Same thing happened at the hospital I worked onsite with, yet
Posted By: bowlofcherriesnotlife on 2008-08-13
In Reply to: Apparently your boss is not looking at - see message
the boss definitely knew this was going on because at least on the software we had and yours probably too, the boss can run all kinds of reports, such as what time the jobs came in, in what order, what time they were transcribed, who transcribed etc. You can cross-reference these too and see that a certain person is going way out of order and doing their own thing. The boss most certainly knows this is going on and in my opinion, (having been management myself), was probably fishing to see how much you knew... when she asked or toyed with the issue in your conversation. In my case, the boss knew the person was taking all the ops normals, it was even brought out at a meeting by another gutsy MT but guess who got the brunt of it? The people who were upset by it, and of course the person who spoke up. I am not saying you shouldn't be upset, and I am not saying you aren't right. I am just saying to bide your time and see what happens. Karma will indeed come into play most definitely. And if the boss is sheltering a cheater, well most likely at the right time the cheater and the boss will get it. In our case, I don't know if the person ever got caught because she outlived most of us, LOL, she and the boss were best of friends. But I do believe Karma is still in play even when we aren't there to see it...just hang in there, do what you believe is right and you will be A-OK. Life is too short to worry about anything but the good which will come your way. Good luck!
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Exact thing happened to me when I worked at
a local hospital (on site). The manager looked into it but nothing was ever done and it kept happening. I ended up leaving and working at home - so far, so good after about 8 months on the job. If people don't want to do ESLs they shouldn't be MTs.
same thing happened to me - I had worked for a small
local service - the owner decided to sell to - well, you can guess - and they wanted my macros to send overseas. I never did get around to giving them to them.
Unfortunately, this happened where I worked.
The hospital tells you that to make you feel better that Spheris will hire you. But that doesn't mean you'll get your hospital work. Spheris could shift you to other accounts once you are handed over to them. They may even offshore your hospital where you work.
I don't want to scare you, but this can happen, so even though you currently do 300 lines per hour, you may not get that if they don't put on your familiar accounts.
I know from experience (C-Bay). I have bene in contact with them twice to try and get on to do the hospital account I did for 17 years and they will not comply.
I worked for a big company and this happened to me.....(sm)
I was so afraid of not making enough to pay the bills. I first picked up one part-time second IC account. When I was comfortable with this, I picked up an almost full-time IC position and quit the big company. I now have a third very part-time IC position. Between the three I have never run out of work and all three are very small companies.
This is what works for me.
What happened when a clinic I worked for did this - sm
Mind you, this was when I was working from home, so I never actually met with anyone face to face. However, the clinic I had done for years from home went this route and we never got another transcription request from them again. Not that there were not some problems with the program and they wished they could come back, but because the clinic had spent a ton of money on the program and they HAD to use it no matter what. I had other accounts to switch to, so it was okay for me in the end. If not, I would have definitely been looking for something else. Best of luck to you!
Angry, this happened in our hospital with our outsource service - sm
we had not been checking the outsource service's work for months. Well, it came back to bite us in the ass, because low and behold there was a Transcriptionist that worked for the outsource service that could not type whatsoever - in fact, we even suspected that it was being offshored without our knowledge - that's how bad it was.
anyways, it came back to bite us in the ass because an outside doctor's office received a copy of a hospital dictation and it made us look stupid. So needless to say, we asked that this certain transcriptionist be taken off the account. It was our fault for not looking at the transcription services work, but then again, they guarantee accuracy and crap like that.
Maybe this is what happened in your situation. That all of a sudden the hospital decided to do a QA or some doctor finally read his dictation.
Don't be hard on yourself. You will get the hang of it.
Same thing happened to me.
If she is your boss, you really do not have much choice if you want to continue to work for her. I subcontracted for an IC for 6 months and also used my Instant Text line counter, and she used the Word character count. I had a rude awakening when I got my paycheck. I really did not have a choice, and my opinion did not matter, as she was my boss, and I needed the experience. I now have my own accounts, and use my Instant Text word counter. I agree with you, a keystroke is a keystroke. 
You are exactly right. The same thing happened to me and (sm)
I regret it. I also thought that it was the right thing to do at the time, but If I could go back in time I definately would have done something different. I also picture him or her at different ages and I also had 2 children later on.
Same thing happened to my son...sm
He was applying for a job through a placement agency, had just been put on antibiotics, sinus medication, decongestants and cough medicine. He had a list of the meds, but they said it didn't matter. If anything showed up at all they would not place him.
Same thing happened before, never
can it be documented, asked to see, no copy of which they speak.
Same thing happened to me
The same thing happened to me, at this company she wouldn't respond to my e-mails and I never did get my final check. She told me I was unreliable too and said she would pay me a line rate and then didn't pay the line rate on my check that she said she originally verbally agreed on. They didn't owe me very much so it wasn't worth my while pursuing it and it was frustrating me so much I just chalked it up to a very bad experience. Good luck I hope you have better luck than I did.
SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME
you know, i had the SAME thing happen, not that I was posting like you do, but...what I posted I was "called out " on...gee, wonder how that happened?????
The same thing just happened to me.
I found out I was typing something wrong for 14 years, and through all the jobs I have had and all the QA people who have reviewed my work, nobody ever mentioned it. Kind of embarrassing.
Yes this has happened before, not a new thing
We are talking years ago, as in 1960s I applied for a job at telephone company, Bellsouth and was told I had passed their test and could have the job but would need to lose 20 lbs. They now would probably think I was a gob as we are talking probably 175 at the most compared to 200 now. This is not a new thing. What did she say that made you think more interested in girth? I Mine was really straight forward, no getting around that. There was nothing to be filed then because of what I might consider to be discriminatory. I think you are possibly feeling a little on the defensive and you said nothing about what actually happened when you worked inhouse. Being badgered, that can happy with any work situation, be you thin or heavy. Maybe it is how you are perceiving youself.
Same thing happened to me.
My biggest account, a group of 9 doctors went EMR a few years ago... Yup... it was all gone. I stayed on and did some scanning of old records into the ERM (at low office wage), until I found another MT job at home. Had to go with a National though, which has been a real adjustment as far as time management, etc., I was IC before, but pay was better than staying on being an "office girl". Anyway during the transition many promises were made about "no you won't completely be out of a job" etc. but as it turned out the amount of transcription that would have been done into the EMS system was not worth the trouble to even try to keep. And no way could I have done it on production, since the system they had was very cumbersome and "mouse" inclinded. They currently have an "office girl" typing in things. Yes, the EMR can be somewhat more efficient but the actual records are a mess.. I mean everyone is putting stuff into your chart/file... from the front office "just out of high school help" to the physicians...who lets face it, are very intelligent about being doctors, but are not quite up to speed on transcription, etc. But they just don't really care, it's more economical. Now when you go and see the doctor, basically you just talk to a bobbing head "nurse or doctor" who nods at you while they try to peck away the the keyboard.. Progress???
The same thing happened to me.
set up the outside company since you know the most about the work and supervisors, management, etc. do not. Then, they outsource it all and that outsourced company offers you a job. It happens time and time again.
The problem with in-house typists is that they must give you sick time, vacation, etc., and then the work does not get done. So, by outsourcing, they have no need to worry about the overhead of these problems. Sad, but true!
I was smarter and resigned before they used me up. But of course, I was right, they outsourced it all, but I wasn't there to give it to C-Bay on a silver platter, so now the C-Bay has my in-house account and are doing a horrible job. The techs are having to proof the work, and they certainly are not providing 24-hour turnaround. Phewee on them.....
The same thing happened
to me, I did not find out until about 7 p.m. that night when I quit working and went in and turned the TV on.
The same thing happened to me
I worked in-house for a while and the files were clear as a bell. About a year after I left, I did some work for the same hospital and the files I received were staticky and distorted.
I didn't work with them long enough to figure out the problem (there was a reason I left the hospital in the first place LOL) but one thing I found was that if I listened to the files directly from the folder in my transcription program instead of using the little "mini-control bar," the sound was MUCH clearer.
Hope I'm making sense. I use Olympus DSS. You can leave the main program on and listen to the files from there or you can click and icon and get the "mini bar."
Good luck!
Same thing happened to me
I mentioned this in another post on the board. I never got my 1099 from my previously employer now matter how hard I tried. My accountant said it didn't matter if I received it or not. I just figured out the amount that I was paid from my records, and I sent a letter to the MTSO and told her how much I was claiming and that I hoped her 1099 was going to reflect the same. Even after that not one word from her.
Same thing happened to me...
Although, I do use digital, and unknown to the doctors, I save their dictations on my external hard drive. I was accused recently of typing a note, but not delivering it. The doc said that she knows she dictated it, but she never received it. Well, I looked back on my hand written list and there was the patient's name, but it had a NO CHARGE next to it, which means I did not type that note for some reason. I then relistened to her dictation from that date, and guess what? Yes, the doc had said that it did not need to be completed. I called her back to let her know what I found. No apology, no thanks, she just said, "Oh, I guess I will have to dictate that to you and send it."
Of course, they forget that while you are searching for these notes, etc., you are not being paid. I have lost too many hours of pay due to their negligence.
I would see if you can change to digital, this way you can save every dictation and note from the past very easily.
Same thing happened to me
The company told me I had to have Workers' Comp too. I explained to them that I did not, and faxed them a copy of our rules along with their hire packet and I never heard from them again. Their loss!javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
The same thing happened to me.
