Meditech is a hospital database. sm
Posted By: past Meditecher on 2007-04-03
In Reply to: A Question About Meditech....please read.... - StyxFan
It allows everyone in the hospital and also physician offices remotely to view patients' medical records. There are upgrades but they are costly. It is not transcription friendly at all. I worked on it for years, and so glad that was on an hourly basis. You are better off transcribing in Word and cutting and pasting into Meditech. It is not user friendly. You cannot download it. The hospital or MTSO must give you a password and you either access it by VPN through the MTSO or directly into the hospital's server. When it goes down, you can lose reports. There is a recover feature, but it doesn't work all the time. Just be sure to save reports midstream. One more thing, there are a lot of screens and some require data be filled in before you actually get to transcribe. JMO. I'm sure I'll get flamed but I've been through upgrade after upgrade and you wind up losing features and having to put canned text back in, which can only be done by the Meditech people. NOT USER FRIENDLY at all in my opinion. It also lags behind your typing. You would be better off finding work that you can type in Word. 
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Bad news for ya. Meditech is at my hospital ....
and everyone hates it. User non-friendly and it takes 6 maneuvers to what other systems can do in 2 maneuvers. NOT a good thing at all.
I used to work for a hospital that used Meditech and we found the line counts to be inconsistent. SM
I used to be a supervisor and was trying to find a way to monitor productivity on Meditech and found that line counts fluctuated greatly! I did all kinds of comparisons - typed reports in word and counted the lines in word with MP Count and then compared it with Meditech and there was sometimes near a 200 line discrepancy at the end of the day. Then we found that running a line count twice in Meditech on the same MT and same reports would get us two different numbers with about 20 lines difference.
Meditech is just not MT friendly, but unfortunately MTs are at the bottom of the list of considerations when choosing an EMR system. I gave up and started keeping track of minutes of dictation.
Depends on what kind of hospital? Large urban hospital or small community hospital? SM
Also, is it a large teaching hospital? If so you have to consider there will be A LOT of different residents dictating, usually a lot of ESLs at teaching hospitals, and the residents rotate out and new ones rotate in every summer. So you can't expect to get the same dictators and build up your macros because the dictators change all the time.
I would say 9 cpl would be a pretty good offer for a small to medium community hospital where you will be doing the same dictators on a daily basis. But for bigger, urban or teaching hospitals I would want at least 12 to 15 cpl.
Searchable database
There's a product called ScriptXSearch, new on the market, that will allow you to easily provide your clients a searchable database. You can find it at www.scriptxsearch.com, or write to rob@reynet.net--he's developing it specifically for ICs and small MTSOs.
The EHR is coming. Physicians offices are going to be the last to move to the EHR, I think, but I'll bet more money will go that way now that the Democrats are in power. Bush proposed it but never really funded it, so it's kind of stalled. Except that it's such a good idea that it's picking up its own momentum.
My thought is that if I offer doctors these small pieces of the medical record maybe they'll take us along in the EHR. A lot of vendors are advertising that their EHR is going to replace transcription. I don't really think that's going to happen, but it may be pretty lean there for a while.
We can't go too far, though, HIPAA says something about if you maintain medical records you have to make them available to the patient and you SURE don't want to get caught up in that. I'm a small serivce and I offer Rob's ScriptXSearch. AAMT had provided a HIPAA agreement that included a clause explaining that we don't maintain medical records, these are preliminary reports.
I do not think they had a database the doctors could search.
I think they just store the reports in a way that can be retrieved. As a subcontractor, in general I keep the files only until I am paid for them. When I complete a file, I send the reports to the doctor and to the MTSO. Some large companies do provide an electronic health record, but I doubt it would be feasible for an IC to provide this. I would say this is one of the areas we cannot compete with the big guys.
Patient Database in MS Word?
We released MPLite less than a month ago, and most of the emails we are getting speak of how having a patient database is saving so much time. Another feature that many emails comment on is how the invoices give the details (patient, Job#, MR, dictator, MT, DOS, Doc Type and count).
If you missed the release announcement, perhaps a free 10 day trial of MPLite will ease your workday too.
Best wishes for a joyous Christmas!
