I bought one and didn't care for it really...
Posted By: blondie on 2008-02-03
In Reply to: Spectra Headset - Misty
My friend gave me an extra stethoscope headset and it is awesome. It is a Lanier. I could hear a lot better with the stethoscope Lanier.
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I didn't make the statement that PCs can be bought in bulk
cheap to justify stealing. I don't believe in stealing. My mother actually trained me right. I was just responding to the fact that the original poster thought PCs were so expensive, and she made it sound as if every MT was nothing more than a thief. Sorry, but if I can buy a new PC with a printer for $349, imagine what a huge corporation can get 1,000 of those computers for. They get price breaks. And no, it does not justify stealing. I think anyone who steals is pathetic. Nobody has the right to take anyone else's belongings. By the same token, I don't believe there are that many MTs stealing brand new computers and getting away with it. I certainly never stole anything from an employer.
Didn't care for it.
It was very easy to learn, but I didn't like it. I didn't like that it wouldn't play the audio unless you were in the Emdat window. If I went to Google something and wanted to relisten to the audio to hear the words again, I would have to click back into Emdat, listen, and then click back into Google. Such a pain. Also, I ordered the pedal my company suggested and there was always a 2-3 second delay from when I pushed the pedal. I don't know if it was the pedal or Emdat, but it was frustrating to let up on the pedal and having it keep playing or pushing on it and having to wait for the audio to start up. I ended up sending pedal back to the company and they said there was nothing wrong with it, so I am still unsure if that is normal with Emdat or something on my end. The other thing I didn't like was that you couldn't look up samples directly from Emdat. I had to go a website and search for them.
Overall, it is not a bad platform. I just didn't love it and have used more user-friendly platforms. I did like that the templates were there (of course, occasionally the templates were incorrect, but that is the company's fault, not Emdat.) I would use it again if need be, but it is not my favorite.
I did. MQ didn't care. Spheris would have
but I didn't tell them because it never compromised my work situation with them.
So what? I'm a free-enterprising individual.
I cannot help what you will not do.
I didn't care 4 that crack, young lady!
I bought a wedge at Michael's for about 59 cents. Bought one for my SM
Lanier station so I could see the display and one for my keyboard.
Kinship care versus foster care/adoption
Having been placed in a position where I now have custody of my 3 YO granddaughter and going through the legal system, I sought an online network of relative caregivers for children. I would encourage you, especially since you are in Georgia, that if you take any children into foster care with the idea of adopting them, there is federal law that requires the state to take certain actions in a specific time frame. When a child is removed from it's bio parent(s), the state is required to investigate any possible relatives who can take the child before foster care is considered, but even before that, reunification with the parents is the priority. Once a child enters the system and is in the system for 15 out of any 22 months, the state is required to find permanent placement for the child.
The problem with this is that there are case workers who may favor a foster family and do not seek out relative care. I have a good friend in Georgia who had to fight all the way to the state level to get custody of her grandson after the child was placed from the hospital into a foster care home with the promise that the foster parents would be allowed to adopt. She has now adopted her grandson, but it was a long, hard battle to get the state to admit their own interests were placed above those of the child and/or family.
If you get a child placed through the state, please make certain there is not a relative who wants that child before you get your hopes up. The courts are now favoring return of children to relatives even after a child has spent years with a foster family who hoped to adopt them.
States get bonus federal funds by complying with the time lines and being able to close the case, so some states place children in foster care because it is easier than trying to locate relatives.
Didn't mean to go off on a tangent, but I can't imagine my sweet bella going to someone outside her family.
If it was a clinic, it might have been urgent care, but it was NOT acute care. sm
Acute care refers to work in an acute care setting, a hospital, doing at least History and Physicals, Discharge Summaries, Consultations, Surgery notes, Emergency Department notes, and much more, including GI procedures, Cardiology procedures, Neurological procedures, Pulmonary Function Studies. It goes on and on and it means and acute care hospital setting, not a clinic.
