If I ever had to give up doing word-research online,
Posted By: I'd have to have at least 12 cpl just to get by on 2008-07-01
In Reply to: Hospital Disabling Internet Access for MT's - SS
That's how much going back to books-only word research would slow me down. I have a huge, up-to-date library of Stedman's books here, and I pick one of them up maybe once a week, often less. Using a search engine like Google as sort of a "Soundex" to find words that are too garbled to know where to look them up in a book, saves me time, and saves me from having to leave a blank that'd I'd otherwise have to leave if I couldn't look for it online. The drug indexes are better, too. And I don't even know where I put my Dorland's Medical dictionary. Haven't seen it since the middle of winter. I think if the company is going to require the PC that's connected to their transcription platform to be internet-disabled, then they should supply their own computer free of charge, and should pay the extra electricity it would take to run both simultaneously all day long.
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I would be willing to give a free class online on using Shorthand
and a few other shortcuts if someone can find a chat-type room where this could be done. I cannot access the MTChat on MTdesk, reason unknown other than I have never been able to obtain a password for that site. This would be directed toward beginning to intermediate users and would be more of a question/answer session than total lecture situation.
What do you do when you accept a job or give someone your word,
and then your circumstances change overnight? I don't want to bail on anyone, but I don't feel any loyalty at all to people who haven't been completely honest with me. I need to take care of myself and my kids, especially with the cost of everything skyrocketing. I feel so used and taken advantage of. Everyone says not to burn bridges, though. I just can't do it any more. I need some "give" here instead of "take, take, take". An opportunity has come up that I would be stupid to turn down, but I feel guilty dumping people who "need" me.
give out cans of peas...word gets around fast! Har Har nm
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EXText Word Client - blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen
I am using EXText Word Client software with Transnet. I am getting a blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen (patient details info screen). I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software an upgraded but still errors out the same way. Are there any EXtexters who could help?
EXText Word Client - blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen
I am using EXText Word Client software with Transnet. I am getting a blank screen everytime I give "ok" in the DIS screen (patient details info screen). I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software an upgraded but still errors out the same way. Are there any EXtexters who could help?
EXText word client blank screen everytime I give ok in DIS screen
Thanks your suggestion was very valuable. At a specified time (which the technical side say, when the net speed is very good), it is working without a problem at all (whereas this was half working and half not working before even at this time), but other times, still the same problem exists.
Actually the blank screen comes every time I give "ok" in the DIS screen (patient details info screen).
The girl was 13, the rapist a distant relative they took in. Give money, give food and your time, b
you don't put your family at risk by taking in strangers. That's just plain foolish. There were over 3300 registered sex offenders in NO. Where are they now. In your community? Perhaps in your house? Good luck.
oh our lovely government does give illegals medicaid, foodstamps, and housing so in term we give tha
i have been through some rough times lately and had to apply for some help. there are signs, big signs, all over our offices saying "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LEGAL TO GET HELP". so we and our government do give them our benefits whether they are legal here or not. now that is messed up. i am helping to support them so they can take away my jobs and i can't even support my kids and yes i get benefits, wow $75 a month in food stamps which lasts not even a week in a household of 6. don't get me wrong, i am thankful for any help at the moment, but i get penalized for trying to work my tail off and still can't survive.
there was recently an article in our local newspaper where one of our local school districts tried to charge $1000 a year for each illegal student enrolled. it was bulked and the illegals got a lawyer to sue for discrimination. the school district merely stated that they had to HIRE extra teachers that could speak the foreign language just to teach these children and were trying to offset some of the expenses. ridicilous!! so again our taxpayers money is paying to educate illegals as well.
Aw come one give her a break. She said she was sorry and is willing to refund. Give her a chance to
do what is right. If she fails to do what is right, then go about this in an adult way and not act like such a child. "you suck" That is so immature.
She is responding to you and you are eating her alive. Why would she put herself out there to be treated like this if she didnt mean it.
I am really astonished at how people can act on here. Would you treat people like this in person? If you do, I cant imagine you having very many friends.
Remember we are all "HUMAN."
I don't need to research what I said SM
and you are right that many people cannot afford the insurance, but guess what--I couldn't afford insurance on what I make as an MT even if my company offered it. WM is not perfect. I worked for them for many years, and my husband is still mgmt for them. We both have seen things that we did not agree with, but I don't necessarily agree with everything I see in MT either or any other company for that matter. I can go in Target and find things that aren't right. I can go in any of the grocery stores and see things that aren't right. WM gets a lot of bad press because of its size, some of it deserved, some not, but you can't believe everything you hear from your WM newsgroup.
