Needing assistance with formatting
Posted By: sm on 2009-05-02
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Asked to go to word, tools autoformant and disable autonumber but cannot locate this. Can anyone help?
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XML formatting - does anyone know how....sm
to create a double space after punctuation that holds and doesn't get stripped in XML? Thanks!
formatting
Generally, if you don't have to identify the speakers by name or if there are several speakers -- just start a new paragraph with each change of speaker. Or, if it is a question/answer type of interview, you can put Question and Response as headings on each new paragraph. I've even done them with Male and Female headings to identify speakers when the company didn't want them identified by their names. Good luck.
Formatting
I have a few questions about formatting:
If more than 1 presciption is dictated should it be seperated with a period or a comma? For example: Prozac 100 mg. , Provigil 200 mg.
Thanks
Angie
SH bold formatting and others
In the "Dictionary Text [Add]" dialog box, as you
are entering in the "Text to Type", when you need
to add special formatting, you simply tap Ctrl-K, and
add the keystroke commands applicable to your
word processor to change to the desired font.
For example, Microsoft Word uses Ctrl+B to
enable/disable bold face. So to simulate bold text
with ShortHand in Microsoft Word, you simply need
to simulate the Ctrl+B keystroke. When you are done
your word(s) that are bolded will look like this:
{@KEY--Ctrl+B}your text{@KEY--Ctrl+B}.
When you actually type the key (as you transcribe)
Shorthand will automatically/instantly enter all the
special function keys that you have entered, and
your text will come out formatted.
You can use the same concept to add any formatting codes to your Shorthand text, including underlining, italicizing, changing font styles and/or font sizes. You can also add tabs, change margins, etc.
Try thi out and if you have any problems with this, post another message.
ask about that and formatting b4 you start -nm
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Assistance (SM)
You can write me at goldbird@mtstars.com.
Goldbird
mt needs assistance
I have worked with just about every type of platform, and never with a c-phone. New account is now working with this, and I would like a leg up on any training they may offer - This is a personal and private account, so not sure how good their training or information will be lol - can someone email me some basic information on the use of the c-phone? I will surely be so appreaciative.
I think you'd be better off having your first MT job with assistance available. SM
I mean no offense, but the first few months of "real life" MTing have a serious learning curve. I have advanced academic degrees in another field, and I was surprised by how difficult actual transcribing was. For the sake of your reputation as an MT and for the safety of the patients whose records you would transcribe, I would advise you to keep trying to find employment with others, get some good experience and QA feedback, and then, if you're still motivated to do so, start your own business. Starting an MT business as a newbie is just not a good idea, no matter how intelligent you are or how long you have been in school.
Some suggestions: Look into nationals that hire newbies. No, they're not the "be-all, end-all" of MT jobs, but you will get experience, which is what you need to move to a better job. And it doesn't take MUCH experience, either. There are plenty of nationals who hire newbies. Do a search of this forum and you will find plenty of names to research.
If you are progressing past the initial point of contact with a company and are testing and then being told "no, thanks," (and I have no idea if this is the case, so I don't mean it personally or in an insulting way) you might think about doing a brush-up or taking additional courses to improve your skills before continuing to test with companies. As I say, I don't know that to be your case, but a lot of newbies come out of school and don't test well.
At any rate, I wish you much success. Your first MT job probably won't be fabulous (mine sure wasn't!), but it will get your foot in the door and get some experience on your resume. Keep looking and don't hesitate to ask people for evaluation and help. If you test for a company and don't pass their test, it does not hurt to ask the recruiter for feedback. S/he might not have it, but you should ask.
Best wishes. ICMT
Need some assistance
Am being told to go to MS word in order to try and fix something. Where would I find that?
