I use markers. i use semi-colon for pharses, which is where i put all my shortcuts at. sm
Posted By: LMT on 2007-02-27
In Reply to: Instant Text users. Do you use markers.. sm - new to IT
works a whole lot better than spacebar and only took me about a week to get used to the change when i switched from spacebar. FYI, i don't keep my thing open at the bottom either like some say they do. i move it to where i can't see it and just use memory so that i can go faster without selecting 1 or 2 or whatever pops up down there.
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for Shorthand use a semi-colon with yo... ;yo so when you type 50;yo it will become
/
If not doing a numbered list, you should be using a semi-colon.
Use the semi-colon (;), especially since you are likely using commas to separate dosage, quantity, etc.
I feel left out! Nobody picked on my errant comma that shoulda been a semi colon.
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She's asking for *keyboard* shortcuts, not mouse shortcuts. Huge difference. nm
nm
She's asking for *keyboard* shortcuts, not mouse shortcuts. nm
nm
It's a semi polite way of telling someone to
"F--- off".
semi right; preops most important......nm
QA markers
I do QA and as long as I think the MT made a good effort to get the blanks, then I don't have a problem with trying to figure out the rest. Obviously we don't like swiss cheese reports either, but sometimes it just takes another set of ears to make the whole thing come together. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 sets of ears before we can get it down to few enough blanks to send to the facility. These doctors who slur whole sentences together in one mangled word should be getting some kind of feedback from the MT vendors. Legally, we shouldn't fill in those kinds of sentences because we never really heard what he/she said!
I use markers
Gets to confusing with the space bar and I have accidently inserted things that were not supposed to be there. I use the ~ for phrases and the for words.
If you have questions, feel free to e-mail. I have had IT for a long time and love it.
Markers. nm
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Yes, you can set your own markers sm
I did not use spacebar because I use Auto Correct too and that works on the spacebar.
I used to be semi-proud! At least content that I was doing well, but hearing these #s
thrown around constantly has really done a number on my job self-esteem. If they use normals to hit those high #s, which I really think they must, I just wish they would post that for all of us - know what I mean? Again, I can't imagine being a newbie and reading that everyone hits those #s. I'd probably give up. I hit a bunch of Ops once where the guy did have a standard - cataract surgeries. I did about 20 in an hour, and the count was HUGE - like 500 lines? I nearly fainted, but that only happened once, and my account just does not permit it, nor do most accounts I have as back-ups, come to think of it! I know a lot of MTs in my company have their "canned" text, like opening paragraphs for Op reports, and they just stick them in no matter what is dictated as the opening. I think that's terrible, and would NEVER do that. Plus now they will be getting "canned" themselves if they keep it up!! New company policies!
26/f semi-experienced in MT, looking for good programs Help ? TIA!
am out of a 10 yr program in medical administrative specialist. It gave us basically a basic understanding of MT, coding and etc. Its obviously not enough for what i was hoping to do. The best i can get is office work as a medical secretary with some transcription work plugged in. I'm 26 and currently disabled with a bad back problem. 2 surgeries later and its not good enough to do many simple tasks such as driving and going to regular work. I cannot bend or lift much at all. So my question is, can you tell me some very legitimate online programs that will ensure that i get a job in transcription once im done studying? I have heard that Career Step is the best option but im looking for more second opinions from experienced gals/guys who have had success with that program or others? I have ordered Career Step's packet and listened to the intro cd by the creator but i need more info. I know this kind of thing takes a lot of dedication and im ready for it as i am disabled and spend most of my time on the comp anyway. I want to do thorough research before i jump into this. Thank you very much for all your time!
Aliza
Semi-related tip: use the canned air on your footpedal too
mine went nuts one day not long after I started with a new job, I requested another footpedal and got it mailed out, and then that one didn't work, either. I got to looking and there was fur in both of them! So I keep the canned air close by and keep it blown out!
gene markers
Hi I don't know where to post this. I have just spent several hours looking for web sites that list the many different tumor/gene/biomarkers for cancer screening, especially, but not limited to, breast cancer such as:
What are the 21 genes profiled on the Oncotype DX 21-gene panel?
What are the 76 genes profiled on the Mammaprint® 76-gene panel.
What are the 70 genes profiled on the Mammaprint® 70-gene panel?
I type for all cancer types and have found some helpful web sites explaining cancer screening and tumor markers but have not found any sites that simply just list them.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
I tried the permanent markers...sm
they don't work. They start to wear off within two days! Thanks for the info about the stickers.