Did YOU do any research on this???
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IMO, it is not for asking others to do research
MTs who dont do their own research, just want QA to do that for them.
I did my research
I understand some people would try to get the answers and have "someone else do the work" as someone put it... but I have read through my books and been on so many website it was quite rediculous. I actually used this site as a last resort and have been doing research for 2 days before I made a post on another site last night and then here today.
research
It's one of my favorite parts of this job. I never worked in-house (except for 1 week in the office of my first MTSO, which was a very small company). Did not go to MT school either so do not how they teach there (is there an emphasis on researching terms?). . Started with a better-than-average knowledge of medical terminology/anatomy and physiology and strong interest in medicine. Bought books and did lots of looking up and learned on the job (with QA at first). Without an interest in medicine this would be a very boring job. I now primarily use the Internet for research because I know how to distinguish the good references from the bad, but there are still times I would rather consult a book. I would like to have an opththalmology book; that is one I have never had. - 15 year MT
I did look at your piece of research
and I am not seeing it. I don't think that all MTs will be out of work. There will be demand for editors, etc. I will stay in the field until I am told they don't need me anymore.
Research results
I checked on finasteride, and unfortunately it does not have great results for male acne. And it occasionally causes gynecomastia. BUT, here is a link to a cystic acne heater device:
http://www.myzeno.com/index2.htm?sckw=acne&scsrc=google&scgeo=national&sccrtv=nzad-zc90oai24h-bzoagns
You should research other websites because sm
Most of the information in the article doesn't coincide with any of the Biblical principles followed by the Christian churches in America today. Throughout the entire Bible, old and NT, we are taught to refrain from witchcraft, mediums, those who speak to the dead, or any kind of honoring of the dead. Christians are only to pay homage to God through Jesus Christ.
Actually I did some research about a year ago
and found out that in my state a surgical technician makes less than I do. Now THAT is messed up, in my opinion! Go figure.
I don't know, I can see that when first starting out a person doesn't have the knowledge and experience that they will gain by working on the job. At the very beginning a new MT is going to be less productive due to needing to build Expander list, look up terms that they do not understand, etc. So it makes sense to me that they get paid a bit lower at the beginning.
Now where I work they recently raised the minimum starting wage, so there are people coming in with about half my experience making almost as much if not as much as I do- that is kinda discouraging. I have complained and am waiting for their "response."
Poster IS doing research - here!
How better to research this subject than to personally ask a whole bunch of medical transcriptionists who actually do/have done this? Let's applaud the efforts of the poster rather than bash them!!
Thanks for your help. I'll research it more. Thx again. NM
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OP could do like the rest of us----- research,
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To help us we use education, research and
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I do all of my internet research
on a separate computer, a laptop that sits right next to the work computer. I have a home wireless network for the internet. The company's firewall does not affect my laptop.
Research and purchase best available. NM
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Thanks Jamie for doing the research sm
maybe they will throw EMT jack off the board. Whoever EMT jack is makes me sick to my stomach. I knew he didn't know anything about MT.
newbies don't want to research?
It almost sounds like it is crime to be a "newbie" reading some of the posts here. If you invest your money in a really good MT school you learn how to research, you have the basic knowledge, and you also have a good library of reference books. There is nothing wrong asking for help on the word board unless you are a student.
It sounds like you've done your research, and your
grammar, English, and spelling skills are better than most MT wannabes. LOL You could do your schooling, then work parttime for a while. That's what I did for the first several years. I worked two hours before the kids got up, another two hours during naptime, then finish up after DH or my older kid got home to watch the little one for an hour. It was slow going for a while there until my typing speed got faster and my terminology increased, but it beat paying daycare.
My information is from recent research >>>
for an MT's job search directory, and so far less than 1% of facilities, including hospitals, clinics, major healthcare providers and individual practices, have an awareness of AAMT/CMT.  With the current "unrest" even among members, as well as the move toward an AMA-sponsored MT association, I still believe CMT is not of much value - unless things change dramatically and soon.
more on Claudia Tessier...research and see for yourself...
