Meditech Expander on Citrix
Posted By: Debbie on 2006-07-10
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Hi all, I have searched the forums and can't find an answer. My hospital recently went to Meditech and I am typing on Meditech through a website on Citrix. None of my Expanders work with the Citrix website.
Any ideas? I have tried Shortcut, Flashtype and As You Type and nothing works. I am ready to pull my hair out. Hope someone can help.
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Meditech Expander on Citrix
I have ShortHand 9X and when I press the spacebar for the expansion, I get the Meditech message, just like I pressed F12, asking me if I want to save the text. It doesn't expand.
Just pray they don't use a Citrix server. MAJOR problems have come from Meditech+Citrix.
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Meditech and Citrix "hate" each other for some reason. I have a radiology account where we all went through the same problems - losing reports, sluggish performance, getting kicked off, documents freezing up etc. The I.S. Departmet at the hospital I work for got so sick of hearing from us transcription gals, they finally set us all up with VPN connections and ALL problems were resolved. It is a tad bit slower with the VPN connection typing and saving documents, but to avoid all of the B.S using the Citrix platform, it is well worth it!
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I am also having trouble with this and I also have Comcast digital ISP...but I am having trouble getting any website. I have worked in MediTech/Citrix for 2 years and it does tend to bog down when very many people are on it, plus I have had trouble off and on the whole 2 years doing exactly what you said.
? for Meditech/Citrix users
Okay, aggravation. Still have dail-up. Had appt. to have cable hooked up tomorrow morining they just discovered today they don't run cable where I live, which incidentally is only about 3 miles out of the nearest town!
Typing in Meditech via Citrix metaframe. Due to current with delay from dail up I am typing body of report in Word and pasting into Meditech which has speeded things up a great deal.
I was planning to have satellite hooked up next week. Before I chunk out that money, I know satellite is very slow with a VPN and that the Citrix metaframe may work similarly.
Anyone out there working in Meditech via Citrix Metaframe ON SATELLITE without problems. I read that it can slow it down 50-75%?
They can't figure out if its Citrix or Meditech but regardess
we are still stuck with the problem until they can find a fix. If they are even actually looking for one. You know how it is-- if it works for billing, filing, nursing, accounting, who cares if it works for transcription... Perhaps other Meditech users can comment?
Are there any other Meditech/Citrix users that are having trouble?
we are having terrible difficulties. System kicking us off, sluggish performance, losing reports. Any one else on Meditech accounts (accessed through Citrix)dealing with this?
Our Meditech connects through a Citrix server, and kicks us off, freezes up, doesn't allow log on
If the system has a lot of users on, then it lags. You hit the keys but the letters don't appear right away. Try doing the backspace key with that. It does not have a word Expander and only certain ones will work with it. ShortHand does but some of the others do not. It has archaic functions. The patient demographics are entered separately from the body of the report, so you don't get paid for those lines. It takes multiple key strokes to make font changes, etc.
But other than that, it is fine LOL
need an expander for Meditech
Try Abbreviate - works quite well with Meditech.
expander for MediTech
I have used Shorthand with Meditech now for about two years and it works great.
Best expander to use with Meditech - sm
I never used an Expander other than autocorrect with Word. Can anyone give me some direction.
Meditech word expander
PCSHORTHAND is the only one I have found to work with Meditech; www.pcshorthand.com
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I have tried some free downloads of a couple of programs but had problems with them. Had to turn them off and on when I went to different screens or different aspects in Meditech. I do Radiology and basic 4 with access to Meditech Expander which is only good for long repetitive phrases and I often go into the medical charts to look up medicines, etc. This poses a problem with some Expanders as I enter codes to get to the different screens. Please help!
What is the best expander program for Meditech system?
I asked this question a while back and someone told me ShortHand worked great with Meditech. I have downloaded the new trial version of it and it interferes with certain keys that are used in Meditech. Such as filling out information screens and the save button in Meditech. Things come up that I don't want to come. I want a program that will expand only in the text part of Meditech. Any help would be appreciated.
Anyone use ShortCut as their expander with Meditech? I don't want to change with my new job
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When I used this combo, we had this problem. IT had to replace Citrix with something else.