I would put a colon
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Need help with cap after colon (:)
I have MSWord 2003. The first word after a colon (:) always capitalized the first letter and now for some reason it doesn't. I have checked Tools and can find no way to correct this. Any suggestions out there or someone else who had the same problem?
TYIA
Need help with cap after colon (:)
It did automatically cap after a colon (:)up until a couple of days ago. My thinking now is the problem must be in Dragon. I upgraded to 9 Preferred and downloaded my medical terms. Guess it is a process of elimination.
Jump markers in Word
Can you please tell me how you created these in Word. Still trying to figure that out. TIA!
markers...I settled on semicolon (sm)
for phrases and the straight brackets, i.e. [, and ], for the word markers after playing around with it. I kept hitting the shift key when I tried to use / as a marker. For times when I want to use a semicolon, I made a short form jj (and now I don't remember why, but there WAS a reason, lol).
Anyway what's important is that you settle on what's comfortable for you. The markers were a big change for me, too. Good luck and keep trying! You can do it!
Bayscribe jump markers?
Is there a way to put a jump marker in Bayscribe? I have looked through all the information I was given and even checked their website, but I can't find this anywhere. I'm trying to make some shells and would like to have this feature if possible. Thanks.
Instant Text users. Do you use markers.. sm
I am new to IT and so far am using my space bar as it is what I am accustomed to but realize there are lots of reasons to use markers. Just curious how many of you use markers and how many use the space bar and what your opinions might be. Thanks!
There are colon cleaning "stores" where I live
You can go in and get a high colonic and come out feeling refreshed is the claim.
Did anyone see the Steve Martin movie with Sarah Jessica Parker where he was a middle-aged man trying to date an early 20's woman and maybe their first or second date was to go get one done. She came out dancing and twirling in circles and he came out walking like he had been riding a horse! Very funny scene!
Actually though, I think if you do something like this too often, it can have a negative effect on your intestinal health later in life. I would recommend a daily dose of acidophilus (the same culture as in yogart) for a healthy colon and motility agent. Papaya enzyme is another natural acid agent to improve digestion and helps with GERD as well.
As long as your colon keeps moving, it's not going to hoard materials in it. Eat right! nm
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Sigmoid colon resection, 4 day hospital stay = $65.000.00 in 1999
dd
Anyone ever tried Dual Action Cleanse or any other colon cleansing products? sm
The infomercial was not pretty, and this guy focused way too much on BMs and such, but said that John Wayne died with 42 pounds of undigested material in his colon ... yuck! Supposedly, you use this product and feel tons of energy and all that ... wondered if it was just more hype or maybe someone had actually tried it. ?
Word hasn't capped after a colon since the 2000 version.
You have to manually cap with shift key or run a macro at the end of the report. You can also hit shift+f3 to change the case to upper.
Curious. I've never fasted for a colonoscopy, just clears for 2 days and then the colon prep. The
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If it's a business letter you use a colon. if it's a personal letter you use a comma. nm
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I use ShortCuts and like it.
nm
I use shortcuts
shortcuts for windows. much faster and costs less. if you put a whole report in it, it will take a few seconds too spill out, but still faster than shorthand.
shortcuts
I use shortcuts to the max but what do you do if the doctor dictates in abbreviations? For example continually says CHF for congestive heart failure, etc. Do you type the abbrev? or spell it out?
SHORTCUTS
I, too, don't know what shortcuts for Windows are. Can someone help me?
Shortcuts
I am a longtime MT but have just converted to employee status (am so sick of the tax thing). Anyway I have never really used a lot of shortcuts (just the Autocorrect in Word) but now that I have to do more lines to make the same amt of money I need some tips on creating shortcuts so I can produce more lines an hour. Thanks ladies (and gents!)
No, just using shortcuts
with Auto Correct. We have a few doctors who have their own "normals", but 99% straight typing, proofing as I go.
Shortcuts?