I always figure if they don't care about their dictation, they probably don't care about their
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Dont care how many languages you took. Care
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Well of course we know that now. Back then we didn't because he didn't allow unfettered access.
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right we children didn't tattle to the administrator did we. BTW, didn't you think we were &#
because some half-witted idiot said everyone was jealous because some other anonymous poster said they were going to be a doctor. Didn't they call it doctor envy. Oh yeah, that was all about you wasn't it busy-body MT. You with your degree and premed but yet you still post here and acuse others of jealously. I dunno but you and dano seem so close, I can't put my finger on it but I would say you could be computer clones. Jealous indeed. Children indeed. I think you are blowing your covers) dano and busy body MT. This whole "jealously" thing makes me think that you may be one and the same poster.
I didn't go into labor until 2.5 weeks later, so it didn't work. Sorry!...nm
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sorry I didn't have time to thank you, but I didn't forget!!
Didn't you tell me?!?!? No, Liza, you didn't tell me. Hooray for you! lol
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oh, so if I don't care about my job, I "should" care
you come off as narcissistic.
Just bought two
Bought a desktop and a laptop a month ago. The desktop had a problem with the CD drive not opening. I called Dell and they promptly handled the situation. The repair person called my home the following day to schedule an appointment. He showed up on time, picked up after himself, etc. Very polite and very professional.
My only complaints so far: being on hold for 40 minutes before talking with a Customer Service rep and the young man I spoke with when my call finally was answered. Where he was from -- I don't know, but he had a very thick accent and with my southern twang ears, he was quite difficult to understand.
Yes, I just bought one and the
service is TERRIBLE. Can't understand us. I had to keep repeating my questions, still they did not seem to understand English. I will never, never, never buy a Dell product again. I just got it yesterday. The computer is okay, but the service is the pits. They have such strong accents, didn't understand me, I had to keep repeating my sentences, talking very slowly. They also were hard to understand. I want to write Dell corporate and complain, but can't even find a place that is not in India to complain to.
After this experience, I am totally not worried about transcription going to India. The quality must be so bad, after what I experienced, it will eventually come back. Any company that outsources, the reports must be very poor quality.
LOL. My mom bought one of those when
it the the COOLEST thing!
i just bought
A Holmes Family Safe Portable Heater, mostly because it's kid-friendly. So far so good. If my house burns down, though, I'll let you know :) j/k It had a lot of good features and keeps my bedroom toasty, which is probably a bit bigger than your office.
I bought a little
flash drive when I bought my new computer. You just load the program onto it and plug it in to your new one and transfer. They're very inexpensive and USB. Very easy
I bought it new
Straight from AAMT in the shrink-wrap (I got a discount through my employer)..
I don't call it a typo when they refer to it wrong twice, as they do in this instance. I call it a mistake! And it makes me lose confidence in the rest of the book, as well as lose respect for the authors.
If people find it amusing - WHY? I don't think its acceptable to just expect typos in every book you buy, because I know darn well people are PAID to edit copy before its published, and someone wasn't doing their job! With fiction I can snort with disgust and move on. But professional books should be accureate, considering it was written BY AND FOR an entire industry based on inherentt perfectionism regarding the written word and terminology!
I was forced to buy this book to supposedly hone MY skills, only to find THEIR skills are lacking. This is the supposed bible of our industry! I am referred to this book a zillion times in my company standards. And if I cannot rely on it for accuracy, why yes, I am angry. If you want to see me as a nutcase, that's your prerogative.
I posted this oriiginally so people could mark this error in their book instead of perhaps putting the BOS spelling n their spell checker, and get penalized for repeated errors as a result. I was hoping others might post any additional errors they had found in this publication, and we could help one another in this respect. Perhaps someone might take this post seriously enough to do so, and if they do, I appreciate it.
