I know it says it once and once is all it takes. We are moving away from it but still acceptable.nm
Posted By: Babs on 2005-09-17
In Reply to: I am trying to tell her right. If you will notice - nm
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I think either is acceptable.
I think either is acceptable. It depends on the account specifics, some accounts I have worked on request that it only be single space. I learned to double space while learning keyboarding and I think it is accepted either way. I think it makes the report easier to read if you double space, but that's just me.
Of course, the acceptable way to do it is the
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You really think it's acceptable sm
to pass up the "hard jobs" or ESLs that an MT might not be able to do and leave them for someone else who might be better equipped to handle them?
I think the MT that needs to do that has not business being in that work pool in the first place even having the opportunity to pass those reports by. They shouldn't be employed. 
Thanks! It's nice to know what is acceptable. nm
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Could they mean that a wireless USB is not acceptable
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is it acceptable in our guidelines, if so I will
do it too.
SH's a lot more widely acceptable than not. SM
If I were interested in browsing the want ads, I'd contact ShortHand itself to chat about what platforms don't work well with Shorthand even after their finetuning. That way choices wouldn't be unnecessarily limited and no dependence would be placed on possibly questionable info from Personnel personnel. Best wishes.
My question - why is this acceptable? SM
When did it become OK to have a doctor with a thick accent dictating so badly that we can't understand simple diagnoses, lab values, and to submit reports full of blanks? Why is it OK that docs without thick accents are mumbling, holding the phone so close we can't understand? Why is the staff at hospitals so afraid of the doctors that they can't ask them to please slow down, speak clearly, etc.? I am absolutely convinced that the staff and hospitals just don't care anymore.
Is no raise after 7 years acceptable?
I work as an independent contractor. I have been with my office (had two doctors to begin with, took on a third two years ago), and I have never raised my rates. I went in and talked to my docs about a raise today (after emailing a couple weeks ago to set up a meeting about it). Not only did they say that's NOT happening, but the doc actually told me he expected my line count to go DOWN with the new system they are implementing. He was upset that he had been paying me for a line count that included macros of a few paragraphs and it only took me a few key strokes to get there. Also, they checked around and someone under-bid me for 2 cents less, so they were acting like they are doing me a favor by paying me my same line rate. Am I crazy to be super upset about this?
Sounds like any old pair of cut offs would be acceptable....
The description reminds me of my MUCH older brother's wedding circa 1973.... She was barefoot, he was in ripped jean cut off shorts, the preacher looked like something that crawled out from under a rock, and when he asked my brother if he had anything to say, he "grunted." Gawd, it was awful. I'm sure this wedding you're going to won't be that bad, but if the bride is barefoot and the groom is in khakis, then any decide informal summery outfit would probably be A-ok.
Honestly, I've done both and QA is easier. If the pay is acceptable, TAKE IT! sm
I learned MORE doing QA than doing MT, and it's still easier. You have the benefit of the rest of the chart to help you fill in blanks. Trust, it's not a scary job. If I could make a decent wage at my company I'd absolutely go back to QA.
In BOS, pg 172, follow-up is still acceptable for noun/adj (see page 172 in parenthesis) nm
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excuse sees acceptable to me since it's a mandatory call.
Life is too short and this seems small to me. Maybe it wouldn't be if I were in your shoes, but it does to me right now, for sure.
Enjoy life, one day at a time.
Never said that typos were acceptable, what I said was is 100% accuracy expected 100% of the time.
Yes, I used to work in a docs office doing this as well as other things and but never had this problem.That is why I am frustrated. My question was whether or not there was a curve for MT'ing or not. I guess I just was not clear on exactly what editors/QA were really meant for. I thought they were more of a saftey net for a TX company to ensure that everythign that goes out is what it should be. But I guess I was mistaken.
Anyway, I was thinking that maybe there was something else similar in this field that would be an option for me to do. Since I actually like this line of work, I don't see why I should give up so easily.
Lastly, its just me, but I actually think staying at home with my kids is a perfect reason to do this for a living. I mean seeing as though I actually do want to earn a honest living doing something that I have experience doing ...why not? It's better than relying the government for money to support my family isn't it?
