I was under the impression that a floppy can't hold much. I like the thought ...sm
Posted By: newbie on 2005-12-26
In Reply to: You can download to computer. Yes, - Merry Christmas
that I can take this with me. Has anyone here been able to put all their expansions on just a floppy? Thank you once again. Also, the price I read is about 199.00 for shorthand. Is there anywhere where I could be buy this for less? thanks.
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I didn't get that impression; just thought you were
trying to be helpful on your own free time which is a very thoughtful gesture. :)
hold that thought. also known as fool's paradise. nm
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I'm ashamed to say I don't know how to copy to a floppy. Can you
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Just stick it in a USB port. Use it just like a floppy disk.
You can use a flash drive like a floppy on steroids...sm
The flash drive is as small or smaller than a pack of gum and plugs into a USB port (which any computer made in the past few years will have).
Windows will automatically recognize the drive once you plug it in, and assign a drive letter to it. This will likely be "E:", "F:" or higher, depending on the configuration of drives in your computer.
You can then use the drive exactly as you would any other drive (for instance, you can view its contents using Windows Explorer, drag-and-drop files to or from it, etc., create subdirectories on it, etc.)...
HOWEVER, for some versions of Windows you should NOT simply unplug the drive when you are finished using it. You have to use a utility running on your taskbar to "stop" the drive before unplugging it.
Flash drives are now large enough in capacity that you can carry an entire operating system on them, along with various applications such as your web browser, Office applications, etc. These can be configured to create a "parasite computer" on any computer you plug it into.
Also, there is now something called the "PhoneDrive", which has its own tiny sound card and a plug for a headset. This drive comes with its own VOIP phone number and will allow you to make phone calls from any computer you plug into that has an Internet connection of its own.
Fascinating devices! Unfortunately, like the Internet itself, they have real utility for terrorists.
I also do tapes for one doc. I save to a floppy and print--sm
his office staff gives him the printed report, he edits, and they access the file from the floppy, make changes and reprint. I put ---- in any questions/problem areas I have to alert him.
Unless you are charging for return trip, I would not be making one and also would not be waiting around for him finish up w/o charging for my time.
I have 3 accounts that use tapes, for 1 they print so I save to a floppy--sm
that they provide and charge 2 cents less, 2nd one I print-they provide paper for 1 cent less, and the 3rd I print and provide paper for 3 cents more than the other two.
I prefer tapes also. I also use Word auto correct for my Expanders and auto text for bigger blocks of normals.
Emergency over... Kid hadh left an empty floppy disk in the computer.
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I was under the same impression...
When I started with MQ about 4 years ago, I asked the difference between SE and employee; I was told that if the work was low, the SE would not get any, the employee would. 
This is my understanding of their policy. Sorry, but can't remember the recruiter's name I talked with. Good day!
I got the impression
that they are a self-serving group when I belonged to them. A few of the people in the administration seem to be okay, but mostly the top dogs have a "How can you dare to question me because I know what is good for you" attitude.
Been there, done that, and left a group because of that attitude.
Not much we can do about the AAMT since they seem to have the power because nobody else is trying to get our interest. The AAMT will have us all working for a nickel a line soon. Once that apprenticeship proposal becomes law, we will sink to the bottom of the pool.
I was under the same impression, but (sm)
vet told me just last week that the only stipulation was they had to be 2 pounds.
Yea, I get the impression they know
they try to overcome their English language incompetence by being demanding with ridiculous commas, semicolons, period, run-on sentences and sentences that basically make absolutely no sense at all. I get one guy who drives me nuts....he repeats himself every third sentence or so, but I just keep putting the same stuff down..after all, I get paid for those ridiculous grammatical errors.
I think you have the impression
with getting rid of someone who is not doing their job, which is not at all what I was saying.. even re-read what you responded to in order to be sure I didn't put something in there that sounded nasty. lol. Actually I suggested to her if she is having to proof all that work, then she may as well hire someone else and proof them with the hope they will work out.