Yes bought it used. sm
The foot pedal is brand new.
just bought
myself Koss UR40 headphones. They look like DJ headphones...very, very comfortable and unbelieveable sound. I highly recommend them. I bought them at Radio Shack.
Just bought one...will let you know. (nm)
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I dont know. I didnt care then and I dont care now.
Just me
I know for a fact MQ has been bought out
I'm the one who bought it, and i've decided as the owner of MQ, you all get a life time supply of chapstick. enjoy. 
Interesting you bought this up. sm
So I'm sitting and typing the other day, all happy and cozy, and I feel the cat brush against my leg under my desk and lay across my foot.
And then I realize, I don't have a cat.
So I yank my foot very quickly but get it caught instead under the foot pedal, which I promptly kick clear across the room. Fortunately, it--and it's rudely detached cable--survived.
The "cat" turned out to be a detached piece of carpeting which I had glued to the side of my desk to keep me from knocking my knee. I'm sure my neighbors are still wondering where all the screaming came from...
Our hospital bought the DQS
software somehow. We use DQS but are paid by the hospital. Somehow (not sure how) we use their tech support for technical issues, but a couple of us have to use DocQmanage to assign a job that might needed stat. This is how I discovered this. This was also how i found out that they can manipulate things so many, many ways. I hate them. Because of them, I have to work two full-time jobs to support my family. Also, because of them, other companies and businesses are assuming that this is the "standard" to not count spaces, etc. etc.
When I bought my house....sm
one if my requirements was that there had to be a room that was decent enough to use for my office. In order to qualify for the IRS home office deduction you can't use your office as a bed room or anything else.
I have the best view in the house in my office - I can see outside to the flower garden and also see the road so I can watch the people and cars going by during the day.
Hubby bought me ...
this great little Holmes I-Touch electric heater probably from Lowe's or Home Depot. Cost about $20... very light and compact with a blower. Hmmmm, toasty!
My husband has bought (sm)
several vehicles on eBay. I wouldn't recommend it unless you know a mechanic who is familiar with the car you are buying who will talk to the seller for you to find out what condition the car is in. We've never been ripped off, but my husband always got specific details on the condition of the vehicle. You might want to try autotrader.com instead.
I have bought from them for a while now and am very satisfied. nm
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I bought a refurbished (sm)
It is a e-machine rebuilt all new inside and out... Athion 64 3200+/512 MG DDR/ 160GB HDD with DVD/RW dual layer/flash media reader, AI Radeon Xpress 200 video, 10-100 Mbps LAN/ Windows XP home with both Norton or McAfee built in so you can choose. #399.99 plus shipping & handing... A computer tech said he has 12 of them for his businesses, wouldn't spend the money on a new computer because it isn't the name it is the upgraded equipment inside that wooed him. try tigerdirect.com
Hopefully you haven't already bought. nm
I bought an e-machine for $399 (sm)
It was on sale at Best Buy (there were only 3) That is w/o the monitor, cause I didn't need one at the time. I know the support people are usually Dave or Keith (yeah, right) they barely speak English, but I don't actually know where the computers are made. Check for sales at Best Buy and get there early.
I bought a refurbished one
about 3 years ago from overstock.com and it's still going strong. It's my main work computer. I don't buy new computers anymore. I've had better luck with the refurbished ones, which also come with substantially less junk software.
I just bought a used Beetle and it has a
sunroof. Never had one before but I do love that. My next vehicle will be either a bright sunny yellow or orange Beetle bug convertible!
Go for it. I think you'll love it!
HELP!!! Just bought new system
any ideas?
This is what I bought for our RV & my laptop
You may have seen this advertised before on TV. I bought it from LTD Commodities but I am sure it is available many other places. It is inexpensive, quite adjustable, you can break it down,and it is very lightweight. I use it at home as a TV tray as well.
Ever bought OEM CD only software? (sm)
 I use Word, but need Word Perfect for one account only. Any pros or cons to purchasing OEM CD only software or do I need to bite the bullet. It's my understanding you cannot buy Word Perfect alone without buying the suite.
