It's not exciting...

Posted By: Lana on 2005-11-01
In Reply to: LOL. Although, your job sounds pretty - nm

I'm an MTSO, with clients in the LA area. There's nothing exciting about transcribing their reports. I look at it strictly from a dollars and cents perspective period. They're human beings, just like you and I, and they all have the same fears and breath the same air that you and I do, too.

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What would you do - in this instance.
- when you work for a national, you sign a confidentiality agreement...? - MTness
- This thread has been the worst waste of space on these boards. - Type it, keep quiet, move on - it's your job!
  - The worst? pretty wide claim. - n/m
- I'd type it & keep my mouth shut. If you defer the report to someone else, you are just calling - Margaret
  - (how does one know that the Subject line has been exhausted? - Margaret
- If an attorney knew his client had cancer, would he keep his mouth shut? SM...... - Lana
- type it - aa
- You should have signed a confidentiality agreement which allows you to type this unless- - sm
- We are professionals. You type it and keep your - mouth shut!! NM
- Recognizing the name - BookerT
  - Don't do it UNLESS you have the strictest confidence - my 2 cents
- transcribe it - no name
- I think I may be in the minority on this, but I consider myself SM - Becky
- Ethically, once you recognize the name, you should tell your supervisor that you... - SM
  - (Eye roll) - Lana
    - Well then don't come work for my hospital because... - SM
      - Thank you. I had not thought of it in this way before (not a practicing MT, btw) nm - Margaret
    - LOL. Although, your job sounds pretty - nm
      - It's not exciting... - Lana
        No.. breath the same air you say! - n/m
  - I do not see how you can get around this with local accounts. - mtathome
  - I doesn't matter. You can transcribe the reports of people you know. sm - No way.
    - Well, if I do a co-workers report and my boss sees my initials, I'm fired. - That's the rule where I work nm
      - so who types it? they only way around that would be to outsource - sm
        The transcription manager types it. - That's our policy. nmx
        i personally would not want my boss typing my medical record either - nm
- RE - 1212
  - Transcribe it and keep quiet. sm - an editor
    - I guess my doc would be in trouble. - Recent hospital pt.

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