I've been using it a few years now. It's pretty good. You'll get used to it. -nm
Posted By: Daisy on 2006-01-03
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- I've been using it a few years now. It's pretty good. You'll get used to it. -nm - Daisy
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I think I'm pretty bright and pretty good, too, but
I am not a CMT. I am a medical transcriptionist who enjoys her job very much (most days). I have chosen not to pursue certification simply because I cannot afford to do so. I believe the certification is a nice thing to have, but I don't believe it is necessary for employment or for excellence in my job. If you can afford it, go for it. If you can't, don't feel too bad. You can still take pride in and do a very good job without it. 
Pretty cool. I'll be looking forward to a Discovery program about this. nm
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Especially for Iowa, that is pretty good. UI can get good over time, but that's because of the u
I've done pretty darn well (sm)
with the book smarts!
Don't get so tweaked about a silly label -- having a high IQ just means I process stuff faster, remember more of what I'm exposed to, make more connections faster, and do well at taking tests.
I'm also a really nice person and an incredible parent.
Lots of MTs are smarter than the average bear.
How? I've done pretty well staying out of debt, but
I'd like to get some money set aside for retirement and pay off my home. Any advice you can give?
I've pretty much just done the informative part so far.
Download software, fill in personal information, sorting through receipts, printing off from my accounting program. I'm trying to do it a little bit every week instead of staying up all night to get it done.
You will run across some pretty rude people around here as you've seen...(sm)
but not everyone is like the one above. Welcome. I don't have any of my own clients, but the service I work for recently lost the account I worked on pretty much out of the blue. It's a real shock to have the work yanked from you like that, and I agree it was pretty cowardly for the wife not to just come out and admit when you directly asked. I don't know what to tell you but just wanted you to know that you can expect some real nastiness around here at times, but don't let it keep you away.
I've been letting them stay up pretty late, so they sleep until 10:00.
Still, they get bored in those two hours between getting up and my finishing work at noon. Goofy kids. I do have them in band, but it ends this week. Maybe a day camp for a week or two. I think I'll haul them off to the library for some books. The only Y or rec program in town is in the rougher neighborhood, and they only offer certain scheduled classes. Thanks for the tip!
I've been doing this doc for many years, so I've learned how to function with him. sm
I can tell what's a stutter, what's another word, what's just an "uh." Years of experience will get you through a lot.
Wouldn't want to do his charts all day, of course, but a few per day aren't bad. I haven't had to send his to review in a long time, but they do take a little longer to shuffle through.
I've worn contacts for 30 years. I've had both
hard and soft. My vision is much better with the soft ones than they were with the hard ones. When I first started trying contacts soft ones were still new and they couldn't get me to 20/20, so I went to hard. Hard were okay until my eyes started changing shape and then I could no longer wear hard ones. The soft should give you better vision as they conform more to the shape of your eye.
Unfortuantely this lady has pretty much burned her bridges with everyone years ago. sm
No one...and I mean no one will set foot in that house to relieve my in laws. It is a very sad situation.
I think I would refuse too. I've seen some pretty silly names here, including Why Worry Lane and
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I've found this resource pretty useful for rehab work. Link inside.
Have this as one of my bookmarks - found this handy whilst handling rehab work. Hope this helps!
http://medicaltranscriptionwordhelp.googlepages.com/rehabmedicineterminology
PRETTY GOOD
GOOD GOIN PEEPS!
I'm horrible with math myself but was told several years back by a pretty reliable source
that w/o spaces is about a 17% reduction in pay - and I would say the figures you gave pretty much leads me to believe this may be true.
Yes, I usually got pretty good communication. NM
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Pretty good experience here
I was worried about switching, too, since I had read here so many people complaining about line counts being down, but for me I notice a small improvement in my line count on DQS, about 30 lines an hour, but I don't work on DQS regularly, just occasionally, and I think my line count would be a bit higher if I worked on it regularly and got used to using the shortcuts more. There are a few small things I would tweak on DQS per my preferences, but otherwise I think it's pretty decent and easy to use.
I use Spellex and it's pretty good.
