In fact, upon further searching, I see very few negative posts
Posted By: in a few days or so. me on 2006-06-05
In Reply to: It's really strange that you post this when there is no negativity here, - me
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There are some negative posts about them on a search. nm
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Another large MT website that always was pro MQ now has many many negative posts so I think MQ is
not looking too popular and I expect after getting THE phone call a lot more will be unhappy. Well, my resume is out.
Wow! Geez! do not listen to any negative posts...
Now I have read the below posts. Please, please do not pay attention to the couple of negative posts. I, and most others here, know, or have a good idea, of how you are feeling and the family dynamics that come into play. I think you are right that your mother will not listen or want to hear what is going on. I like one poster's idea of sending her flowers. I think that is a wonderful idea. Send lots of notes, e-mails, flowers letting her know you care. Just make sure you send them so that SHE gets them and not to be intercepted by the step-father. She may even begin to question what is going on and begin to see the light.
Again, I hope you make that counselor appointment! It is so good to be able to let it all out to someone!
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I agree..."me" should read those posts. very negative. NM.
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I have removed negative posts made by those who seem to feel the need to
Christmas by making crude comments about something fun we do every year at Christmas time.
Hey, I don't live on this board. We catch negative posts and delete
at any time. In the top, right hand corner of each post, there is a Report Message button you can click on. We do the best we can.
I didn't mean internet searching, I meant searching my directories for filenames. nm
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Searching, searching, name of ortho book w/stripe
I know I wrote it down twice off this site and cannot find it. The ortho/neurology? book with the stripe on the cover?
Thanks in advance!
No, actually they don't. You guys run on emotion, not fact. And when fact is presented,
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Ugh! Negative, negative experience!!
I had an injury this past year that necessitated me purchasing Dragon Professional. Total cost approximately $1000 by the time I purchased the "good" microphone from Knowbrainer. I'm thankful everyday I had the option of using Dragon to get me through my injury but I hope to God that I never have to use it again as it drove me nuts and my production was so low. I averaged four hours a day more in my chair than usual, but were it not for Dragon, I'd have lost all my clients. The program is "iffy" from day to day in its ability to be "accurate." I trained the h out of it but still had problem after problem. If I had to do it over again and use Dragon for a short period of time, I would, but I can't imagine using it long term. Just my experience.
Just do a search and read the posts. There are plenty of posts about OSI on this board. nm.
nm.
searching
There is none. So "searching for the ideal" can stop searching.
always searching for pts name, etc.
On DQS, Im forever scanning the demographics screen, doing a search cause the doctors either leave the screen blank without pts name, MR#, billing number, DOB, etc., or they put in the wrong information. So, I have to decipher what name the doctor is trying to say and/or spell and then search for it.
Searching ---
do you use the search box to the right of the *post a new message* box? That should bring up the subject/term/whatever you are looking for.
searching for the ideal..
 I am soooo very anxious right now. I have cried all morning and cannot seem to console myself or come up with a solution. I have been doing transcription for over 12 years and have been home for the last four. Through those four years, though I love being at home, I have come up with generally zip as far as contentment in my job goes. I have been an employee status, as well as an independent contractor. I have worked for places that seemed 'ideal' until 3 months or so were up, then they'd switch accounts on me (starting out on great accounts and leaving me struggling with a bunch of crud nobody in their right minds would want to do), dealing with owners or supervisors who lay out the 'heavy hand' and do nothing but tell you what you DO WRONG (one who comes to mind nearly gave me a nervous collapse--never could please her and who'd want to the way she treated you, sarcastic, mightier than thou approach).. ugh! I have done basic four hospital transcription, clinic transcription, ER transcription, and I just am not finding 'THE BEST' place to be. I don't know.. maybe I'm SUPER BURNED OUT. I never make enough money, don't have benefits, and I'm getting to the point where I feel I'm just finished with this 'career.' If I find a place where I make a decent amount of cash, I either have to put up with an idiot for a manager/ boss/ supervisor/owner or hideous dictation. If I go to a place that seems good as far as dictation/accounts go, and the management is decent, I wind up making next to nothing in pay. Most places I've experienced give you a come-on to begin with, give you a decent account and after two to three months, they switch you to the crap work. Still, they give you no pay raises for even attempting to do these reports, not like they would anyway. I think I have worked for at least six different companies since being at home in the last four years. I am sick of making no money, not enjoying my job anymore and dealing with all the crap nobody else wants to do. Sorry, I had to vent.. I'm ready to give up and find a job that actually PAYS in more ways than one. 
