My company told us to use disk for
Posted By: it depends on 2005-11-17
In Reply to: Re: Orthopaedics - do you type "disc" or "disk"? Thanks! NM... - Meg
both, though it has been disc for eye and disk for ortho in the past.
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At my former company we were told to fix
any obvious errors. I would do this and then send them a copy of errors found (not that they ever fixed it). You have to remember that a lot of times these normals/standards are not typed by MTs, but by clerks.
What company told you this?
Expose them please so the rest of us do not waste our time on them.
My company told me how user
friendly Meditech Magic was. I have only worked on one system that was worse than MM and that was at YOG. How anyone gets their lines in I'll never know.
I just told my company to take this VR and put where the sun don't shine today sm
I got tired of the promises...Oh I have gals doing 10,500 lines every 2 weeks in 8 hours a day. (I think I choked when I heard this.)
It is NOTHING for me to type 8000 lines or BETTER in a week and I get paid way more for my 8000 lines. I have been looking for another job, either PT to augment the lack of work or FT for the right situation. First question I ask perspective employer? How do you feel about voice. I have talked to about 7 or 8 companies in the past 2 weeks. EVERY ONE OF THEM has said NO WAY, NOT HERE. It is not very good...you can't expect an MT to edit that crapola for half of what they make typing, unless you don't care the least about quality. I had two of them tell me it was unmitigated GREED on the part of these company's owners that they even entertain it.
I will say that the cream of the crop of MTs can transcribe so much faster than they edit, it isn't even funny. Granted, there are plenty of MTs who are stop start, stop start, but when I get into a report, I put the pedal to the floor and TYPE. I am down to about 1.25:1 or better than that a times. A 5-minute report will take me under 6 minutes, as a rule, to transcribe. My accuracy is something above 99.5%. I swear what attracts MTs to editing is the fact that they can't type enough lines to make it work as a career. Either they can't sit still (that is me most days, but my speed makes up for it), they don't know their stuff all that well, or type slower than a 7-year itch...but they are not the cream of the crop.
Just you all wait...one of these companies who has crappy speech program and crappy "editors" is going to be sued and those extremely substandard reports are going to win the case for the plantiff and the hospital is going to be left high and dry, a couple of doctors with them. We are here for a reason. We protect patients and patient care. We also protect the doctors from litigation. I used to go through medical records looking for errors, loop holes and other boo boos for a malpractice lawyer. The better the transcription, the more thorough the dictation, the less I could find proof against a doctor or facility.
We need a national forum for this...newspaper something.
I asked the girl at the company if it had anything to do with expanders. I was told it was more of
True. I was told this by a friend who is a computer tech at a company
here in town. He was going to do it for me. No way would I try to do it myself. Luckily, I was able to buy one with XP on it from Dell.
I was told I needed 2 phone lines, but was told I was dialing into the doctors' system. What woul
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Tax guy told me to hold 30%. After first year when got idea what I would be making, he told me
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I told you once, I told you twice, eTransPlus is going down the drain!
Don't expect communication from anyone, we are only little "peons."
disk
BOS 2 recommends disk (pg.140)
Disk it is thanks
Thank you
disk
About 1999 when I worked in house, we got an AMA article that said they preferred disk.
If MDI goes by BOS, BOS says disk for both. nm
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She will need to get the disk...sm
from it's owner to transfer the voice files from the handheld to the computer.
Disc or disk--
I really don't have time to search archives EVERYWHERE.....I tried and am only now more confused. I cannot afford an AAMT BOS--please we are arguing with our doctor--tell me, is it disk or disk and what page is it on in the BOS?????
Disk or disc
same meaning on both is this just a preferance?
Disc/disk - sm
I agree - disc for bone, disk for eye...been doing it that way for 25+years, never heard any different.
Disc v Disk
I have been told AAMT is disk for vertebrae and disc for eyes. However in the hospital I worked for on-site it was disk for vertebrae and many hospitals I've worked for want disk. Personally I don't understand this ridiculousness in MT work, as both are actually correct. So bottom line is -- ask for a/c you are working on. LOL
disc and disk
I vote for what the BOS-2 says regardless of the negative posts here. Look at the book and you won't have to post these types of questions here.
Can I copy IT onto a CD or disk?
I have company issued computer with IT. I would like to know if I could move IT to a CD or disk so that I can put it on my personal computer. I have greatly expanded the glossary to cover my area of expertise over the last one year and do not want to lose this. In fact, I think I would break down and cry if I did. Plus, am thinking of taking on a PT job and would like to utilize this IT on my other computer.
Thank you.
You can only put the glossaries onto a disk..sm
For copyright protection, IT restricts itself from being able to be copied onto a disk and installed onto another computer. The only way to install it is to use the installation disk.
The glossaries, however, can be backed up onto a seperate disk, just not the actual program itself.
Technically, the hospital owns the license so installing it on a personal computer would violate the license agreement. If you would like to have it on your own computer, it is recommended to purchase your own copy so you don't have to worry about anything with the license agreement. 
