Not saying you are crazy or a liar.
Posted By: They said what on 2009-02-16
In Reply to: I am unhappy about it, but those are the rules - MTTOMANY
Saying the state you live in is crazy though.
How does that have anything to do with a person's ability to operate a vehicle? That seems kinda outrageous if you ask me.
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No one said liar ...
that's not the word "I" chose, ladies! You must be mis-reading. Have a nice day!
and I'm a liar it would seem
Vista does work with DQS (I just read it on the Medquist board). That's cool to know. :)
Oh, and let me tell you about another liar
I went to another physician for some lipo and he noticed the nasolabial folds and he guaranteed that inserting Gore-Tex inside underneath these would smooth them out. The procedure did not work and when I asked him about it and told him guaranteed he said just my word against his. I then reminded him of what my father always said - a man is no better than his word. Total lies once again and can you believe his answer- my word against his? I have lost most respect I ever had for so called doctors.
liar!!
I would ask her to show you how she is accomplishing this! I honestly do not think this is humanly possible. I have a friend who had claimed she was doing 500 to 600 on average, turns out that was with HUGE templates!
MQ lover-liar
If you have to say you don't lie, you are a liar.
And you are assuming I am a liar when you don't know
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and how do you spot a liar??
just wondering. I have a bridge for sale.
I am definately not a liar and I can
honestly say that I've been doing VR on the eScription platform for over 4 years now, 2 years at my current employer, and at 0.04 a line I can easily do 500+ lines an hour. I have a great primary account that I have been on those 2 years and sometimes if I get the few dictators that have templates I can even do 700+ an hour. It most certainly can be done!
Great for you!!! I am not here to call anyone a liar...
I started this thread and I just wanted to see if I have anything to look forward to in the future. I would love to make even 3,000-4,000 a month. That is still a good figure for me! As of right now I am making about $1000 a month, but I have kids to tend to also.
You don't think calling someone a liar is hateful? lol
nm
Mine is totally incompetent as well as liar.
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You said you "joined" the lawsuit. You did NO such thing! You're a liar!
How's that for spin? Didn't want to say it before, but you're right, why be polite? There is NO LAWSUIT TO JOIN NOW. Only 3 employees are suing and we're NOT ALLOWED to join it yet. So banter and pound your chest all you want, you joined in your dreams, sister!!
Talk about anger...anyone who posts a high IQ score is a pathological liar.....
So, are you saying that no MTs can have high IQ scores?? Just because you don't, we all have to be pathological liars? Sorry.
not a liar, not an old person, I make waaaaay over $20/hour, probably double (CA, .15-.17 line) sm
I have two accounts of my own and do vacation coverage for a few other MTs as well as occassional work for a lawyer and a psychologist. I charge .15 for one clinic and .17 for the other clinic... clinic #2 is a husband/wife neurologist team, and the husband was a major A&& at first... with a very strong accent and every possible bad dictator habit you can imagine. I told wife I would transcribe for her, but not for him, I had plenty of business. She said charge whatever you want, have whatever turnaround time you want, just please don't leave. At the time they were at .12... so I upped them to .17. That was 5 years ago and now after having gotten to know him and his *quirks* I adore them both. I am an IC, but they give me very large gift cards for Christmas, kind of in lieu of a bonus, I guess.
Clinic #2... just this week took on another physician and I told them point blank it was too much for me to provide quick service and they may want to consider a service. They said no way, we changed the turnaround time to one week with stats as needed. I even asked them if they considered voice recognition and the office manager laughed and laughed.
I am just now putting both clinics on digital, and after the initial cost, this will increase my estimated hourly wage as it will take away my delivery time and cost, and my paper and ink printing cost and time. Though I still plan to visit each office on a regular basis for customer service and because I know my customer service is what got me here in the first place.
For the *occasional* work, the lawyer and pysch I charge $50/transcription hour.
I know you will all doubt me. But I work extremely hard, have put in my time with my education - not just learning MT but learning the ropes of running a business and how to do everything smarter, faster, and in the most efficient and sensible way possible. I also have another business I do in a totally different field! I am very blessed. Well, I also know the fields I have chosen were perfect for me, and also I've had good luck. You know what I think though? I think my sense of humor and just being as honest and open and observant as possible has made this possible.
