You pretty much said it Tinks. I agree with you !!!..nm
Posted By: 2teens on 2007-01-12
In Reply to: My husband is not a gourmet chef and I don't have a housekeeper... SM - Tinks
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I agree 100% Tinks. No more $$ from me.
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i agree with tinks and
if they say the client is complaining, chances are that it is NOT anyone of importance. it is quite possibly a clerk who wants to feel important. i have been through this with a hyphen (yes, a hypen). such a waste of everyone's time.
Agree with Tinks.
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I totally agree with you Tinks.
I don't think you are being rude, just telling it like it is. I am sorry for the poster that she did not pass, but I have not noticed any increase in my pay whether CMT or not. Yes, some companies might pay a little more, but it is just not worth it. I have seen terrible work coming from some CMTs and better quality from those not certified, it just depends on the MT. Just passing the test and being a CMT does not necessarily make a better transcriptionist.
For the poster that failed the test, I sincerely feel bad for you and hope if your dream is to be a CMT, that you some day will pass it and get what you want.
I personally don't feel it is worth it and we are not recognized or appreciated. I was just offered an IC job doing hospital work at 7 CPL. This is the same rate that was 20 years ago.
I agree with Tinks....no such thing as a 65 character GROSS line....unless
you just so happen to type 65 characters during on that particular line. LOL
A gross line can be a full typed line or it can be one word on a line to complete a sentence that began on the prevous line. But it gets counted as an entire line.
have to agree with the 7 cpl, pretty
insulting, actually. We did it all and did it for 30+ years. The consensus almost seems to be if you want a job, you will take that because we can go to India for 2-3 cpl.
Agree...last year was when I pretty much
stopped watching it. I felt the same way and thought it was real boring. Thank you for helping me to catch up! I am now looking forward to the rest of this season. :)
Tinks - what goes around comes around
Through at me -- should this be "threw at me" - I know that we all make mistakes but when you come on defending and bragging about what you did you should double check spelling. I had one IC/friend that did that to me when she went to an overflow account and became their main "back-up" instead of my company and once she did that yes I did take back her primary account so she lost money. What goes around comes around and out here in Oregon it is a very small community of small MTSO's and when you do that your name gets out there and no one will hire you. She came begging for work especially when I landed this new account but could not help her out. It may have worked out for you this time but watch as someone could do it to you. I bet you have non competitive clause in your contract as you don't want someone doing to you what you did to someone else. Kind of like the cheating spouse. Forgive me if I do it but don't you dare do it to me. Just me thoughts.
Tinks, you are right on! but I am
finally getting off the merry-go-round as I am sick! Sick of MT all together, literally am getting an ulcer, and figure it's time to call quits after 11 years. Can't stand it anymore. IMHO, hospitals, clinics, docs need to take MT back in-house where it belongs. These MT companies are a scam and scam and scam and scam. Oh, and did I say scam? Well, for me, I'm outta here next week, and dreading every minute of it!! 7 1/2 more days of this BS. As for the BOS, what a laugh, another scam!
Well said Tinks!!!
 = great Transcriptionist (experience), not how many tests you can ACE!!! So many specialities, so little time..................
You the woman!!!!
Hey Tinks......
I don't know what Anon2's problem is, but you are NOTHING like Kikki. She was nuts! You were simply discussing a topic that was brought up on the board. And with this last post you were just resolving a point in the discussion....that's all. If Anon2 doesn't like you and your posts then Anon2 needs to just skip your posts. Simple as that. Don't sweat it. This board is full of craziness at times. LOL
Tinks - Very well said! (nm)
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Tinks, sorry but 1 cpl can add up. That'd be about
:)
Thank you, Tinks, for summing it up
I have to fight so hard to overcome all the difficulties that has befallen this child, give up so much for her, love her so unconditionally...and it was necessary that I take her ... or lose her to a foster home or adoption and never see her again.
Yes, it made me angry at all the players involved that have walked away from this child, the ones who said they loved her but left her life once someone else sheltered her so they don't have to and can go their own ways, never thinking of the effect it has had on her or on me, never offering to help when she is ill or needs reassurance that she is loved...the vain ones, the selfish ones. I took her away from the felons, the drug dealers, the prostitutes and have to fight to change her perception of the world to one that is in her best interest. It can cause terrific stress...it is a daily struggle.
And it was the indulgence of vanity that sent me over the edge for the day. To everyone who critized me and said ugly things about how you perceive I feel about the child: Walk in my shoes and those of 6 million Americans who do what I do...give up my life, my financial security, my stability, change jobs because of uncaring employers, for the sake of saving a child, and if for one day of the year, something (whether it be vanity or lack of sunshine for the day) doesn't get under your skin, then you may be more perfect than I. Until you walk in my shoes, don't critize which ones I wear. As I said before, vanity didn't bother me yesterday and it won't bother me tomorrow. It only bothered me today because when you peel everything away, I resented transcribing reports on vanity surgeries when I could have been attending to this child or doing reports that for today I felt were more important, having a few members of family around me in a relaxed environment to strengthen me for the next 6 months...