I don't remember the name of the company, but I saw the appointment written in on the patient list. About 6 to 8 weeks later, the doctor stopped dictating altogether. Be prepared that losing the account is indeed a possibility.
same thing happened to me. sm
I have worked since I was 14 years old. Got very very ill back in 1997. Without going into the whole long story, it got to the point because I could not work we nearly lost everything we had. Tried to get help from the state, didn't qualify. I was actually told if I would DIVORCE my husband, then I would qualify for help! I am now 53, doing fine, working and am still married 36 years this July!
Most of the time, the folks that really need the help are exactly the ones who can't get it. People like the original poster do nothing but suck the system dry and live in their own little world of "entitlement."
At least I can sleep at night knowing I didn't rip anyone off!
Sounds like we went through some of the same stuff and all the hassle that goes with it!
This same thing happened to me...
I worked in an office for 5 years and came home to work when my son was in kindergarten...I to had other duties in my office job but I wanted strictly to transcribe and nothing else, so I came home...and boy, what a shocker when I realized I was not as fast as I thought I was and that I had to work a little harder to get the hang of working at home full-time...it was really hard at first but 5 years later I am still at home...I have a 10 year old and a 2 year old and it can be done...just hang in there...please purchase an Expander program..It has saved me so much time and as you know working from home with children we can use all of the extra time in the day we can!!!!
The same thing happened to me. I
got a little worried, but realized it was usually when very hot weather. I did not have much of a problem during the winter at all, but last summer could barely get my shoes on and was wearing those rubber clogs everywhere because nothing else would fit. I started getting up and walking around every hour and it seems to be better so far, but not looking forward to the heat this summer in Phoenix again.
same thing happened to me; i threw a fit with them. sm
i ended up getting my 4th installation under my initial purchase registration # but they did inform me if it happens again, i will have to purchase. i refuse to although my company requires it. i haven't ran into needing it again but i am sure i will eventually. you can buy the (whatever that external USB thing is called) which allows unlimited installs, but not after your initial purchase and i, like you, was not informed about all that as my company purchased for me and withheld from my pay. win XP does a similar thing and only limits the installs on the software. i think they both are a bunch of BS. i pay for it, i deserve to do what i want with it. can't help my hard drive crashed, etc.
The same thing happened to my neighbor (sm)
She passed with flying colors and then couldn't find a job. I was amazed, I live in Southern California.
That is the exact same thing that happened
to me at MQ.
Same thing happened to me. I dumped them.
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Same thing happened to me - grossed me out.
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Similar thing happened to us......
We then get a letter from Fidelity telling us the same thing. First of all, who puts all that personal information in a laptop? That should never be allowed. And then they offer a 1 year from Equifax.....whooopeee!!! If your identify is stolen, good luck trying to get Equifax or anyone else to believe you didn't screw up your credit. These companies should have their feet held to the fire.....this is absolutely ludicrous to have this personal info on a laptop.
In retrospect, it was the best thing that could have happened to me
I would have had a hard time just making the decision to leave and strike out on my own, working at home. The one good thing about the hospital was that it paid well. But I was very unhappy there and my poor husband bore the brunt of it when I would come home with all that frustration "saved up" and talk to him about it for hours at a time.
So, although at this point our financial situation may not be quite as solid, my husband has a good job which provides benefits for both of us, I love working at home, and I have two part-time jobs with great people to work with. I get to stay at home with my sweet doggie Fox and look out at the flowers blooming and the new leaves growing on the trees everywhere.....all in all, I am very happy with my new situation. I have a peace of mind that I never had while working at that other job.
 to all those who have been supportive in this thread. It means a lot to me that you are willing to "go out on a limb", so to speak, to support what I have been saying. Give yourself a great big pat on the back! 
Same exact thing happened with me too...sm
Last week and this week.
I know which national ~ same thing happened to me. sm
Yes, I was allowed to test and spent a few days of communications before being told my acute care was not "recent" enough. I have 13 years exp with the majority of that being acute care besides the last two years. The only reason I went to clinic instead of acute care was the lack of being able to get high-speed internet until now and compatibility with the nationals. I have four kids and a laid off husband as well! Know how you feel. No santa this year.
The exact same thing happened where I used to
work - the verbal 'warnings', written 'warning', then termination. And of course, all based on bogus allegations of 'noncompliance' if you couldn't keep up with the impossible production goals, or the QA for which the specs were changed daily. And if you spoke up about it you were 'insubordinate'. I just wish unemployment were open-ended and could last indefinitely. If that were the case, I'd jump off this merry-go-round in an instant for an unemployment check. At least it'd be something I could count on, which MT, sadly, is NOT.
The hospital that I worked for would
not accept any applicants with online nursing programs because they did not have the required clinical hours during training.
