accutype, x-press transcription, Medquist
Posted By: TLB on 2005-07-07
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Help! Need some info please. I have been an MT since 1992 first in a clinic setting, and now in hospital since 1996. I have been doing Radiology transcription and love it. I have been looking for an at home job for the past couple of months and have been offered a couple positions. I currently get paid by the hour and have no idea how to convert my work to line count. I have been offered .075, .08 and .09 no spaces? Anyone type PET scans and know what the line count is on a report like that? They told me they would give me 9 reports and I would be busy all day which I can't believe because I can usually type 25-30 reports an hour of MR, CT, US, MN and general x-ray.
Thanks, TLB
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has anyone heard of x-press transcription
i took a test with them last week and hadn't heard anything. any info?
thanks
Our pay at Medquist is 30% less than straight transcription. nm
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MedQuist board is now set up. See Medquist link to the left.
Link is also below.
X-press
Are you willing to give any info? Did you work for them? Thanks!
Where's the press release?
?
We should all send this to the Associated Press too,
which would be published in newspapers across the whole country.
info@ap.org
Press the FN key and Scroll (next to F12)
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Of course not, the press release has already been released...sm
and it's all over the local news. Couldn't even tell my family until the press release went out. Actually, couldn't even tell my coworkers before the press release went out. Thanks for your concern, but I'm well versed in security, etc.; particularly this past week.
I wish we had a big button we could press that went BZZZZZZTT!!
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There is an Associated Press article in today's sm
paper about increasing car sales in India. The Indian people are enjoying higher wages and are now able to purchase cars. Car makers are scrambling to get pieces of this new, juicy pie.
I wonder how long it's going to take before sending our work to India is not cost effective for the MTSO anymore. The Indian MTs won't be able to live on their 2 cpl anymore and will need more, and more. It's going to be interesting to see this evolve.
There's hope for us!
just press the Ŗ" button to slow it down
The "3" key speeds it back up
Hold Shift and press F3 twice
F3 cycles through sentence case, uppercase, then all lowercase.
Sent It to New York Times and Associated Press
Send this or your own letter. Let us know if anyone gets a response.
I sent it to 2 staff writers for the Associated Press plus...
Forbes Magazine, 60 Minutes, USA Today, Washington Post, NY Times, and a couple of others. The Editor who e mailed me did not know I was an MT but that's okay - you investigate one offshored industry, you investigate them all. I asked him to check into any credible sources he had. You may have noticed in my letter it constantly said, "See what you can find out."
You can still highlight your word and press Alt-T-A to... sm
get to the Autocorrect dialog box in 2007. Your highlighted text is already in the With box. Just type your abbreviation and tab to the OK button and hit Enter. A lot of the old shortcuts still work even though the menus are no longer on the ribbon.
Have always heard good things about X-Press
and have heard they pay really well
Any current info on X-press Transcriptions?
I was told that I passed their test and was sent an IC contract out, but just wondering about any good/bad experiences before I sign for sure. Also, how are the pay and accounts? Thanks! 
Press Alt + F9 to toggle on field codes.
Or go to tools, options, and check field codes on the view tab.
You need to press shift key and caps lock. You may
need to do it a couple of times. I transcribed for many years and never had a problem, but the last couple of years I have this happen about once a month. It isn't a malfunction of the keyboard - it is user error :).
Ordered from Medical Arts Press catalog
on a previous job. They have different styles and sizes to choose from.
My Dictatphone settings are Ŗ" to slow down and ŗ" to speed up (you can press these mo
.
Sorry - do not know what happened to my above post. I press 2 for decrease, 3 for increase. nm
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Moderator, it is not copyrighted, it's a press release, sent to me via email. However,
the link is included and can be viewed at MTIA's web site. EVERYONE should read this....it affects our future. I do not doubt the hundreds of resumes MTSOs receive today in response to job postings will dwindle to a handful. The entire credentialing process is geared to one way only, and that is lining the pockets of those who have led the way to destroy a once honorable profession. Why would anyone want to go through the process to earn a substandard living today, certification not withstanding? Does anyone think the MTSOs are going to pay a much higher premium for a credentialed MT? Come on...get real. If they are outsourcing today to make more money, does anyone really think they will bring those jobs back and pay EACH AND EVERY credentialed MT a livable wage, money out of their pockets?
www.mtia.com...if the link does not work.
I would not be holding press conferences criticizing the government I want to help me find my
daughter nor offending the citizens of the country I wanted to support me. She has clearly lost her mind and needs a spokesperson and she should vent to her husband not the world, although her vents and concerns are unfounded according to their attorney and the prosecuters. They did not have EVIDENCE to keep these brothers. No EVIDENCE. What part of this doesn't Mrs. Twitty get.
I have given my kids cell phones..and taught them how to press and hold the key to call me..so that
My kids are only 6, 8, and 9 and i used to think it was silly to give kids that age cell phones, but not anymore!!
Press Ctrl+Shift+8 or click on the pilcrow on the toolbar (looks like a backwards P). nm
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press Control and at the same time turn tthe wheel on your mouse..nm
nm
Agree, verbatim transcription equals poor quality transcription.
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Know AIM transcription system, never heard of Hull transcription. Are you sure
you are not thinking about DHull who is a recruiter for MDI-FL? They use the AIM system.
Good anatomy book is "Gray's Anatomy" (Running Press), soft cover, and inexpensive
MedQuist NE
Would appreciate specifics about why people say to stay away from the northeast offices of MedQuist. What region is a good one?