Press Release
MoHCA Appoints Tessier as Executive Director
Mobile Healthcare Alliance Chair Ann Geyer Announces Appointment of Claudia Tessier, CAE, as MoHCA's Executive Director
WASHINGTON DC, September 1, 2001
Mobile Healthcare Alliance (MoHCA) is a not-for-profit organization formed to help healthcare vendors and providers influence the adoption of standard practices in mobile data management to ensure professional practices and patient trust. It announces now the selection of Claudia Tessier, CAE, as its Executive Director.
Tessier will direct MoHCA activities throughout the United States and internationally from its Washington DC office. She brings to MoHCA 18 years of association executive experience and leadership in healthcare informatics. She currently serves as chair of ASTM's standards committee E31 for healthcare informatics and is a member of numerous standards organizations including ANSI Health Informatics Standards Board and ISO TC 215 on Health Informatics.
"Mobile health care will facilitate a revolution in health care, and I am excited to head this organization, which will help providers and vendors address the issues of security standards, interoperability, and information management," said Tessier.
"Tessier's experience in data capture and health informatics standards provides an exciting background for MoHCA to become the leading organization to address privacy, interoperability, and user issues in mobile data management," noted Ann Geyer, Chair of the MOCHA Board of Directors.
Palm, Inc. is one of the founding members of MoHCA. "Many mobile healthcare applications are very promising, but user acceptance and confidentiality must first be resolved," said Dan Glessner, Director of Enterprise Marketing at Palm. "We are pleased that MoHCA has attracted an executive director of Tessier's caliber. She has the necessary experience and expertise to assist the board in developing MoHCA as the leader in resolving the issues that will enable widespread adoption of mobile healthcare applications."
"The healthcare industry presents a huge potential market for mobile technology products, but there are real issues related to data integration standards as well as data privacy and security. MoHCA is an excellent forum for really understanding the requirements and developing workable standards and best practices. With Tessier to lead and help grow the organization, MoHCA's ability to influence positive action is greatly enhanced," noted Paul Steinichen, Vice President of Enterprise Technology Solutions at First Consulting Group.
MoHCA Members
The diverse membership of MoHCA is unified by a shared interest of ensuring that mobile applications are incorporated into healthcare processes with appropriate regard for the privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information.
MoHCA Members include wireless carriers, application developers, device manufacturers, system integrators, technology consultants, practitioners, healthcare professional societies, and healthcare organizations.
# # #
For further information:
Ann Geyer
Chair, MoHCA Board of Directors
209-754-9130
ageyer@tunitas.com
Claudia Tessier, CAE
Executive Director, MoHCA
202-452-0889
ctessier@mohca.org
Website: www.mohca.org
Very interesting. Thanks. Gonna research
to see if there are any natural/alternatives remedies to help battle them, as I suffer from chronic RSI problems, as well as malaise.
Think you need to do more research than the negative answers you are getting.
They have at least 2 platforms, Dictaphone and Merit. Not sure about all this offshoring stuff, but there is more than enough work. The Dictaphone platform is much better than Merit. I am able to use my text Expander or it has a built-in one. You need to do some searching on the company board on the archives, as there are happy MTs working for Medware.
I refuse to do it. I have research papers, etc.
get in the habit of doing INCORRECT things just to please AAMT. If it means I can't be an MT after 25 years of MTing, then so be it. But I learned English many years ago and every other facet of my life still requires PROPER English/punctuation and I'm not going to learn a bastardized version for AAMT. AAMT can kiss my hiney!
Sorry about your experience. Research at dslreports.com. nm
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No doubt!! MTs should be good at research.
Why would anyone just ASSume that someone is lying? Sad.
You need to do a little more in-depth research on AAMT... s/m
They are also really big on VR. Were damantly "against" it a few years back, all of a sudden did a 360 and now some of its biggest national company fans, who currently own MT companies, are getting into the VR business. Hmmm..... does one smell a rat? Or at the very least a conflict of interest? And no, I'm not one of the "cloistered" - I work onsite and am out there lookin', listnen' and learnin'. And while out and about doing a little info-gathering on AAMT, discovered that it has done far more HARM to the profession than good.
Coool. I'll do some research on this! ~Thank you~
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research archives here on board...nm
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Opinion -- Do your own durn research!
My MTSO recently added new transcribers to a growing account that I've been working on for the past three years. Yes, it is a very difficult account. I was more than happy for the first month or so with constant IMs, phone calls at home and on my cell phone to "listen to this", emails with c&pd parts of the report asking for help filling in the blanks, did I know this doc name, etc.