I totally agree with getting rid of someone if they are not producing quality work. I have 10+ years experience and I learn something new every day and I'm sure I will continue to. I think there are other factors that should be considered too. I know there are some doctors who are easy to pick up and others who take much longer. I edited when I worked in a hospital setting and there were times when someone, who had typed a certain doctor for six months daily, would have a difficult time picking up a certain phrase on occasion but was easy for ME to get because I was way more familiar with that doctor. I would rather have an MT send a blank to me than to guess. Every account I have worked on has different requirements. I will say after years of working on one account and having that in my head, it is hard to just flip the switch automatically when changing to another.
I completely understand you wanting work that is perfected. I would think there would have to be a happy medium to all of it as far as employers who need to be more communicative with what they need from their MTs and employers who don't take into consideration why there is a problem.
There are some MTs out there, I do not care how often you show them mistakes, are either just not going to get it or just don't care and there are others who, if you communicate to them what it is you need, may end up being just what you need.
I also agree with whoever posted that in order to run a good business, you need to have quality work going out and if someone is consistently making errors, something should be done to correct the situation, whether it be get rid of the person or put them on some sort of probation period.
I also agree with testing before hiring. I have worked with plenty of MTs who have plenty of experience but do shoddy work.
no shrug, JMO
Do you get the impression..
That the former AAMT is trying to dumb down the English language for the foreign MT? Sheesh, what happened to just plain old good English and grammer skills. They are getting thrown out with the wash.
Same impression I got
I get the feeling the doctor's office might have been trying to save a few bucks and having staff multitask or something.
I thought about giving some small advice til I saw the 'government assistance' comment. I figure that's likely where she's heading anyway.
Actually I get the impression that they think they are NOTHING and have to make something up
sad, sad, sad
IMPRESSION(S): heading
I was told this morning by QA that if there are multiple listings under the 'IMPRESSION' heading, it should be changed to 'IMPRESSIONS'....does this sound weird to anyone else? I can understand DIAGNOSES, but I thought the 'impression' was THE impression of the doctor...? I cannot find this in the AAMT BOS. Please help....blonde MT here, LOL.
No, I didn't get that impression..sm
from you at all. Sorry if it sounded like that. I was just giving my POV on the topic.
It's every bit as important that the MTSO communicates the problem, and as far as the dictation, yes, some people just aren't a good fit for some types. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
That's why feedback from the MTSO is important and necessary for the MT to learn. I dislike when MTSOs do not take the time to provide it, which is why I do. It's something that benefits all in the long run, even if it takes more time in the short run.
I don’t think she gave the impression
of working for a MTSO. I personally thought the amount she was saying was that she did have her own accts. The question was how much you make, not whether you were your own boss or working for others.
Wow - I think she's wrong. It is an impression whether there are multiple
I didn't find it in my BOS-2E...I don't think you will.
Sounds like you need to get another 1-2 QA opinions and then to the QA manager.
Very sorry if I'm creating the wrong impression...sm
This post will be a little long - my apologies in advance.
First, I wasn't "discounting" the dslextreme suggestion per se. However, the OP had already indicated that her phone company couldn't provide DSL, and if the phone company can't physically configure a line for DSL no other company like dslextreme, which has to rely on the phone company provisioning the line, can provide it either. I should have been more explanatory in my response, but then I suppose I would have been "preachy".
As for whole "preachy" thing and the "belarc" post sounding like a magazine article, I write the way I write. It's true that I've written many articles on technical subjects, so perhaps that style has crept into my forum posts as well. What I'm trying to do is to include as much information as possible in my posts so that I'm not just leaving everyone with more questions than answers. Sometimes, a little information just confuses people while a little more information would have made it clearer.
In other words, I'll plead guilty to sometimes trying to teach, but I have no gospel that I'm trying to preach. Perhaps you'll make that distinction in the future.
Maybe it would help if you knew a little about me. I've been in the transciption industry for over 25 years, and in that time I've sat in most of the "seats", including production, QA, supervision, management and tech support. The latter is most relevant here, so I'll go further to explain that I've always had an interest in the technologies that we use and have invested literally $tens of thousands in taking everything from college courses to certification "bootcamps" to seminars having to do with telecommunications, networking, operating systems, PC maintenance, computer security and even digital forensics. I've also done quite a bit of HIPAA training. If you'd care for a list of the training I've had, I'll be happy to provide it if you reply by email.
