Yeah and I didn't believe that when I heard it sm

I am of the opinion that voice is a sick joke.  Just the latest in a long stream of things designed to pay us less for more work!!!!

• Increasing VR production? - Need tips please
  • I've been on Escription for four years and I have rarely hit 2500 lines a day.. - EditMT
  • The only way to do it sm - I hate voice
    • That Escription is even close to accurate is complete and total - hogwash.
      • Yeah and I didn't believe that when I heard it sm - I hate voice
    • perfect text my eye - anon
  • 2.5 cents a line? You have to be kidding! nm - oldtimer
    • Who said anything about 2.5 cpl? - NM
  • What company are you working for?...sm - curious girl
    • Ask for more money or look - elsewhere for a job.
      • VR tips - Sue
        • It does depend on the account. - Escript fan
          • What do you think will happen when the MT - I do think this will happen eventually.
        • Can you tell me where to find the - anon
        • Sue, look elsewhere for another job..sm - anon
          • VR is here to stay... - Sue
          • I am definately not a liar and I can - MEMT
            • I can do it too - Dimplz
            • Are you doing acute care with ESLs? You must be rolling in it. - Do you sell eScription?
              • No, not rolling in it. - Dimplz
          • Did not mean Sue, i meant OP. sorry..nm - anon

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a little um, ya know, excessive.  But ya know, some of us, uh aren't quick thinkers like um, ya know, you.    Just havin' a little fun.

I worked with an older lady who got sick of hearing all the ums, sniffles, coughs, crunching from a certain dictator. She was one to tell it like it is no matter who you thought you were, co-worker, supervisor, doctor, administrator.  She had been at the hospital for nearly 30 years and was nearing retirement.  I loved her!  So she typed a report of his verbatim and I mean VERBATIM.  With every grunt, snort, and nonsensical word he made.  She, then of course transcribed it correctly.  She sent in the verbatim report just to show him and his staff what he sounded like.  Long story short, he didn't have a sense of humor at all and he couldn't take a very large boulder of a hint.  He called our supervisor ranted to her about this transcription and said that our department had better not be disprespectful to him like that again.  He never changed his dictating style either.

Anyway, there's my story.  I always have one. 

You are right, the normal function is when you highlight your text and then higt ctrl+y and a little window pops up asking for a description and an abbreviation.  For the description, I always start with my initials and a dash and then the actual description.  That way all my normals are grouped together in the list and I don't have to sort through everybody elses to get to mine.

And is strictly speculation... Phillips will dump MQ and Spheris will snap them up... and we all know what happens to those who work for Spheris! Can you say hello Bangalore?

nm

85% for no spaces compared to spaces being counted. Not sure if that is a correct number. I know there is a chart somewhere that breaks it all down. 

I heard about this company, giving all  their work to India and not paying any one on time. Please be aware of this guys!

Hibiclens would be better than Betadine, I would think....plus Betadine stains and Hibiclens does not.  *S*

Fresh blade to shave that area though - I know this because I no longer have the bumps since using the fresh blades. 

The test is comprehensive and the difference is that there is less emphasis placed on the transcribing of reports in the test and more emphasis placed on your body of knowledge.  It requires that you have at least two years of acute care experience to take it. We pay a .01 per line higher rate for CMTs at my company and that works out to be 12.00 a day extra for your production requirement or $60 per week or $240 per month.  I find that our MTs think it is well worth it.  Additionally, with the average age of MTs being 58, I'd say that your grandfathered CMTs are dwindling in the workplace as they retire and those left are tested CMTs but a different formatting situation.

My cousin went in for a cholecystectomy.  She was VERY ill for days afterwards.  She went in to the ER and had a CT.  They said her liver was perforated during the chole.  Now, she is literally on her death bed with a perforated liver and blood clots in the mesenteric artery and another major artery. She is being transferred to a transplant hospital for evaluation of possible liver transplant.

All of this happened because of mistake during a cholecystectomy.  She is 34 years old and may not make it.  The original doc avoided her like the plague and they had to push for a new doc.  No new docs would take her because of the lawsuit potential that already exists.  Her family finally got a doc to give verbal orders to have her transferred to the transplant hospital where hopefully she will get better care. 

Unbelievable.  I wonder if the doc knew what he did during surgery and tried covering it up, which ultimately may kill her.  Docs are so afraid of lawsuits that the patient's care is going down the tubes.