When I worked in the hospital sm
the only ones who had Oxycontin were mostly cancer and back surgery and cardiac patients. Knee replacement patients got morphine the first 1-2 days and then switched to Vicodin. The majority of patients reduced to Tylenol after they went home. Never heard of OxyContin being used for knee replacements but your husband may have a very low pain threshold, too, or other factors necessitating to the use of OxyContin. I'd look at the whole issue of his pain control a little more closely. Can you discuss it with the doctor?
I once worked at a hospital (sm)
doing radiology where referring physicians could had the option of listening to dictation of their patient's report if it wasn't transcribed and signed quick enough for them. They did this through a supervisor in radiology, and inevitably they would exclaim that they had NO IDEA what the radiologist said, and would wait for the report. We always had to chuckle.
I worked at a hospital that did that. Had to do
with them not wanting people on e bay all day. Since I left that job when they downsized, everywhere else allowed it so I became dependent on the I-net for research. Made my quality better. Regarding production: Yep, it broke it down. Surf too much, wayyy too much. I tried to break the habit but our job is so isolating and numbing, I need to surf to wake myself up. That is no excuse however. I guess I want contact with the outside world. Too bad the hospital can't block the net, but let you have e mail and research sites or at least just block certain sites. I think they can do that. I know it must drive you nuts, because if I had to use books again, well. Forget that option. LOL.
When I worked in a hospital, I had a
doctor actually sit on my desk and dictate while I did a stat for him. The system was working, he just wanted to actually see one of us in action.
I worked for a hospital like this
We went to the supe about it and she told us that if we had time to eyeball the job lister, we must not be doing our work so...she took our job lister away.
When I worked in a hospital, we had
access to all patient records, if for nothing else to help with current dictation.
When I worked in a hospital, there were
times we had no work or was very low on work, therefore our overflow service did not have work to give their people became we kept it inhouse. It is the nature of hte job. However, I do not agree with companies that if you do run out, you are REQUIRED to make it up on weekends or ungodly hours. Sure, it hurts your paycheck with you don't, but 90% of the time it is out of the MTSO's hands, if there is no work, there is no work.
Downtime is a whole different story. If you can not work because of computer/server problems on their end, then you should be compensated.
need some HONEST feedback regarding onsite and relocation -
I have spent quite a few hours on this board, reading all the various posts and responses. I realize that this board is ideally for transcriptionists that want to work at home and working for national companies; however, I did see that there are hospitals that post for onsite transcriptionists.
I would really appreciate any honest feedback from transcriptionists on this. I currently am working at a hospital that offers both onsite and at home transcription. We are paid by the line, and the line rate is equivalent to what the services are paying, plus our insurance and PDO is great! We are also allowed a great deal of flexibility as far as completing our 8 hour shift, meaning we can go pick up our kids, run to appointments, etc., as long as we complete our 8 hour shift within 12 hours. And believe it or not - WE ALL GET ALONG GREAT!!! WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY BACK BITING OR PROBLEMS! We have three openings - and before you jump to conclusions - our openings are because two people retired and one is moving out of the area (all a great loss to our awesome team). We have a great group of people to work with, the area we live in is great, but there are no transcriptionists in our area. The hospital has placed ads in the newspapers, but to no avail.
So here is my question - in all honesty, how many transcriptionists would seriously think about moving to a new area for a job if relocation fees were offered.
It may sound like I'm bragging about my town, but I'm really being honest when I say this is picturesque east coast small city, about an hour and a half from major cities and airports, ocean is about 45 minutes away, summertime vacation spot, schools are phenomenal, lots of family things to do and shopping, farmers markets, boating, mild winters, etc., but there are no transcriptionists in the area to hire. 
I would really appreciate some honest feedback. Thanks so much for reading this.
Same thing happened to me. The caller couldn't even tell
After being told by my supervisor that the possibility of me getting paid less money for doing the editing for voice recognition, I immediately brushed up my resume and headed out the door.
the worst thing that ever happened at school was
when students in the girl's bathroom would get caught smoking cigarettes!
My son just finished is enlistment..best thing that every happened to him..I sent them my son..they
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This same thing happened to my cousin's wife
and she also was 34. She was a school teacher at the time and had 3 little children. They treated her in the hospital for FIVE MONTHS. She was close to death for quite awhile but after multiple surgeries managed to finally survive. I do not think that they are suing. As someone stated, this is usually stated as a complication of gallbladder surgery.
Unfortunately, this hospital has a major problem with making those mistakes because my aunt also had her pancreas punctured when she went in just for a scope and also spent months in the hospital.
As hard as it is to accept though, these things do happen.
I am with the poster who said to pray for your cousin.
Agree! The same thing happened to me. I got everything correct
except run on and fragmented sentences. I knew I was right.
Same thing here, happened long ago on my VDI/VDI system. (EOM)
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How much per minute, I worked for hospital and ...sm
it was 100/minute of dictation... very low in my estimation.
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