searching and not getting paid
I agree..Most of my doctors dont put in the right ID number or the correct name. In the past, I have searched and searched to my loss of minutes..Heck, we already lose minutes when we have to look up words or medications that are not stated correctly..We dont get paid for research time..so recently I have decided to leave blanks when I never would before.To be fair, trans companies should pay for down time when we are researching information..
I can't decide if I should be job searching or not.
I like many aspects of my job, but I dislike certain aspects about it, too. The thing is that this has been my best MT job ever. That's not something you just throw away. I know there's no perfect job out there, but I wonder if I could make more money with a better platform and an unlimited workload.
try searching the archives
This has been discussed several times in the last few months. You should be able to find some answers there.
You can get it by searching google and going
to their homepage. It has contact #'s and maybe email.
Tips on job searching
I have been doing MT for a little over 6 years. I have experience in several different specialties. I currently work in an ENT office and am looking for part time work to do at home. My only problem is that I never went to school and am not certified which makes it difficult to find a job. I have only had on-the-job training but I feel that I am very good at what I do and have learned quickly in my experience as an MT. Does anyone have any tips on how or where to find a job?
Thanks
Yes, and I'd rather keep searching and be happy
Than stay in a job that made me miserable. Even some of the posts on the job seeker's board project major attitude (one recent posting in particular sticks out in my mind), as if the poster is doing us a *favor* by allowing us to apply.
Nope, I'd rather make a little less somewhere else where I enjoy the work and I'm happy.
Congrats on cutting your ties with the not-so-nice person, and best wishes for you to find something GRAND in the very near future!
*CHEERS*
Try searching the archives. Some of us get tired of
answering the same old questions for people who can't be bothered to research what we said about that exact topic only last week. Besides, only the people making big bucks answer the polls. You don't see any of the newbies who are only earning $7 an hour admitting to it.
I bet it is from a Pakistani MT searching for work
that pays 3 cents per line!
I don't know, I found quite a few of these stories on searching.....
Here's another:
http://blog.imperfectparent.com/tag/oregon/
Instead of searching for a true unlimited
plan (I don't think they exist), when I needed ULD, I used Qwest on 2 phone lines and split the time between the two lines.
Searching in WP 5.1 documents through Windows XP
 I have changed word processing programs from DOS-based to Windows-based programs, but still need to access the old WP 5.1 documents. I am having trouble searching the documents through Windows, i.e., searching for a person's name, etc. inside the document. Do you have any suggestions? 
Searching WP 5.1 files in Windows
I do not have WP 5.1 on my XP computer, if that is what you meant.
Tried that, which is why I said I've been searching for info
Searching for digital dictation
Hi,
I'm looking for some advice and direction. I am looking for possible options for a digital dictation/transcription system for a multioffice practice on a Citrix network environment with remote transcriptionists. Several years ago I worked for a web based transcription service that used Chartnet, but that was several years ago. I don't 'really remember any big issues, but I don't need the payroll, production aspect of a system. I am looking more for tracking, in having control of knowing incoming and outgoing jobs with a system. Our practice is integrating with EMR; however, several of our physicians continue to choose to dictate and I am looking to other transcriptionists to possibly point me in the direction of software that they have used so I can research and try to find a product that will fit our practice - we are still on micro tapes. I am looking for a system that of course would be Transcriptionist friendly, but also afford me the ability to manipulate the jobs, i.e. assigning easily, producing reports and software that has good tracking abilities and of utmost importance, excellent sound quality for the player. As a transcriptionist, I personally would look for a system that I will not spend a lot of time in the download function and the complete function. It isn't real effective to me if the time uploadinging and downloading per job takes longer than actually transcribing the jobs. We have a large quantity of work. Key to me is having control of my work, meaning the physicians being able to identify dictation with a patient number and my being able to track jobs downloaded. Forgive my rambling!! I would appreciate anyone responding to me with any suggestions or telling me of your experience with software.
