I didn't originally plan on it. At the time I learned about - sm

• just curious how did everyone get started doing MT? - sa
  • needed a job from home - ERM
  • My story - Former RN
  • I started part-time in a doc's office while still in high school. sm - Carrie25
  • I was teaching, and Katrina hit, and I decided I needed a job that could move with me if need be. - LiliK
  • I started in the file room of the urology office I worked. And I was not - tired fingers
  • My SIL had her own company and I - MT4eight
  • I think before they had these - rm
  • B.S. in HIM, earned RHIA, didn't want to be management, found MT came easy to me. nm - RBD
  • Applied at a hospital for a clerk - job. SM
  • Total fluke - academia
  • I took A&P/terminology course through my clinic 16 years ago - then started their clinic home program. n/m
  • I didn't originally plan on it. At the time I learned about - sm - San Francisco
  • Didn't plan to - but now I love it
    • I had never heard of it! - Jaedy
      • Toooo funny - you made my day!!!! nm - Snowflake
      • Wow! - ERM
      • LOL that's priceless! - Loved that "alive or dead" line

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A hotel that states they have "internet access" does not necessarily have it in your room. A lot of them have what they call a "business" center where they have like a community computer to share with other guests or to have access on your laptop you need to sit in that room. I dont know about you but I dont feel like dragging out all of my equipment and sitting in a lobby somewhere to work. Double check that they have internet access available in your room.. and be forewarned that most chart for wireless internet access like maybe $10-12 for a 24-hour period. We just got back from Vegas, and to me, it was worth that fee for a whole 24 hours. I got the most work I could out of it.

I have been through the wringer, trying to keep my two older kids away from "bad influences."  But I have learned.

When they were younger, I simply said, "You can play with so and so outside, but he's bratty.  If he gets bratty outside,  he'll have to go home."

When they were teenagers, I simply set the "House Rules".  Abide by them, or out you go.  Funny thing was, the friends were more compliant than my own kids. :)

If my older kids brought a friend over to stay the night because he/she was "fighting with mom/dad,"  I'd say, "Sure you can stay, but not until you call your mom or dad and tell them you are here and that you aren't going anywhere and that you are safe for the night."

I heard on occasion, "Didn't your mom say NOT to do that?"  I guess I had more "control" than they had at their own houses and they felt good about having some limits.

My son who FINALLY moved out at 19 had a few new friends that came over one night and, as they were leaving, they said,  "We'll be back around 10:30!"  I said, "Sorry guys, this place closes at 10:00 on weeknights."  They didn't come back.

I have 2 younger ones, 14 and 10.  We have a pool.  My pool rule?  No towel, no towel.  You can swim, but you can "drip dry."

Funny thing is, I've collected well over 2 dozen towels in the past 2 years that I have no idea where they came from.  If it were me, the minute my child came home, I would have said, "And where is my towel?"  Some parents just don't stay on top of things, if you know what I mean.

The degree was called medical records technology at the time (1976).  Now it is called health information management.  After graduation you took an exam to become an ART (Accredited Records Technician).  Transcription was a part of the curriculum.  I am not sure that it would be now.  My first job was in a physician's office.  Hospital coding was all that was done at that time.  Right after I went to work, coding came to the physician's office.  I coded, filed insurance claims, transcribed office notes, filed charts and completed records release requests.  I later became a  CMA (Certified Office Assistant) just by taking a test.  Doing all this in a physician's office was not very profitable compared to transcription.  That is why I ended up as an MT.  People who went to work in hospitals did a lot better. 

supposed to have started Monday but so many parents beat up on the school board that they delayed it a "whopping" 2 days.  

At least our school board didn't get by with spending the $100 million on laptops for students!   It's a shame it took a judge to block them and put an end to that nonsense.   Speaking of which, I would expect that Apple will be having a huge sale on laptops soon since they've been blocked from selling the 63,000 laptops to the school system!  

I never thought that many peole would want a transcript of a show especially when it was availabe of DVD or tape.  That is why I did not think it would pay that well.  But I learned something and always glad to do so.   The last seminar that I type did not involve medical at all but was building a chip for a computer and all oriental speakers and so when I think my docs are bad, I remember that.  Lots of blanks needless to say. 

Have a good day and thanks for the compliment but all I know is common sense and practical sense through years of doing this. 

my lesson in season 2.  I would love a Taylor/Elliott finale, but I really don't know what to expect.  You'd think Taylor has a big enough fan base to put him through, but after last week, I feel like anything can happen.

how else to learn specialties?