I think they are actually dictating to a transcription service (Baker Sten-Stel) via C-phone

• Need some clarification on C-phone dictation and some websites for urology sm - DermMT
  • Will you be accessing the voice files via a Cphone, too? - Usually what's done using that type of device.
    • I think they are actually dictating to a transcription service (Baker Sten-Stel) via C-phone - DermMT
    • You might be sending finished work back to an FTP site - or just emailing their office. Depends. nm

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Just got my new phone bill and freaked out. I'm supposed to be on a $39.95 monthly plan including unlimited long distance. My bill was $74!!!! The LD charges were $45!!! The phone company said I could get local LD and I could save a whopping $5 a month (how nice).

I'm looking for a new provider and used to go to a site where you could compare phone services but can't seem to find it now. Does anyone have that site?

I've thought about Vonage..does anyone have their service and how is it? Would it clash with my KVM switch and router?

Thanks for any help. As my name implies, in the past few years, technology has me going nuts lately and I seem to have "lost it."

Here is the information that, I believe, another poster had mentioned, but didn't know where to go to find the service. 

Title of position: Transcriptionist
Experience: 2 years as a transcriptionist.
Location of position: United States: nationwide position
At home or company: Work from home
Full or Part time: Full-time position
Employee Type: Employee
Type of Transcription: Hospital transcription,Many types of transcription
Specialty: Any Specialty
Job Description:

Free MT job search assistance available ONE TEST, ONE INTERVIEW, RATHER THAN TESTING WITH EACH COMPANY!! Are you interested in finding a new employer, but do not know how to choose between the hundreds advertising job openings? Would you like to know more about a company than what they pay and what kind of benefits package they offer? Transcription Matchmaker is here to assist you. We believe that one of the most important criteria in choosing an employer is the company culture. Not everyone is a good fit for every company. But in those instances where you land in an organization that is a great fit for you, success and happiness are just the beginning. At Transcription Matchmaker we take the time to get to know you. We want to know what environment you work best in. We will ask you a series of questions to get a sense of your ideal environment for satisfaction and success. Then we match you to companies that meet your needs. We have an extensive database of transcription employers.

I recently looked into this subject myself.  If you have Verizon available in your area, you can purchase a plan at about $55.00 per month with a two-year contract.  You will receive a card that you can insert into your laptop, which will provide you with unlimited Internet access at the speed of DSL.  As far as I know, there are no other cell service providers that have come up with this type of card yet, but I'm sure it's bound to happen in the future.  Another option is to purchase a satellite telephone and phone cards as you go along, but the cards are really outrageous in price.  One last thing that I would suggest is that you phone cell providers in your area to see if they have any technical gadgets you could attach to the cell phone for Internet access.  Many of the satellite phone companies have separate packages you can buy, which can be attached to laptops or PDAs.  I also have a TracPhone, so I know it does not come with hardware that will do the trick.

Good luck to you in setting everything up.  With the way that technology is moving, I'm sure there must be a way to accomplish what you want. 

Hi Everyone,

Looking for assistance with setting up a digital dictation transcription service.  What is the appropriate software to use for the digital dictation, transcription, downloading voice files, typing reports, uploading reports to facility, HIPAA compliance, etc.  Would like to do this without spending a huge amount of money, but at the same time want to be secure and compliant.  Any and all assistance would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance.  

They had a judge sign a Chapter 7 bankruptcy order on 10/2 and have begun cutting off phone service to residental and business customers.  I found out about this when I attempted to make a long distance call today (I had the unlimited long distance home phone plan) and got notification that I had no long distance service available.  Upon calling them the representative told me that they're working on cutting phone service to everyone and at any time I could lose service.  I've called the "mega" phone service for my area, BellSouth, and signed up to switch hopefully before the line is disconnected by LecStar.

Interestingly I had signed up for their service through a cooperation they had with my power company.  The power company just found out yesterday about the bankruptcy and services starting to be cut off and is in the process now of calling every power company customer who had phone service with LecStar and telling them what is happening so that hopefully no one else will be caught off guard with a disconnected phone service. 

Here is the basic structure:

All work kept in the United States.  Recent graduates of either a 2-year community college program or one of the better distance learning courses. 

We are thinking of opening a combination office/training center.  Half will be recent grads.  Half will be seasoned MTs who like to mentor.

The seasoned MTs will get an hourly with a line incentive as there will be time taken away to be second ear for the newbies, more in the beginning, less as time goes on. 

The newbies will have to be in-house at the company for one year on either 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift.

The newbies will receive either by the line or by the hour, have not decided.

What do you think would be a fair hourly for the new grad?  For the seasoned MT who will be transcribing their own work and mentoring. 

We want to be generous without going bankrupt.

Do you all think the idea is a good one? 

If you could work in house at a company with good benefits would you prefer that to working at home?

Just looking for some input.  It looks good to us, but outside opinions really can be eye-openers.

This is an established company, so there would be plenty of work.  All of our MTs are home-based now, but not sure if everyone really wants to be home-based.  We are near a major metropolitan area, so finding the MTs should not be a problem. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

in addition to running MTStars and the donation program. 

Thank you for your patience!

Administrator
MTStars

I was wondering if anyone has a good company they use for their drs to phone-in dictation.   I was contacted by a group with 8 drs and they want to use a phone system. Any suggestions for me? 

TIA

keep track of and will just be a different department. 

It looks like we will work out details over the next 6 months, talking with community college program directors as well as a few of the distance-learning course leaders to work on the recruiting end.

We will train current staff to mentor if they would like to do so and want to work in the office.

We are still working on production requirements, goals to set, pay, benefits and other fine details but we have 6 months to get it all in place with three months to pull it together after that with a tentative start date of 09/01/06.  We need to build the building as well, although that is already at the blueprint stage in a spot next to our current office. 

We did not want to cause flames and bashing by listing the company name as there are always so many negative people on this site, but we are national with over 200 transcriptionists, located outside of Chicago (40 miles west) and have the best team of transcriptionists around!

We will have an "official" announcement after the first of the new year. 

Thank you for all of your feedback and suggestions!