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• WELL IT'S PUBLISHED!!!!! - TravelinMT
  • Here is the Link for all who need it... - MTPockets
  • Thank you, TravelinMT!! - MTPockets
  • help! the link only brought me to the home page - Emily
  • link does not work for me either, x3 tries. - nm
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  • Great article. . . - Ula
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    • Who is Ronald? - TravelinMT
      • Last name McDonald?? - Mythbuster
      • Hahaha! I thought the same thing. He's defintely NOT an MT that's for sure! n/m - Kiki
    • getting the word out. . . - Ula
  • The article brought out a real nutjob! - Want to keep working
  • why isn't this link working for me? - sw
    • never mind..just found it! nm - sw
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  • Just left a long comment with the story. - Searching for Nu Career
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The link is not working for me, you can access it at:

www.presstelegram.com/news/ci/_12022094

Hi..

Yes, I can relate here.  I took a job for 6 cents a line just for the sake of doing family practice soaps again.....and even with my 20+ years of experience and Instant Text, I can only make about $8/hour----I know I am worth more than that, but getting an assigned doctor account is not easy to find, but this surely isn't worth my time.  Like you said, once you pay your quarterly taxes and self-employment taxes, and state taxes, what was the sense of working???  Thanks for allowing me to vent---I think I am going to quit my new job!!!!

I, too, was wondering if one goes somewhat deaf, and has hearing aids in place, how one could transcribe.

TO THE OP (ORIGINAL POSTER) - it was a good question, too bad this poster who responded first was a nonresponsive and completely nonhelpful answer...

anyone else know?  I cannot imagine with hearing aids in, unless they go behind the ear, how we would be able to *hear* well doing transcription...unless, of course, we had it aloud, on speaker/audio...

I'm facing this down the road, I am sure.....

 Wanting to start out with a consultant is called being prepared and nothing to do with my capabiilty of handling a business.  both are very two different entitities. Its like operating any other business to get started.  If it was not true there would not be any consultants out there.  both of you might have started 20 years by the sounds of your posts and it sounds like you might have hit it lucky getting by without contracts.  I would rather be safe than sorry but more power to you.  I guess it makes you feel "superior."

Try this

http://www.afmc.wpafb.af.mil/ESC/MM/CAP/keyboards.htm

A link to a MT website is always correct?  LOL...

Think I'll trust my link...Allen Medical...they sell them...

http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=1

somebody called the press and leaked the story - but absolutely no identification that it was a healthcare worker. More likely an old ex-girflriend!

"Ashe, who was ranked first in the tennis world in 1968 and 1975, said with some bitterness that he was making his disclosure only because the newspaper USA Today had called him last week and revealed that it was working on a story saying he had AIDS. "

drink that tells you if you are or are not an alcohol.  Unfortunately, many people don't realize their disease until it is too late and many people drink "socially" so who is to know what is and what is not going to happen in the future?  As far as AIDS being 100% preventable, I will agree to the point that protected sex is most certainly the responsibility of the individual, but how many people have protecetd sex with their longterm partners not expecting them to be unfaithful or someone who has contracted an illness in ways where they were not resposible?fever

Unfortunately, it is people who judge that keep people who are sick from getting help.  Of course, that does not apply to everyone and mental illness also plays a part in many illnesses, but as a recovering alcoholic I can say that I graduated with an MBA, PTA President for many years, and had no hereditary factors in my life to foresee the possibility of alcoholism to prevent it.  Fortunately for me, I was made aware of my disease and have done everything to prevent a relapse - something I have been successful at for 12 years.  However, I do believe that when people are judge as harshly as you seem to judge, they will more than likely succumb to the label you have given them. 

May God bless you!

I started MTg in 1984 and by 1997 I opened up my own little MTSO business.  I believe the level of self confidence plays a huge part.  All I did was make up business cards and I went and solicited myself in medical centers weekly.  I also brought a resume just in case they wanted to see one (that was rare that they wanted to see a resume in my experience).  I only solicited the fields I was very familiar with and got a pediatric and adult neurosurgeon, 2 plastic surgeons, and 2 neurologists right off the bat.  I keep ledgers and used to do microsoft Excel (which I no longer do the latter). 

Regardless of what the other poster said, I do print for the private MDs, sometimes on my plain Xerox paper, other times on their letterhead, and I give them free paper and free delivery.  Most MDs want to see something for free.  I give them their headers for free as it's only 2 Keystrokes for me on a 5-line header.  I have kept my doctors for 10 years now and they appear very happy to me.  I give them 24-48 hour TAT (turnaround time) without fail.  When I go on vacation (early autumn) they usually go at the same time.  I never have to farm my work out, I simply juggle my days around.

And to cap it off, I then moonlight for a national for 3-day weekends!!  I love that too because it's always a NEW learning experience for me and I polish up my knowledge of all the other fields that I do not do during the week.

BEST OF LUCK.  If I could do it and be a success, I believe most self-confident people can do the same!! 

was at the same company for 8 years.  I left company #1 because they lost the account to MQ and the company only had clinic work after that and I do acute care and didn't want to do clinic.  While searching for another job I tested and was offered positions by 6 companies.  I took PT positions with 3 of them.   I had been using a C-phone with a small local and really had no clue about other companies.   One job I kept for 1 year until they got rid of my account because they were such a pain.   I quit one after 4 months. 

I know someone who had 7 jobs in 1 year and that was only about 8 months into the year.   She was a CMT and wanted the whole world to know it and treat her special, but the quality of her work was very poor.  I don't know if she voluntarily left all those positions or was let go.   When I was testing I was trying to get a feel for what was out there and thinking that company #2 might offer me better than what company #1 was paying.   While this wasn't that long ago, it was when you could still get a decent line rate and I never heard of offshoring.