I don't say this for any other reason than to point out that I don't come on this forum for any other reason than to share what I've learned with the members of the forum. If it's not helpful to post on the forum, I have other things to do than posting and I'm sure members have other things to do than reading the posts.
Personally, I think it's a shame when anyone who has something of value to offer and does so voluntarily finds that they're being attacked on "style points". When you commented on my Belarc post, my only thought was, "Yes, but did you download and run it, or did you let all that other junk get in your way?" If it's the latter, you're the loser, not me.
...and now, as I said, I have other things to do. Have a nice day!
Why does the admin of this board leave the impression that I
I replied to the post above that says I have lied.
My post where I replied with information to show I had not lied was removed - I figured because I put the recruiter's name and phone number (which the rude poster had requested) so I reposted and gave directions on how to reach that same information/recruiter I received the information from.
Now that second post has been removed where I reposted and only put that it was a specific state recruiter of MQ who told me such information.
So why is MTStars administrator wanting to give the readers of this board the impression that it is a lie that MQ cuts off work to SE when work is low, yet does not tell the SEs?
I have not lied. It is what I was told when I called. I think it's information people considering that company should know and probably do not know.
I have not been ugly to MQ and I have not been inappropriate. I merely shared a policy I found quite interesting and important.
I hope you give explanation here for your action. I thought this board was for transcriptionists.
Thank you.
You've still got that junior high school impression
that K-Mart is beneath anyone with any social status or money, hmmm? Retail managers make pretty good money. K-Mart was a booming retail store until Sam's Club and WalMart came to town, and Martha Stewart started her insider trading. They still pay decent money to their management.
I use ASS for Assessment, and wimp for Impression for one hosp that starts with a "w".
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I use ASS for Assessment, and WIMP for Impression for one hosp that starts with a "w".
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how hold
married at 18....wouldn't change a thing even if I could go back in time. Our marriage grows stronger each year...
Hold up a sec.
You dictate your own VR as an IC? I don't think that's what the original poster was asking about. I think what the OP was talking about was a company that has VR and only pays 55% to 70% of regular line rate. Most companies' platforms aren't technically enabled to allow the MT to redictate the VR. In fact I've never heard of that before.
If you make money doing VR you're way, more power to ya. But I don't think that's what the OP was talking about.
Hold out for more.....7 cpl is way too low...sm
I just had the same experience, was offered that amount by one company. I held out and got something part time with a good company at 9 cpl on weekdays and 10 cpl on weekends.
Hold on........think about this. sm
First, you need to make up a pay rate to compensate you for your hard work. Re-negotiate your contract if you have one. If you do not have one, I suggest getting one.
You need to set your pay date/pay period in writing and the ramifications to the client if pay is late. Either charge 15% as a late fee, etc.
Next, you can either charge piecemeal for STAT work, faxes, etc or you can include everything in one line rate. That is up to you.
After everything is in writing, have the client/doctor/office manage, whoever it may be, meet with you and go over all of the details. If they agree, than continue on doing the acocunt. If they do not agree, and it is a well-paying account, when you get paid, try to work a few things out. If all fails, then move on.
But, don't just get frustrated and let the account go. The office just may not be aware of all the extra things you are doing and may think it is included in your line rate.
You need to either spell it out to them in writing or just raise your line rate to include everything.
Believe me, in my younger years, I was where you are now. On looking back, I would have done some things differently. Now, I can say I know things from experience that you can not learn in a textbook or college classroom.
Good luck to you.
I'd put it on hold it too. You are being
very smart right now. Hang tight. If it goes well-WONDERFUL. If it turns bad, you won't have to kick yourself in the a$$ because of buying a new house.
okay hold on I think we are...
talking about two different certifications!
I mean certification as in going to school. I mean we should have to have a CERTIFICATE from a school saying that we took the courses and have passed. To heck with AAMT, I've heard plenty about them promoting overseas transcription!