Quit last job and would appreciate any info about a good company.
Thank you
Medquist.com
It was enlightening to read your Imail - Email?? I'm just as confused as you are. - and I was ready to throw in the towel(or something). I have been doing this almost 12 years also. The changes being made are baffling - but since it has been a great 12 years so far, maybe a few more months will be best at this point. I am old enough to know that change can be painful at times. Since I love this work and feel as though I accomplish something in the process I am going to stay with it, thanks to you. To make things worse, I have been on vacation for a while. Who knows what's going on since I left. May need to take a course in transcription. Oh, oh I started the sentence wrong, didn't I. - Is that 1 point off or 2 (or is it two?) Good grief!!
RSVP and have a good day.
Medquist
I'm not surprised. Getting a raise is like pulling teeth out of a lion's mouth - it just doesn't happen easily at all. You have to beg for a raise at MQ and even when you do ask, you either get ignored or put off.
QA for MedQuist
I am considering becoming a QA for MedQuist instead of a transcriptionist for them. does anybody have any experience doing this for MedQuist and, if so, any advice? Should I do it? Is it profitable?
thanks,
QA for MedQuist
i really would rather not say, i'm just wondering myself if anybody had experience in this position.
MedQuist...
Radiology (I know, I know - they're awful and foul and terrible and bad and icky according to others so I'll go ahead and flame myself here:          )....but it sure works as a company for me!
not according to MedQuist
If the doc says cc, they want cc. I learned this after converting to mL for about two weeks.
As I have said before - I am busy UNlearning everything I learned in school....oh well.
MedQuist
Dear Duck, Dear MQMT, and Dear MQ Slave:
I would like you to collectively pull your heads out of the 14 feet of sand that they are in and do a search on this MTStars website about the r-e-a-l-i-t-i-e-s of MedQuist. Your comments are would be hilarious if they were not so sad and profoundly ignorant. Do the search. Then, gosh, you might know what the fuss is all about, goobers.
More on Medquist
 'Wondering why everyone hates MedQuist. I have worked for them for six years and I haven't had any problems.
medquist
I'm not management, just wondering.
Medquist
I don't have my HEAD IN 14 FEET OF SAND. I have seen some changes. I'm not ignorant. That's why I got a full-time job at a hospital that will allow me to work at home and kept MQ as part-time. I just don't believe/take as gospel everything that folks say
GO medquist
Did they give you any reason why they fired you?
medquist
Hey I just wanted to offer my sympathies. I worked in a hospital office for MQ and we got paid by the report. Then mq hired people at home who would dial in whenever they wanted to and type the short work and leave the long ones for us. What a nightmare it was. I felt like I was going to have a breakdown and the woman sitting next to me was wearing a holter monitor, ha ha. Anyway, good luck, I'm looking to.
MedQuist - changes
I have been with Medquist 5 years as a subcontactor. Times they are a changin....I would like to know what some of the other girls are doing and is this change for the better? I am very confused about the whole deal. I have always enjoyed working for MedQuist and would like to stay on, but I am a bit concerned. Is this standard in the way of the way transcription companies work. MedQuist is the only large company I have worked for other than the hospital of course and for myself.
MedQuist
I am going to try it for a few months as well and see what happens. I worked hard this year training on op notes and a very hard account. I am just now starting to get my production back up to par and nothing to where I need to be. I would hate to leave all that. Plus, Medquist provides my equipment and I would also like to try out the 401K. I have no investments either other than some dolls and collectibles that I have been buying over the years and I can't live on that. Let me know how you do? Not that I have been making any incentive pay lately anyway, but it sounds like it will be very difficult to do so. My base rate stayed the same, but it is low due to the fact that my production has been down, so I need to get that up. If I understand right, you can discuss increases with your supervisor and then produce so much for two consecutive pay periods and go from there. I am on the highest tier, but low base rate because of my production in June, July, and August. I need to concentrate on getting that up and trying for 1500 lines a day that would provide a little incentive I guess, but hard on the neck and shoulders.
MEDQUIST CHANGES
I strongly advise anyone working for Medquist to actually sit down and do the math on the new incentive plan. I have been through it forward and backward and come up with the same result, less money for the same amount of work.
Please explain what I am doing wrong. I used this formula.
I based 1200 lines a day for 12 days (average pay period in a bi-monthly pay period. On the old incentive plan, this many lines would put you at an extra 1.5 cents per line. The new plan give syou only your base pay for this. If you go over 1200 lines a day then you make added incentive ONLY FOR THE LINES OVER THE 1200, not for the entire 1200. The base pay was only 1/2 cent a line more. So there is the benefit to this?
I would realy appreciate an explanation as to why my figuring is incorrect.
Medquist
I heard something about Medquist going to 1 office. Does anyone know more?
Medquist
I am just starting with MQ and am happy to hear that someone is happy with them. Are you still? I've been reading all negative things..
dqs-Medquist
Iwork for the California office and they have recently done an update. One of the things changed was the ability to regulate the speed of dictation. A big help to me.
MedQuist.
nm
MT for MedQuist
I actually posted to the board for general questions, so I don't know how my question ended up on this board. I would be working as an MT. I have been an independent MT for 3 years now, so I know it will be a change. I was just wondering how it is to work for Medquist as an MT, i.e., plenty of steady work, great communication, etc.?
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