You can start very slow and not even do all of the basic video
Posted By: until you get better - sm on 2006-02-20
In Reply to: Are you Pilates people overweight by any chance? SM - MT
start off every other day doing the video and on opposite days, walk one mile. I also changed my diet to high protein and low fat with lots of fruits and vegies. I lost 50 lbs starting like this and after only 2 months, I was doing the full more difficult video plus doing 5 mile hikes 2 days a week and an 8 mile hike a third day a week. It only took 4 months total to get to where I wanted. At age 36 I was looking better in a 2 piece swim suit than most 20 year olds! You CAN do it! Make your goal getting into shape, not losing weight. You'll be more successful thinking about it like that!
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I would start out slow
I did what you are thinking of actually on a lark several years ago. I chose small practices and solos, since the big systems are usually have an MTSO they contract with.
Anyway, I just did a couple of letters wondering if I would get any response. One called immediately and the other kept my letter and called a couple of months later. The little guys often try to get their office staff to transcribe and they don't have the time or the skills, but the doc puts up with it.
This is the jist of what I put in my letter: I have the skills, I have some openings; you'll get impeccable chart notes and referral letters. Let's talk.
I also found that the solos were very picky and that is one reason they are not with a big practice/clinic. So, you may be just what the doctor ordered!
PS. Don't forget chiropractors - I turned down my chiro because I just didn't want the hassle. But I did give one of the office personnel some pointers and now she enjoys doing his transcription.
I assume the slow start up has to do
with the fact that the antivirus software is scanning for viruses.
I noticed this, although I have DSL, the start up is usually slow.
TechSupport, am I right or wrong?
A basic recommendation for a basic expander use plan SM
If you use your Expander mainly to store text for specific doctors and their specific reports you will 1) Find it extremely difficult and expensive to change jobs (critically so, to the point of eventually feeling you can't or even leaving the field when your employer lets you go) and 2) as someone said, find yourself spending a whole lot of time editing your expansions to the current report.
I strongly recommend instead contacting Linda for her system, then day by day developing your expander vocabulary of INDIVIDUAL words and phrases, untied to any specific report. I can take my abbreviation for "denies any fevers, chills, or sweats" (dyfcos) to any of dozens of companies and use it for dictations of thousands of doctors. No having to change it, because I also have one for "denies fever, chills, or sweats," one for "denies having fevers, chills, or sweats," and so on and so on. As Linda says, with a system the individual abbreviations don't have to be memorized. As you can see, these terms are merely the first letters of the words in the phrase(with Y standing in for "any" instead of A because that's my abbreviation for the word "any" itself).
BTW, regarding that last, editing gets very fast when all you have to type to drop in the word "the" here and there as you cruise through is a T, "his" a G, a "that" a V, et cetera. No special reason for those letters for those words, I was just looking for a one-letter abbreviation I could cut them down to to speed up.
Hope this makes sense. Linda will understand what I mean about the extreme importance of developing an independent dictionary of expansions that will work with any dictator.
Slow day for me. Typed two reports in two hours. Anyone else having unusually slow day?
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Here is the video
http://www.safetype.com/video2.htm
Don't get the video
You pay an extra hundred for that video screen. Do you really think you are going to download and watch videos? and 7500 tunes? But the real reason besides the money is those screens are notorious for cracking and that is not covered under warranty.
I don't see any video. ???
xx
A Must-see Video
This video is sooo sweet! Probably should have posted it on Gab board but wanted more to see it. Love is the strongest instinct after all.  If the link does not work this way, I will try another.
I wish someone would do a video
on the TRUTH about Medical Transcription!
If I was more camera-literate I would!
a video for your entertainment
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/itsshowtime/sessionh.aspx?videoid=9999
I thought it was hilarious.
Great video!
nm
But I will wait for the video (sm)
Like I always do. I think it looks really good from the previews and what I have read about it.
See MSN.com under video today
dd
Did anyone ever have a video card go bad and what does it cause when this happens. nm
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Why do we have to be subjected to video ads
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Old terminology video
Hello! I was wondering if anyone remembered an old video that was used to train medical terminology. It was in cartoon style....and it taught the breakdown of terminology.....one I remember was gastr....gastruck...stomach.
