The Latest Word was a waste. Stedman's might have monthly updates on their site, not sure. nm
Posted By: Aimless on 2006-01-25
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Stedman's does the same thing. With the latest
electronic word books, you can only download 2 times. I have 2 computers and I download to both, in case something happens I have a backup. I also tend to have computer issues for some reason and when I try to do a reinstall of the OS it doesn't keep my Stedman's. Since I can only download twice that makes me not able to use it. I tried to company all Stedmans to a BUS drive in case I had to restall again, but it won't work and you can't copy from one computer to another, you have to have the original disk.
I'm not thrilled with it, but I don't think they are doing anything illegal.
Stedman's with the yearly updates. nm
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The Stedman's and then you buy the yearly updates afterward. nm
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Does Stedman offer updates for Quicklook? I just bought the 2008
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AAMT site is under contruction. Maybe the latest issue will
Haha
The Latest Word...found it!
It's published by Elsevier. To find the link, just Google The Latest Word. It's only a couple of hits down the search results list. I wasn't able to copy the web site address, since it came in as an RSS feed (ignorant about that). But it's at www.elsevier.something.
MS Word has updates, just as Windows does. Have you
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Latest Instant Text revision 541 and MS Word
Has anyone noticed Word save and opening of new documents slow down since upgrading to IT Revision 541 or is it just me? I tried other things, such as clean disc, defrag, ran System File Check for Windows XP, and Registry Cleaner. These things helped speed up everything on my computer except Word, which would still be very slow to save and open a new document.
I uninstalled IT and reinstalled the older version and now Word is back to normal speed. Has anyone else experienced a slow down with the revision or is it just me? I also didn’t like how the new version linked with spelling and grammar check window in Word.
It's probably just me. I'm always having weird problems. I'm using Word 2002 (XP) by the way.
What to do if Word does not recognize your added medical terms - after updates? nm
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It's really not a great idea to disable Windows updates. Just because updates are scheduled to be
installed, does not mean 7.0 will be automatically installed on your pc. You will always receive a notification when installing anything other than critical updates, which 7.0 is not.
Not a site, but Stedman's Ophthalmology Words is a keeper! :) nm
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"Saving Keystrokes" by Diana Rolland sold on the Stedman's site.
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores also have it, too. It was a good book with plenty of hints on using expanders.
Gotta get the Stedman's Ortho & Rehab Words. Wheeless encylopedia is a good site to book
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Stedman's word book nm
Stedman's Word Book
I just started my first MT job about a month ago and I could not do without my Stedman's Orthopaedic & Rehab Words book. If in the future I get into something else I would definitely buy another one of these!
Also have Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book, a Stedman's Medical Dictionary and The AAMT Book of Style - all very useful.
Stedman word books
depending on what specialties you do. For abbreviations, I use this web site:
http://www.medilexicon.com
just because it is easier than looking up abbreviations in a book.
If you only bought 1 stedman's word book, what would it be?
Just got a new job (!) and want to take advantage of discount books from my old job (!). Don't know what specialties I'll be working on, general acute care AFAIK. The only book I've ever owned is Dorland's dictionary. I'm leaning towards Medical and Surgical Equipment.... but would be really happy if anyone has any ideas for me, thanks!
And I may just Go Wild and buy two.
Surgical Word Book (Tessier, NOT Stedman's). nm
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How to Activate My Stedman's Med/Pharm Spellchecker within MS Word
Hello,
Just installed my Stedman's 2005 Med/Pharm Dictionary and realized I no longer have the manual. Does anyone know how to activate it, that is, add it to the MS Word spellchecker? Thank you much. Dave
Stedman's M&S Equipment Word Book is my bible. nm
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I have a few Stedman's word books that I plan to sell, sm
if you're interested, as I updated with the newest editions. These older ones would still be of big help you. Email me if you're interested and I'll get a list together for you.
You'll find that hospital transcription is waaaaay more interesting than clinic!
If I don't hear from you, good luck! Working for a hospital is the way to go these days. Good for you!
I used Stedman's when working in Meditech, but I would type in Word and
copy to Meditech.
Get a Stedman's Ortho & Rehab word book, . . .
and you can check. Put them into your word Expander correctly (capped or not), and you won't have to try to remember which tests are and aren't capped. :)
Will the Stedman's work with that version of Word? You buy the basic program and then
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Word help site
Hi all,
Here's a great site I found recently. Sharing this with everyone.
MS Word site has all info on moving them
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Word, wav pedal, FTP site to download
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Stedman's Med Dictionary and Stedman's Med Spell checker are two different programs. Which on
do you have? If it is the medical dictionary, as far as I know it is only a reference software and can't be used as a spell checker.
If you have the spell checker, go into Word. Click on Tools, Options, and then Spelling & Grammar tab. Then click on the Custom Dictionaries button about half way down the window. This will open a new window that lists your available dictionaries and one should be checked. Mine is checked next CUSTOM.DIC (DEFAULT). There is an ADD button to the right. If you click it, you will be able to browse for your custom dictionary.
Hope that helps.
I have only used Stedman's. What are some differences in Dorland's and Stedman's?
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Monthly fee
Is there a monthly fee when you use it through your phone? I can use my phone but I have to set up internet service and its $60 a month. I work at the inlaws cottage but they have high speed internet.
monthly earnings
I'm new to this board, just found it today, and have been *so* depressed with what I've been reading in regards to line counts and rates you all are being paid. I've been an IC for 15 plus years, transcribing for about 23 years now. I charge by gross lines, 12 cents a line, max 70 characters possible on a line. I make okay money, averaging between $3000 and $4000 a month, with three good dictators, and I live on the West Coast. I could easily make more if I turned off the TV when transcribing and didn't take time off to be at the kids' sporting events. Before I got married, I easily made $55-60K a year, before expenses, but taxes killed me  so I backed off a bit. (This was before the elaborate Expander programs.) Ladies, the money is out there. You just have to find the right accounts!!