I took one day out of the year to vent and get it out of my system. Not too bad for what she and I have been through! As someone else said there is always tomorrow...today is gone!
If you don't like the posts Tinks
makes, why do you even read them? You can skip and go on to something else. Why don't you go on the comedy board and lighten up?
Tinks - you are reading
was gonna post that there HAD to be a catch somehow, the post is just written like that....
Oh, please. Tinks hides behind her virtual
water coolers and lobs virtual spit balls while hiding. A little different than a man in a suit having the hutzpah to say something. Not a good analogy. You admire her? Ha, must be lots of room to hide behind her and that water cooler. Bahahahahaha....yup, all offices need you guys, or life at work might just be pleasant! 
Didn't read, did you, Tinks?
The company repaid my testing fee (I'm a member, it cost me $195).
Plus I get about $6000 a year more by the CMT production bonus.
So, get off your garbage can. It IS profitable.
If you don't care for the AAMT, that's okay. However, they are the standard and their standard has given me $6000 a year more in salary just for proving I can pass their test.
Okay, Oscar, fire away!
Like Tinks said, she needed to be home with her child
who was sick. People have different reasons for doing everything in life. It seems to me that she does pretty well for herself. To say that we are just trying to be housewives though and are not professionals is just ridiculous.
I also sure do not like being told that I cannot make it in a job outside of the home when in fact I have and will again. We are not trying to be super moms, but just trying to work and be happy like the rest of the world.
And I find this all very amusing coming from a person who keeps stating that she has a housekeeper and a gourmet chef for a husband.
Some of the ladies here are single moms trying to make it and have a career. Somebody needs to get off their high horse.
You go, Tinks! You'll have to let us know so we can find it on the internet and see it.
I feel exactly the same as y'all. I think we could start by sending letters not e-mails to our respective state legislators. And it would certainly not be a bad idea to send a letter to the presidential candidates. I bet Hillary would do something about it. Anyways I hope she would. My SIL is Indian. He was down here last weekend and told me he received an e-mail encouraging him to get into MT for only $450! he's a bus driver. Scam, scam, scam. He also told me that Indians are all crooks, and those are his words. he told me many stories of people stealing, bribes being expected, etc., even from the law and customs officials and the post office, on and on. So there ya go. Some may think our info is safe over there, I think not.
I have thought about contating our local TV/newspaper for the same reason -- to expose the dirty little secret at the big hospital here in town.
Yeah really Tinks... must be some good stuff!
I think I'm pretty bright and pretty good, too, but
I am not a CMT. I am a medical transcriptionist who enjoys her job very much (most days). I have chosen not to pursue certification simply because I cannot afford to do so. I believe the certification is a nice thing to have, but I don't believe it is necessary for employment or for excellence in my job. If you can afford it, go for it. If you can't, don't feel too bad. You can still take pride in and do a very good job without it.
Agree, agree, agree! Just listen to Benny Hinn..
he speaks perfect English, especially when asking for money! Also, in my opinion, blanks should be left in the doc's dictation if not able to be transcribed, maybe then they will know that are NOT understood. With QA fixing them, what need is there for them to care if we understand them or not?
Well, this is just pretty much par for the
course for MQ. Guess they never heard the saying "If it's not broke, don't fix it." I'm sure the underpaid tech people will fix it soon.
But they have such a pretty name...
Isn't that the main thing to look for?
pretty much just what they are- I know nothing
How are they like CD's, are they better, worse? Basic info. I've googled it, but still not sure.
Pretty is as pretty does.
and your not looking too good here.
pretty....
Thank you for reading my post and taking it the way it was written.
Some others on this board twisted what I said - as if I was saying "everyone is doing it" by citing the fact that hospital staff are under the influence of various substances - drugs (legal as well as illegal - although someone took it to mean marijuana), alcohol, glue sniffing, aerosols, etc.
Nurses and doctors have the highest percentage of addiction of any professionals - there are many factors that go into, but it is merely a fact, not an accusation or finger pointing, just a fact.
Pretty!
Very nice!
Pretty sure you have to pay for that.
Which makes it even sadder. That she paid for such a poorly worded post.
I am pretty sure I know where the ad came from
These are usually meger start-up places who think they can get by by offshoring and will find out very quickly how bad the work is going to be. I see these all the time and am pretty adept at stealing the offshore business after the client gets a taste of reality. :)
Pretty much the same way (sm)
This doc dictates on cassettes, but he only turns it in when he has filled up the tape. I've asked him to turn it in everyday. The only thing they want on their reports is the transcription date, which is what their accreditation requires. Their accreditation also requires a TAT within 4 days, so when he dictates from Wednesday to Wednesday, and I get the tape on Thursday, he is out of that 4-day range. The transcription date is sometimes a week or so later than the actual test date, which is what he doesn't want.
