I don't know how to explain it - but it has more depth - in terms of

• what keyboard would best help with arthritis in my long fingers and wrists - hurting_but_still_going
  • you don't want ergonomic, but - sm
  • Try magnets! I'm telling you guys, they work!...sm - casey
    • I wouldn't suggest wearing them while you work. - me
      • Magnets and tapes if you transcribe - those do not go well together either.
        • I've worn mine working for a year and haven't had a problem. .sm - casey
    • magnet bracelets ? what brand, or do all brands work ? - Marla Jones
      • See site....sm - casey
        • I HATE making mistakes...."they" and "probably"!!!....nm - casey
          • This is the magnetic ring site....sm - casey
  • I burn through keyboards like they're goin... - Hayseed
    • Hayseed - if you want a good keybord - indestructible - try this - mdlfcrs
      • If other have "dull" touch, do you mean this has a ...sm - casey
        • I don't know how to explain it - but it has more depth - in terms of - mdlfcrs
          • These keyboards are designed after the original IBM keyboards that - Indy-MT
            • thanks for helping to describe - mdlfcrs
            • See now, I LOVE clacky keyboards! - Hayseed
              • Saitek - AnnieM!AnnieM!
                • Major bummer dude! - Hayseed
                  • Blob Keys - AnnieM!AnnieM!
          • okay...thanks...nm - casey
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H&Ps, consults, DS, and ERs are pretty similar to clinic notes (especially ERs), but include far more history, lab (specialty driven), and day-to-day hospital course info.  Possibly the hardest are OPs because of the amount of anatomy terminology involved and the different types of surgical instruments, but after doing those for a while some MTs think they're easier, especially if the doctor says the same thing all of the time.  I've been an MT for about 27 years (majority hospital, but now clinic), and OPs are my favorite--not because they're easier but because they can be sooooo interesting.  Let me transcribe a total cystectomy with an ileal loop conduit and neobladder construction procedure or a craniotomy with middle cerebral artery aneurysm clipping, and I'm happy.  However, there will be tons of laparoscopic cholecystectomies, endoscopies, and C-sections in the meantime, so it can get "almost" as boring as clinics. 

I really miss it and am kind of envious. 

Good luck!

no matter what a company wants, be it ESL specialist, etc., the best test to give ANY applicant is one that is not planned, one given right on the spot, verbal, one that has not been scheduled so the person has had no time to get nervous, but throw about 15-20 questions at them, general knowledge for their level of skill, and it can tell you wonders about their knowledge that is retained!! I actually find that the retention rate of folks hired this way is actually higher than intense testing given by some of these larger national companies.  We all know that it takes sometimes a couple of weeks for even the best MTs to understand (I am speaking of the ESLs or bad dictators).  There are some companies that give these as tests and what does that tell?  Tells nothing and means nothing!  Some of these that do well on these actually cannot do the work.  How do we know that these folks have not actually had someone else do the test for them?

I find the best way is to pull a pop test on the spot in the middle of the interview and it works!  Don't ever give the same questions to two separate applicants.  Have a database of questions to pull from.  Score from the ones you ask and move on from there.  If the person cannot do the work, you know it in a day. 

I believe it was the old EDiX that used to give over the phone questions, but they still scheduled this and people had time to get nervous.  This way there is no time and well, you would be surprised at what folks actually do know...and in some cases...what folks actually do not know when given multiple choice, but to me this is an excellent way of testing, takes very little time, which I personally consider to be too valuable to waste 3-4 hours on a test, which someone who is experienced and has worked for 10 to 15 years in the field should not be required to do anyhow, should not be asked to do.  When you have worked 12 hours during that day for a company (and some have), why should they have to take 4 hours to do a test?!

Think about it!!

I have recently spoken to other recruiters from other companies and they have agreed with me on this and I hope it catches on because it certainly is less time consuming and tells you all you need to know without giving them the actual work to do.

...that seems to have changed. I always put "metacarpophalangeal" before, but almost every doc I transcribe for these days says, very clearly "metacarpal phalangeal." I put the hyphen in because the words should be connected and that is the only way I can do it without changing what the doctor says.

