I so agree w/you. Look at what Google just did - bent over backwards to
Posted By: do what China wanted and blew off the US on 2006-01-29
In Reply to: bizarre life today - MTness
wanting to catch porn sites.
Why does the US always have to be so darn politically correct. We are going to //politically correct//outselves right out of existence one of these days. Kiind of like that song that says you gotta stand for something or you won't mean anything. We need some boundaries here. *They* won't even let us have a common thread running through our nation anymore of having English-spoken-here to have us be a unified country. They have fractured us to the point where we DO STAND FOR NOTHING.
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While you all are getting bent out of shape about sm
what was stated about cherry picking. It is not going to end. Vent all you like.
what exactly does 'get bent' mean? nm
I agree - Google
I have not cracked open a book in two years...they are here under my desk, collecting dust. I go to
http://www.medilexicon.com/
alot, or most of the time you can type in the search box and come up with it. There is a new search engine Google is working on specifically for MTs, and it seems to be pretty good. I've used it over the past few days since finding out about it here on MTStars.
It's called Medical Transcription Word Seeker - http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=010964806533120826279%3Akyuedntb2fy
I completely agree with the advice below. Without your books, Google.
Just be sure that the entries you find are from a verifiable source; you can also access Dorland's at the Merck website (google Dorland Merck and then add to favs).
I travel frequently and have found MT an easily-adaptable job for this. You'll want to get very used to setting up and taking down your computer quickly, as well as making sure you have the correct cords, etc. Seems like a "duh" thing, but... :)
If you have money and inclination, you might purchase a couple of your most frequently-used Stedman's on CD-ROM and install before you leave on your trip. I have the equipment words, surgery words, and emergency medicine words on CD-ROM that I use without having to have the physical books handy.
Enjoy your trip!
Backwards
To me, those posts sound a little pitiful, or as if the poster is too lazy to do any looking. Do you think companies see the ads and say to themselves, "Oh finally, somebody who is willing to work!" If they did, each employer would have to contact you to ask if you were interested in a job with each specific requirement, such as equipment, IC/employee, etc. Not very efficient, right?
sorry, I had that all backwards..lol...sm
Now that I've tried to understand your 2nd post, I believe these questions you have should be addressed with your supervisor over at the company. You will be working from home FOR them, so you need to get clarification about EXACTLY what they EXPECT from you. Hopefully, they will be flexible so that if you make your line count, if a line count is required, you can do the lines in the shortest amount of time. However, you need to know where THEY are coming from. They may want an 8-hour workday from you. Don't guesstimate would be my advice.
Good luck with them!!!
I think you have it backwards
the "laziness" that you describe is more likely due to demoralization with the constant take-aways from companies. I think someone would be foolish to enter this field now and there are those of us who are too old to change careers. I refuse to give the effort I gave when I had quality insurance, good line rate, incentives, etc.
You are backwards
If you use the same margins, gross is more than 65 cpl.
No, I'm not backwards.
When I went from gross to cpl, I checked the math and came out about even. As other posters have mentioned, the font and margins make the difference, which I failed to mention in my first post. I know that there are more than 65 characters in a gross line.
I think you went backwards
If you can do 60 minutes of dictation in 15 to 20 minutes I will crown you Queen of Dictation. If you do 1:1 you are fantastic and I usually do 2:1 and to me it is great and I do clinic and have had the same docs for 10 year. In 60 minutes you would get probably 700 to 900 lines if it was decent dictation and if you can do that in 20 minutes, my hat is off to you. I think you meant 15 to 20 minutes per 10 minute report or something line that which would mean 120 minutes for 60 minute tape. Hvae a good day.
Going about it backwards
I do VR and put my audio speed on the fastest I can go in order to make the salary I want. I never ever go through first and do a read through. You are slowing yourself down by doing this. Why not do as you go? My numbered lists are all out of wack but I change them 1 by 1, never just reading the entire report first. You can get the speed but don’t ambush yourself in the process.
ESL Dictators-I must be backwards
The more I do the same ESL's, the less I CAN do them. I don't mind doing them as it is challenging, but getting the same ones day after day seems to wear me down and I can't think clearly, so it takes longer for me to finish a report. It used to take me 15-20 minutes to finish a report for a certain doctor, but now it may take as long as 45 minutes! I don't make sense to myself. LOL
have no idea - but it is backwards
kind of to offshore.
How about USMTA just backwards from your first one (nm)
nm
I have a backwards speaking ESL today.
He can't form a proper sentence. "Since discharge, for followup, the patient, two weeks ago, was seen yesterday." I wish it was a verbatim account.
Pepsi, desire you not. 
Hey you made a typo. Why would you go backwards? Cause you don't like your job.
That's why people don't like editor. Read between the lines. This editor/poster feels it is going "backwards" to be an MT. I rest my case.
you have it backwards, if you don't go to the doc get a high deductible
having a high deductible will really cut down on your premiums. Say you rarely see the doctor and don't have prescriptions. An 80/20 plan with a $5000 deductible can run you as little as $59 a month, and that has a $500 out of pocket. I have Assurant Health (formerly Fortis), for myself and the kids. For $5000 family deductible we pay about $3000. So the most we will pay in a year is $8000. But at my husband's last job, we were supposed to pay all of the premium for family coverage and they would pay for his coverage. Premiums were going to be $9000. Add a $500 deductible to that and 20% which would probably run another $2000, and a catastrophic illness for one person would be $11,500. $11500 is a lot more than $8000, plus with the Assurant Health plan that is our FAMILY deductible. With the group plan, if one more person got sick, it started all over again with their own deductible. So you have to do the math. Individual coverage for all 4 of us will run us $5300/yr, that is, if they agree to insure my husband. If you have ANYTHING at all, individual insurance will not take you. So keep that in mind too. Insurance is the reason why somebody in the family should have a "real" job :)
Typing and backwards, what systems do you use?