Monthly fees
May I ask which carrier this is through? I have ATT and to use my laptop I can hook it up through my phone with a USB cable but in order to get on the internet I would have to buy the data package for $59.99 a month. Thanks, we do a lot of traveling in the summer.
Our latest cat did that...
Not drink out of the toilet, but about a year ago, she disappeared. She's inside 100% of the time, so she wasn't hard to find, but she was pulling back the blankets on the bed and hiding under all the covers. Sure enough, she was sick and had to be put on antibiotics. I'm sure she would have died if we hadn't taken her to the vet. I also had another cat quite awhile ago that hid whenever he got sick.
I hope your kitty comes home! My husband said that when he was young, they had a cat that would roam and be gone for long stretches of time, but he always came home.
Actually, we have to keep up with the latest
technology, medical terms, etcetera, as well. We do not just go to school and learn everything at once. Things in medicine change often. Plus there are a million things you will learn throughout your career in this field as you go. It is a constant learning experience for both new and seasoned MTs.
Personally, if money were not an object like you said, I would spend my free time relaxing and enjoying being a new mom. If money is not an object, why find something to give yourself even more work? They are only babies once and will be grown in the blink of an eye...enjoy the time you have.
I make 7.5 CPL and earn over $4K monthly
Maybe to you that's not a decent wage, or maybe you're not as fast. I don't know. But this IS production-based work. So type more and earn more. I think I clear about 14,000 lines in a 40-hour work week and I bring TAKE HOME about $4K a month. To ME that's good money. Maybe I'm stupid. I know people that earn much more (are much faster than I) at 7.5 CPL. Call me dumb, but I think that's good take home.
Jennifer, recognized your name from MT Monthly
I enjoyed the publication and have referred several MTs your way for ROS through the years. Hope all is well with you.
Try the FDA website. Updated monthly.
FDA.gov
submit invoice monthly, get ck
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I used to call it Monthly Martha or
Nasty Nancy. Anyway, I can't help you on that. I had a hysterectomy and plenty of those awful hot flashes. I would just be sitting there and whoosh, I felt like I was in a sauna and had to go outside no matter where I was. I would just seem to get severely claustrophobic and have to leave for 10 minutes, then I was fine. It does get better.
Monthly Prescribing Reference SM
http://www.prescribingreference.com/
Monthly audits = QA score. sm
Usually companies audit your work monthly. They will pull 5 or 10 reports you have transcribed and do a random QA check on them. If you have critical errors, they will deduct whole points, noncritical errors usually a half point.
If you total QA score is below 98% three or more times in a row, some companies will do what they can to help you, put you back on QA review for a while so every report will go to QA. Other companies may just fire you or let you go.
Is this the answer your were looking for?
The latest with Keystrokes
New to this site. Read something a while ago about Keystrokes not hiring. Does anyone know anything about them now? How are they to work for and how do they pay? Thanks for any information, good, bad or ugly.
Did you see the latest picture of her (sm)
possibly pregnant, reading the junk magazines while going through the grocery store line?
So very, very few good or talented actors these days. Give me Jerry Lewis or Bill Murray any day. And actresses? I can't even list any I like anymore besides Marily Monroe. 
the latest story
another MT friend of mine sent me this email
My friend's daughter works in a dermatology office. They are opening a new additional office. They determined that with the opening of a new office, it was far better to now buy a system for transcribing their own documents and it also allows doctor to input the codes for billing. So, they no longer need their Transcriptionist or their coder. Their coder is going to do other duties at the office and their home transciptionist is SOL.
So-if they had not opened a new office, they would not of put out for the money, but with the new additional office, this system will be taking care of the 2 jobs above for both offices. Doctor was most definitely considering sending all of this kind of work to India, as he is from India, but when the American office manager found this out, she put a stop to it immediately. So-that is my horror story for the week that makes me have even more knots in my stomach.
I'm on their latest upgrade right now..sm..
so it's still buggy. I origiinally bought it in December of 2005. That version was worse than the upgrade I installed Saturday. I won't bother uninstalling and reinstalling after reading your email. Thanks for writing.
I've tried ByteScribe and ExpressScribe and the sound isn't as clear on them, especially when you slow down or fast forward so I'll either stick with StartStop and not use the hot keys or I'll try an external sound card for my laptop with the ByteScribe WavPlayer. I've tried the Turtle Beach Audio and that helped make things louder but it didn't help with the slow down and speed up sound clarity.
Is there anyway you can go back to the original version? If you have the original installtion CD, I would think you could. I don't since I bought it originally in Dec. 2005. Thanks again for writing.
updates
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/render.aspx?displaylang=en&content=updateservices#
click "Microsoft Update"
click "Express"
you have to do this in Internet Explorer.
updates
the whole software was installed via net, and they say there has been no problem ever with that with other users, and it seems this is the latest software they are having.
Does anyone have the website for Monthly Prescribing Reference? Thanks. nm
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This is cool...ShortHand offers monthly SM
subscriptions. I have a free trial right now and was worried I wouldn't have the whole $99 after my trial, but I can buy a subscription and save for another month! That's so cool! I didn't know they did that. Didn't know if others knew, so thought I'd share. :)
Chickadee
Were you thinking of MT Monthly.....see link inside
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The Monthly Emesis is clever! :) no message
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