Okay, it's been a month. I'm still getting questions constantly about things that I had to figure out for myself when I started the account! I had nobody to help me, as it was a new account and I had never done this specialty before, so I know it's possible to just do your research. I'm now getting moronic questions.
Do you know this doctor's first name? (Uhhhh, it's in the phone book, the Blue Book, in Google...) Am I spelling this procedure right? (Hello! Stedman's Word Book, about a million online references, a dictionary, a decent spell checker...) Does this look right to you? (then one of them IMs me a sentence that no, does not look right, but a little research would tell you that you've got the wrong word in there if they're talking about pain in the hip and you're using the name for a part of the small intestine!) Come ON! If you don't know the difference between the ilium and the ileum, what are you doing in transcription?
The point is that I don't have time for this, when time is money and I only get paid by the line. I've spent an average of an hour a day for over a month holding these girls' hands. It's getting ridiculous, especially when I'm being asked questions that they could solve themselves with some RESEARCH. I don't feel like I can "tattle" to my MTSO, because I don't trust him that much anyway -- He is as subtle as a freight train and would just make things difficult. I may need these people to fill in for me now and then.
I've handled it by logging out of IM when I need to just get busy and work, not answering the phone when I need to work, etc. I am considering sending out an email asking these people to stop calling and IMing me, because I need to keep my work "rhythm", but to rather email me the question and I will get back to them before the end of the business day if it's something I know they probably cannot find on their own with research.
Something like that. Does anyone have any ideas for how to word this if that does not sound right?
Livvie in Cali
Poster is one who said no time to research, not
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I did a little research on this board recently and sm
then I bid on and won a 10-book lot of Stedman's. According to what I read on here and the condition of the books, definitely the Orthopaedic and Rehab book.
I can tell you to polish up your resume and do some research.
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You'll need to research rates (sm)
in your area to find out what to charge or just decide what you'll take to do the work. Transcription systems depend on what your clients need. I wouldn't spend a ton of money buying stuff because your client may not want what you just spent a fortune on. You can find good used transcription equipment on ebay if you're willing to search for it. Good luck. I'm in the same boat.
Don't buy books. Use the internet for research.
of using Stedman books is over. You can find new drugs, surgical instruments and much more.
One of my favorite research sites is gone. s/m
A website that I use very frequently seems to have disappeared. AAMTonline.org/resources that I use to look up terminology seems to be gone. It has been replaced with something that is not a resource site. Has it moved or changed names? I would appreciate any info on this!!
Where O where is my favorite research site? s/m
Anyone on here familiar with a website "aamtonline/resources"? It was my most-accessed website where you had the ability to look up partial words by using an "*", you could look up physicians, acronyms, etc. I used it constantly and in my opinion was one of the best out there. It has recently been replaced by another website that evidently has something to do with education or something other than what it used to be. Does ANYONE know anything about what happened here -- has it moved, been renamed? Certainly I am not the only one that used this website? I would love any input on this!! 
I always found that if I took the time to research
a term or a phrase myself and put the 'leg work' into it, I'd remember it much better the next time the phrase came up. The research might be time consuming but is an excellent study tool as well.
I suspect a lot of MTs on the board are cheating themselves by just letting others 'feed' them the answers.
Red Cross donations= Research before you donate to ANY NPO
I, for one, will NEVER donate to the Red Cross. Why? My father was NEVER notified his mother died. He never got to attend her funeral or say goodbye. . . He found out after he came home from the service. I could tell you other horror stories, but won't. Sure, I'm bitter, but don't need to be flamed. Would you like to come home and find your mother has been dead and buried and you didn't even know? Think about it.
The Salvation Army is my choice. I KNOW all the money is going to the Katrina Victims. If anyone has a chance, they should look at the statistics on how much money donated really goes to victims of a disaster. The sites escape my memory right now, but they are/should be all online.
I find myself willing to research more for good dictators...SM
if I get a lazy, mushmouth speedtalker, I don't bother much. I mean, I definitely strive for accuracy with what I *can* hear, but if there are unintelligible parts, I leave a blank rather than playing it over and over and over and trying to get it. If they obviously don't give a rip, why should I?
Maybe a bad attitude, but why should I gyp myself out of $$ because some a$$ can't be bothered to E-NUN-CI-ATE!!
Helps to do some research before you trash folks
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Mid-level manager in research and development.
He'd love to give it all up and do something "fun."
Golden handcuffs and three kids in college make that a little hard right now.
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