They had to do a lot of tweaking, and they were somewhat resistant. They had trouble understanding that letters need to appear immediately ... or sooner.
I am suspicious it is the Citrix because I remember it slowed down a hospital program I used to use
IT had to change from Citrix to something else to get it to speed up and work better. I don't know what Citrix is, but it must be bad, LOL.
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Guess I need to make it work harder.
The shortcuts expander works with the Bayscribe expander as well.
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that are similar to the MS Word expander? I prefer something very simple. I like MS Word expander; however I have gone over my limits and cannot add any more shortcuts so I need a program that will hold a larger amount of shortcuts. Many thanks.
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Has anyone ever used a word Expander with Meditech? I understand that there are several different versions of this program and we use it for Radiology. We have V. 3.25. I was specifically thinking about ShortKeys? Any input would be appreciated.
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Has anyone ever used Meditech? Is it user-friendly? Fast? Thanks for any info you can give me.
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No to all of the above questions.
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Hello ladies. Can any of you give me referral for the name of a good medical transcription service company to work for? I've been with Spheris for almost 3 years and am looking. I've been requesting to change from an intimidating and threatening supervisor for months, and it hasn't happened. MANY PEOPLE are leaving Spheris. I'm just wondering -- can anyone give me the name of a NICE COMPANY to work for??
Thank you very much. Have a nice day.
Meditech
User-friendly? LOL. Shorthand helps.
Meditech?!))!!**
I hate it! Been working through Meditech. A huge hospital account and it's constantly going slow, booting you offline. And, it's been like this for years. They are losing a load of MT's because of it. It's okay for the hospital users, labs, docs, etc. NOT for transcriptionists. You need a dedicated line, not a system that serves a metropolis!
Does anyone use Meditech here?
I work for a hospital and I am forced to use Meditech. There is nothing to help a Transcriptionist except for autocorrect. The F11 key is diabled as well as macros. Any one else experience this problem, and how did you get around it.
Going crazy without my tools. I can't stand not being able to F11 to my next stop, let alone make templates, etc. Autocorrect on this computer is terrible as well. It will only take words in a line, not a paragraph, for example. Sheesh.. Any advice???
Meditech
Yes - Have your supervisor get Smartype, which works well with Meditech in Word program or Abbreviate, which is cheaper. I have worked at a local hospital with same problem and they would not put Smartype on, would do nothing to help at all. Good luck, hope you get somewhere, it is like typing with one hand behind your back isn't it? Pain in the neck and takes so much of your time.
meditech
Meditech does not count lines. It only counts black characters, no spaces.
Meditech
I would charge by the line - at least 12-14 cents per line (if you are the owner of the account)or charge 3.00 per report - 4.00 for specials. I have found with Meditech that this is about the only way to make any money. I had an account like this and found that radiology by the line if there are a lot of specials is the way to go - longer reports - more lines, especially if they use a lot of normals or negatives as some call them. hope this helps - you are probably being way underpaid if you are working on Meditech.
Meditech - What's it like to use?
Companies that have it always seem to want people who are already trained on it. Is it hard to learn if you have learned many different softwares?
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I have used the oldest version of Meditech, without a spellchecker and the newest versions with Word and not in Word. Even when I used the older version, I made excellent money. You can use ShortHand and with the old version, I used abbreviate. Of course when I used the old version for 8 years, made 10 cents per line and even the newer versions made 10 cents a line in radiology for all. The Cerner will slow it down, but not all the time. It is an old system, but you can make good money using Meditech. I use RadNet now which I love. Meditech is fairly easy to learn and your line count you get out of your main menu for Transcription Statistics, but not until the next day, that is the only bad thing about it. Good luck. It is not the worse platform. I have used 3 different Meditech programs, two of them old and one the newer one.
New Meditech is not like it used to be
Yes, you do need broadband access and internet. So, good thing u've got DSL. The new version is a whole lot better than the dial-up version - very user friendly. Congrats on the new job!
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I have a manual here but no fax machine - is there something in particular I can look up for you?
Meditech
I've used Meditech and it is a very simple, user friendly program. Only problem I had with it was that there were no expansions.