Your book may list "carpophalangeal" as a word, but I am a former x-ray tech and I can tell you that none of the carpal bones attach directly to the phalanges. There is a metacarpal between the carpal bones and the phalanges. If you will look at a hand x-ray, there is a good 2-3" or more (filled by the metacarpal) between the carpal bones and the proximal phalanx of each digit.

That's why you can't depend solely on "word books." If they don't have a definition, you cannot be sure they are correct.

• abduction
  
• activity
  
• adduction
  
• air-fluid level
  
• airborne radioactivity
  
• angiocardiogram
  
• anteroposterior
  
• arteriogram
  
• arthrogram
  
• atom
  
• atomic mass
  
• atomic mass unit
  
• atomic number
  
• attenuation

• betatron
  
• Becquerel (Bq)
  
• binding energy
  
• Bohler calcaneal angle
  
• brachytherapy
  
• build-up

• cardiothymic silhouette (on chest x-ray)
  
• cholangiogram
  
• cholecystogram
  
• cineradiography
  
• Compton effect
  
• computed tomography
  
• contrast studies
  
• curie

• decay constant
  
• dose

• echocardiography
  
• electron volt (eV)
  
• electrostatic field
  
• element
  
• eversion
  
• excited state
  
• exposure
  
• extension

• film badge
  
• flexion
  
• fluence, particle
  
• fluorescence
  
• fluoroscopy

• gamma camera
  
• genetically significant dose (GSD)
  
• gray (Gy)
  
• ground state

• half value layer
  
• half-life
  
• hysterosalpingogram

• in vitro
  
• in vivo
  
• interstitial therapy
  
• interventional radiology
  
• intracavitary therapy
  
• inversion
  
• ion
  
• ionization
  
• ionization
  
• ionizing radiation
  
• irradiation
  
• isobars
  
• isomers
  
• isotones
  
• isotope

• Kerley('s) [s/l curly] A, B, or C lines
  
• Kerma

• lateral decubitus
  
• lethal
  
• linear accelerator
  
• linear energy transfer (LET)
  
• lymphangiogram

• magnetic resonance imaging
  
• mass attenuation coefficient
  
• mass effect
  
• mass energy absorption coefficient
  
• mass stopping power
  
• megavoltage
  
• mucositis
  
• myelogram
  
• myelosuppression

• nuclear medicine
  
• nucleon
  
• nuclide
  
• oblique

• orthovoltage

• pair production
  
• palliative
  
• perfusion studies
  
• photoelectric effect
  
• positron-emission tomography
  
• posteroanterior
  
• prone
  
• pyelogram

• quality factor (Q)

• rad
  
• radiation
  
• radioactive contamination
  
• radioactive decay
  
• radioactive equilibrium
  
• radioimmunoassay
  
• radioisotope
  
• radiology
  
• radiolucent
  
• radionuclide
  
• radiopaque
  
• radiopharmaceutical
  
• radioresistant
  
• radiosensitive
  
• radiotherapy
  
• recumbent
  
• rem
  
• roentgen (R)
  
• roentgenology

• scintillation camera
  
• sestamibi
  
• SI
  
• Sievert (Sv)
  
• sonogram
  
• specific activity
  
• specific ionization
  
• stopping power
  
• supine

• teletherapy
  
• tenth-value layer (or thickness)
  
• therapeutic
  
• tomography
  
• tracer studies
  
• tram tracking (on chest x-ray)

• ultrasonography
  
• ultrasound
  
• uptake

• venogram
  
• ventilation studies

• xeroradiography

Then outsources like us are getting ripped off...

I barely make $5 for 8 hours.. you think that's fair. .. cause I sure *&%# don't.

Software is the computer interface that allows you to perform a certain task, in this case, FTP software allows your computer to connect to an FTP site. If you're looking for an FTP site that is secure, you will more than likely have to pay for it. You can try www.ftptogo.com, although it is not free, it is a good site.