I was just wondering if anyone was trained on this.
Tech/video
I am posting a tech (nonwork related) question on the gab board ... any help will be appreciated!
Maybe a technical board would be another great addition to this site.  Thanks. 
It could be your video card is going bad.
Does it give you any kind of error message when it won't boot up or does it just sit there?
I know just enough to be dangerous, but it sounds like there could be a problem with the mother board.
watch the prosecutor video
The prosecutor in Atuba, I believe her name is Carin Janssen, said the father and the two boys can still be rearrested. They did not have enough to hold them but they are still part of the investigation. For any father to tell his son without a body there is no crime, how awful. You get a grip, it is so obvious the boy is involved and the two friends helped him cover it up.
I watched the prosecutor video
I watched the video with the interview with the Aruban prosecutor, which was on MSNBC videos in the internet..check it out, maybe it is still there. She said the father was arrested for interfering with an investigation by talking to the boys and telling them no body, no crime.
Net Address to Prosecutor Video
Go to MSN.com, on the left side are all categories for the news. Go down the column till you see videos (or news videos), about three quarters down page. Click on that, a box will come up with a selection of videos to watch. To the left are categories you can pick from. There is also a search box. Type in Aruba in the search box, click on the arrow and all the videos from the case come up. There prosecutor is the blonde lady, about second row of videos. There were two sessions with her. Click on the play button under the video and you will be able to watch the interview with the prosecutor.
So glad you had the video going or they would have taken your puppy. sm
Moral of the story: Don't let your puppy play with kids unsupervised. Look into puppy class/puppy kindergarten in your area. Vet's office should be able to tell you where they are. They are fantastic for socializing puppies with other dogs, kids, and adults. Just completed class with my puppy. Sad to think how many good pups have been put down due to behavior of naughty kids/adults too. So happy this worked out for you and your kids.
And that was after the guy playing a video game
..
I just saw the video of JonBenet's killer and
it deeply sickens me to think that this was the last face she saw before she died. May her sweet little soul rest in peace with her mother.
I didn't like it either, but when I downloaded the video
and relistened, I had to change my opinion. He sounded great. On the video, the fiddler and the background singer are less distracting and you can really hear Taylor sing.
SOUL PATROL, BABY!!!!
Where can you download the video? curious me.
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Can you provide a link for this video.
I can't find any video as you're suggesting. Thx.
Home Video to computer anyone?
Does anyone know anything about transferring home videos to computer? When I got a digital camera I had to play with the program which came with the camera for a while before I got the hang of it. I now have a digital video camera and trying to get the video to the computer. I think I have a program that edits video but it asks me about a source. All I did so far is plug the camera via USB port to the computer. Oh, the camera did not come with any special program. Any ideas. Thanks.
Y-CITY STAR video is up
www.whiznews.com/ycitystar.php Here's the link. Look for my name and then video. PLEASE VOTE. I AM STILL BEHIND. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!
Video - emailed senators
I have just forwarded this video and a message to my 2 senators - and would encourage everyone who reads this to do the same - and then send it to your state representatives and your local city officials.
I watched this video and sent it to my US Senator and also
.
viewing a WMA video file
Since I am working on Express Scribe, any E-mail I get with a video file, just goes straight to audio ... duh, I know there is an answer, but I am very IT challenged and was wondering if there was an easy fix to this one. Thanks, guys!
There were no video ads for 8 years previous
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How to avoid hiring an American (video)
Cut and paste this link into your brower and click on the video to play it. It's kinda long but worth it....just dang is all I gotta say about that.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16421
How not to hire an American video question - sm
I looked for that video on YouTube and couldn't find it, and was wondering if there is more info. available on its origins, who made it, when the meeting took place, etc. Hayseed - did you find it surfing on YouTube, or did someone send it to you? Was it fairly recent? Did it have a title other than "How not to hire an American?" I think we might've lost one news organization's interest in it because of the difficulty in tracking down more info. regarding it, so I'm trying to find out as much as I can.
didn't realize this video was 10 years ago
I also saw a video of Hunter Hays when he was older, and I thought it was so weird that there were two boys with the same name that both played accordian. I missed the part on the younger version that said it was an old video... still almost too cute to be true.