Wait, you want me to walk in a masochist's shoes or a liar's shoes and work 80 hours for what?
Kick off the freaking shoes. Why do you wear them 80 hours a week was the question.
Thats just crazy!
Makes no sense! Wonder how these types of people are running the HR depts?!! I am fortunate enough to have three offices that I IC for. So, you moved because of the pay situation?? Hope your in a great position now!
-DAWN-
That's crazy!!
Are you serious? I can't believe they would cut our pay. The more you produce, the more the pay should be. They are getting paid per line from their clients. I'm sure they are not getting less from their clients because of DQS. If that happens, I'm quitting. I barely make enough now!!! How much was the cut, if you don't mind me asking? 
Wow - now I know I'm not going crazy!
I had never had this happen so didn't know what to think of it. Sheesh! Is the US outsourcing EVERYTHING now??? ARGH.
Are you crazy?
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Crazy Day
I don't post too much here, but I just have to vent. I went to pick up my daughter from school today. While I was waiting in my car, a woman backed into me. The damange didn't look to bad, but the lady won't get out of her car, so I called the police.
She was so drunk, she could barely walk. She had a baby in the car, about 18 months old, and was picking up her 2 sons. The police took her away in handcuffs, the breathalizer was over 0.13 and still rising!!
I was so upset about getting hit, but started thinking, maybe it was a blessing in disguise. Our school parking lot (grades 3-6) is so crazy after school, I started worrying about how many kids she could have hit in the parking lot if she hadn't hit me first.
Now, I like a drink or 2 myself, but come on, it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the school parking lot. I always worry about getting hit by a drunk driver, but I thougt I was safe at school.
crazy day
Oh my - how sad is that!
Yep . . . I must be crazy :(
I have been on the account for 1 day so far :( Obviously I don't expect to get 1400 right now, but I am hoping within the next few months I can work my way up to that. My Expander is my own. I have about 100 entries right now, but that is only after 1 day of work. I do plan on adding more, but just haven't gotten there yet. I have been transcribing for a total of 4 years now, but brand new to this account.
No, you are not crazy! sm
Although you may be expecting too much of yourself too soon in your MT career.
I have been in over 12 yrs. I have my own Expander with 20,000+ short cuts in it (if you email me, you can have a copy of it). I know this expander like the back of my hand after using it for about 10 yrs. I make about 1800 lines or so a day, less if I am tired like I have been lately :(.
It IS doable, but I don't believe you have enough expansions to maximize your skills and time.
Crazy, huh?
I know that is simply ridiculous. I admit 3 years ago I was naive enough to believe you could make over 40,000.00 a year, I am sure there are people who do, but I certainly don't. I do enjoy my job, but I wish something could be done about the misleading advertisements which are placed luring in unsuspecting people. Because honestly, if I had known, I would have most likely gone for a profession such as court reporting where there is a wider range of different branches that can be quite lucrative.
going crazy!!!!
I would consider myself to be a new MT. I have only been doing this for 2 years now and you know what, I enjoy doing this, but for some reason, I am just not getting some of it. I look things up, I do not reach my goal everyday because I stop to look things up, I run my reports through word to double check the spelling of things, and I still seem to have numerous mistakes and it is very irritating. I am trying very hard, reading, re-reading. I just do not know what I am doing wrong. I am at a loss. I honestly do not know what to do. I am in tears just about everyday because I get soo frustrated that I still make mistakes. I use macros so I do not have to type the same report over and over. If anyone has any advise what so ever, please, someone throw me a bone. I will try anything. I love being home with my children, but at the rate I am going, not making any money, I do not have a choice but to look for another job. Do not really want to do that. HELP!!!!
crazy idea
 I am not sure what would trigger anyone to think washing a keyboard in the dishwasher would work. I know from others who have had accidents by spilling a cup of coffee, water, soda etc it shorts out the keyboard so what would make anyone think washing it in a dishwasher is smarter? I cannot believe someone would try such an insane thing. Oh my. Those who have tried and ruined a keyboard obviously like to waste money on having to buy a new keyboard.
