Yes, the gene pool stops there.
Posted By: Whew! on 2005-07-20
In Reply to: My thoughts exactly. Thank God I don't have kids! nm - hammering
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If you work from a pool, it's onlyl a matter of returning a dictation to the pool for the poor sucke
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gene markers
Hi I don't know where to post this. I have just spent several hours looking for web sites that list the many different tumor/gene/biomarkers for cancer screening, especially, but not limited to, breast cancer such as:
What are the 21 genes profiled on the Oncotype DX 21-gene panel?
What are the 76 genes profiled on the Mammaprint® 76-gene panel.
What are the 70 genes profiled on the Mammaprint® 70-gene panel?
I type for all cancer types and have found some helpful web sites explaining cancer screening and tumor markers but have not found any sites that simply just list them.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
and if you think about KISS Gene Simmons..SM
Kiss' lead singer Gene Simmons is about 67-68 and with that gross tongue......(have you seen him extend this tongue on any talk shows?)...and the fact they have to paint themselves in black and white and look utterly frightening........because they are virtually a no-talent hard-metal band and have to dress this way to sell any tickets so the public never *sees* just how old these dudes look!
GO MICK, forever young.....I thought he had the body (neck down) of a 30-year-old man last night. Obviously, some don't REALLY check out BODY and BODY LANGUAGE. And most people are not in as great a shape as MICK even 20+ years younger and then some.....or at his age of 62.
Today's 80 is yesterday's 60, today's 60 is yesterday's 40, today's 50 is yesterday's 30, and today's 40 is yesterday's 20+.....thank goodness I'm right in one of those categories and moving along with those new age values that have been online for over 10 years that I know of, with no plastic surgery because, you see, it's only and always been about attitude in this life. Age is merely another number. 
Gene....who was barely even on the show.
A bit disappointed about that whole thing. But what about Uncle *June* shooting Tony! That was a shock.
Link for Oncotype gene panel
http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/cap_today/feature_stories/0204Gettingpersonal.html
Once you get there, click link for "21-gene panel," and you'll get a nice little table of all the genes! In case you can't get to that site, I'll e-mail the contents of the table to you.
WRONG! Gene Simmons was born in 1949. sm
And is way sexier than Mick ever thought about being.
This little device stops
stuttering. Wouldn't it be great if docs who stutter when dictating would use it? It helps 80% of people who try it!
See link below:
just cuz the crazy train always stops at your
now pick a personality already and stick with it. Maybe up the meds or take a nap or something.
I worked for them yrs ago. They are ALWAYS undergoing changes. It never stops.
every time they figure out a way to fleece the MT out of more money, whether it be retooling the pay structure or developing new software that does it on the sly, it continues to happen. Then, they have a mass mutiny of people who won't stand for it, rehire a new batch of unsuspecting poor fools, and on they march. Pretty soon people will be paying them to work there. I bailed ages ago.
Ctrl + Alt + A also stops expanding.
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No, the buck stops with the doctor - sm
he/she is ultimately responsible, not the MT. If they started to require this many would leave MT is droves I suspect. Do you really think the MTs overseas get liability insurance?
How's the weather in Bangalore? usually stops them in their tracks
When a US rep of SBC called to try to get me to switch my cable service for their high-speed interent, I told them no, I don't willingly deal with companies who have all their customer service "help" offshore. She pointed out that I probaby pay more to use my local cable service. Yes, I agreed, I do pay more...and I talk to people in my community and can even go talk to them in person if I want to.
But asking how the weather is in Bangalore is a nice way to break the ice with someone at a call center in India. Weather reports are definitely not part of their scripts.
I find Ctrl/X stops the expansion. nm
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The buck stops with you (all of us). What confidentiality means is
that you/me, the MT, do not discuss the name and contents of a report with anyone outside the immediate realm of responsibility and only within a professional context.
If you feel really uncomfortable with doing it and have the option of sending it back for someone else to do, that acceptable but not entirely necessary.
If you *have* to do a report on someone you know, do it, and put it out of your mind. If you see that person, you cannot discuss anything about it with them, even if they ask. The onus is upon us to keep.our.mouths.shut. That is all that confidentiality entails.
If this stops hurting so much with pressure or elevation, you have a bleed, honey.
Took an RV trip last year and toured around the west, one of my favorite stops was Palo Duro Canyon
outside Amarillo, and also Santa Fe, New Mexico. No trip this year, just had a baby, but hopefully one next year!
Pool
We have an above ground pool, but my friends across the street have an in-ground. We live in NY and they paid about $20,000 for their pool. It's fiberglass with cement around it and fenced in (of course). It's a great time to have a pool here with the hot weather we've been having. Have fun.