AAMT BOS Formatting Question
Can any MTs with the AAMT BOS 2nd Ed. tell me the recommended way of formatting headings and operative titles? TIA 
Meditech Formatting Keys
I think it was control F8 for spellcheck, but you must be at the top of the document within the text portion of the report. I have an old cardboard that fit over my F keys. Here is what is says: Control: SI, Add Line, Left Justify, Conv Case, Transpose, Del BOW, Del BOW, blank, S3, Word Attr, S19. Then for Shift: Bold, Italic, Underline, Set Attr, Center, Join, Help, Docum, Set Search, Search, Replace, MAGIC. Then across the bottom it says: Begin Block, End Block, Format, Get, Recall, Prev Field, Begin, End, Lookup, Delete Line, Exit, OK. I hope this makes sense. I basically had this placed overtop my F keys, and then I used this as a guide. I think the post you were asking about was for the spellcheck. I only worked in MAGIC Meditech, not in CLIENT, which is apparently word-based, so I'm not sure if these functions work the same in CLIENT. Good luck.  E-mail me if ya' like - I am long time Meditech user (10+ years), but it has been a few months, and I haven't had to use it.
Need help setting up formatting in MS word - sm
Computer crashed and died and now setting up my backup computer. I need to fix it so I don't have 2 spaces after a period. It is doing it automatically and I cannot find where to "fix" this. This is Word 2000 that I am using on a computer with XP Pro. Any help with this would be appreciated, it is driving me nuts (I am ending up with 3 spaces after a period as I am so used to spacing it myself).
CS has job placement assistance too,
and also I think Spheris hires only CS grads. And the companies that waive the 2-year experience requirement for Andrews and M-Tec grads waive it for CS grads as well.
state assistance
Cindy:
Thank you so much for the informed response.
state assistance
Amy: I have been looking into adoption in the state of Illinois as I plan to adopt a child in about two years. In our state, if the child is a "waiting child" (a school age child who has not yet been adopted), the state will assist with attorney's fees, court costs, etc. The adoptive parent(s) will have little, if any, out of pocket adoption fees. Perhaps, your state has something similar. Hope this helps.
Get some overflow assistance...
There are MTs out there who specifically want overflow work to fill in some gaps. This way, you can still hold her job for her when/if she is able to get back to her usual production. If not, at least you'll have a backup to get help when needed and you won't go out of TAT.
It is still difficult to get assistance. SM
I would say give it a try to the OP, but don't be surprised if very little or no assistance comes. I may be reading more into this than is there, but OP probably needs assistance with house/rent payment, keeping up utilities, etc. and the public assistance people will look at it like he or she will be well in XX weeks, things will work out. Unfortunately, people who truly need short-term public assistance can't get the help they need to get them through trying times like this. OP may be able to get emergency food stamps fairly easily though.
I would also suggest, if OP is a member of a church, letting the church know what's going on and seeing if there is help there (they are usually quick to respond) or trying Catholic Charities or another faith-based organization set up to help. You don't have to be a member of that particular religion to get help. The key is to reach out NOW while the situation is unfolding and not wait until things get so bad you are getting forclosed on or evicted.
Financial Assistance???
I am currently a full-time-college-student-but-otherwise-SAHM. Pretty soon we'll be needing more money, but I have neither time nor resources (day care around here is INSANELY expensive) to work outside the home. I've been doing the reasearch and have come to the conclusion that MT is a good job option for me.
The problem is the training is sooo expensive! I mean,if we didn't need the money I wouldn't be looking for the training to begin with--so obviously I don't have $1600-4000 up front for the training. And most of the payment plans I see aren't looking much better--like $1000 up front, $350 every month after that. Right now that's just not feasable.
Are there any MT schools that offer reasonable financial assistance? Or, I'd even be cool with a payment deferment plan or something!
Anybody know of a school that's willing to help the financially strapped?
Not receiving any assistance. sm
I wanted financial help with going back to school for coding. The only training they offered was at a JVS school or a IDT type school as a medical assistant. Then the funds for training were cut. They offered (and pushed) this job assistance program which I thought was going to be more in depth than it is. I thought I would be sent on interviews they had arranged. Basically I meet with the counselor once a week and she gives me leads she found on the internet and I send in my resume. She supposedly knows the area and was going to provide local job leads. I lost one MT job in June due to VR and on my own found the job I have now in about a week. Yes I probably need another job in billing/coding so I can make more money, but now is not the time to be giving up a job you already have. IMHO
ABOVE POST SAYS CAN TAKE GOV ASSISTANCE OR THIS, WHICH ONE IS BETTER?