Because gas is going up like crazy, supposedly going up
30 cents/gallon tomorrow and will continue a steep climb. There are talks of rationing too as production has been severely cut due to Katrina.
yes - it will probably drive you crazy until you get
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How are those crazy cupcakes?
Don't leave us hanging.
I'm w/you on this one! It's crazy to accept LESS THAN 10 YRS AGO. And that is just what MT com
benefits and put them in their pockets and called them PROFIT.
They put us at home and said that was an excuse to LOWER THE BASE RATE OF PAY.
I tell you what, 4 years ago I was making $42,000 a year working for a hospital.
I had benefits along with that $42,000
I WORKED AT HOME IN MY JAMMIES.
I HAD FLEXABILITY OF TAKING OFF just like I always had in life.
Do you want to know what I made last year doing the same amount of work??
I made $14,000 and NO BENEFITS.
The company I have worked for (which shall remain nameless but we all know who it is) has managed to take away BONUS LINES, ENOUGH WORK, and NEVER GIVE ME A RAISE IN 6 YEARS.
If they think they have created a better medical record system they have lost their everlovin minds. Reports are less accurate now than they ever were. The hospital may have a PIECE OF PAPER back in their hands quickly, but it isn't worth a tinkersdam.
So if you new MTs and even the older ones who now are on supplemental income or have a husband to back them up, us MTs who need to make a living to support our children - think again if you believe what we have been WORKED DOWN TO is a good deal.
MTs at home have taken on the RISKS of transcription. It is our personal time that goes unpaid while the company RISKS NOTHING. We are the ones sitting around setting up computers, eating down-time, trying to learn new programs on our own dime.
THINK ABOUT IT
crazy vs crazier
Actually, I KNOW that I worry so much more about things than I did when I first started out many years ago. Of course, now I have a family too, but I consider it an occupational hazard as we know what CAN and DOES happen to people. :)
Glad to know I am not just crazy :)
The company I previously worked for were so much more understanding. I guess this is what I get for moving to a bigger company 
Does it drive anyone else crazy when..
You are listening to a dictation and can hear another doctor in the background dictating quite loudly, and then go to start that same docs dictation, and can barely hear him?? 
No, you're not crazy - but she is. Sorry.
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It also drives me crazy when...
my kids send me e-mails with absolutely nothing capitalized and everything spelled phonetically.
Call me crazy...
but I don't really see how telling the truth is a stunt. I have never watched The View, so I don't really know why Star is so anoying to people (Please fill me in!), but it seemed from that video clip that she just decided to tell the honest truth. I think it is admirable that she decided not to put a spin on it and deceive people, IMO. From that clip, she seemed very gracious and sincere. I don't think it was a stunt.
Going crazy, need some answers...
My husband's grandfather is in the hospital. His mom just called and said that his kidneys have shut down and "it could be any day now." What does this mean?? Any idea of how long he could live?? He's refusing any treatment. We are just sitting by the phone waiting for his mom to call back after she talks to the doctors, but we're trying to decide if we should drive out there today (16 hr drive) or if it's already too late. Thanks for any help.
Please help me with a crazy idea....
Talk me out of this, tell me why it would not work, and tell me I am nuts.
OR tell me it is a great idea, how it would work and why...
I keep reading of all those who want to get into the MT field. Those who are in school and hoping to land their first job. Those who have finished school and are struggling to get a job because they have no experience.
I keep thinking I could do something about this. Somehow I could mentor newbies. Get them up and running, give them experience, then off they would go into the world of MT.
Whenever I get this crazy idea, I think I must be insane. Why and HOW would I venture to do such a thing? I have years and years experience, I make a VERY good income as an IC, I have what most would want in the MT field. I have no accounts of my own, nor would I desire that. I contract from two services. They have the headaches - - - I have the flexiblity and pay I want.
Then I think, maybe I could do this for a service instead of having my own accounts. Then I think no one would pay me what I make now.
THEN I think I have lost all my marbles and I put these crazy ideas aside. Then, they resurface.......
Please tell me why this would not work. Help me understand once and for all that it would be a devastating move for me, that newbies are too hard to mentor, that the field is *going downhill*, etc., etc., etc.
Or tell me why it is a great idea.
Thank you for your input.
