If there is a company out there that let's you type on a blank page, I haven't found it. I

• Do all companies now use a full template for each work type? (sm) - SP
  • Here's another viewpoint...sm - Experience counts
  • It absolutely is a way to cut an MT's line count since most companies don't pay for headers, - MissouriMT
    • this is the feeling that I'm getting - that it's just a way to cut the line count(sm) - SP
      • If there is a company out there that let's you type on a blank page, I haven't found it. I - MissouriMT
        • RIU or RUI let's you type in a raw document, but their pay stinks! nm - wanderer
        • I'm willing to compromise. Is there a company that only includes(sm) - SP
          • And then sometimes they want us to delete unused headers, which takes extra time, which we don't - paid for!!! AAGGGHHHHHHH! nm
  • no, - judy

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that what feels good short-term (shoes, chairs, foundation garments, etc.)  gets uncomfortable long-term?  I've sure been fooled by something I tried on, sat on, even walked a few feet in, only to find that it just did not work out. 

My current chair, for instance, felt extremely cushy when I tried it in the store, and for a while afterward at home.  Then the seat seemed to lose its 'cush'.  I think the type of intensive 'extreme' sitting we MTs do is the real test of a chair.  Maybe we all should get jobs as chair testers with Consumer Report?

I think the office/tech staff is exceptionally nice.   ');>  All I care really is that my work is steady, I get a great cpl rate, I've never missed a paycheck or had a late paycheck in my 2+ years there, and on the occasional times that my work has run out I could be switched to another work pool for more work.  And the benefits are great, but only for full-timers (no bennies for part time MTs). 

If you have any specific questions, let me know and I'll try to answer them. 

By the way, I *think* TransHealth is hiring right now.

However, it is still hush-hush, and evidently people aren't talking.  It is a company that has prided itself on never offshoring, and I think employees would be totally shocked if they knew.   Is it true that this board does not allow these companies to advertise here, and if so, what is "proof?"

Maybe they have something else you could do for a couple of weeks...QA, proofread, maybe a special project they have had on the back burner?  It would be worth a try to ask.  Good luck to you. 

Depending on how many pages you type determines what your page rate is and everyone gets paid the same because of it. Obviously, like with any other company the more you produce, the more money you will make.  Bi-annual bonuses, again based on your production.  Starts at 40 page per day min (which is supposed to be 1000 lines) is $1.50.  I think it does to 1.80 per page somewhere around 80 pages per day.

Not sure about the benefits (health insurance).  You get paid every other week. Not a very large company, maybe 400 or less TLs. 

If you like working for a friendly, family atmosphere, check it out.

I have seen really good reports on this board (and others) about Keystrokes being the place to be for radiology but have really not seen much discussion regarding other work types.  I am primarily interested in op notes as I understand they will only hire if you have spent the last several years in a particular work type and ops are it for me.  I wonder about their platform, pay scale, flexibility, whether or not weekend work is required, etc.  I have left my email address in case anyone would like to privately email me.  I would really appreciate some input.  Thank you.

When I worked for a national, up thru 2 years ago, I was getting $1.75 page and heard they got $4.

 I have always used Spybot and Adware SE, but read they sometimes miss things, so I just bought NoAdWare. Was I surprized at the stuff it found compared to the other ones (including Norton AntiVirus, and my server software)!  I had 4 "dangerous" and 92 "severe" the very first day...that have been on my system for quite a while.

Since then, I have also been receiving blank emails. I'm now up to 5 every time I receive my mail. I've been getting a lot of junk mail all of a sudden and have no idea why. My favorites are winning the lotteries. If I believed them, I would have a bankroll of well over $100,000,000,000. The other ones where I am named in someone's will. Love it. Dream on.

Don't know what to say or what else to do about it without changing my email addess again, and I sure don't feel like doing that. I just did change it 3 months ago.

It doesn't happen to often with my line of work as I only do clinic notes.  I do know which drugs are used for what and  the differences between similar sounding drugs. I have reference materials to help if I don't quite understand the pronounciation, as long as I have been given a particular diagnosis for which the drug is used.

If I am completely unsure (i.e. med list for PMH with no given symptoms or diagnosis) I ask or leave a QA note.  That is much safer than putting the wrong med in the patient's record and that is the extent of what MT's should be expected to do.

As far as the doctor dictating the wrong side of the body for any reason whatsoever, there is no way an MT could possibly determine in a case of it being left rather than right.  In the event of a dictator switching between left and right, that is a red flag to leave a note that simply says, "dicatator is indicating left and then right but does not clarify by end of note."

When my son had his mastoidectomy a year ago, the surgeon came in and drew a big blue circle around his left ear and looked at me and said, "This is the ear that I am operating on. This is his left ear.  Are you in agreement with me that I have the correct ear that needs surgery?"  Well, I kind of chuckled a little bit as my son looked rather strange at the moment and the doc said,  very nicely:  "In all seriousness, we are human and we do make mistakes, but I don't wish to make a mistake with your little boy."

I heard about this but it sounds kinda strange.  Anyone ever run into this kind of account?  How do you not leave blanks if you don't know what they are saying?

I always do much better filling in the blanks if I don't stress too much over it, finish the report, and go back and listen again after the report is finished.  So often the blank can be figured out with the context of the rest of the report available. 

I always do much better filling in the blanks if I don't stress too much over it, finish the report, and go back and listen again after the report is finished.  So often the blank can be figured out with the context of the rest of the report available. 

I always do much better filling in the blanks if I don't stress too much over it, finish the report, and go back and listen again after the report is finished.  So often the blank can be figured out with the context of the rest of the report available.