Thank you in advance - I know that the first place I needed to go with this transcription question was to the experts - folks that use these systems and are familiar.
I consider job searching in the MT field a crap shoot
You can never tell which would be better than another until you try it. Too many bait and switchers out there.
I was searching for a Kaiser facility and the article came up (sm)
I don't know if I would call it better, but different sites come up.
It doesn't mention what they plan to do about identity theft and their 3 years is now up. Anybody work for this Kaiser facility?
Maybe searching internet and newspaper archives - sm
for any kind of stories related to identity theft resulting from offshore medical (or other) records is a start. Another angle would be to look for info. from editors on specific instances (Pt. privacy respected, of course!) where offshored or even US bargain-basement transcription came back with errors that could have caused injury or legal action.
Searching for Internet satellite service
This company looks they offer good service in our area according to their add but I have never heard of them before. Any news would be appreciated.
find referrals or start searching
I don't know anyone who gets massages, so I have to go through the search process (yellow pages). Try one, if that doesn't work, try another. One who works on athletes is a good bet. When I call and talk to them, I tell them exactly what my problem is and what I'm wanting -- very deep tissue, therapeutic massage to work out the adhesions in the arms and lots of upper back/shoulder work. Ones who have been around awhile have worked on many with this exact problem. Unfortunately, not all of them will work for YOU, so it's a matter of trying one for a few months, then evaluating how you feel. If you're not better by then, move on. I just left one who I was SURE would help because of her style (rolfing), alas the arms got worse. I have one now who does exactly what I need. imho, gadgets and pills may relieve some pain, but they don't straighten out the muscles that's causing the problem. (btdt) If you can't go the professional route, get a shiatsu massager thingie, and dig that into your arms, shoulders, upper back and neck. They're all connected. The tingling I get in my little and ring fingers is relieved by working out the back of my shoulder. (I can't do my own massage well enough myself to maintain, but it's good for spot treatments.) The massage is painful, but it's worth it to keep my profession, and lifestyle, alive for me.
Anyone having probs searching for docs on ExText?
Is anyone else having this problem lately? In ExText, when I search for a physician's name by using the Cntrl-A function, it is extremely slow, and about half the time, the search seems to freeze, and then I get a message that the connection has been lost. I click on "Retry", am connected, and physicians' names are displayed. The whole process is as slow as molasses, and occasionally, I get completely kicked out of the system, or everything freezes up solid. This has been happening for about 2 to 3 days.
I meant file searching on my computers, too. nm
A good site for searching medical abbreviations.
Check the link below. A really cool site to search for medical abbreviations.
I'm thrilled! After much, much searching on VRBO.com I finally found a 2 br condo in the heart of
Destin, FL, for 7 days!!! I've been searching and searching, but to no avail. These condo owners crack me up! I would either get NO response or a "Sorry, week not available. Try another week." Or the famous, "Yes, it is available." And then I respond to that and never hear from them again! I guess they decide they don't want to rent to us. I always sign my emails with a very professional-looking signature such as, Jane Doe, Medical Editor, MQ Corp....and then my phone number! LOL Makes me look so much smarter!! And it's true!!