I am testing for a company and I need a good website with Opthamology terminology?

Thanks

FTP is (very) basically a secure connection to the client's mainframe.  It is like your computer picking up a phone and dialing the employer's system.  Once you are connected the only thing you have to do it keep the window open and the connection should stay active.

FTP is faster than a connection through the internet because it makes your computer a part of the actual system, instead of just a satellite.  Think of it like a meeting: the internet is a group of people just standing around talking, anyone can just pass by and listen in and hear all or part of the conversation.  FTP is like a closed and sound-proof conference room where only those in the room can hear.  Yes, there are ways to breach the room, but they are much more difficult and, for most, too much of a pain to bother with. 

The client should give you information how to use their FTP, but to understand, learn DOS commands (remember that from the 80's?).  FTP is easy to learn but confusing if you don't understand DOS.  Beyond that I can't really help you without a set of instructions and a netmeeting :)

I really dislike the company.  Years and years ago I worked for a small local MTSO.  I wanted to work at home and she wouldn't let me so I quit.  I did tell her I would work PT at home only if she needed help and I knew she needed the help, but she was ticked at me and wouldn't give me any work.  About 2 months later she called me practically begging me to work for her, and I did.

I have applied to a company and been offered a position but turned it down and then have gone back later and applied again, but I haven't actually worked for a company and then asked to go back.

It is frequently recommended here to not quit one job before you have time to test the waters on the other, just in case. 

I would reapply or call them.  The worst they can do is say no. 

Lots of psych terms and phrases on this one.

http://medicaltranscriptionwordhelp.googlepages.com/psychiatricterminology

Some of you might remember that I'm working for my BIL doing chemical dependency training videos (transcribing them).

Well, I came across a term that I'm unfamiliar with.  I did a websearch and found this website.  Thought others might find it helpful so decided to post it.

http://www.nicd.us/drugstreetandslangterms.html

Happy MT week!

Chickadee

I was hired to hold a sign at a construction site.  I was offered more money than I was making at MQ after being with them 6 years.  I have been doing MT for years and years, and my skills are non-marketable.

AT the construction site:  I don't have to know computers, buy one, keep up with one, be responsible for one, have the internet, deal with updating computers to satisfy a company.

All I have to do is show up.

At MQ they wanted more and more and more.  Buy more equipment, know proper English, type fast, no errors, NO RAISES, no work most of the time (their solution was more accounts, what a joke!), offered tech support/make an appointment, offered QA/make an appointment/we will call you within 48 hours.

The way I see it is MQ is covering itself with NUMBERS of transcriptionists.

They don't care if we make a living, only that their dictation is done.

They are going to go through us like water/we can't make a living/ok, they kick that girl to the curb and bring in the next MT/and so on.  IT'S NUMBERS, BABY!

They think because they have some sort of "idiot program" going where you supposedly can hire a warm body to clean up jibberish spit out by a voice recognition machine, they can hire 1000 indians or girls with borderline education (after they have driven any experienced MTs who were making anything near livable wage away), and pay them pennys they have the answer to medical transcription and still charge megabucks to hospitals and they will make the king's ransom in profit because they have little or nothing invested (remember they just got rid of the 1-800 phone numbers saving millions of bucks), and now want to pay pennys for editing.

Well, I am off to hold my sign for $10/hour PLUS BENEFITS AND WORKMAN'S COMP, INSURANCE, RETIREMENT, HOLIDAYS.  And I will look  back in every once in a while at whoever stays in this business while MQ takes it down the tubes.

Hey "bumed" you have it right.  And I'm afraid it's not going to turn around until you see piles of blitzed MTs over in the corner.  It is a non-career and thanks to the suits they have brought the quality of medicine down below putrid.  Get out.  Don't spend any more money to accommodate these profiteers.  Look out for yourself.   Think outside the box.  Right now the world is a little upsidedown because everything for the moment is "bottomline".  It can't go on this way forever or we will all be dead from "bottomline" thinking.  And while it is turning around, look here and there - and don't let MT take you down with it.  Good luck to all of us.