Gotta a question... When you have an offer from a company, is it acceptable to basically..SM
give the company a set of terms. Here's my issue. I have 15+ years experience as an MT and I am finding after I've accepted the job, that I am placed on the crappiest account they have because of my years of wonderful "experience". Then I'm told that they are paying me the higher cpl rate not because of years of experience but because I'm working on the crappy account that no one else can do.
I find it very difficult to earn a living this way and wonder if there are jobs out there where a seasoned MT can just sit down and type carefree 8 hours a day. I'm not saying I don't want to ever type ESL dictation, but can I get an account where the majority is not ESL?
I'm good at what I do. I love OP notes and don't mind challenging work, but it's simply not fair. I feel like I'm being penalized for my years of hard work more than rewarded and I resent it.
It is good to know it is acceptable to wear slippers to the store, I have been wondering about
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Makes you wonder how they passed grade school grammar. No it is not acceptable.
I agree 100%.
not at all. that word and the double hocky sticks were ruled acceptable in the late 50s -
and no longer curse words.
Funny, the other board Hitlered it, but they allow the one where the typist pounds his head on the keyboard and blood spurts EVERWYERE until he is dead.
Guess violence, suicide is funny to them.
Moving to AZ...sm
I tried posting this on the state boards but there is no activity there, so I am posting here.
Thinking about moving to Arizona next year. Somewhere around the Goodyear, Surprise, Litchfield Park area. Love Estrella Ranch but it is just a tad too pricey for what we want to spend. Anybody from Arizona care to share if there are other communities similar to Estrella Ranch? Where are the best schools for high school and middle school? good, bad and ugly would be great.
Thanks
Considering moving on from MT to QA at MQ and
 am wondering how that works. If you're in QA, do you ONLY do QA work? Or do you also do transcription?
I ask because when I receive updates from my office, and it shows which MTs and which QA's are currently working, sometimes there are NO REPORTS in QA, and it makes me wonder if those folks just sit there until something comes along, or do they do something else in the meantime?
No one to ask this evening so thought I'd ask here. Thanks!
lol thats it? lol moving on....
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Moving up sm
I know that most places, this is the luck of the draw to find a management position. I have experience doing it and I can't get a job to be able to do it again, and honestly I don't know that I would want to at this point. I was a wonderful manager, as far as my MTs were concerned, but it is not my forte' in this business and I didn't particularly enjoy it. I found it pretty thankless all the way around, from the QA to trying to motivate a good MT to work more and try to teach a poor MT how to do a better job, assigning work, taking STAT reports in the middle of the night which I was not supposed to type myself, but usually did because I am not going to call someone at 3 a.m.!!! Yuck.
As far as MTing goes, I am a better than average MT and I know what I am doing. I can get in, get it done and get out to take care of my life. It doesn't have to encroach on my free time. I didn't find this true when I was manager, there was no free time. I make substantially better money with about one-third of the hours.
Also, in order to get in on one of these management positions, I think you need to distinguish yourself as an outstanding MT. Now, if you do that, they will notice you, but they will not promote you because you are now too valuable as an MT. This is the situation I was recently in in. My last job I was told I would *never* be considered for QA or management because of my MT skills. I was consistently in the top 3 production wise, my QA numbers were well below 5% and my accuracy on audits was over 99%. I was just too good for it. You are darned if you and darned if you don't.
Then again, my goal was never to manage, it was to be an excellent MT. I think as it is your goal, you should go for it. You might consider taking some management courses at a local community college so you can put that on your resume too. If you have anything that could be considered management experience, make the most of it. Be valuable to your company, but not too valuable! LOL
Still not moving - sm
I tried both suggestions, but neither moved the "file through help" portion back to the horizontal toolbar - still vertical on the left side of the page.
thank you for trying...
I loved it. Very moving.
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It is HIS house, I do the moving
He owns this house. It is too expensive for me to live here. It is an older home, needs work, expensive to heat. I work 5 pm to 2am. So evenings and nights. He puts kids to bed. I and kids wake up at 9am. Kids go to bed at 10pm.
And, there is nothing...I say N O T H I N G to rent in my daughter's school district (I've already moved her twice) and I am staying in this district til she graduates or if I am settled, for the duration of little kids' schooling.