Close to the bottom this person is putting out this statement, how mature! This person is not a transcriptionist, has no experience, probably worked around a medical office before, does not even know what QA is as opposed to editors, say what? I am laughing about how others are trying to tell her about expanders, etc. This person needs a clue.
glad to be of assistance...nm
:)
Clinic Note formatting question...
If the patient has a drug allergy do I make a new heading for Allergies or just include it in the HPI as dictated? Also do I put the medication in all caps w/in the HPI if it is left there.
I know I should probably know this,but I can not remember tonight. 
TIA!
Did you look at the margins and formatting and see how your basic template is set up? Never had this
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Need advice please re: formatting transcription test
It's been a long time since I had to do this. I've been given a couple of report types to do. The first appears to be a discharge summary. Should I just type in the headings the way I "think" they should be based on how I was taught in the past??
Also, is it best to transcribe verbatim or try to make the test report look as professional as possible (like we would be expected to when on the job)? As far as listed items are concerned, i.e. medications.....The old MT in me wants to number them. Is that acceptable? I'm really concerned with trying to format the report based on how I "think" they would want me to.
I would appreciate any helpful advice anyone is willing to share!!
I agree 100%. Test questions on formatting or
anything else should not be asked on a forum of any kind. You need to research and find the answers for yourself on a test and not rely on people here to do the work for you.
Tax assistance - I am a part-time IC but also have...sm
a full-time job with benefits and employee status. The IC job I just accepted and expect to make around $300 a month filling in for vacationing MTs/excess work. I usually make around $50,000 with the full-time employer and am married with 2 kids.
How do I figure out if I need to file estimated taxes especially since I'm not a full-time IC and have taxes being deducted from the main employer? Most of the information I see on the IRS website seems to relate to only if you're just self-employed. I don't want to over-pay taxes but don't want to risk getting penalized if I don't send payments in and need to when it comes tax time next April.
Patient Assistance Programs
Which program did you use? I tried Select Care Benefits Network and they ended up shuffeling the paperwork so long that I was paying them a monthly fee for free manufacturers prescriptions for nothing. I finally got smart and stopped it all but it cost me about $140.00
This is one of the things public assistance is for. nm
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Suggestions about temporary assistance (sm)
. If you own or buying a home and have mortgage insurance, check to see if "disability insurance" is included.
. If you have a life insurance policy, check the "temporary disability" section.
. If you have retirement/401K, etc., loans are available for medical/disability purposes.
. SAGA (state-administrated general assistance program).
. State of _______ temporary assistance/department of social services -- cash or medical assistance for individuals who are unable to work.
I'm not 100% certain about any of the above, but it could be a starting point.
Remembering you in my prayer!
Post again soon to keep in touch -- ask if there is a "social worker" turned MT on line who can direct your path.
Great...I have IT and just checked out PT for assistance...
Great resource. I am going to have to read my IT book again. How long have you been using IT?
I work for a hospital that is pretty liberal as far as formatting goes. SM
They have a basic template that they like us to adhere to as far as headings, font, font size, etc. However, when it comes to more detailed formatting, they really have no set standards and leave it to our best judgment.
My question is regarding the medication heading. Do you list the medications in a numbered list or in paragraph form? I have a friend who is a nurse and she says the clinical staff, i.e. Nurses and Doctors like to have the medications in a numbered list because it makes finding them in a report a whole lot easier. So would you list them even if the dictator is not saying "number 1, 2, 3,..."?
Macros are better suited to repetitive tasks like formatting.
I have a macro to create a different second page of a letter with header info., another one that will update formatting from documents created using a different Normal template so they conform with mine, another one for highlighting, etc. They really can be timesavers.
It means you have special formatting applied to those paragraphs sm
like keep lines together or keep with next. You can turn those squares off with the show/hide button on the toolbar or hit Ctrl+Shift +8 to toggle marks on or off -- that's probably what you hit to turn them on.
Basically formatting, how to type the headings, numbering, etc...sm
Are headings capitalized or followed with a colon?
ex.
HISTORY OF THE PRESENT ILLNESS:
Is it p.r.n., prn, h.s. or bedtime?