Meditech lag
 I also found Meditech to cause a huge problem with lag and it drove me crazy. The Meditech in Word is better. Have you updated your internet explorer to the new version 7? If so, that may be the problem as I heard it does not work well with some of the medical software for companies, so I have not upgraded mine. There is a web site www.worldstart.com, and they have a message board there, lots of people on the boards and maybe someone can answer your question about the lag time and what may cause it. I stopped using Norton antivirus and have used AVG free as the Norton missed 200 viruses on my computer a couple of years ago. What I used to do years ago is transcribe in Abbreviate and cut and paste into Meditech and that was faster. Maybe you do need to uninstall your program and reinstall, that may help. Good luck. I know how frustrating this is.
meditech
Can you use ShortHand with Meditech? I know Meditech has canned text but it's kind of cumbersome and I really like Shorthand. Does anyone use Meditech + a word expander?
Meditech
Believe me it is slow and add hospital woes to the dragging and you have more problems. I have been on more than one Meditech acct, some good, some not. I have said this before. The Meditech people that came up with this need to go back to the drawing board and...........fast. It is getting to be pathetic!
Meditech...where to get it?sm
Does anyone know of a website that you can go to and download the Meditech program? There was a site I went to before, but I cant find it now and need to download Meditech. Thanx for any help.
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I'm on Meditech.
I find it pretty slow and cumbersome, even on a broadband connection.
I've resorted to composing in Word on my local machine and then Cut and Pasting into Meditech.
I don't know what version of Meditech it is, or if there even IS more than one.
Meditech (sm)
I remember someone giving instructions on formatting in Meditech, something to do with the F8 key. Could you please post that information again, I meant to print those instructions out. Thanks.
MediTech
MediTech is a platform that is used by various hospitals for doing their dictation. It is one of the older platforms out there, but you cannot download it.
I'm currently using Meditech
And the previous poster (pastMeditecher) is right. I also work in Word and paste it in. I've lost too much work when the system glitches!
Another thing. Find an Expander that will work with Meditech (I use Instant Text). That way, if you have other work or change jobs, your expansions are with YOU, and not stuck with the system.
Meditech
anybody know details about Meditech's line counting?
Meditech
When I worked in Meditech, we were told that we were getting paid by the 65-character line even though the Meditech line was 75 characters long. I used to paste my reports into Word and do a character count and divide by 65, it never worked out. After many tests, I realized that we were getting paid by the gross line. Try counting it that way and see if it matches when you get your line counts. (On that job, the gross lines paid better as it turned out).
Also, other "tests" I did revealed that the originator of the report was the only who got credit. Any additions I ever made to someone else's report did not add to my line count. That part stunk.
Hope this helps!
Meditech & VPN
Depending on what hospital. I don't think it matters what version of Meditech. Most hospitals are hooking up Meditech through their VPN site. I did work for one company where they had some MTs going through both at the same time. I have been going through a VPN site since the first of the year and love it. I obtain dictation through the same server. I just recently was able to go on vacation and check on how things were going while I was away (personal account). I feel if my rural hospital is going to this system, it will not be long before most all hospital will.
The only Meditech I ever used (sm)
could only be accessed via a dial-up modem...and I have high-speed so I was kinda tweeked about paying for high-speed connection yet still having to use that archaic system. Maybe it's different now, I dunno. Thankfully I was able to drop that work like a hot potato due to my connection constantly dumping and losing all my work and I don't have to think about it any more. God I hated that Meditech. I've read about people having access to different versions of it though and having much better luck than I did.
Good luck with it though. 
Meditech
When I worked on Meditech, you could not change the original transcriptionist. If I added or corrected something in a report, I physically typed my initials and date at bottom of report. There is an option to "delete report" to just start over if that option has been given to you.
Anyone use MediTech (sm)
for radiology transcription? Am considering applying for a position using it but do not know a thing about it. I am currently using Word-based programs and before that have used WP5.1.
Does it have a built in spellchecker? Can I use my ShortCut for Windows word Expander program?
Is it cumbersome, hard to learn, take a long time to get *up to speed*???
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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