Nope, don't have any interest in being Radiology Director of a 300+ bed hospital. Sorry.
Thanks for post.
Try moving your monitor up or down, too. sm
When my monitor is not positioned correctly, I get terrible neck aches and headaches. Sometimes just a half inch really makes a difference. Or even move your keyboard up or down. When I worked at the hospital, maintenance had to move my whole desk up onto 2 x 4's to give me that little bit of extra I needed and then I was comfortable. They had a desk made for kids that I had to sit at. It was really cramped.
Moving IT to a new computer
Please see the link below for instructions on how to move IT to a new computer.
Ok, I started it. Come on over and see if we can get it moving.
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MOVING TO TEXAS
Stay away from the D/FW area and Houston - too much traffic and illegals. Drugs, gangs, etc. Try to find a small town or country setting. It is HOT and the concrete of the cities just increases that heat. Also the pollution in these areas is bad so if you have any type of lung or breathing problems - stay away. However, if you do not mind sitting in traffic for an hour to get to a job 10 miles away - then you should move to a big city. If you are planning to work from home, remember that internet is not available everywhere in Texas. Personally, I wouldn't move to Texas - I would choose SC or FL - much better options.
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moving to Sacramento......
I am in Loomis, about 20-30 minutes away. It is hotter than heck here in the summer and they last till, well we have the last of it now. This year was the WORST in my opinion, and I have been in the area for 25 years. I have never had a problem finding work, I check the various MT boards and Craigslist also yes occasionally Sutter does hire, but not so much MTs in this area - more in the Bay Area. Most of the Sutter Hospitals in the Sac area outsource their transcription. I worked there for 7 years in transcription, and another 4 years in other departments. Not so sure you want to work at a Kaiser Hospital, they aren't so nice. Good luck to you! Really this is such a great location for CA, you are close to mountains, ocean, etc. I think you are really going to like it!
Moving jobs
Same here - I have had 3 jobs in the past 2 years, as well -with 2 being lost to account loss. I work as an IC - so it just goes on my resume as IC with the specialties I have worked. I am doing mostly editing now and do not know if this is a good fit, either, and may be changing again very soon.
I'm going to try moving my laptop around...sm...
to different areas of the house or on the deck or somewhere to see if that helps. Haven't tried it yet but will soon. I'm almost finished getting laptop set up.
Good for you...i am moving on as well...
I decided to go back to school!
Moving into management
Some places will promote their lead Transcriptionist into management, but that's often a mistake. Having excellent transcription skills is not the same thing as having mentoring, motivating, planning, budgeting and interpersonal skills in a transcription environment.
You've had a boss who thought you had potential in these areas. Do you feel you would enjoy doing those things or would you feel the call of the keyboard? Would you dislike delegating? Would you dislike training because it's just faster and easier to do it yourself? Do you like dealing with people, or do you prefer to deal with data and to be left alone to do your thing? These are some of the questions to consider because the jobs really are different.
If you are truly tired of the rat race that is production typing and think you really might be interested in management, then check your local junior college or business school for classes on management/supervision. They might be credit classes or they may be career/life enrichment classes. They shouldn't be all that expensive, and they should give you a better idea about whether this is the path you want to take. Employers sometimes look for the RHIT or CMT credential for management personnel. If you aren't one of those, then proof of study in the management field may be of help to you.
I find that I generally like to read/discuss management techniques more than I like doing them, but it's getting harder and harder to do the production thing. Maybe I'm ready to try management again. I think I've learned not to make the same mistakes I made before. It's thinking about making the new ones that's holding me back! Best of luck in whichever path you take.
Moving up in your company
I am just starting as an MT for a new company. What I am really interested in is working as an MT for a good while, learning everything about my account, my company, and the platform, and then working my way up. Can anyone who has done this tell me about what steps they took to do it and/or give any tips you can? I am not that interested in doing QA, but if I can move up to QA one day I wouldn't turn it down.
template moving..help please..sm
I could use any help from someone more savvy than I am in regards to the making the template not move.
I was given a letterhead that I now need to put headers in. The need to be lined up like this:
PATIENT NAME: @@ DOB: @@
PHYSICIAN: @@ MR#: @@
No matter what I try, I can not fill in one field without the other field moving over. It is so time consuming to have to back it up each time considering there are four fields each side.
