This is true. Ever since I began transcribing rad..sm

I have had a significant increase in income (an understatement).  I was typing ER and acute care before rad.  It paid the bills, but I was looking to get out of transcription after years of doing that. 

Well, I was hired to train on a VA rad account, and it changed my outlook on things.  It's a fast-paced specialty and very repetitive (expanders = money$$$).

That VA account has since went to VR, but I will be forever greatful to have had the opportunity to learn rad terminology, etc.  Now, I am working on another account with a very reliable company and making the most money I've made transcribing ever.

• Any 20+year MT's here? - bizzytypist
  • 30 years. - mtathome
  • 37 years. started when i was 15. nmx - tina
  • 18 years.. Can I be in the club? - luv2type
  • 21 years in April :) - MOMT
  • 30+ years, and similar experience to yours. (sm) - Twinkletoes
  • Almost 25 years now in MT. - Typingfool
  • 20 years as MT in November........wow..... - I'm old.......NM
  • Started in 1972, still at it - GloLow
  • 30+ years MTing - sm
  • Consider radiology jobs that pay by report. - Work high volume jobs
    • This is true. Ever since I began transcribing rad..sm - Radtrans
      • oops..typo. I meant "grateful" ..nm - Radtrans
  • Yes, 25 years here - all acute care. You name it, I transcribe it. - mt25
    • Oh, forgot to add my line rate - sm - mt25
  • It's the nationalization to be blamed - Too old
    • more $ - AAMT?? - bizzytypist
  • MT with 26 years of exp. - Experience galore!!!
    • Yeah, but you probably want more than 6-8 cpl. - deb
      • I actually DID accept a 6 cents per line - experience galore!!!
    • Ms. Galore - I hear ya! - bizzytypist
  • I have been doing this for 30+ years, like the poster below, starting in 1975 sm - LTMT
    • Even 9 cpl is chicken-feed. I'm making (sm) - Flipper
    • thanks for replying! - bizzytypist
  • Started in 1979 when I was 18, worked in office at MQ while it was still - Transcriptions Limited
    • I started at 19, in 1984. nm - quick typing fingers
      • Started at 20 yo in 1986 :) nm - MOMT

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You, like some of the other posters, reflect a clear understanding of the downward trend this industry has taken over the last few years and the mindset of those who caused it.  You mention so many experiences that resonate with my own.  Most notably, I like you, put all of my eggs into this one basket, foolishly believing that this wonderland profession that I had found would last forever.  It was a perfect fit for my skills, abilities, and work preference.  I was able to make an excellent living and felt that somehow I was making a meaningful contribution to the care of each patient whose chart came to life under my fingers. 

It is amazing to me how each year the profession requires more and more knowledge from us, more skill, more ability, more dedication, more resources ... and in direct correlation to what is demanded from us our pay is cut more and more and without apology.  I mentioned in another post that I remember when I first got into MT'g some 20+ years ago hearing the Powers That Be constantly resentfully complaining that we made too much money and were no more than glorified typists.  Who could have known that one day they would finally all band together and make an industry-wide collective effort to correct what they felt was an unacceptable dynamic? 

It seems that everyone directly and indirectly involved in the process of transcription is valued and compensated well for their contribution to the process -- everybody except us --  the ones who actually make the final work product a reality. 

Thank you for your contribution to this thread. 

I will type a word out of nowhere, it's like my fingers are typing without any thought behind it. 

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Does anyone have any experience with this?  My family is involved in different activities that involve traveling two or three times a week with at least an hour's commute one way or more.  I hate to sit and twiddle my thumbs while traveling when there is work that could be done.  Is it possible?  Have to download internet files from my national.  Could I do that with a cell phone?  Any help at all would be much appreciated!

