I think some MTs get confused about the verbatim issue. They simply feel like they can't edit an

• Would like some QA opinions... - just curious
  • punctuation issues - blinkie
  • No you are not - NM
  • Bad grammar - MT
  • I have done QA for 3-4 companies (sm) - sm
    • QA opinions - typingforpennies
      • Thank you TFP! :)) - sm
  • Thanks for all your responses. sm - just curious
  • Um, in this country!?!? lol Extremely common. - sm
  • Just Curious - typingforpennies
    • Qa sent me 2 corrected report. One had hypenated word changed and other had same word - unchanged, QAed by same person. nm
      • It depends upon the context within the sentence. sm - vtmt
        • Same context each job. "Well-healed surgical scar." - nm
          • It would be - sm
            • No, as I said both times same context but qa'ed differently. - I doubt the docs care one way or other, either. n
              • Unfortunately most docs don't care; they don't even read the reports most of the time. - sm
                • Doctors should read final report as they are final say if - report is done and correct. nm
                  • I guess you never worked in a medical records dept? LOL - nm
              • Sounds to me like QA just missed one. - nm
                • QA - typingforpennies
                  • True, but unfortunately QA is all about quantity now too. - nm
  • I think some MTs get confused about the verbatim issue. They simply feel like they can't edit an - QAingMT
    • Agree, verbatim transcription equals poor quality transcription. - nm
      • I agree...verbatim is not a laughing matter - luv2cruise
        • Oh! A kindred soul! sm - GLF
          • I, myself, hate the incorrect use of *myself* - luv2cruise
  • I get very frustrated, too. I correct them and (sm) - QAing

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These are people's lives and people's health.  I am NOT going to guess because their doctor doesn't give a crap and refuses to dictate clearly so lets his MT guess what he's trying to say and hopes she/he gets it right.  

I swear, this group might as well have farted or belched it all out - it would probably have been understood better than they way they dictated it.  And I'm not talking medical terminology either.  I'm talking basic simple English words that they slur all to you know where that is imperative to each patient's record. 

I know to some $$$$ is what counts.  Call me an odd ball because to me, integrity and knowing you did an accurate job is what counts. I can't do an accurate job without the doctor's help when it comes to dictating clearly.  It takes two in this business - the doctor and the MT -to get it right.  So ask me if I miss them.     

and then copy and paste it into the shell for Meditech.  I hated Meditech as well.  Yes, I did get used to it, but it is not MT friendly AT ALL!!! 

If I would guess though, your Word would work well since the spellcheck is better.  Try a small report, and see what happens. 

That makes the report too hard to read, thus more of a margin for errors.  And I put in an extra space after periods on VR that have only one.

No more, no less!  I don't care personally.  I just think that HIPAA thing is so over-the-top that this one jumped out at me.  I see why they have it, but sometimes it's a bit much.  My sis is the CEO of a Hospice in Chicago, and says it's a nightmare for them, so it depends on which side of the issue one is on at the moment.

I question that part of HIPAA regulations.  If a person can't match the demographics to a report, what is the freaking big deal that its confidentially be protected?  So what if anyone sees you're typing a report for "someone" with symptoms A, B, and C?  Aren't there zillions of people with those symptoms worldwide?  Unless you're in a teeny town typing reports for the ONLY hospital where it's possible only ONE person could have a report like that, its really crazy to think that the average layperson, even in they could understand WHAT they were reading in a report, could figure out from any given report WHO that report was for, or even what hospital in what part of the country.  Without the demos, WHAT security is breached and HOW is it considered a security breach????

I'm also over having to have a zillion constantly-changing passwords so I can sit and type in my secure house!  The amount of programs I have to use to type a single report are so complex and aggravating that unless someone came in here who works for the exact same company, nobody would have a clue how to go about bringing up a report and rooting through the demos.  And who the heck would even WANT to?

I can see the need for HIPAA inhouse, where there are tons of people who know the system floating around, patients around looking and listening, and local people knowing stuff about other locals.  But in the case of the remote, isolated MT, who will never meet a single doc, patient, or facility she types for, making us jump through HIPAA hoops is tiresome and pointless - especially since our Indian bretheren typing the same exact reports don't have to worry about it!

My husband says I "type" in my sleep !!  Jeezz.... like 8 hours a day isn't bad enough!   

A good QA will not do that.  Where are you working that you have such bad QA personnel?  I'm not wanting to go to that company, lol.

Hope it gets better and you get helpful mentors.

than a doctor?  It's a nice thought and I'd love to have a doctor as my QA person!  Unfortunately, editors aren't paid very well.  Most make less than $20 per hour.  The whole medical transcription industry has taken a major hit in pay thanks to off-shoring and AHDI (aka AAMT - which was supposed to be pro-MT, but instead is pro-greedy business owner).  Also, voice recognition has cut our pay.  Sometimes it even takes longer to edit a poorly worded voice file, but we are paid 3-4 cents per line.

If we can fight the off-shoring of all confidential patient information/medical records and cuts in pay for VR, the pay might eventually return - but I doubt it.

have entered viewpoints on certain subjects.  It is an insult to MTStars for you to entertain the notion that only one person would post here with views different than what you would like to see.  Get over yourself and have a nice day for a change.