True! Computer techs are all foreign. Used to be a good-
Posted By: paying job in the US, but now those that- sm on 2009-03-19
In Reply to: You may have noticed I did not say anything about the MT business - CC
still have a tech job are usuallyh IC's, with no job security and no benefits. Lots of computer and microchip manufacturing jobs, that spawned the 'Silicon Valley' in California have gone offshore. Now even radiologists have to worry about their jobs, as some places send the x-rays digitally to Philippines to be read.
What I'd like to know is.... What exactly is going to be LEFT in the United States for US to do? Gas station attendant? Nope... most are self-serve, unless you live in Oregon. Wal-Mart Greeter? Hmm... not old enough (or retired enough) for that. Farm worker? Nope. Mexicans have cornered that market. Waitress? Nope. Lots of eat-in restaurants going belly-up these days. Typesetter? Nope. Newspapers are going extinct. Web designer? Nope. Most people can design their own nowadays. Retail? Same as the restaurants. Teacher? Whoa - talk about an underpaid profession! Nurse? Another underpaid one. Not a good choice for us work-at-home recluses. Truck driver? One of the few jobs where they need people, but to make ends meet these days you have to pretty much live in your truck. Flight attendant? Not a good choice for us recluses who hate to fly. Rap artist? Pretty saturated field. Hair stylist? I don't even comb my OWN hair most of the time, and haven't cut it in years. So I'd be pretty useless unless someone with long hair wanted a French braid. Chef or short-order cook? Not if you only cook TV dinners. (Does that count as cooking?) Dog-walker? Nah - I'm a cat-person. Bike-messenger? In my town, most of em don't live very long. You never see middle-aged bike messengers. Taxi-driver? Nope - the Sikhs have cornered that market. Executive secretary? (What? Go back to wearing heels and pantyhose? NEVER!)
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I was told firmly by the Monrovia techs I had to have an XP computer for DQS, and that
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Computer techs - I want to add undo, redo, and repeat to my IE toolbar which are not listed as an
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Good luck with the techs
I emailed a question last thursday and still haven't heard back. Time to look elsewhere. Their platform is horrible.
Hey rimrods!!! He fully disclosed he was foreign, it was foreign
trying to catch him telling lies when he already told you he was. Really smart people around here. Call names, insult, tell everyone to leave and go to another site and then wonder why your posts are being deleted. At least he's not feeding everyone a load of CRAP about offshoring. He simply told the truth.
True. I was told this by a friend who is a computer tech at a company
here in town. He was going to do it for me. No way would I try to do it myself. Luckily, I was able to buy one with XP on it from Dell.
True but to say there are no good MTs not true.
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HA - GOOD ONE - AND SO TRUE
I tell them that if it seems to be good to be true, it is.
I usually invite them to come to my house where I have a few sample recordings. I let them sit down and give it a try. We pretend they are earning .09/line and I let them go at it. Most don't make it through 30 minutes of an easy sample recording. And when we calculate that they've barely earned a dollar or two, they get the picture.
To good to be true
If it sounds to good to be true, it no doubt is. It could be due to the fact that many QA people get sick of QA and most don't get paid as good as MTs generally. It's a pretty dull job and I am sure you'll have to wear some pretty heavy duty armor. Your the cop on the beat so to speak.
saw it on monster-- "a too good to be true" job description-
for info and see what kind of a response I get. Don't want to send my resume unless it seems legit. I have 2 jobs now, just fishing for something better.
not true, I make good $$$ and manage to come
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good girl Oh Carol !!! We know what true....sm
We KNOW what true loyalty and appreciation of great rock 'n roll is. Too bad these negative posters probably like the blond shallow Britney Spears and/or Jessica and Ashley Simpson....*LOLOL*
If you pick a good school, not always true..sm
The 2-year minimum experience is often waived if you graduated from the right school. I would not choose any school in this day other than the AAMT-approved schools. Many local community college courses are adequate, but you need to ask up front if they help w/ job placement. The big bonus from choosing an AAMT-approved school is name recognition - this is VERY important, because if a company recognizes the school you graduated from and knows it produces quality graduates, you will be hired based on the school's reputation, and that's why many companies will waive experience requirements for those schools.
MTSOs know which schools turn out graduates that are ready to hit the ground running and which ones don't, so they will often pass up a graduate from the lesser schools, especially if they also have grads from the AAMT-approved schools applying at the same time. Since majority of MT jobs are now paid on production, education is becoming much more vital than it was 10-15 yrs ago when many MTs were trained on the job and paid hourly.
You said a mouthful! All so very true! Good post!
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If it is Accustat Carolinas..Yes that's true..among the other not so good things.
