not learn this career in 1-2 years. That is a good beginning, but then you will have an "apprenticeship" period. This runs anywhere from 1-3 years, depending on the job you get, the training available there, and your ability to branch out and absorb a constantly changing field.
3. Do your homework on the training schools. Some schools offer a program that will actually help you get a job when finished; others have a reputation that will allow you to hire with some companies as a "newbie." Don't waste money on a school that gives you a certificate and sends you out on your own. You may find it difficult to get a job without experience, and can't get experience without a job. I am not recommending a school. DO A LOT OF RESEARCH. Every school has "lucky" graduates, so get a consensus from MANY graduates.
4. If you expect to make a fortune, look elsewhere. You will find "exceptions" that make anywhere from $50 to $100 thousand a year. Most of us with a lot of experience make anywhere from $30 - $50, depending on your speed and stamina. Without stamina, you'll burn out or develop physical problems in a couple of years.
5. VR will never replace transcription. However, it takes a lot of knowledge to "proof" VR reports, and as the machines get smarter, we also must have more experience to catch their errors. I do not foresee us being replaced by machines. It is possible, though, that the wages will not go up because of this, and most MTs will stay on a plateau. Not easy, when cost of living keeps going up, but right now it is a reality, so consider it.
This is my view of the MT field, and its future. I have 18 years experience and have worked on the web for 9, since being outsourced from a hospital. It's a rough field, but not impossible, and I'm happy with it. I only have 10 years to go, though. I'm not sure I would start it now, if I were younger. You have to have a lot of determination. Good luck to you.
Any hospitals/clinics hiring home-based employees on an hourly basis? TIA
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p.s. my clinics give me Bday gifts and bake stuff for me! I'm a skinny single girl and I guess th
nm
If you were putting
your pie hole to good use, you wouldn't have time to be on this board participating in such foolishness. How old are you?
Well why do you not like putting it where it goes?!?!
rude!
Ah, so this is putting them down!!??!! LOL!
My Post: I don't know..... I know many MTs making that in a month...but in their jammies, don't have to fuss with the makeup and only have to leave the house to go shopping! Oh, and they still get the write offs.
And sorry about the sobering up comment, I just coulnd't for the life of me figure out what you were looking at. And still can't! Many posters use initials sm/nm for see message or no message - maybe that's why you're getting confused : )
Just as I am putting away $ for my SM
later years (I have no children to depend on) I expected that my mother was. Wrong. I have currently chosen to essentially give up where I want to live, to be with who I want to be, to take care of things for now, but it won't be that way forever.
I am doing it out of obligation right now, but I don't intend to sacrifice the next 10 or so years of my life to keep doing this.
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