It sounds like your video card is getting ready to go out.
If you have an option on your monitor for taking the settings back to the factory default, I'd try that. If it continues, then I'm afraid there's a problem with the monitor itself and you may end up having to get a new one. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I've been there. It's frustrating, to say the least.
Basic 4
Can anyone tell me what Basic 4 MTs is?
THanks
basic 4
Where I have worked, op reports have always been a part of the basic 4...DS/OPS/H&P/CONS. Letters were just a part of the overall package. ER was in a class all its own and not considered as difficult at the basic 4 (on par with clinic work).
I know it's very basic, but have you...
tried Yahoo Geocities? I have an 'information only' site I made myself, and I think it's about $10 per month.
The basic 4s are so much different
than your clinic work. When starting in MTing I thought it would be a breeze. It took me a full year to get up to the expected number of lines per day. The lines they are asking for in order for you to go home, in fact, is probably less than most require in this field. I always transcribed over 2000 lines per day and now with voice recognition and straight it is over 3000. That is the world of transcription. I think their count is lenient myself. Transcription work is not easy as you are learning.
What is the basic
equipment and software that one should have before working as an IC? I currently work full time (supposedly) for a hospital and would like to supplement my income but am afraid of not having the right equipment to start. Also, can anyone suggest a good company? Thanks!!!
Basic 4
The 'Basic 4' work 'types' we speak of are: History and Physical Examinations, Consultations, Operative Reports (including Procedure Notes) and Discharge Summaries (including Psychiatric reports).
Basic 4
What is meant by Basic 4 - NM
Basic four?
Well, imagine the dive my confience took as a new MT looking for work, when I started hearing the term "basic four" and had no clue what that meant. *sigh*
Enlighten me, please?
The basic 4s were around in the 70s
Heard it then, has nothing to do with the MTSOs because I never knew of companies existing before the early 2000s as I was only working inhouse at hospitals. If a person does not know what they are, then how do you suppose a person might be able to do, just wing it? This is a newbie asking the question, not a dumb question but just one that maybe she should know because if not, might hinder her in the ability to do a job.
Glen Beck right now: How not to hire Americans video!!!
NM
Basic 4 question
I am a bit confused... I thought that the basic 4 included (Op, DS, H&P, and ER) But I've read that it entails (Op, DS, H&P and Consults). Is this correct? If so, how do I go about finding ER work as an IC? Thanks!
I used to make .10 cpl but have been bumped down to 9 cpl and with new platform just implemented, I have totalled it to be a 40% reduction in pay. I'm bummed...
Any advice? 
Basic equipment
I know I am of the "old school" but I think that you do need to have some basic equipment on hand when you are advertising to do transcription. You don't have to have everything but a basic microcassette is not that much money. Any account that I have gotten -- though it was years ago -- asked me what equipment I had and if I did not have what they needed --they searched elsewhere. That is why I invested in my transcribers starting with the micro, then standard and then mini. All accounts had me start within a week of talking with them. Last year when I was thinking of expanding and had a couple of inquiries when they found out that I was not immediately set up to do digital -- though I told them I would buy the equipment and get set up -- did not hear back from them. So I think you need the basics so that you are ready to go when they ask. Since she has been working for a national already, she has her foot pedal and can do digital, just get a transcriber for the tapes --most of the smaller offices still go with the tapes. But again, I am of the old school and have not looked for new clients for a while. But I sure would not advertise or attempt to get accounts without the equipment and being ready to go at a minute's notice since they might use me for overflow and I could get my foot in the door. A client does not like to hear, I will be set up in a week for you or ten days. Though they can say it, when they want your service and you are solicting for the business you had better be ready to do it. Just me.
I would just keep it basic, without details. - sm
When I left my ex-employer, I had all kinds of grievances. But the bottom line is, they already knew each and every one of them, because I had already told management about them (in addition to the other MTs telling them the same things!) As an inhouse job, they also dud exit interviews. I skipped that, too. If there was something they didn't know about why I or anyone else that worked there was leaving, they could just figure it out for themselves.
Basic 4 report
Where could I see an example of a basic 4 report? I've only typed SOAP notes.
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