Any ideas?
The form I need to make this on has their header with log and the footer with their names and the like, so I have the inside of a template so to speak, to work in.
thank you for anything to help.
Tiffany
moving tool bar
So I played around with Word. There are three dots to the right of the word File. Put your curser on the three dots and drag them back up to your tool bar. They will then be in a "little bar/box" then click on that bar again and "drop" it back on top. Hope that helps!
Moving big stuff
Log onto Craigslist for your area and post a notice - you need someone with a truck who is traveling in your direction to take your furniture. If you are near a college, perhaps a student would keep the rocking chair or whatever til the semester ends in May and transport it then - put up notices around your town. Post a Craigslist notice on your destination town's board - just spread the word and someone will step forward to help you out. I got a refrigerator box from Sears one year when we lived in Hawaii and put my rocking chair in that, filled with sheets and blankets to pad it. I taped it like there was no tomorrow. Shipped from Hawaii to British Columbia without a problem.
question about moving on
I worked for MQ for over 2 decades, from back when they were Transcriptions Limited. Have nearly 34 years experience in EVERYTHING except pathology.
I was offered a job with a company where I would do urgent care from an FTP site using my Word 2003. That is fine. My question is, how do you count lines? They said something about counting lines using Word 2003 as everything on the page is paid for. I don't even know how to do that. That is what happens when you work for one company for so long, you get use to their program and never think about it.
Is there a way to count lines for every single document all at once or do you have to count lines for each document? Haven't started this yet, but sure would like to know what I am doing before I get hooked up into this.
Thanks ahead of time!
What is acceptable error rate (i.e. error ratio to line count).
Thanks.
we are thinking about moving to Denver (sm)
and I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who lives in or around that area. Any info good or bad would be appreciated. I just wanna know the basics, like how hard would it be for a southern family to adapt to Colorado? TIA! 
Always, always be sure to have your helmet on, even when grooming and moving from
paddock, pasture, stall, etc. We just had a girl in 4-H that was pretty timid. The horse she was taking through a gate spooked and she ended up getting her face bones fractured as well as crush fracture to the top of her skull. This horse had NEVER been a problem before. Now everyone wears a helmet if they are even handling a horse and not just at riding time. Point is to not scare you....just be aware that horse knows how you are doing emotionally and if he doesn't trust you, keep yourself protected until he does. By the way, I could never earn enough money to pay for the 'therapy' I receive from my horses!!! HAPPY TRAILS!!
Moving menu bars
You may have just moved it - try moving your other toolbars around, see if it comes back. I've done the same thing in the past!
I'm moving into editing. Since so much transcription is
need editors. I've tested for a company that is paying 6 cpl.
getting up and moving about or weight loss.NM
chewing, yawning, moving around...
NOT SPELLING WORDS THEY CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE...HELLO! That must be the biggest thing for me! Who do they think I am, Sylvia Brown??? 
Thanks! Might be moving to NY/NJ area. I was wondering (m)
what it was like there. I would like to live on the lake. How big is the lake. Can you boat on it? What are house prices like on the lake? Are the schools good? How far is it from Mahwah, NJ and what would the traffic be like driving there? Whatever you could tell me about the area would be great. I appreciate it. Thanks!
Moving from Alabama to Sacramento, CA
Getting married in December. Fiance' has been there for a year now. How is the transcription job market in California. I have a work-at-home job, but thinking maybe I can get something local. Compared to Alabama, the cost of living is extremely high though. How is the climate there, any and all info appreciated.
tool bars moving
Usually you can click - drag and drop them where you want them - hope this works for you this time.
Thanks..progress keeps moving along and dragging me with it! nm
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moving auto correct
Does anyone know how to move the auto correct entries that you have on one computer and putting them on another computer also. I have my home computer that I have my side Doc that I do and I will be working for a hospital and want to also have them on this computer. I tried some directions that I got off microsoft.com with just putting a floppy in clicking files/folders, local hard drive and put in file name to search- normal. dot but nothing came up. Is there another way, as I would hate to type these all over again?
Thanks
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