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Any good companies that will provide a free computer??
Are there any good MT companies out there that will provide a free computer and the software, supplies I will need?? I am a canadian MT living in canada. They also must hire outside the USA. IF anyone knows of such a company (that pays at least 12 cents per line too!!)- please email. Thanks!!!!!
Jan Marquis
I want to buy a good computer for transcription, mine seems to be bogged down, what I need
How much Ram, processor anything should I be looking for? I have the Windows XP office to put in it, so I'm not concerned about that, but I want something with speed and can hold the software and everything. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! ~ Thanks
Would state you are a fast learner with good computer skills
and able to pick up things quickly once you are shown. Good luck!!
Techs
When I worked for MQ on the new platform, it wouldn't connect. I called tech support and talked to a lady there. She asked me if my phone line was connected and I told her no, I had high-speed internet. She said "But is your phone line connected?" I told her again, no, I have cable. She said, and I am not kidding, "Do you have an adapter to connect your cable to the phone line?" Where do they get these people?
mammo techs
As much as you wish the tech would give you a hint, really you shouldn't take their word. These mammograms will be glanced at by the radiologists before you leave to be sure that they can SEE all the areas that they will need to study; however, they will be *reading* the mammo after you are gone (unless you are an extremely slow dresser LOL). The radiologists I worked for took their time and used magnifying glasses and really looked these things over. So I really doubt the tech is going to be able to give you any kind of reassurance.
If I were you I would just stress to the tech that you hope you can hear something ASAP. Maybe she'll relay that to the radiologist.
Good luck, I hope the lump is just a cyst or fibrous tissue. Keep us posted.
Pharm techs
Here's a link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics explaining what pharm techs do and the salary. (Note that it says some of their duties will be replaced by automated prescription-filling machines. LOL! It sees no one is immune!)
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos252.htm
For comparison, see the salary surveys for coders at www.aapc.com and www.advanceforhim.com.
What is good to clean an LCD computer screen that wont harm the black plastic monitor itself.
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Crazy question... does Express Scribe actually convert audio to text? Sounds too good to be true..
It does state this on their web site. I was curious if anyone has used this option, and if so, does it really work?
Thanks again~
Did the techs say why? And do whole op notes really fit in the expander? nm
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Don't think techs will tip you off, but a word of caution - (sm)
Don't get scared needlessly if they want to "redo" any of the films. That happened to me once, and the tech left the film up on the board where I was waiting and I saw this huge spot of light and I was absolutely sick worrying about it until I heard from my doctor. It was normal, and several times since then they have have to "redo" some of the films. Try not to worry, and be glad that you have doctors who ARE cautious and speed things through.
scary echo techs
doc says "However, the patient was terminated by technician who felt the patient was becoming diaphoretic and having his symptomatology associated with shortness of breath."
scribe types "However, the study was terminated by the technician who felt the patient was becoming diaphoretic and having symptoms associated with shortness of breath."
So tired of these support-less techs at companies.
same ole answer- I don't know, not my job. What is their job? I can't work, I don't get answers, and it is their software. First answer when I call the office is call support services. Call support service and they say it is not their job. Who it the sam $ell's job is it? I can't work.
Guess these wonderful techs don't know that without us they have no job and it is possible to work without fancy programs with off the shelf software.
Ask the techs where you work. Probably software issue with their program. nm
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Is there a college in your area that offers training for x-ray techs?
If so, go to the college bookstore and check out the textbooks they have for the x-ray tech courses. There should be lots of good information there.
If you have any anatomy books, study them, not just the major bones, but the landmarks on the bones like the greater and lesser trochanter of the femur, tibial spines, things like that. Also study the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of the shoulders, wrists, knees, and ankles. MRIs cover a lot of that.
There are a lot of online anatomy sites if you don't have any books of your own, or you can check with your local library.
 Good luck! Radiology is a great field. I love it.
Emergency question for brilliant computers techs. sm
I just had a weird experience with my computer. The screen looked like it was shaking. I thought it was in Word at first, but the desktop was doing this also. It was like a wavy line was going down the screen, part of it would jump a little bit, then below it some more would jump. It was almost like a wave pattern to the side, I could see the edges of the screen moving in and out. I thought I saw this yesterday once or twice, but decided it was my eyes. It wasn't, this was definitely real. It lasted for approximately a minute. Is this something to worry about? TIA.
The Dictaphone techs are usually great at problem solving. Have they been contacted?? nm
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Techs aren't supposed to tell you anything as they are not doctors, but occasionally you'll fi
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Ask the ShortHand techs. They've always responded back very promptly to my
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Vista is still too buggy & not "friendly." Techs not familiar with it yet. And lots of
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When we would do xrays, would have techs holding in position and talking to soothe and quiet them.