Any comments will be appreciated
I bought a house too. but
then it is even more important to make sure you have cash flow. One missed check, due to illness or accident, and your bills start piling up, then you can LOSE that house. I understand your husband doesn't get paid much - mine's a machinist and has been laid off 4 times in 4 years. Bottom line is living within your means...whatever your means are.
I had the same problem when I bought a new
Unfortunately, I tried Radio Shack, Best Buy, and another store my husband went to that I don't remember the name of, as well as searching online, and I was never able to find an adaptor, although I believe the reverse is available. I wound up buying an Olympus pedal as the company I work for supplied Olympus Player Pro software. Their pedal comes with both connectors.
I bought some on Ebay for $26 ;)
You might want to check there. The person had an ebay store and many styles and all the ones I was considering were under $30.
Thanks for the tip. I just bought a pair! nm
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help - bought used C-phone
worked on one about 5 years ago. Can't for the life of me figure out out to plug the telephone line in the Dictaphone!!! Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. TIA.
Would this happen to be a certain co. in KY that was bought out by another in CO? sm
If so, I would really like to talk to you! Please email me.
TransHealth was just bought by
Webmedx and I would choose Webmedx over Spheris. The feedback is mixed on both companies, but there is a lot more negative on Spheris.
Just bought some Koss
"SPORTCLIP" stereophones and love them. Got them at Radio Shack for about $25. Each side hooks directly over the ear, no headband on top or behind the head, and you can hardly even tell you have them on as they are very lightweight. They do block outside noise quite well--I have been startled by family members who walked up behind me and then tapped me on the shoulder. They also have a volume control right on the cord, an absolute necessity for me. They have a standard plug but I have a USB adapter and have them plugged into the front of my computer. The cord isn't real long, only 4 feet, which I am still getting used to, but otherwise I love everything about them.
Never heard of that. I bought some
I bought mine from Transcriptiongear.com. I got the Noisebuster headphones. They work great, but they are made a little cheap. The battery compartment broke the first month that I had it, and I had to use tape. It takes a battery which is really annoying to have to keep changing. I purchased some rechargeable batteries but I have to remember to keep them charged. I have never heard of missing dictation. When they say noise reduction that means it cancels out the noise in your office, NOT on the doctor's end. It does make the doctor (and everything else on his end) sound more clear. I have had mine for about two years and they are great, but then again I haven't tried any other brands.
I just bought one with XP, it is quite nice - sm
as for the foot pedal issue, I use a 9-pin....forgot to order it with a serial port (did not see that option anywhere as it is). So tried the Dynex adapter- 9-pin to USB-- could not get that to work, possibly had a setting wrong; but could not figure it out and did not want to call Dell and spend hours on the phone with someone who had no clue about foot pedals). So yesterday ordered a "low profile 9-pin PCI serial card" for it that I will install. So in theory my problem should be solved. I would just use whatever foot pedal you were using before; if it is USB then you are fine (8 USB ports). Just wish I had ordered it with the 9-pin ort, granted they probably would have added on $100 for it and labor so I made out as it only cost me $30 from PC Connection with free Ground shipping (and as I live close to where it shipped from I will have the part today or tomorrow), and it is not a hard thing to install-- same as installing memory or a modem and I have done both in the past. Upgraded to the 19" screen, very nice, and kept the cost down to $700 (after $100 instant rebate). My last Dell cost $1400 in 12/2001 so it was nice to get this for so little, and it is a much better computer to boot.
I bought it last month...
It actually costs you $40 to buy the modem you need, but that includes the first year of service, and then it is $19.95 a year thereafter. You can prepay for the first 2 years at $64.85. I am not having any problems with it, am turning off my regular phone this weekend when I move anyway. The only thing, it only works if your PC is turned on and if you have internet and power. You can program it to forward to another phone though for times you don't have internet/power.
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