You are exactly right - you really have to WANT to. Right now,crazy as it sounds, I don't want
crazy people
They had one of those people on Hannity and Colmes on TV last night - what a weirdo. I think her name was Roper. Those people are absolutely insane. Does anyone know what time and what radio station Mike Gallagher's show is on?
just thought it was crazy nm
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crazy mouse - sm
My past experience with this has been a sure sign of spyware/adware or a virus. If you have any programs to detect such, try running them and see what comes up. Sorry to say, I wasn't very lucky with this problem and ended up getting a new PC because of a virus I couldn't eliminate. I HOPE this is not your problem, but it sounds similar to what I had once. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but lets hope I'm wrong.
Crazy, sad, true!
Thanks for sharing the video!
There really does seem to be no way for us to get around this.
You're not crazy, I wonder every day
what the next months and years are going to bring. I've been in MT for the last 17 years and the last 10 of them, I've watched the benefits and pay go down and expectations go up as far as TAT and this "verbatim" crap which is really not verbatim. Clients all seem to want to have their cake and eat it too, and unscrupulous "big business" sales guys buying and selling MT companies with no regard for the profession or the people who practice it.
I'm thankful every day for where I work and the people I work for, but it's a scary feeling when you feel that all that may stand between you and unemployment is one account. If the account quits, poof, no job. I know that's not different from all the domestic factory workers laid off 20-30 years ago and that I'm not anything special, but that certainly doesn't make it any less scary.
I'm pretty good with the computer, but nothing like these folks who are doing their own web sites and promoting themselves and getting into other kinds of transcription. I feel like that's where the money is going, but I'm not sure I've got the time or ability to teach myself all that. It's certainly something to consider if you're really young.
have to say really drives me crazy too
but when I used to do work for docs I knew more personally brought a smile to my face when one night the doc said "and for your listening pleasure my daughter Lilly on the piano" and she played a few bars of something (she was about 5 at the time) at the end of his dictation.
my crazy schedule
work for company A: Mornings (Tues-Sat) approximately 10-12 sometimes 9-12. Monday 2-6 , then make dinner , 7-11 pm work again go to bed "early" on Monday night. Usually work 2-4 hours on Sunday afternoon/evening. Sunday morning church, Sunday night watch a DVD or something (love Netflix)
company B (this company has plenty of overtime available): sometimes do a few hours Monday morning, Tuesday-Thursday 12:30-pm 6 - dinner - 7:30-12 am , Friday and Saturday 2-6 - dinner - 7:30 - 1 am.
don't take too frequent breaks - once in a while to make tea. too many breaks is bad for my concentration. and so is checking my e-mail on my PC. (but sometimes I do).
Drives me crazy
I have a new doc today and he says that he has a ton of reports to read, so to make it easier (I'm not sure for whom) he says NOT to type articles (is, are, of, etc.). It is actually HARDER for me not to type these words in than it would be to add them! It's making me nuts looking at these choppy reports. They should just be doctors and let us do our job!
You are crazy for pushing yourself so much!
If you stop pressuring yourself, the lines will come easier. THe only time I ever got that many the first days on the job was when I worked for a hospital which had the same exact doctors I worked for 10 years prior to starting the hospital job. Even then, I just made that amount because the new job had different style rules. If you care about your QA you won't worry about the numbers. You need to make sure that you are comfortable with your dictators and account through doing rather than pushing yourself. You are in it long enough now to get the big numbers as far as your experience level. It can take up to 6 months depending on the kind of work you do to get the big numbers with a good quality score. So hang in there, with your persistence you will get it, but please don't drive yourself nutz! :)
Thank you so much, it was driving me crazy
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I'm gonna go crazy!!
I've been typing all day and I told my boss i would for sure finish these last two reports tonight. I feel like i'm gonna go crazy typing! I just don't want to type anymore but I know i have to! does anyone else have days like this? I have to think about the $$$$$ and how good I will feel when it's all done!
This MD is driving me crazy!
Have you guys ever typed for a doctor who instead of saying period at the end of a sentence, he instead says "full stop". I am about sick of hearing him say that. I have never heard of that. Where do these dictators get this crap from? Please let me hurry and finish typing for this man before I have my hair pulled out!!!
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