NM
Yep, google has it goin on... I really like the google earth...
Have you tried Google earth? You can type in any address, street, city, state, country, etc. and it will zoom in and show the area and then you can hit the + button and zoom right in and see the exact house, building, etc. that you are looking for.
Mainly Google; I google the known words in the phrase (sm)
That's my most frequent tactic if I don't find the word in my word books. I'll play with leaving certain words out and adding them in, in various combinations, to try to get a hit that has a word which sounds like my blank. If I get a hit, I'll Google WITH that word, and see what hits I get, and what their source is (i.e.,checking the sources out for reliability). When I say 5 sites or searches, I mean I don't often try more than 5 different combinations without a serious hit. If I get a hit, then I will spend a little more time checking that out before I give up.
If it's a drug name, I use RxList, or more frequently the Drugs.com website. Since they redid RxList, I haven't found one that has quite as good a wildcard search, but Drugs.com works okay most of the time.
If it's a place name (like when they give names of outlying outreach clinics and etc.) I'll use Mapquest and look up the city my hospital is in, then "pan out" and look at the outlying towns.
Hope that's what you're looking for. I do have bookmarks, but I find that even the ones I think I'll visit again, I waste more time doing that than with an intelligent google search. An example is the time I was looking for "banana bag." The only place I managed to find it with a degree of reliability was on a nurses' message board. I've found quite a bit sometimes on the various specialty message boards out there, but I think the quickest way to locate that is through a search engine rather than bookmarking each individual site and trying to figure out which ones to search for a particular term.
Shift - home will do it backwards to the beginning
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Read the report backwards from end to finish. Works great for me.
Press Ctrl+Shift+8 or click on the pilcrow on the toolbar (looks like a backwards P). nm
xx
Why would I go backwards? Simple thing is to fire the MTs whose quality is crappy. Weeded out abou
I get paid rather well, but I really should not have to do an MTs job. The point is I DON'T WANT TO TYPE!! Why would I want to be an MT and type ALLL THE TIME?
Thank you, Google God. My google icon is
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Agree, agree, agree! Just listen to Benny Hinn..
he speaks perfect English, especially when asking for money! Also, in my opinion, blanks should be left in the doc's dictation if not able to be transcribed, maybe then they will know that are NOT understood. With QA fixing them, what need is there for them to care if we understand them or not?
Better to take a step up than a step backwards.
Congratulations!
If the OP had done a google, she would have...
SEEN the answer to her question. People need to learn how to fish for themselves. Giving quick answers doesn't teach them a thing, and it certainly doesn't help them in the long run. I'm not trying to berate you for offering an answer, so please don't be offended. It is just that learning/knowing how to effectively research is a VERY important part of being an efficient and good MT.
google.com
Tia,
use www.google.com as a search engine (the best) type in exactly what you are looking for and see what you get- if you don't find exactly what you are looking for- keep searching but slightly change the search phrase.
I did google them and they are
still around $600. That is out of my price range right now. Maybe someday...
google map
yep, a totally new addiction. I entered my nephews addy and just realized he is only 3.5 miles from the White House! No wonder I kept seeing the Washington Monument every time we got on that nightmare highway system
Go look at your favorite amusement park like Cedar Point in Ohio...you can actually see the roller coasters in 3D!
Google? If Google, just go to google.com
and download their toolbar. They usually have several options! Happy Googling. If its goggling, I can't help you! 
Google
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Could anyone explain the Google page to me? I mean the "Google" header with the cat and mouse. I usually enjoy their little embellishments for the different holidays, but I can't figure out what this is supposed to be.
I had to Google your
phrase, as I was not familiar with it. Now that I know, all I have to say is...'I resemble that remark'...
That is a Google ad.
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You are probably trying Google..
search box.
Try this link:
http://www.mtstars.com/search
Maybe you should google it if
.
Google
Pretty neat the term *google* has made it to the dictionary!
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/google
![](http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:evT5OxhtJ3a_1M:www.marketingshift.com/uploaded_images/GoogleSmileyWally-791837.jpg")
Google
I have been using Google Suggest to narrow down search results.
GOOGLE
i like Lycos.com
Google
Does anyone know of a site like Google that transcrptionists can use for researching. I have always used Google, but lately it seems to be getting slower and slower, plus they have a Pop-Up status on that is driving me crazy and can't get rid of.
TIA
Google
Google "radiology terminology" and you will get some sites.
I've had the book Stedman's Radiology and Oncolocy Words for over a decade and it's my bible. There are newer editions. When in doubt in the middle of a report, I Google the word/phrase/drug I'm looking for if it isn't in Stedman's.
Good luck!
Google
I found my current job with a small MTSO by a Google search for "medical transcription" followed by my state.
I went on google and put in--
complaint form sample and it came up with all kinds of things. some of them you pay for, others you don't. you just have to read and find what is right for you. good luck!
google
I use Google and mine seems fine.
Google.
I typed in Lanier LX-219-1 with VTI and got lots of hits. You should be able to find something.
Google it.
xx
Google it
nm
Have you tried to Google this?
I always check Google before posting questions like this on the board. I just checked it before posting this answer and there are lots of hits. Try looking at some of them and you may find the answer you're seeking here. Good luck.
did you google? NM
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I think that's ok....also from google
Vibration sense was tested with a 128-Hz tuning fork. .... were left-right flipped to correspond to the other patients with left-sided anesthesia. ...
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