We must work for the same pool! :) sm
I have a dictator that sounds like an older gentleman from the south and he will always say, "I thank you very much for typing this for me. Have a nice day."
I always say, out loud, "You too sir" because it's so totally unexpected to hear it.
I even have a guy that talks 1000 mph and ends his dictation in a robotic voice in one sentence with no spaces and his last name, like this:
thisisendofdictationthankyoufortypingthisSmith.
working in a pool
Hello, I have been doing medical transcription for 11 years, most of them as an IC. 2 years ago I changed companies from which I get my work and, for the first time, I am in a pool situation. Here's my question. Is it standard procedure (or normal) when you are working in a pool to not be able to pass on doctors that you cannot do well or just find too frustrating to do? In all the years I have been doing transcription, this is the first time I have not been able to say I can't or do not want to do that doctor. I am expected to do whatever comes up in my pool, regardless of whether or not I do them well, and at the same time keep my accuracy up at 97%, and not send all of the jobs to QA. It is a very frustrating situation and honestly, for the first time in 11 years, has me thinking about quitting altogether. MrsBTFuller
I have only worked in 1 pool myself but - sm
when I first started you could send back work. I had 1 doctor I absolutely hated and could not do, so I'd send him back. Then they "updated" at some point and you could not send work back. I ended up having that doctor removed from my pool (I ask mgmt) since he killed my QA. We were only allowed to send in 5% of our work every month (not a day, a month) to QA. So out of the 300+ reports I would do a month I could only send 15 to QA, the other 285 had to have no blanks, or only 1 blank ....we were allowed to send it through with 1 blank. Needless to say this was a difficult thing to do with 80% ESL. I'm sure it can be done if you take 30+ minutes or more for each report to make sure it is perfect, but most of us do not have that luxury....we need to eat, pay rent, mortgage, etc. All I can say is good luck.
working in a pool
Not that it helps any, but I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way. I would love to just have them remove my "bad doctor", but when I bring it up I'm just told that I will get better at him, or they will remove me from that pool. The only thing that is stopping me from just quitting is that I just hate changing companies and all that entails . Not sure what I will do. I really should have asked this question before I started working in this situation.
We have had our pool for 2 summers. sm
The first pool we got from Academy Sports and it was totally awful. The side walls were not thick enough. It kept busting at the seams. It did not last 10 days. So, needless to say, we took it back. We then got the 18 x 4 at Walmart and it has been great with no problem whatsoever. Do not use more than 1 waterhose to fill it up though. If you do that, it will not stand up right. As much as I want a regular hard side pool, this will definitely suffice for a few more years. Happy Swimming!
Inground pool
I don't know if this will help you or not but we live in CA and paid about $35,000 for our pool, although we got great discounts because we did it at the same time as our neighbor, who is in the pool supply business and lined up all the subcontractors. So it's probably more like a $50,000 pool. We love it! It almost always takes longer than the estimated time, so if you do have it done this summer you may not be swimming until next summer. Best of luck to you!
It goes back to the pool nm
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I do pool work
I have to get a minimum of 1200 lines in an 8-hour shift, which is more than enough time to hit the minimum. I do acute care and do have a backup account, which I work on infrequently since my primary rarely runs low. I take a 10-minute break every 2 hours just to get up and move around a bit. I hope that answers your question.
I'd be in my pool for the 2nd time this year.
Thanks. My work pool has become the detritus that others will
not do. Mostly ESL docs with heavy accents. Over the past few months, I have been relegated the worst of the worst, and, on some occasions, find myself working for about $2 bucks an hour. This morning I've gotten jobs from three days ago that were apparently tossed back, floated around like a turd circling the drain. I send nothing back, I've always transcribed these reports, hoping to get past them to the better dictators. The consequence: This morning I got one after another of these horrific reports until I finally gave up in despair. Sorry for the rant. I'm pissed.
Need to add, old job I have own accts, new job will be working from pool. nm
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114° here in AZ. Our pool feels like a bathtub. It's HOT!
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We had one in our pool yesterday. My husband
got it out and killed it. I am trying to identify it on the internet. The only thing I can come close to is a Tiger Rattlesnake. It is a baby, about a 12" or 14" long and has a diamond shaped head. We are in Texas and haven't lived here very long.
My #4 key is a return to pool key. Depends on how you are set up. nm
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take my lunch break and take a dip in the pool
Inground pool questions
 Has anyone had an inground pool installed? I am trying to see approximately how much it costs. I live in PA and my husband and I have heard some wide-range prices and I would like to hear from any of you who have installed one. I am mainly seeing which type, i.e., fiberglass, cement, etc and how much it costs.