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to transcribe from a CD and use a USB foot pedal to play back?  I have been asked to transcribe a documentary and I am not very savvy when it comes to things like this (applications), so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I think a lot of people go the extreme -

so, if I had to be one way or the other (being a humble extremist myself...*LOL*), I'd rather have too much self-esteem than not enough (been there, done that the first 30 years!!! *L*).  And I am a truly humble person, been recognized for just that.....but because of *been there, done that* - and all sorts of therapies (not drug therapies), some end up the other way.  Oh well, this was a fun couple of posts - so I thought.

Gave me much to chew on :)  Have fun!  

your transcription skills will most certainly qualify you for an Administrative Assistant/secretary position for the Military. I started as a GS-4 in Aug 04. Got promoted to a GS-5 in Aug 05 and now am lead secretary in an office of 50 people. I get an automatic promotion to a GS-6 in Aug 06. On top of the all the benefits, they are going to pay for my degree too. I know a lot of people complain about Federal jobs, but mine has been a blessing all the way around.

Moving to Idaho soon, would like to type for doctor's office..Any idea how I can find out how to go about this.  Where would I look to find out particulars.  Working for outsource now but do NOT want to get into that situation again..Too many confusing signals.

You know how they say sometimes your dreams are your brain's way of finding solutions to problems?  I find that when I am transcribing my brain does the best thinking.  Yes, I am focused on what I am typing but I find that all sorts of ideas/solutions just pop in my head while I am transcribing--things that have absolutely nothing about what I am typing.  Can't tell you how many times I think about what to plan for dinner, etc.  I wonder if it is because I slow down enough and am still in one spot that my brain is finally able to focus.  Or maybe it is because I am so focused on my typing that my brain has room to think of other things too. Does anyone else do that? 

Whenever I am working I think of cooking and cleaning. Then when dinner time rolls around I have already cooked and done all my housework (in my mind only) and am ready for bed.  I call this mind-cooking, or mind-cleaning.  Sometimes it is only place where I can find peace.  Isthat how you feel?

Someone's life is placed in my hands when I sit down to transcribe. One letter out of the way such as an "a" could change the meaning of someone's medical diagnosis. One slip of a wrong medication or dosage and the patient could die. We all know when docs get used to us getting things right, they don't even read what they sign. One pass-over of a word that we don't want to take the time to look up could kill a patient. Don't tell me to lighten up, please. That's your excuse! I have had an anaphylactic reaction to a medication. If someone decided to skip over this or whatever  - I could die, yes, DIE! I would no more drink and transcribe than play Russian roulette with an infant. Sorry, it's probably what you don't want to hear, but I would not want you NEAR my medical history. I once had a student skip over an allergic reaction and instead of looking up the name of it she just typed "the dye". When I caught her on it, she shrugged her shoulders as if it didn't mean a thing. She just wanted to get her line count in, looking things up took away from her $$$.

Please take me seriously, it's worse than drinking and driving. It's a serious, serious thing to do. Alcohol definitely affects judgement and makes you sloppy. Slop and medical transcription do not go together. I don't want to kill anyone tonight, do you? If you want to drink, that's your business, but don't drink and type someone's medical record! Don't bother responding for me to "lighten up" because anyone with half a brain knows I'm right! If you drink constantly, then you're still "drunk" when you get up in the morning, coffee does NOT sober you up. That's BS.

 Put the plug in the jug!

ever. I'm doing a stat transfer summary and I'm going along as fast as I can and all of a sudden as I proof this is what I read-I have to imagine that you would have to be pretty sick of listening to people just flip pages all the time, I'm sorry about that.  I wish there was a better way around it. Now, isn't that sweet of him? 

I just wanted to drop in and say hello to everyone.  I don't know if anyone here even remembers me.  I left the MT industry about a year ago, coming home to work on cottage industry things.  However, I was recently offered a good job doing MT again, so I'm back!  Just wanted to say hello to everyone.  I had let my office get into a huge mess,   but I've had a lot of fun undertaking an office redo.    If anyone cares to see pictures, I've put some on my blog.  Link below.

Lynn