I just mean that there needs to be a standard for MTs. That way it isn't so easy to get into the profession. Besides outsourcing overseas, our next biggest problem is that there are people who are getting MT positions just by the luck of passing a test or are taking jobs at 4-5 cpl which is why someone like me who has spent a year going to an actual college, actually going to campus each night, now has to start off at 6 cpl. That type of pay is ridiculous for a professional. I can make more working at Burger King.
That's why I was saying that for those that are already proven MTs who have experience there should be some type of quick certification for them. Maybe a test, or three verifiable references that they have been MTs for such a time, or something. I don't know.
But that is what I meant by certification. CMT/RMT has just become a way for AAMT to make money off of us. There needs to be a mandatory, BY LAW requirement to be an MT. Just like a doctor absolutely has to go to and graduate from med school or a police officer has to graduate from the police academy, etc.
i would hold
off until about 3 (her time). then you could call her or if you have her email address just send her an email and just say you were wondering if they had made a decision yet. I would not worry about the ad being gone.
May want to hold off on cashing it
One of the attorneys handling the lawsuit or an associate of, suggested I hold off on cashing the check that came to me from MQ. This is the one that came with a letter saying basically the reason they robbed us of so much money over time was a system error. Yeah, right. The attorneys want to check into the true purpose of the checks. So listen to your gut on this one If this has already been said on the boards, sorry, I haven't read them lately.
To my goodness-You can hold your own
here! Hats off to you!
Capitalization will not hold!
I need to type VENTILATION PERFUSION SCAN as a heading. But when the capital letter lock key is on and I type in vps to bring up the three words in all caps, my IT changes it to small case.
Does anyone out there know how to make all caps remain all caps? I have auto capitalization check marked already.
Thanks soooo much if you can answer this!
Don't hold your breath
Never has for anyone I know anyway (myself included)
If I were you, I'd hold off on purchasing anything sm
until you find a position with a company as many (if not most) companies will supply you with the pedal and software. All you would need to do is plug the pedal into your computer. The companies usually will install the software for you via your phone line or will send you a CD, whatever.
USB is the type of "plug." It's small, about a quarter-inch wide and has a little design on it with a circle, an arrow that points to the plug, and a little square.
The other type of pedal outlet has the little pins inside. You will need to count the little pins to find out what kind you have.
Good luck to you!
Do they think you will hold reports for
lol
being delusional seems to hold
        
have a nice day and I will be sure to do an additional dance just for you when impeachment begins.......within the next year or two.
Want to hold my hand.
I agree, insulting a fellow MT is uncalled for, let alone a PS to imply this is unprofessional. I guess the word "brain" "dense" and "childish" are your words for the week! That makes what now, ? MTs you are wondering whether they have brains or not, are dense or childish. Oh, and please stop YELLING at people posting on this site. We are not children nor do we act like a child. Be kind as if we were your children, because you obviously are not around adults often enough. Geez!!!!!!! PS: Congrats to making fantastic money. I'm sure you are very dedicated.
Hold the train, here!
You actually feel justified to stoop to this level of vile hatred against Tinks personally?
Not nice, not nice at all.
Hold on before you take that survey!
I have seen this lady before. I could swear when we first checked out her "pay me to take surveys" MLM scam site before she had previously worked at Bloomingdale's, but I do not recall that she had worked there for 20 years or had worked anywhere for 20 years. Seems to me she had references from several people she had supposedly worked with from several different places all swearing up and down what a wonderful and qualified employee she was (too much so, if you get my drift). I don't recall ANY of those said jobs being QA positions, more like sales or clerical. She seems to have had a lot of jobs for someone her age who worked for 1 company for 20+ years.
My point here is that this gal was operating a pyramid scheme just a couple months ago. Her original site was "Join here and pay $20 to take survey's about our MT business, and then refer people to me and you will get $5.00 per person who signs up under your name." I don't believe she is interested in any of this information being factual, she just wants to collect it (along with our personal data) so she can make money by selling it to God only knows whom, probably costing us our jobs or at the very least a whole lot of aggravation with e-mail boxes being filled with spam from other companies. Her only goal (in my opinion) is to make money in a marketing scheme. I guess she thinks the national MT companies are going to pay her for this data just because she collected it? She will claim its accuracy because she did a survey? I also find it odd that while she talks about QA this and QA that, it seems to me what she really means is quality control - and that is a big difference, odd she would not know the difference, isn't it?