Thanks in advance for taking the time to help us out 
Not only that, but the poster is putting this man in a pool sm
with every single person who does MT transcription in India. That's kind of like being mad at every single driver on the road when you've lost a loved one to a drunk driver.
I am just sick and tired of the intolerance in this country and the I-am-better-than-you attitude because these people are of a different origin. No wonder there is no world peace. It starts small. If you continue to think small then big problems in our society will never be solved.
schedule for those doing pool work
I mentioned this in my previous post, but thought I would post a new topic since it is specific to pool workers.
Can those of you who do pool work tell me how you schedule your day? Do you aim for XX lines, XX hours, etc.?
Also, do you sit down for a straight XX hours or do batches?
Thanks,
Vicki
I hope your PC falls into the pool...nm
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Why doesn't she take the PC into the pool , that might also work...nm
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Not an MQ employee but have always transcribed via turnaround pool.
The office manager I worked for set it up so they could bill faster, i.e., ERs in 24 hours or less, op notes, discharge summaries, etc. She said it made for a better cash flow for the hospital. That's probably what MQ is trying to accomplish, maybe per client request.
Whatever, then may you all have a good time in your pool of name calling. (nm)
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anyone else upset with recent changes at DSG and so-called pool changes?
I am definitely upset with the recent changes, and don't trust management when they say it's for the MTs benefit. All I can see from these changes is a HUGE decline in the quality of dictators I am getting, slowing me down big-time, almost like all the decent ones are missing. Does anyone know what's really happening at DSG lately?
chlorine is bleach, only stronger in a pool--sm
some people think that just because it is packaged and used almost on a daily basis, that it is safe. It is a harsh chemical and it is not surprising to me that it would cause hoarseness when swallowed. Just breathing it, for me, causes lung and breathing problems. He may be extra sensitive to it. Don't poo-poo is just because somebody else says "he is fine". It is a chemical...and if you don't believe me, swallow some yourself and see what happens...duh.
our pool feels like a steam bath...nm
Yes, it does take a long time. Usually 2-3 days. We have a pool too and of course I cut around that.
And to the poster who suggested I get the mower fixed. Well, you have to put the mower on the trailer and take it to the place to get it fixed and I just can't do that with the 2 little ones right now! LOL I can do everything else, but I can't work on that trailer! It's huge (14 feet long) and I have to put it on the hitch and that is hard!
Even with all of this, I wouldn't trade any of this for anything.....Nick Hotel here we come......
Yes, Yes! Sue the OWNER of the plastic pool because they did not secure it properly. Now it was a
deadly object due to THEIR negligence! Just think of the $$$.
Please, I transcribe from a lounge chair at the pool during the summer.
That way my daughter gets some time at the pool having fun, I get work done. I do mostly VR, so not a lot of actual transcribing involved, just a word here or comma or period there.
I've worked from the beach in Key West. I've worked from the lake. I take my laptop when visiting family around the holidays. That is the beauty of having an at-home job and a laptop. You can take your work with you anywhere and never miss out on family life! And no I do not sacrifice privacy or accuracy. I'm good at what I do. I'm one of those fortunate MTs that could transcribe in grand central station with trains coming and going and thousands of people milling about. I'm very focused. Once the headphones are in my ears, you have to pretty much send up a flare or smack me upside my head to get my attention and then you will scare the bejeezus outta me when you do.
Don't knock it until you try and just because you can't work in anything but total silence and solitude, doesn't mean that everybody needs total silence and solitude.
Yep, I say a combo suit with the landscapers! And the baby pool owner!!
Keep in mind that Amphion is NOT Medquist. The lottery pool is VERY small.
....if any of this is even true.
If you work from a pool, it's when others are leaving you the crappy reports by skipping over the
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We have a gunite pool as opposed to vinyl/sand liner..
The gunite is definitely more expensive, but lasts much longer. I'm in NH and I see signs for gunite pools starting at 19,900 around here, but I have no idea what that includes. As usual, the advertisement and the actual cost out the door are probably too different things. Also, expect your electric bill to hit the roof even if you run the filter only 12 hrs out of 24. But it's worth it to us... Our kids are pre-teens and virtually LIVE in that thing, so we don't regret buying this house.
I miss MT50 too. She rocks with her vast pool of knowledge.
MT50, please, please, please...come back. You are missed.
Email your supe to make sure they activated your work pool
I had this happen at another company. The supe had failed to add any accounts to my work pool.
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