Run disk c;lean up
It will do all of that automatically and let you decide what you want to do and defrag if necessary, take out unused prpgrams and let you know how much space you can get if you clean it up. Also check the property of yur C drive to see how much space you have left. Should be doing weekly checks on your hard drive.
PRD+ - can someone email it to me? My disk is bad
Hi, can someone email me the PRD+ program? My disc and program which I've used for 15+ years has apparently died before I could transfer it to CD. Thanks!
Disk Defragmenter?
Do you think you might be thinking of defragmenting your disk and then it telling you which files were "fixed"? Because that is under System Tools. Just wondering what operating system you had on the old computer. I have XP on my laptop and 2000 on my old computer and both have the same options on system tools. Just a guess.
Disc or Disk
I still type disc and either is correct. But, I think BOS says type disk.
The BOS3 does not come with a disk.
That way they can charge an annual fee for their internet-based reference package.
disk versus disc
I used to type for a neurosurgeon who requested that I put "disc". So there! Either way is correct.
Have any of you used the free disk that you can pick up at
Just wondering how you liked the service. It is $9.94 month. TIA
You can copy the PRD from windows 98 to a disk and
transfer it to XP. It does not make any difference what windows platform you use because PRD is DOS program and does not need the installation program, just copy to your hard drive.
However, there are a few programming considerations you need in order to get it to work on XP, and the best instructions for this are at a web site at columbia university. I will put that link in an addendum here so you can get the help you really need.
In MS Word I did something to delete my little disk on the....sm
task bar and also the page that opens a new document and the print preview page. There are probably more missing. How do I get them back?
thx so much
If you have a disk, you can reload it on another computer. nm
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The info was on a disk and shouldn't have been
NM
I have Abacus SE, brand new with disk. s/m
I paid $40 for it about two months ago. It is very user friendly and prints out invoices. I'll sell it for half price plus shipping if you are interested.
question on converting a disk - please help
I have a CD that I am supposed to transcribe. It came to me in as a .cda format, and it won't play whatsoever. Not on my laptop, not on my CD player, nothing. I see online that there are ways to convert the cda to an mp3, but I'm not sure which are hoaxes/bogus and which are for real.
Does anyone know how to do a conversion of cda to mp3? Please help. Thanks so much
Olympus DS4000 disk
I bought a DS4000 digital recorder brand new on ebay last year. I just got a new account who is interested in going digital and when I opened it up the disk is cracked. I have the license number to register the software I just need a copy of the software. If anyone can copy or send the original and I will return the next day please email me at bsptss at aol dot com, I'll gladly pay any associated costs.
Thanks
Barbara
How do I back up Expanders onto CD or disk?
Not sure what folder I can find them on my computer.
I don't trust disk cleanup
A lot of times it will list files for removal that really shouldn't be removed - I would rather err on the side of caution and remove things myself.
But that's just me.
pcshorthand.com... Get the disk version though so
s
Have an Vista upgrade disk for
my XP Media Center and never installed it due to all the problems people were having with it. Hopefully the new windows coming out will be an improvement.
No matter what your operating system, MTs still have computer issues. It's part of the gig and goes with the territory. You are not alone in your grief. Be happy to have a hubby who has a few tricks up his sleeve.
And read this...disk vs. disc
disc vs disk
a 4-letter word
To what extent should one research the spelling of a word when there is more than one way to spell it? I suppose the answer would depend on a number of things, not the least of which is how much time one has to invest in word research. Productivity and therefore one’s pay suffers when ears, hands, and feet leave their transcription mode for any period of time.
If the word in question is a mere 4-letter word, it seems reasonable to believe that any one of respected resources would provide an appropriate spelling, so why bother with much research. Let’s face it, four-letter-word vocabularies are usually subject to more creative spellings than misspellings. However, because I was working on a special project, I decided to put to rest, once and for all time, the correct spelling of disc/disk as used in surgical dictation for a lumbar discectomy/diskectomy. Four hours and several resources later, I was sure I had my answer.
Au contraire.
I began my search in Stedman’s Medical 27th Edition. It is after all my medical dictionary of choice. Clearly the preference for disc/disk when referring to the spine is “disc.” I disagreed. My preferred spelling was “disk” for all things spinal, so I checked the AMA Manual Style. To my delight, they agreed with me. In fact, it clearly states that one should use “disc” for ophthalmologic terms and “disk” for the remainder of the anatomy.
Dr. Dirckx, noted medical language expert, explained disc/disk it in an article that appears in the January 2002 issue of JAAMT. His article begins, “As you have no doubt discovered, reference works show a striking lack of consistency in the spelling of this term.” Amen to that!
I almost always use Vera Pyle’s book for confirmation, she being the all-time guru and grande dame of medical vocabulary. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She directs that one use “disk” when transcribing ophthalmologic dictation and “disc” for the remainder of the anatomy.