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foreign....
Oh, boo hoo! Those foreigners learn our language so they can take our jobs and our money, you numbskull. They aren't here to help us. They take advantage of our laws which actually seem to favor foreigners over citizens, especially if the foreigners are "minorities." (An interesting term since the only true minority in this world is white people. About 85% of the world's population is non-white.)
People like you who think you are so tolerant, are part of the problem. In this country we would all be learning Chinese if the situations were reversed and China was the country with the open door policy and all the wealth.
BTW, I lived and worked in Latin America and learned Spanish BEFORE I went there - I didn't expect the people of Colombia to pay to have everything I needed translated into my own language, which is precisely what these foreigners who come here to leech off us expect.
If your SH copy is a legit purchase, ask the techs at their site. They gave me stepbystep instructio
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I'm an MT....slavery is not foreign to me.
Whatever it takes.
foreign docs
And why do a lot of those same ones who speak such poor English also make no sense in putting together their sentences? I have several that sound like they are clenching their teeth together and straining to get the words out which makes it even worse. I know exactly what you mean. Their oughta be a LAW! 
Those foreign guys
Yeah, we've all had our share of "those" guys. I worked in Radiology for a Spanish guy for about two years. He thought his English was perfect, so anytime there were blanks he went off of his latino-rocker. So I finally get this guy "nailed" where I can transcribe his reports just as fast as the others, and then what happens.. ? I lose the stinkin' account to VR! So he still sends me work on occasion and guess what .... he's crystal clear NOW, and why? Voice Recognition doesn't DO gibberish ... it trained HIM! HA! (Course he has to speak slowly now, losing lots of "billable hours" And of course, they had to hire an Editor to clean up the reports, punctuate, and correct his English.) Go figure! ');>![](https://forum.mtstars.com/smileys/sowhat.gif")
Seriously, though, if you can't stay with that ESL day-in and day-out for at least a month, you will never get him. Why companies bombard MT's with different docs from day-to-day is just beyond me. If QA were REALLY that important, they wouldn't do that.
You all are talking foreign to me
I have ShortHand and love it, but you left me way behind. A Shorthand course would be great.
isn't SPI a foreign company
Maybe you could work for them. They bought out Cymed.
foreign dictators
Wow, you sound so full of hate!!!Do you even know how difficult it is to learn another language? Have you ever tried to speak another language?
I don't particularly care for ESL's but...
foreign dictators!!
From one blondie to another--I couldn't agree with you more!
Drives me crazy, not to mention my so-called "productivity!"
What does the site being down have to do with foreign MTs?
Bonus from OJT - foreign dictators. (sm)
I learned OJT in a small hospital with a PDR, Dorlands and a boss with an attitude from &*^%&*^. There were only about 7 doctors on staff, 4 of which were foreign. I started off learning to cope with a Thai accent in a physician who had had a speech defect, a Nigerian, a Swede and a Czech. It was a painstaking way to learn, but I am greatful every day that accents have become a way of life for me. I almost prefer them to some of those mealy-mouthed speed demons.
I can remember cursing when they would say "Go back up and change this". Just rip that paper out of the typewriter and start again.
My children can't imagine a time before computers. Will have to take them to a museum someday and show them what life used to be like.
It's not the foreign workers who are at fault sm
The fault lies with the big US corporations who are the greedy SOBs that have outsourced the jobs so they can save billions over what they would pay workers in the US.
So, to be rude to and cuss out these working people is not going to get us anywhere. What we should do is boycott the corporations who are sending the work overseas. Maybe if they lose enough business they will get smart to themselves and bring the jobs back to the US workers.
I don't do foreign-speaking docs....
Either they speak English and speak it clearly or they don't have me for their transcriptionist. I'll be danged if I'm going to spend 15 minutes trying to figure out their dictation because they "don't speekee English," or they dont' want to take the time to speak it clearly. Let an MT who doesn't value their time or money transcribe for them! Some may think that's heartless, but that's just the way it is. I'm in this business to make money, not coddle docs who can and refuse to speak straight.
First Job, given only foreign dictators, and never the same. Doing allright, however, should I look
  This is my first job, and I am never given the same dictator. Also, this is hospital work with basically any kind of reports. Only doing about 200 lines a day for 6 cents. Should I look for another job???
Focus stands for Foreign
Focus is an Indian company, you know. Most who have been there were not happy, and many MTs only go there because they are fresh out of school and find it hard to get the experience they need. Just FYI.
I do have a 2nd job with US owned co. that I love. Foreign
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