Someone is not telling the truth - wake up! N/M

• How would you handle clinic notes coming up missing after you've delivered them to the facility? - MissouriMT
  • Have supervisor MT sign for them - MTinNC
  • Why can't you send the notes back by email - attachment every day and have them print
    • P.S. - and also, I have had missing notes too - and usually it is because it is miscoded in the
  • Missing Notes - getting older
  • Bottom line.......sm - MT is ME
  • Flash drive - MslaMT
  • Agree with Patti. Charge for all the "extras'. - That should stop their carelessness with reports.
  • I might be cynical, but it sounds to me like--sm - ks
    • Retta is inclined to agree, sadly... - RettaB
  • Sorry to hear this........ - see inside
    • I had a doc that lost his tapes. Once time left - RettaB
  • As far as them telling you notes are missing...sm - Shannon
  • So do you have the missing notes?? - Patti
    • Yes, I always have the notes. One time, it was an entire day worth of clinics except for one! - MissouriMT
  • The first thing that comes to mind is... - sm
    • I was contracted to do all clinic work, if someone else is typing it... - MissouriMT
      • Someone is not telling the truth - wake up! N/M - anon
        • PS - It does matter if they are lying to you sm - anon
          • Wrong. MT wont be responsible for anything. - Dr. has final sign off report, verifying info righ
            • Dr. sign off is verification report is correct. - nm
              • If MT has checked off list of reports delivered, - this is MT evidence reports WERE delivered.

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I use Sylcount and ran two counts on the work I've done thus far this month:  lines and pages.  I have Sylcount set up to count spaces and tabs only.

These are my totals from 9/1/05 to 9/9/05 --
Total Lines:     9505
Total Pages:    333
Ave Lines/Page:   .2867867 (round up to 29 lines per page).

Three pages:  29 x 3 = 87 lines

and at that time, my income from just ONE job was $45,000 a year, and that job had great insurance/PTO/other benefits.  About 5 years ago it all changed, the income started dropping, and the benefits started getting harder to find and more expensive.

Today, I will be lucky to make $33,000 from my full time job and I have to supplement with part-time work.  I do have health insurance and it is about $100 a month for single, so I am lucky there.

Yes, it's time to do something else.  I'm tired.

8 cpl is about the top out in the US MT industry. If you're making more consider yourself lucky because it just might be snatched away from you at any moment. For the 14 cent per liner, good for you! You went out and got your own accounts. Others should follow your example. As far as the "stupid" MT comment, keep in mind that she was not consistent and **often** had one excuse after another not to work, yet I could see her online and when I would ask her why she was online she would give VERY lame excuses.  Also, keep in mind that I also was the one who helped this gal out monetarily to begin with and she took advantage of my generosity.  Don't make me out to be the bad gal here just because I own a service.  The shoe could easily be on your foot.

So, NEWS FLASH, if you have an MT position that is paying more than 8 cpl, consider it a real blessing and pray that your job isn't outsourced offshore. 

years experience as an MT.  I say misfortune because MTs with this much experience usually have gigantic egos and feel like they've "seen it all and done it all."  They simply don't make mistakes.  Not possible, no way.  This particular MT became irate with me.  She actually threw her 20+ years experience in my face and said "I've been doing this for over 20 years, I think I know what I'm doing!"  It was painfully obvious, she did not have a clue.  She'd been doing it wrong for 20 years and no one ever told her, so she thought she was right.

I had another MT with 10 years experience call me to scream at me and hung up on me when I tried to explain her errors to her.

The plain truth is, some people can't take criticism whether it be constructive or destructive.  They don't like to be wrong or be told their wrong.  Egos get in the way.  We are all guilty of letting our egos get in the way from time to time, but in this field, you need to be willing to admit you're wrong and you need to be able to accept criticism gracefully and give criticism diplomatically.

As an editor, I encourage MTs to let me know if they disagree with any corrections I've made.  I am happy to provide MTs with my reference materials and resources.  I am happy to admit when I am wrong and I am happy to say that I make mistakes too.  Just don't try to tell me that an MT with 16 years experience can't possibly be making terminology mistakes - she can and probably has in the past and will again in the future.

