I agree, Barb. Everyone wants recognition

• Moderator, it is not copyrighted, it's a press release, sent to me via email. However, - sm
  • Their claim to be 'not-for-profit' cracks me up. - LowlyMT
    • LLC - cj
      • I've seen a few LLC's here, but most of the ones I've seen - were overseas. We use Inc. more often.
        • size does matter! - cj
  • Credentialing - barb
    • I agree, Barb. Everyone wants recognition - but no one wants to be credentialed.
      • But, in our case, 'credentialling' hasn't made ONE IOTA - of difference, has it? (sm)
      • I don't want recognition. I want/need MONEY! - RockinMT
    • What? Do you really think that being policed by the - sm
      • Those are excellent questions, and I don't think - the answers to any of them is 'yes'.
      • They are required to be licensed by the state. MTIA is a private sm - LOL
        • I agree. MTIA is not a government organization. Credentialing comes from state government and - Eagle Eye
          • And I will most definitely SECOND THAT! - U Betcha! no/msg.
        • MTIA **is** AHDI - Look up the addresses
    • We don't touch bodily fluids - like nail techs do.
      • Credentialing is a joke - MTinNC
        • I think it's time to EXPOSE this scam. - Maybe the place to tell this story is - s/m
        • The "credentialing authority" is bogus, sm - beside the point
          • And if they try to FORCE it on us, then if ever there - were a reason to STRIKE, that would be one.

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After hearing about it for years, I finally did my first VR work a few days ago.  My fellow MTs, I think we have nothing to fear from this technology.  It will take years, probably a generation, before it is perfected enough to replace us.   I actually found it rather entertaining to edit - it just prints out exactly what it hears phonetically, including the instructions - "Go back up and add...."  

I think they should show some Voc Rec printouts and transcribed reports of the same dictations at all Medical Staff Meetings so  dictators can see just what we do in our job. 

I've done voice recognition in the Radiology department for a hospital for two years. I wasn't there when they first started using it, but I'm told the goal was for them to have only one Transcriptionist (editor). We're fully staffed now (actually today was my last day there - I'm working at MQ now) and let me tell you, those docs are not even close to being ready to solve their own problems and self correct. There is only one doc out of 17 that self corrects, and his reports don't look good at all.

I'm not saying it'll never happen, but I think we're going to be needed for awhile.

Some people have asked if it was possible to install Dragon on their system and then play the physician's dictation into the microphone. (wouldn't that be nice?) Well, things have moved that much closer to this happening.

There is a product called TranscriptionAID, which is sold by TranscriptionGear (click on link below). It is used in conjunction with DNS. I think the article is fairly self-explanatory.

I don't know about the EHR part, but I know the voice recognition part is not true.  Many doctors still do not like voice recognition from previous years when it was introduced, and many will never be able to use it.  Dictating so that it is understood by a computer program is a skill that many doctors will never have (or take the time to develop). 

Also, even if everyone did go to voice recognition, the work would still need to be edited.  I have used voice recognition in my work, and it takes a long time to train, and even then it gets confused because it cannot 'think.'  It also makes many errors that are hard to catch without very diligent proofreading.

What can anyone tell me about VR? I have never used it, but I am about to start working for a company that does.  Thx!

If you want mandatory credentialling, then do something about the pay range for MTs!  8 cpl does not cut it when you consider the knowledge and education required for a qualified MT.

Coders in the midwest (where I live) who have their CCS make $20/hr with little to no experience!  Do not for one minute compare the CMT to the CCS!!  AHIMA is taking care of its coders, making sure coders and records techs are acknowledged for their expertise in the heath information industry and compensated for achieving their credentials.  The ADHI only wants our money.  They have done absolutely nothing for the MT who is credentialed --- 8 cpl or 9 cpl!?!?!!? --- does that sound like we are highly regarded health information professionals to you? 

Just say no.

It is an editor's job with 50 to 60% more work for less money.  Just another exploitation of the hard work of a Transcriptionist for your expertise.  Obviously, voice recognition is not that efficient or they would not need you to "edit." 

One day, when these companies figure out how to get us all to work for free they will enact that, and tell us "what a privilege and honor it is for you to be selected to a part of this new cutting edge technology."

Yeah, right.  PFFTT!  What will surprise you is how many MTs actually stay to work for free because they blew smoke up their dress.  LOL.

I am being paid 4 cpl for editing reports produced by voice recognition software (eScription).  Is 4 cpl the norm?  Are other companies paying more to edit voice recognition reports?

We are currently learning this, and I hate it.  It's not editing others' work, its doing your own transcription with speech rec.  Does anyone else do this, and like it?  Anyone had success with it, or failures?    I'm seriously thinking of quitting my company, as we have to give this three months trial to get used to it, before we are considered for being taken out of the program.     

    All I hear from work is how wonderful it is, how positive, how everyone hates it at first but once you get used to it how you love it.  I don't think so.  This just isn't for me.   There are others who feel the same way, but you never hear about them, unless you happen to stumble across those particular people somehow; which I have.