Anyways, I am so happy for myself and my family...7 days on the Gulf of Mexico. I work on a laptop so I don't plan on taking any time off since I've already gone away this year to Disneyworld. Plus, they have wireless access.
www.majesticsuncondos.com
Check them out and make sure to stop by if in the area!! 
you seem negative
its very frustrating, do you want to receive 20% less in your pay???? are we not allowed to vent on this board.. How come you are so agreeable to lose 20% of your income?
Yeh I have ignored the negative ones
Even though it really surprised me that people would actually post that reaction. There is a heck of a lot more good advice that I have taken in and as for therapy, I need that too. I don't usually open up to people in my life, I write things down, journal things, so coming to a message board seemed like a good idea to me, to get other perspectives. Thanks for the caring response.
Not to be negative but . . .
I think you'd have more luck organizing a media blitz to get Paris Hilton out on early release. :(
negative
Okay, just checking!
You ARE very negative!
You ARE discouraging and very rude when you talk about newbies not knowing enough and old fashioned Mt's "worked for it." What kind of comment is that?! How the heck do you know what they worked for or not if you have never taken those courses?! And, speaking of your "QA" experience, have you EVER trained (honestly) an MTEC or Andrews graduate?! There IS a difference! And weren't you the one that paid $5000 for YOUR "education" 15 years ago?! All these schools charge less now, AND give you more experience than ANY community college out there! Are you saying that your education is better, even if you paid more, learned less, but just because it was at an actual "location" where you could spend more money on gas to get there? Are you kidding me?!
Don't mean to be negative, but even
with your background summarizing 1000s of medical records, have you actually listened to a medical dictation? Summarizing written files is something entirely different than actually sitting down and listening to/transcribing a medical report. It is not as easy as the schools would lead you to believe. I would try legal transcription before getting into this profession.
why are you being so negative? sm
She has found a good job. It may never go to VR. The company I am working for hasn't gone to VR at all and doesn't plan to. Why not be happy for this person. I just don't understand trying to discourage someone.
Wow. Negative much?
There are some of us out there who do enjoy the profession and actually make money at it. Research your school carefully. Most schools will have stats on their grads who get jobs. Find out what percentage it is. Go with your gut. I have heard about those other two that you mentioned, but I didn't go to them, and I ended up with a good job.
Keep in mind, though, that this is not an industry where you will make a lot of money your first year. Even with a paid internship - that just means you're going to get minimum wage to do a lot of work. It'll be good experience, though. I barely broke minimum wage my first year, but I knew going into it that would be the case.
I can tell you that I make significantly more than that now, though. It is still possible.
There is a big difference between being negative
and being realistic. The young woman is a single mother with a 5-week-old infant. I never said she shouldn't become an MT. In fact, in my next post, I told her that it sounded as if she had done her research quite well and had the interest and abilities to do it. I also told her how I managed when my kids were young by working sporadically. FWIW, I was a single parent during part of that time, too, and newbie income as an MT did NOT pay the bills or support the kids. And believe me, I'm no dummy. I had stars in my eyes when I started out because those ads are everywhere telling mothers that they can make $40,000 a year starting out. I wish someone had told me the harsh realities of working at home then. I didn't know we'd have to be chained to our desks for the majority of the nationals. I didn't know how difficult it would be trying to listen to ESLs while the kids were clamoring for attention, but I just had one more little report to finish up. I've seen a lot of people who wasted a lot of money on MT courses only to find out this wasn't their cup of tea. Mothers get sucked into believing that any half-trained monkey can do MT work and care for an infant at the same time. It's not true. It doesn't require a PhD in rocket science, but it's best to find out if you'd like it or not BEFORE spending all that money on training.
Negative Ads about Cynde and Myself.
Thank you for saying that she has paid the outstanding invoices but the negative mark is still there as long as people can read these reports. Not only is it not true but it is a defamation of character on both her and my part. Can anything be done about it.
MTs always negative on these boards? hmm? NM................
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I don't find it negative at all.
This board is a wonderful board and a great source of information. I don't find it negative in the least. Why in the world would you?
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