Just not wanting to deal with the constant worry of feast or famine.  Companies which treat the MT as a big zero if he/she does their job well, although when needed extra, the MT is made to feel guilty if they do not do 10,000 percent in spite of the fact they are previously treated like zero.  Sometimes the paycheck although small, does not seem worth it compared to the quality or lack of quality of life.

No, I am not depressed.  I think this MT has finally wished for some time off to go outside, see the clouds, smell the fresh air, and consider the life passing by.  As well, this MT would like to remember what it was like to have the security of a job which paid halfway decently, actually a boss who showed just a tiny bit of appreciation once in a while for doing a difficult job well, and the days when a person did not flinch when looking at the computer wondering what the day would bring.  Silence, more silence, or an even smaller paycheck.

I tell you, if I were to take 2 weeks off, nobody in my household would even notice the difference in budget, the pay has gotten so low from lack of work.  Used to be a person could make a difference with this job. Wondering if it is time for a change.

Do you ever feel that way?

I can hardly stand getting up every day and looking for a job in this industry.  Now GM wants to make its cars in China and then sell them back here.  HELLO?! What in heavens name is going on?

I think if our grandparents and their grandparents were faced with what we are now, they never would have immigrated here.  We are going backwards. 

I am tired, getting older by the minute.  Somebody wake me when it's over. 

Exactly how long does it take for Americans to realize the only benefit in outsourcing is the benefit the fellow in India (or elsewhere) receives when he/she snatches your job!!    

Of course there are factions in our government that want to keep us ignorant and keep us suffering from chronic disease. For one, the pharmaceutical industry has a lot of clout in government, especially with regards to financially supporting medical schools, politicians, etc.

Thank about it.  For instance, why do you think they keep telling diabetics that it's okay to keep eating a little sugar?  Because diabetes is a big industry!!  They need for the diabetics to keep taking SOME medication; what would the industry do if the diabetics no longer needed medication, glucometers, test strips, nutritional counseling, blood tests, etc., etc.???  THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE...

I can't sleep in if I know I can, but wish I could when I can't. I set my alarm (which I never have to do) for 8:30 this morning and got up at 5:20. If I hadn't set it, I might have slept until 7:00, but I highly doubt it.

Funny thing is it never matters what time I go to bed, whether it's 8:00 p.m. or 1:00 a.m

Hubby was born around midnight and has worked the graveyard shift for nearly a decade, as he could never get out of bed in the morning for work. He goes to bed between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. and sleeps until dinner.

Two sons, both born at night who would sleep until 4:00 p.m. if they could.

Two daughters, both born in the a.m. that "sleep in" when they can, but never past 9:00 a.m.

This is too weird. Now I'm thinking I should have been born around 9:30 a.m. Then I could sleep until 7:30.

I can, however, nap on demand. I say to myself, "Okay, time to sleep for an hour now" and I'm zonked out for an hour, never longer, no alarm clock. Weird.

Ever since managed care came into being here, the doctors have been moaning and groaning...and less and less folks are actually entering the medical field today.....becauise nobody is earning the money they were 15-20 plus years ago.....There is a huge shortage of nurses also in this country - it's not profitable enough for anyone today...not like it used to be prior to managed care.....

I have been treated overseas and it IS better.....and I recently read an article that folks here, the elderly, are now relocating to India for long-term care at home....it's nearly free over there....if I ever find that article, I will repost here.....the couple the article was about are in their 80s and they get all their rxs, aides in the home (home health care), and treatment for a miniscule amount compared to here......the article showed pictures too.....all nice and clean and very efficient looking.  Plus, an added benefit is they are just more respectful of the elderly overseas.....in general and everywhere.....whether it be Europe or Asia.....while here, all they seem to be interested in in this country is YOUTH - a youth-oriented society it has been for a couple of generations now.

You *think* we have the best......but it might not always be as it seems and think of *down the road* - while less folks are entering the field(s) here - you'll find there will be less and less *the best*.....

platform was that turned out to be a low-line maker.....

And tell us the one that has been good too!!!

Thanks!

I now have been contacted by four others who went through the same thing.  This will really help if they don't respond to the complaints I filed.  Thanks for taking the time to tell me.

Dianne