Like Diana, I used to use Stedmans but now use Spellex. It just seems to pick up a few more terms. JMO
I think this one is supposed to be pretty good
I've only ever used it for double-checking, though (which it was fine for), so don't know about all of the features, etc.
Freebudget @ http://www.webbudget.com
Lower left corner to download.
zabasearch is pretty good. (nm)
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If I've said it once, I'll say it again, do NOT take a course
Many companies offer coding courses with national certification as the end result. There is a clause in HIPAA (HIPPA..I'm too tired right now to care to get it right) that stops just short of requiring national certification of all coders but with the coder putting their education and professionalism on the line with jail time and monetary penalties for miscoding, ask yourself if you are willing to save a few bucks and then not be able to get a job.
Been there, don't that, got the certification and keep the costly yearly CEUs (way more than to keep CMT) to keep it that way.
IMO, AHIMA is pompous and is akin to AAMT whereas AAPC stays true to the AMERICAN coding profession and was in fact the original and only national certification organization until AHIMA realized how much $$ they were missing out on by not offering national certification.
Thank you both. I'll look at both. I've
been in a serious panic with having to find a new job and get several new programs.
I know I've said this before and I'll say it again
I had a doctor that I work for tell his residents (student doctors) that they should transcribe reports for at least five years before entering med school because they would be more apt to answer the questions being asked. The patient being examined was my mother. The doc was asking the questions for the student docs to answer, and I was answering them faster then they could. This is not at all to brag. This comes with the territory of having experience in this field. I'm sure most can attest to knowing exactly what the patient will be diagnosed with and recommended before the doc even has a chance to complete the dictation. I was actually very flattered to say the least, but you know what, I kind of have to agree that maybe med school should include a year of transcription because I think that would give the docs that do not speak clearly a taste of what we get each and every day! God bless.... Good luck no matter what you decide, and I wish you well. 
I've said it before and I'll say it again!
There are a lot of screens to go through and hopefully you're getting the correct patient account number and all of that jazz! Good luck with it, but I would request an hourly rate for Meditech work if I were to do it again after 15 years of that stuff I put up with using it!
I try to avoid it, but I'm a pretty good diagnostician.
Most of the time I'm right, but I hate to do it, cause they invariably will say, "then what should I do?" - at which point I have to tell them, "go to the doctor. I'm not a doctor, I'm a diagnostician."
Here is a pretty good link for medications. sm
Let's see if this link works.
TransHealth has pretty good insurance.
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Their customer service is pretty good when you have
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have you had a pretty good success rate doing this?
how is the wait time? TIA
Their attack on non-CMT's is a pretty good barometer
Of COURSE they're gonna say they'd rather have their medical records typed in India. The main source of wealth is coming from promoting offshore transcription, and from conning offshore MT's into buying into their phone credentialling system. If they're so 'pro-MT', then why have they been so instrumental in moving so much of it out of the US?
What a load of bull they're feeding everyone.
10 cpl for gross lines is pretty good for Rad.
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From what I've heard, you'll have fun! (nm)
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I transcribe more men, so my vote goes to them. The women I get are usually pretty good. I had 1
that was awful but that was because it was tapes and she'd record at 2x speed so she could get more on the tape, so when it was converted to PlayAll files for uploading to the FTP site the clarity would be awful. They just (finally) got her staff to reset all the machines there and now she is MUCH better. They have even commented on how much better the reports are now (not as many blanks), and the few of us that do her now actually enjoy her work as she is a good moneymaker but now she's better as you can do her a little faster now. Yeah!
10 cents a line, 350 lph sounds pretty good to me!
I've got 30 years experience and I've not found to setup you have..Be very careful about changing. I've been looking for over a year and not found anything close to what you say you have. I've also worked for a company for over a year now and still get doctors whom I have never transcribed before.. almost on a nightly basis!
I work 2 jobs and have my hours set pretty good. First
job is Sun through Wed 6 am to 2:30 pm, since we only need 32 hours for benefits. Second job is 8-11 pm Sun through Wed. I work both jobs at home so on Thurs. and Fri. I volunteer at the middle school so I get a chance to get out of the house and deal with other people. I got lucky because both jobs pay every other week but on different weeks so it worked out that I get paid every week.