Ok, I can try. Tell me step-by-step how I would do this. Nothing ventured..... Thanks
Re: Shortcuts
Hi mt'er -
I am curious as to why you would need a book on shortcuts or macros. Everybody is different, thinks different, types certain keys with ease more than others, etc. You have to do what works for YOU. I've been an MT for 15 years or so and I add shortcuts to AutoCorrect daily. For me, if I type the first three letters or consonants of a word I remember it easily. For a phrsae such as "heart and mediastinal contours are within normal limits" I'd use "ham". "Please see discussion above" = "pda", etc. Some doctors dictate the same thing for normal exams. I use the doctor's first three letters of their last name then the first few letters of whatever exam they are dictating. Becoming proficient at using macros and shortcuts is seeing what works for the way you think and type. Make shortcuts for EVERYTHING! "There is" - "ths", "are" = "rr" (it's easier/quicker to type two identical letters rather than take your fingers off a key. For shortcuts that are pleurals, I use the last letter twice: "demonstrate" = "dem", "demonstrates" = "demm". The less you move your fingers off the keys, the faster you will go. The more you use your techniques, the easier it becomes for you to develop your own shortcuts with your own technique that is easy for you to remember. Macro every month of the year for dates, macro the year "2007", whatever can be turned into less Keystrokes is beneficial.
Save your hard-earned $$ and your time and work out a system for YOU!
shortcuts sm
I know how you feel, but unfortunately you must go by the rules of whomever is paying you or the client of theirs. I have had clients that marked my reports incorrect when using the BOS, they want it their way or the highway. Don't take it personally, just go along to get alone. Been there, done it, hate it!!
I use WP5.1 with XP and Shortcuts
and so I can use the expansions i saved in Shortcuts for DOS in WP5.1 with XP but I cannot access Shortcuts nor can I add things to Shortcuts via XP (unless I get the Shortcuts for XP) and I cannot access MACROS but can use the MACROS in WP5.1 that I saved for a long long time....
hope you all understand my post....I use WP5.1 with Shortcuts for DOS in WIN XP but cannot add anything to Shortcuts nor add anything to my WP5.1 macros but can use all I saved prior to going on XP last year. It all works out....
I have my shortcuts set up
as 1y, 2y, 3y, all the way up to 100, where it expands to 1-year-old for 1y. I know most don't do that, but it got around the space problem you are talking about.
Anyone tried these shortcuts?
Has anyone ever set up a keyboard shortcut system like this one at this website http://medicaltranscriptionexpandproductive.blogspot.com/ ? This person is using each key on the keyboard for commonly used words. Is this productive?
Tried using those shortcuts
gave up and I can make money with VR.
10 reports/hour or 25 markers/hour
NM
You can try ShortCuts for free....sm
http://www.ehti.net
Is there a way to transfer shortcuts...
from Word and Wordperfect to Shorthand. I sure hope, it would save SO much time.
Thanks all!
Sunny
build your shortcuts to the max
it's ALL about your shortcuts. you have to shorten every word, phrase, not just medical ones, regular English too, assuming you transcribe for someone who SPEAKS English!! 
I have been using the same shortcut program for 10+ years and I STILL add things to it almost daily. 1st rule is if the shortcut doesn't just pop in your head, keep typing and don't think about it. it has to come to you automatically. then you have to be creative. example - I have this one doc who constantly says "once this was done" so I have that in as OTWD. "The patient tolerated the procedure well" is PATOL. I have things like ADP for adenopathy, then you have to expand that on further to be LADP for lymphadenopathy, AADP for axillary adenopathy, etc. if you have one doc who says some phrase constantly, even if it is only one doc, if you type him every day, make it a shortcut. I have typed in "codes" for so long they are drilled in my brain. I'll look at a license plate and it will say RSD456, my brain says "reflex sympathetic dystrophy." the longer you use it the bigger it will get and pretty soon you're typing all shortcuts and not much else.
Meditech shortcuts
Use Shorthand9, I think.... I used it with Meditech all of the time for all of my shortcut needs.
ShortCuts for Windows........
AutoCorrect shortcuts
I work at a hospital and my main doctor "Ah's" a lot and changes her mind and has no particular format. She just dictates and I have to put where it belongs. We get along fantastic, but I am lucky is I get 120-150 lph. With Psychiatry, I can get 200. However, I have an account on the side in Psychiatry where he speaks very fast and I can keep up so it comes out to about 300. I would be interested in getting some ideas on more shortcuts - as I am sure everyone would if someone would like to share them with us. Do you have a printed list? Or where did you come up with these? Any help is appreciated. TIA.
funny shortcuts
I know there are so many different ways to save Keystrokes and then there are those that "just seem to make sense" but don't necessarily follow any particular rule. One of my favorites is using the first two letters of each word. It strikes me funny sometimes at some of the combinations that result this way. I think two of my funniest are boob for bowel obstruction and pusy for pubic symphysis. Any others that you have? I'm looking for humor this Monday.
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