I found pain clinic to be very boring, but you can rack up a lot of lines with all the repetitious
Posted By: injections. nm on 2005-11-12
In Reply to: My boss asked me to think about taking on a pain clinic. Can anyone tell me sm - Nervous
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OH! ER notes - that is where you can rack up minutes/lines!
Just fly 'em out the window, dude!!
I think clinic notes are boring, you have the same
number of doctors usually and for the most part there isn't a lot of medical terminology and they have lots of normals, which is good because they you can have lots of macros/expanders to help, but I like learning from my dictation. With clinic notes I did know when viruses/illnesses were going around and what the standard treatment was, so I could try some of the same treatments if we got sick without a doctor visit, just after a while they were just boring. I much prefer acute care. I have lots of dictators so I don't get sick of hearing one doctor all day, although occasionally I do get a slew of the same dictator, the terminology is constantly changing, new drugs, new equipment, new procedures, etc.
My boss asked me to think about taking on a pain clinic. Can anyone tell me sm
if they have done it in the past? Is it easy? Interesting? Are the reports normally long or short?
TIA
Wow, 600 lines from 30 minutes of clinic/chart notes - sm
The most I would squeeze out of that would be 350 probably. You must have one fast talking doctor. You are also very fast if you can do 600 lines in one hour, or else you have it macroed/expanded to death and there is very little actual typing so that is why you can do so much in such a small amount of time.
Hand pain - needing to cut back lines per week. Anyone else done this?
I have so much hand and wrist pain from all this typing. I only do 5000-6000 lines per week and that is torture. By the end of the week I have slowed down so badly it is ridiculous. I think I am going to have to cut way back before I trash my hands and wrists for good. Has anyone else had this problem and cut back on MT work? I'm trying to think of other jobs I could do for a few hours a day to make up the difference ($$)that don't involve typing.
Read a boring book or watch something boring on TV.
Sometimes I go to bed so tired, but by the time I get in bed I'm not sleepy. I do one of the above and 15 minutes later I'm asleep. My DH works third shift so he isn't there for me to bother him, may not be an option for you.
the least minimum requined lines/hour I found for a company
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No nonsense. Straight to the point and repetitious.
Lots of money to be made.
As the song says "I've never seen a luggage rack on a hearse."
When do you have time to have a life? If it is a financial issue I certainly understand that, but I'd live a simplier lifestyle and do without "wants" than to work myself to death. If it is just you no harm done to anyone but you, but if you have a family it isn't worth the sacrifice IMHO.
calm, simple, short repetitious answers
"I have to work, I'm on a schedule, I'm still working, I'm clocked in";
and....repeat.
I feel your pain. If at teaching hospital, great pain. SM
Some doctors do give standard discharge summaries, so you could just make copy and then pull it up. It is not easy, especially when they give 20 lines of lab results.
clinic is not walk-in or ER notes; it is clinic
could be a small clinic with just famiy practice, internal medicine, maybe physical therapy, or it could be like mine, large, every speciality, cardio, nephro, neuro, ortho, endo, surgery, ENT, podiatry, ophtho, derm...
BORING!!!
Sand or tan walls, okay, if you want drab and boring go with sand and tan walls
Might be boring but
I'll take boring over nasty any day. I guess to each his/her own.
They are boring -
:(
It's no more boring than anything else.
MT will always be boring....
because it is a dead end job with no future. Try studying something that will provide a better living.
BORING...
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Not boring!
I have to say that it's not boring! I learn something new every day, even after doing this for 20 years. I think if you look at other professions other folks are griping too. It's all a matter of attitude! Make it work for you! It does pay the bills!
Not a big fan, went there twice & boring.
Oh, I found it really creepy when you said you found the flowers not so skillfully arranged on your
steps, and from your own flower bed. That's what I was worried about, having gone thru some psycho kids myself with my pups. Someone's been in your yard and in your garden and at your door without your knowledge. Its just creepy to me, and I'd still be very, very careful. Especially valid sounded the other MTs warning you about potential fake molestation charges. You just NEVER know nowadays, and these people have already turned on you big time once. Luckily (though I don't believe in luck), you had it on film to save yourself and your puppy. You might not be that lucky next time, and the whole thing just sounds very unstable to me right now. I know you feel sorry for the little girl, but probably the only time I have ever made BAD decisions regarding my life is when I felt sorry for someone, particularly kids. My son even has an evil kid in his life, but one who has a million reasons for sympathy, and I was saying how we should "be bigger" than the situation and invite this kid over to play. Thankfully, I regained my sanity long enough to remember - ever time I have done something like that on a personal basis for someone just because I feel sorry for them AFTER horrible behavior, it has always been a disaster... Be kind, but you don't have to risk your family again. Be kind from a distance. Its sorry she went thru this horrible experience, but YOU didn't cause it, and its not really your problem. But it could be your problem if this kid acts out in your life. Know what I mean?
board might be boring that way though
But the work is boring . . . (sm)
Easy but boring clinic notes. Seems most of the accounts are clinics instead of "real" acute care transcription. Pay is low, too. Seems like really nice people, though -- they did everything they said they would when they said they would. That's rare!
by boring I mean very repetitive...
but easy to normalize. They use these tables for different degrees of muscle movement and stuff. Maybe you could get a sample from one of the other MT websites.
I agree that PT is boring. sm
When I worked in-house, we had to rotate days of doing PT notes, one day a week. Those days of doing PT notes seemed to never end. You may end up enjoying it, but I get bored easily and PT is very repetitive.