Just your basic formatting and styles. I may just download the ebook. Thanks!
this applies to MT, right? (link for financial assistance)
link: http://www.doleta.gov/programs/factsht/taa.cfm
something has to be done to help people losing jobs to foreigners...
it says you need 3 or more workers to apply...
also, it aint going away, ladies:
Other projections include:
10 percent of U.S. technology jobs will have moved offshore by 2005 (Gartner Group)
up to 25 percent of traditional IT jobs will be relocated from developed to developing countries by 2010 (Gartner Group)
500,000 financial services jobs (8 percent of all U.S. jobs in banking, brokerage and insurance) will be shipped overseas by May 2008 (AT Kearney)
Need to load some microsoft updates, need assistance here
I was told to go to microscoft and upload the latest - got the information to go to windows and click the express button and download and install. Where in the heck is the express button? Don’t see that anywhere. Thanks.
Formatting of the document dictates the line count, not a different computer.
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If you're working in Word, if your Standard & Formatting toolbars
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Lost job due to offshore? Government program assistance
found this information in my husband's COBRA package. He is in the machining industry which has lost a lot of work to China. This program will help support during retraining and give a tax credit for health insurance premiums. Worth checking out. Don't be put off by how "complicated" the form is. Just do it one step at a time and call some of the numbers for help if need be.
Hire a tutor. Also, schools offer tutoring assistance
Hope this helps...
Any Stedman SmartType users? Pros & Cons? Will it retain bold formatting without using DOS command
DOS commands like ShortHand does?
Just needing to vent
Hubby and I had a stupid fight. I was watching a television show last night, really engrossed in it when DH decides to fuss with the candles on top of the entertainment center and stands right in front of the TV. I thought it was rude as he had just walked into the room and had not been in there previously plus he knew that I was just sitting there spacing and watching a show. So then after 2-3 minutes he turns to me and says he needs help with something he's holding in his hand, a model he's working on. I just say, okay, now that you've stood in front of the TV and I was watching it, what is it you need? He storms out of the room and doesn't say another word to me the rest of the night. HOW STUPID IS THIS!!!! I can hear that little girl Stephanie on that old TV show saying "how rude." LOL.
So he didn't really need my help obviously, I guess he's survive.  
Does anyone finding themselves needing a nap (sm)
Everyday almost, by 2:00 PM, I am so sleeping that I can't keep my eyes open. I think it is boredom actually, but a quick 1 hour nap helps tremendously:) Just wondered if it is just me.
Needing a solution!
Does anyone know how to eliminate static on the AM radio created by the treadmill running. This is quite annoying and with my New Year's resolution (lose some weight!), I can't be on the treadmill until hubby leaves for work. He's an avid listener to the radio in the morning! Don't want to start the day of bad! 
Just sad and needing to vent.
I just needed to come here and vent to you guys. I don't post here much, but I do come and read a lot of the posts. I think there are a lot of wonderful people on this board. I just needed to come and express myself somewhere other than my husband and friends.
To start with my mother has COPD and has been unable to work since March of 2005. She is not on disability yet, because we were both naive and kept waiting for someone to contact us after filling out the paperwork online. Anyway, I have been working at a casino job for 12 years and I have let her have my pay checks for the last 3 years to help her out with bills and other things. I also work full-time with Spheris. I work 60-65 hours a week. I also try to do her grocery shopping and do errands for her on my off days. I don't mind doing this, and if I had to work 3 jobs just to keep her here on this earth with me, I would. We have always been close. She doesn't have any insurance, so she doesn't get to go to the doctor as much as she needs to be going.
The thing that is really bothering me is the fact that I am the youngest of 4 children. I am the ONLY one who calls her every day and asks her if she needs anything. I have told my siblings that I cannot do it alone anymore. My older brother did start helping somewhat over this past year with the prescriptions and going to the store on occasion. But he will only do those things if I call or my mom calls him. My middle brother, about 2 years ago, won 50,000 dollars at a casino, called my mom to brag to her about it and never did one thing for her!!! He also about a year ago won 30,000 total in one night, and NEVER called her, and never came by to see her or anything. Last week, he wins ANOTHER 54,000, and yet, again, the very same thing. 