I think that's pretty darn good! I just started VR on Dictaphone
and I'm having trouble breaking 2000. It seems like it would be faster just to transcribe.
I'll take your hubby. I've got one just like him and another one won't bother me... except.
my hubby will leave 1 knife, spoon, or fork on the table and it gets buried under the mail he never reads. He will take his shoes off at the door if the ground is dry outside, and keep them on if the ground is wet, snowy, muddy, etc.
He will make himself a sandwich, put everything away EXCEPT the mayo, leave the bread tie on the table and twist the bread closed and fold it under. Oh, and the best thing.....he never, ever uses a paper plate for his sandwiches or snacks of chips, pretzels, etc. at the kitchen table. What falls on the floor stays on the floor.(sigh)
But, I feel lucky because he puts his dirty laundry in the hamper and carries the hamper out to the laundry room if he needs clothes, I fold his clothes and put them on his bed and he puts them away...on top of an open drawer, on top of the bureau, on top of a chair, etc.....I give up.
BTW, I'm with him 40 years and been trying to train him all those years. I did make a couple breakthroughs, but not much. So, ya gotta love 'em or leave 'em. I choose to keep him.
Wait'll you've been in it for THREE decades,
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Oh, geez! My cheeks hurt from laughing. That was pretty good!
I work for a national. Most of the time the voices are pretty good, but
I have been getting some of late that have background noices, door slamming, people talking, Sometimes the doc will stop talking but the noices sound so close to him that it is annoying. Do you think the sound card would interfere with my company's computer? It sounds nice to have even though it does not help the background stuff. I guess that is a good question for tech. Thanks again!
Amazing he'll be gone 25 years in December...
seems like it was just yesterday! So, so senseless. Hard to believe Sean's 30 already. Man, this makes me feel my age!!
What's your favorite song he wrote? Mine's "Imagine." Absolutely love it...always have, always will
I've never tried it with sausage...I'll have to give it a shot!
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again - animals know things people don't.
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good for you; you'll get more from it, with good socialization,
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I've said it before and I'll stay it again, there is absolutely no added worth to being a CMT.
It is a waste of nearly $300 and it serves little or no purpose. You maybe get a penny more a line from a handful of services. That's it. Does it sound like it's worth it to you?
Furthermore, you'd be giving your hard earned money to an organization that advocates offshoring American MT jobs. They even recently were asking American MTs to volunteer their time and pay their way on a $4000 trip to China to train the Chinese to take our jobs.
Then there is the whole problem with the ever-changing BOS. Just when we learn their rules, they go and change them on us and make us all pay 90 bucks for the newest edition.
Uhem, sorry. This subject tends to get me fired up. The short answer would be -- No, it isn't worth it at all.
The line rate sounds pretty good compared to other places - by "punch the clock", you mean
it really is not a flexible schedule, even for an IC? That's what I need the most.
LOL! Well, good! I've done ONE good thing today, then. NM
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I've been told, "Work harder and faster, and you'll make more." Not kidding. nm
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Good idea! I'll do that now.....nm
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You'll get some good tips here. sm
First rule: Use your expander. You can't use it enough. Put all the medical terms in, general phrases from basic English, words you make typos in, medications that needs to be capitalized, Dr.'s names, anything you can think of. It takes time at first, but saves you hours later.
Also, if you have to find difficult words, keep a list. That way you won't have to look it up twice. You always think you'll remember it, but you probably won't.
The biggest thing is not to let the job overwhelm you. There is so much to learn. I don't know how it is for those of you coming out of a school, but when I started with no training, it took about 3 years to really train. So don't get discouraged. It gets easier. Best of luck.
I would agree with HP being good. I'll only
is better in this profession because most won't accept Vista anyhow. The OP might want to try a secondhand computer store and then just purchase the Office Suite you'd like. I did this and have good luck so far knock on wood with Office 2003.
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