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escritption database errors
It seems lately that I'm always getting database errors, either while pulling up updated physicians lists or problems with the queue. Sometimes it won't even get past the login screen and requires a reboot of computer because editscript won't shut all the way down, even though there are no indications of it running on my task manager, so I can't restart it without a reboot. At times it is only one account and I can login to another, others it is any account I try to login and pull up queue. At times this decreases my work time by hours. I've redone my whole computer hoping this would resolve the issue if it were my computer. From what I can tell there is no difference between now and whe Escript seemed to be working perfectly well, at least on my end.
Anybody else with this problem or any ideas?
...should be new meds, colleagues not in the database, etc. Damn! nm
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Talk to a real person! database
This web site has the listings for lots of major companies that we deal with every day. It includes the numbers to actually speak to a human being and not a computer. My daughter forwarded it to me, but I haven't actually had need to use it yet. Thought it might take away a frown  or make someone's day a little better.
It is: http://www.gethuman.com/us/
Form letters and database management
I would like to offer database management to my potential clients. Any notions on what to charge for this? I was thinking of an initial charge to set this up, and if I do their transcription no charge to maintain.
Also want to offer form letter creation and mailing. Has anyone ever done this and what did you charge? Any input is appreciated.
Phys database sorely lacking SM
and the rest of it is okay, but certainly not almost $200 okay.
Focus Infomatics - they assign work or you pick from database
I wanted to know from anyone who works at Focus if you are able to download work when you want to or is it assigned to you? I thought I heard that you can go onto the site and grab dictations when you wanted to instead of being assigned.
If anyone knows I would greatly appreciate !!
How is keeping a patient database on your personal computer HIPAA compliant?
I would love an effortless line counting program too, but...
Just curious if anyone has investigated that issue with this software.
Hospital. I wish I'd never left my hospital job.
They'll only take me back if I start off working nights and weekends again at the bottom of the totem pole.
If you work for a hospital - how come no one from the hospital
called you?? Were they in the dark, as well?? How sad, that no one in your hospital communicates with the at home staff.
Meditech
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.
Meditech
Has anyone ever used Meditech? Is it user-friendly? Fast? Thanks for any info you can give me.
MediTech
No to all of the above questions.
Meditech
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?
Meditech
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!
meditech
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.
T
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!
MediTech
Have used Meditech for 8 years. I tried IT with Workstation 4 (NUE) and it worked.
Spellchecker is not accurate for more than 1 letter off and it does not know if word should be capped or not. It will not pick up 2 letter word errors such as NO, fo, si, etc. There is no grammer check.
Headers are put in automatically (if facility has it set that way), put in Rad's name, pt. name, chose x-ray from list, type date and body. F7 to beginning of report, Shift+F1 for Spellcheck, proof, F12 to file. F10 deletes your line from cursor location on. Need to be at beginning of line and use F3 to join lines or it will move the text to whereever the cursor is located throughout the rest of the document, major PITA!
There are other screens for mammo codes, report codes (normal, negative, see report, unremarkable, etc.) but may vary in setup from facility to facility.
Good luck!
RE: Meditech
Is there anyone that is using Meditech on Windows Vista? I got into it, but it minimizes everytime I get in. It won't open up when I maximize it.
MediTech
It very nearly made me quit transcription. Terrible, terrible, awful piece of you-know-what.
Meditech
I agree 100% - hate Meditech and going broke using it!
Meditech ???
Can anyone help? Am on Meditech account and I know I should not have to cut and paste report from Word, but that is how they have been doing it. I want to be able to type the report without cutting and pasting. How to be able to use the spellcheck in Meditech, etc? How to use ShortHand? I have tried to use ShortHand and will not work. Of course no help on the other end because they have just been cutting and pasting from Word, which is just another step should not have to do. I know I have been able to do all on other accounts. It has been some time since on Meditech account though and cannot remember. Any tricks of the trade???:)
Meditech
I don't exactly understand your question. You can type the report right where you would put the cursor to paste it. Can you be more specific about what you need? ShortHand does work with Meditech, by the way.
Meditech...
Not sure if we use the same version, but when I go into Meditech I enter 13 to take me to Process Reports. Do you see anything like that? Spellcheck is shift F9 I believe. Just a caveat, however, the spellcheck in Meditech is vitually worthless!
I have the opposite dilemna, I am much more comfortable with the Word-based platform and miss my Stedman's spellchecker, but there is no way to copy and paste from Word to Meditech
I use Instantext with Meditech. I do know it needs to be "linked" in order to work. Not sure if ShortHand works the same way?
Good luck!
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