Being a former Spheris employee myself, if she was as "all that" in the QA field, she should have started with them. I do wonder if she is still with them and, if not, then my guess is this is how she thinks she can make a living since, apparently, no other companies will have her?
One thing we all noted before, and it is rather apparent on her new site too, is that for someone who has been an MT for 3+ years and is supposedly as good as she claims herself to be, she sure makes a whole lot of errors.
I hold the pedal always. NM
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I've always had to hold it down
And I've been transcribing since 1974. I think you'll get used to it pretty quickly. I once had to work with a machine where it wouldn't back up a word or two every time I stopped the dictation - It made me nuts at first, but I soon didn't even notice it.
Hold your head up. It will get better.
Going to Acute Care from clinic can be a headache, because you are getting more detailed dictations. Just take the QA feedback and learn from it. I have been doing this for 30+ years and my income have decreased from 48,000 in the early 90s to roughtly 30-35,000 in the late 2000s. You have a Degree, in my honest opinion, if I were you right now and at your age, I would definitely go into another field. Since you like health care, why not try a coding position. They make good money depending on the state in which you live, and some hospitals are allowing their coders to work from home too.
As an IC, your employer does NOT hold
out any taxes whatsoever, you are responsible for paying them. ALso, as an IC you set your own hours with a company. They do not set a schedule for you, you tell them when you can work, how long you will work, or how much dictation you can take, and transcribe that within a specified amount of time (my IC job requires all work from one day be sent in by 6 a.m. the next morning). No benefits from employer; i.e., no insurance, vacation, or holiday pay if not working, and even if working on holiday, do not necessarily get the "extra" pay a FT person probably does.
As an employee, your employer deducts your taxes and you work a set schedule and, if FT, are usually eligible for benefits.
and you can hold your head sm
high because you have been honest. This poster is more than disgusting and I can't even think of a word bad enough for it.
Please hang in there. I have been at the very very bottom with illness in the past and thought I would never dig my way out, but it can be done. I admire you!
Too low. I'd hold out for hourly anyway.
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hold down your control key. While
doing this, you can make the font bigger or smaller with your mouse wheel. I found this out by accident. It changes back to the normal font after you change the report, but is so easy to do it is almost effortless.
At that time was trying to hold onto my job
and with the physician calling me at home, in a very intimidating manner, hostile, I just thought no way to keep my job there with his being the head of the plastic's department. When I took the evidence of the falsified record to the head of medical records, not once was I told to take it any further, no mention made of the different depts you named above, only told I could put in a note in the record stating I was saying the procedure not done. Oh, had I known at that time the steps I should have taken and I would have. When he would call he would always say Miss...., not from his office, from him personally from another hospital that was affiliated with the one where the surgery was done. I was not a MS Jones or Ms Smith but an unusual name and I know after all the months he waited to falsify the record, he knew exactly what he wanted to do.
Today I got hired to hold
I don't have to own a computer, don't have to update a computer, keep paying for equipment upgrades, virus protection, pay for internet.
I will have health insurance, holidays, PTO, retirement,
WORKMANS COMP!
I have worked for M!Q for 6 years with them never giving
an iota more. I have 20+ years of acute care experience.
What does this say for medical transcription??????????
It says I can be an idiot ... holding a SLOW/STOP sign and otherwise
sitting on my arse and make more money and have benefits than knowing the equivalent
of a first year resident and typing my brains out for a company who is
making zillions off my back. MQ has done this to me....
My head hurts! My pocketbook hurts. You know what is unbelievable, they
don't even try to compromise. They act as if they are the only game in the
world. Frankly I don't think people can survive on the money they are willing to
pay for ANY of the work they are offering any more. Let them eat cake.
buh bye
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