All right, the gloves came off. Next stop, the revered AAMT Book of Style. “We recommend the spelling disk for all anatomic and surgical references …” I was satisfied and feeling pretty smug, so I declared the victory to a member of Stedman’s staff and suggested that the Stedman’s Dictionary team look into changing “disc” preference to “disk” in their new edition.
It is a good feeling to be right, and I was feeling real good. That is, until the S27 research team took my suggestion and consulted the world experts in medical terminology. Who are they? “They” are the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology, and “they” are the final word. Chairman Ian Whitmore states that Latin is the basis for the world's official terminology as found in Terminologia Anatomica (TA). Want to know more about TA? It is explained in S27 and makes interesting reading.
And just what do the world experts say about disk/disc? Disc is in for all things medical; disk is out. Why? Because Latin terms have official status and, though the origin of the word is from the Greek term “diskos, the Latin derivation is “discus.”
So, my fellow word junkies, if you have always used “disk” as your preferred spelling in all things anatomical, today is the day to change because “disc” is correct in the eyes of the world.
Disc vs. Disk - Very interesting
I don't know who wrote this, but I found it online long ago. Since I was told I was spelling "disc" wrong by other MTs (never by a doctor), I decided to research this matter and found this at http://www.stedmans.com/MTFeaturePrint.cfm/1324.
disc vs disk
a 4-letter word
To what extent should one research the spelling of a word when there is more than one way to spell it? I suppose the answer would depend on a number of things, not the least of which is how much time one has to invest in word research. Productivity and therefore one’s pay suffers when ears, hands, and feet leave their transcription mode for any period of time.
If the word in question is a mere 4-letter word, it seems reasonable to believe that any one of respected resources would provide an appropriate spelling, so why bother with much research. Let’s face it, four-letter-word vocabularies are usually subject to more creative spellings than misspellings. However, because I was working on a special project, I decided to put to rest, once and for all time, the correct spelling of disc/disk as used in surgical dictation for a lumbar discectomy/diskectomy. Four hours and several resources later, I was sure I had my answer.
Au contraire.
I began my search in Stedman’s Medical 27th Edition. It is after all my medical dictionary of choice. Clearly the preference for disc/disk when referring to the spine is “disc.” I disagreed. My preferred spelling was “disk” for all things spinal, so I checked the AMA Manual Style. To my delight, they agreed with me. In fact, it clearly states that one should use “disc” for ophthalmologic terms and “disk” for the remainder of the anatomy.
Dr. Dirckx, noted medical language expert, explained disc/disk it in an article that appears in the January 2002 issue of JAAMT. His article begins, “As you have no doubt discovered, reference works show a striking lack of consistency in the spelling of this term.” Amen to that!
I almost always use Vera Pyle’s book for confirmation, she being the all-time guru and grande dame of medical vocabulary. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She directs that one use “disk” when transcribing ophthalmologic dictation and “disc” for the remainder of the anatomy.
All right, the gloves came off. Next stop, the revered AAMT Book of Style. “We recommend the spelling disk for all anatomic and surgical references …” I was satisfied and feeling pretty smug, so I declared the victory to a member of Stedman’s staff and suggested that the Stedman’s Dictionary team look into changing “disc” preference to “disk” in their new edition.
It is a good feeling to be right, and I was feeling real good. That is, until the S27 research team took my suggestion and consulted the world experts in medical terminology. Who are they? “They” are the Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology, and “they” are the final word. Chairman Ian Whitmore states that Latin is the basis for the world's official terminology as found in Terminologia Anatomica (TA). Want to know more about TA? It is explained in S27 and makes interesting reading.
And just what do the world experts say about disk/disc? Disc is in for all things medical; disk is out. Why? Because Latin terms have official status and, though the origin of the word is from the Greek term “diskos, the Latin derivation is “discus.”
So, my fellow word junkies, if you have always used “disk” as your preferred spelling in all things anatomical, today is the day to change because “disc” is correct in the eyes of the world.
Help!! Moving IT to new computer without disk
I have recently moved and can not find my IT disk to load the program into my new laptop!! I have looked everywhere and can not find the disk!! I have the book but no disk!! I am starting a new account today and desperately need to transfer it to my new computer from my old one. Is there one install file in all of these on there that will do the job or do I have to copy over all of these files?
Thanks!!
disk for bones; disc for eyesn nm
disk for both according to BOS2 now. It changed since BOS1. nm
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It's your responsibility to give them their documents on disk/CD!
nm
maybe it's time for a scan disk and defrag....sm
First, I'd do a scan disk and then defragmentation and then reboot the computer. If it's still freezing, perhaps you are running out of space (?) and/or need more RAM (memory) which is cheap to buy today. Also, while you ran a virus scan - do you have a program similar to spybot? They pick up things that sometimes get past your virus scanner. Hope it works out for you! 
A more appropriate answer would be to save the template to disk. sm
Save the .dot file that contains the macros you want to preserve to an alternative location like disk, flash drive, another hard drive, etc. Save all templates that contain macros you want to protect.
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