In 1997, my mother and I took out a 15,000 mortage on our house to do remodeling. We ended up being taken advantage of by a guy that we had known for many years. We didn't have a contract drawn up, so there was nothing we could do. He came out and tore out a wall and concreted the add-on area, made a concrete porch, and then left everything else torn up. She has squirrels that get in her house from time to time from some hole somewhere. I absolutely kills me to see my mom in the terrible health that she is in. I try so hard to help her. I can't afford to get her house fixed up, but it kills me to think of her passing on without seeing her house fixed up. She deserves so much more. She and my father were married for 32 years when they divorced--due to his infidelity. I have tried talking to my siblings and it just doesn't work. How can a child be so cold to their mother??? I told my sister that I hoped that some day when they becamed aged, that their kids didn't do the same thing to them; also, I hoped that they didn't get in that type of health.
My sister has a gambling problem and doesn't do anything to help her either. She will call her and tell her that she will bring her something down, and then never shows up. I am just so tired. I have a 4-year-old son and a husband, 2 jobs, and the rest of my family JUST DON"T GET IT~!
I am sorry this was so long, but I just can't take it anymore. Thank you for listening.
Paulette
re: Really needing a vacation
I'm in WV too. We generally went to either Cape Hatteras, NC or Myrtle Beach for vacations, but Myrtle has gotten so commercialized it's pretty expensive. Hatteras is really nice, quiet, super clean and really not that expensive.
While I do not diagree with needing more
protection for our children, we should also remember that our children are safest during the hours that school is in session. For that matter, I recall hearing years ago that we are ALL safer during the hours that school is in session.
Wish I felt capable of home schooling though.
Needing help- how to get IP address
Here in the SE AT&T had internet outage this week and now 1 of my computers is asking for the IP address, trying to get back on line. Where to find this? TIA.
Needing to know if anybody feels same way
I wanted to post because I have had a very eerie feeling lately and wanted to see if anyone has been experiencing a similar thing... I was a home MT working directly for a hospital for many years and a high producer. Then, the hospital cut our incentive and many of us ended up with a MTSO after that. Well, after being with the same job for many years, I spent over 2 years with the MTSO and found out that my line counts were very low because the platform was not counting my lines in a well honest (to me) way. I thought I was losing my talent, but after finding out about this for sure by looking at the minutes versus the lines over a couple of weeks and checking with other MTs (finally) I found out it was not me. I since have been working for a very reputable MTSO (no hospital jobs around directly that I could find by me) and something is happening. I am struggling to get my line counts again, and I did a study with the minutes and though not as bad as the other MTSO, the same thing is happening AGAIN! (dont mean to yell, just emphasizing). It is so hard to look for yet another job...My question is this: Is it my imagination, am I just losing my talent and my mind, or are most jobs now counting the lines differently than before say 3 years ago when I left the hospital job. And, if I can't produce that much anymore because they count lines differently now, how does one find at least a job which is moderately easier to get more than minimum? Look, I used to make over 50K a year and now I am eeking out perhaps 27 a year and feeling like I am losing my talent. Any advice would be appreciated here. I don't want to go through job after job, stress after stress. BTW: My husband will be able to provide benefits in a couple of months, but until recently I have been the one to have to provide health coverage and this has figured heavily into where I work. Thanks in advance for your opinions. I don't want my hand held, just a little reality check. Thanks in advance.
Needing to vent.....
I have to say I consider myself still fairly new. I have been a Transcriptionist now for just almost a couple of years. I am a little upset because I have at least 99.6 QA score each month. I work on several different accounts and we are always told to push, push, push the reports and get them out. Because if we don't meet our standard line count amount then you will get canned. But, my question is this, on the accounts I work on, it is hard to make normals for all of them, which does save time. So, when you are flying through your documents and trying to proofread as you go, you are sure to miss a few MINOR mistakes. I do not understand this field and sometimes I wish I would have never spent the money to get into it, because we are yelled at if we don't get our minimum line counts and get yelled and told to slow down if you make a few small mistakes---nothing that would put the life of a patient at risk. So, please tell me where the happy medium is. Again, my QA score is never below 99.5.
Seriously thinking about getting into a different profession. Thank you for listening.
I'm needing the same information...sm
Would there be a change to extext?
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