When they have bad/boring shows
it seems like there are new bottom 3 people chosen. I thought Mandisa had a good voice, but country was not her best (as the case for many of them). Also, poor song choice. Next week they sing Queen songs. I've been recording the shows because they're just not as good as they have been. I think Paula needs to cut down on her medication. She's beginning to slurrrrrr her words again.
Boring account
I've just been taken off my favorite work type and put on an extremely boring account. Lots of work but it is so dull. How can I keep my productivity up when I am yawning through these reports? I am quickly losing my incentive to stay at the keyboardj! Help! Any ideas? TIA
Boring reports
I did a 45-minute dictation the other day, which mostly consisted of the doctor saying, "Uh, um." LOL He was doing a review of records halfway through, reading them to himself as he went. I had to sit there listening to the silence! It really stinks too, because those pauses translate to less typing, which means a lower check for my aggravation.
Boring Account
When I get a boring account, I try to make as many abbreviations as I can and that helps the account go faster and keeps your mind on what new abbreviations you can make up (for your short cuts)
yawn - your tit-for-tat is more boring than your
<<<<>>>>>> got coffee?
But don't you think editing is boring? I would -- (nm)
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I find myself doing it if a particularly boring
long report or when I'm tired. I frequently nod off because I'm so tired and then end up having to relisten to the port at least once more, sometimes up to 4 times because I keep nodding off. My QA score is very high so I'm catching the errors, but my line count sucks. If I'm not tired I'm okay. I've worked 7 days/week the last 5 months and it is just hard to sit day after day and type/transcribe.
If your mind wonders go back and relisten to the entire dictation. If you find lots of errors, even minor ones, maybe that will help you focus more. If you need a nap, get a power nap. If you need to do some physical activity get up and do it. I work split shift as there is no way I could sit for 8 hours straight. I get up every 1-1/2 to 2 hours and do something to break the monotony.
Rehab is good. Might get a little boring to some
Rehab i
Easy but boring. Only thing I will ask sm
not to do. Also, there is the ---- factor with the doctor wannabes.
I wouldn't care if the job were boring, if
doctors would learn to dictate and give a flying flip in the wind how hard they are to transcribe day after day. If they had to transcribe their own dictations (or another physician's dictation) they might do better. So, it's not so much the boring part, it's the goof ball dictators who make my job miserable.
I feel the same and I find them truly boring.
And nowadays you are lucky to get the same MDs twice at most large nationals and most are ESL, so the money maker thing is becoming a thing of the past. I get mostly OPs but would take a good challenging consultation over a boring OP anytime! I don't know how anyone could like doing OPs long term. For me that would get old real fast.
Let me see, VR versus straight, which is boring?
Hmmmmm, I don’t think so. I have had majority straight today and really do not like anymore- can fly when I have VR and make $$$$- straight only slows me down and like the bumper sticker I saw the other day- I am not speeding, I am qualifying! Loved that.
Ugh - 42 minutes of that boring junk.
Do they really think anybody is going to read all of that? Didn't any English teacher ever tell him the secret to good writing is LESS IS MORE??
How lazy not to be able to shorten it up to something brief yet complete. Shame on him. You poor thing.
meh, you're boring me now {{yawwwnn}}.
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But the help file is so long and boring to read.
I know about linking and hiding the suggestion window. Other than that, I don't know many semicolon or Ctrl functions. I put hospitalization in as hosn. I wish somebody would teach a Shorthand Expander class or come up with an in-depth book going over specific SH features. The other expander books I bought were lame.
Chris is a boring one-trick pony. (nt)
They are boring but easy, and you can make a lot of money. nm
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Agree, totally boring! My least favorite for sure.
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I do agree with the boring part, but I handle it like I do
Drink beer and eat chocolate!!
I'm joking, of course...
The only thing that keeps me MTing is the money (I'm in that 4 to 5K/month bracket), the convenience, and the fact that I don't think I could ever work with people again after being at home for so long (a conference call with other MTs a couple weeks ago sealed that one for me!).
I am not complaining. MTing has been VERY good to me (not a gift, though... I work hard and have good work ethics), but as far as being rewarding as a work experience only, it's really not for me personally.
...BUT I do like being able to afford my beer and chocolate!! ;-)
Aaahhhh, now I get it. Gross lines vs. Character lines. I guess I've just been conditioned to
think in terms of character lines. One of the perils of working as an IC for somebody who defines what a line is versus owning your own company and defining it yourself. After working for someone else for 15 years, maybe it's time to bust out on my own.
I agree, and I work for MQ! Sooo boring, soooo old, and
you would think they'd realize how idiotic they look - whining and whining and predicting doom and gloom! Honestly, MQ and Philips is BOOMING in the business world right now. Huge advances the last few months - HUGE sales of products, advances, awards in the industry. I get email alerts daily on the HUGE growth of MQ - and these old sea-hags just sit on here and cackle about DOOM. Boy, do they need a reality check, or what? All is fine in MQ world, and always, always will be! As long as you're willing to work and have a brain, MQ is a great place to work! Oh, yeah, and I'm mgmt - making 6 figures and even remotely interested in sea-hag opinions! That is just soooooooooooooo lame, too! Or maybe I'm the same poster from below who always uses CAPS! That is sooooooooooo funny. Cracked up at that analysis - some of these women have way toooooooo much time on their hands rather than hitting the keyboard! Analysing posts to compare typing styles. Give me a break! What a hoot!
oops - typo - "boards might be BORING that way - not nasty - sorry
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I've been hearing this for years, haven' t you.? It gets boring.
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I've been doing lots of dental notes. Not boring at all
when you think about the ease and money you can make cuz they always say the same things. I'd take it.
I thinks it incredibly boring. I miss Carter. I wonder how the
nm
Geez, orthopedic surgery is boring and tedious.
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