Thanks for the tips!
I do it now, pretty much always have sm
Right now, it is a FT employee with benefits and a PT IC well paid (10 cpl) as well as some hourly QA work. As I have said many, many times, I am not a good sitter. Actual my fanny is in the chair, hands flying time is for full time is probably 5 to 5-1/2 hours, perhaps 6 a day. PT job is much the same, can't sit still probably only work 3 hours a day. The longest I ever sit at a time is the QA stuff where I will sit straight for the 1 to 2 hours that is going to take me.
My income is full time money, about $900-$1000 a week and I don't eat, drink and sleep MT. My income is going up a bit now because I gave up cigarettes and I don't stop to go out and smoke. I take breaks, but the breaks are much shorter and I am faster and faster on the keyboard.
Pretty much the same. SM
Some things the programs I've worked with seem to learn quickly, some they seemingly never learn. (It may be that VR work attracts passive-aggressive-type computers. After all, no computer can really be THAT dumb!)
Regarding making all those corrections, tho, use your expander. If yours won't record the Keystrokes you use to make all these corrections, get another. Let it delete "q.i.d." and type in "4 times a day" for you. Let it break one sentence into two for you. Let it type in a discharge diagnosis heading and then copy the admission dagnoses under it for you. Have it replace the phrases the computer will not learn with the correct versions for you. While you get paid for it.
That is pretty much the only way to use them
now because you need ULD and no phone company offers true ULD. I worked with a company where I had to use a C-phone and I had digital phone service through my cable company. I no longer work for the company, but I used it without any problems whatsoever.
Pretty much.
Soon MTs will be nothing more than minimum wage workers.
This is pretty much
what I do. I make them for everything (plus individual words). Maybe because of the original way I was taught to make Expanders (using all consonants), I have had to alter my pattern in numerous ways (and now include vowels).
I typically use more of the 2nd word when doing two-word combos, like, ihrn for inguinal herna and hdss for heart disease, but I do have others where I do the reverse because of feel or whatever.
I continue to alters my patterns, shorten them and alter some because of letter combo comfort.
I guess it's just difficult when the goal is to have them for "everything" but not being close (because how many endless combos would there really be?), so then I'm not sure if I have one for certain things or not. And given the fact that there are umpteen ways to say the same phrase, I often would swear I had made one for a certain phrase ... but then, a word or two was different.
My thought was maybe it would be better to disregard certain types of phrases/words, and that is why I asked for examples of things you all do not make them for.
When I do the same account or two more regularly, I have a lot less problems. When switching it up, I fumble more. I suppose there is a certain flow and type of speaking with each account and various dicators, and alternating too much disrupts the flow of my autopilot.
Thanks for all the responses. If anyone thinks of anything to add, I will be checking back again.
Thanks!
Actually pretty much anywhere
It's usually over by where the Boost and stuff are carried, Walmart, Walgreen's, Target, even some supermarkets. It tastes good too.
Let me know how it works for you!
They do work pretty well, but.......
Hate to have to wear them for work, as it is so hot here they slide down my face. So far at my ripe old age of 58, I only need them for driving.
Pretty much say the same thing
We needed to be there, still do
Pretty bad punishment...
To be sent to OSi is truly torture...lol...
I'm pretty sure it's "layed down"...
according to Google search.
Yeah, pretty much (sm)
That's why Sunday/Monday can be rough sometimes.
If I have nothing else going on I do stay up all night, preferably doing something productive. However, if I have to do something with "normal" people, I just try to take a nap Sunday evening.
that pretty well covered it....
Are they very quick with getting back with you when you apply? I have 5 years exp and taught one quarter of med trans at a local community college. I'm working in a doc office now (not doing transcription) but want to get back into working at home doing transcription. I had gotten away from it in 2004 because my husband got deployed and I wanted to make sure we had good insurance while he was gone which is why I took the job with the doc office. He was gone for 16 months and is now home and getting ready to take a really good job, which is going to allow me to start working at home again doing transcription. Hoping to hear from them soon. Thanks again for your input!!!
Your time will come and it won't be pretty. nm
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Pretty scary. Do you actually think you
are Frank?
PRETTY GOOD
GOOD GOIN PEEPS!
Mig was too pretty for them. Am I the only one who thinks (sm)
that Marty looks like a drug addict? 
Anyway, I think they made a good choice.
Astrology is pretty old...see
http://www.astrology.com/aboutastrology/overview/history/
At one time was it wasn't considered anti-bible or anti-Christian.
Sounds pretty sad.
I think the little girl needs a lot of prayer.
pretty scary
I know that this does happen. I just try not to think about it. It's amazing how many physician's and other big tim professionals are functioning alcoholics and drug addicts. Even more sad is the fact that other hospital staff know that these people are enebriated and don't dare say anything to anyone about it.
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