distraught
Posted By: alk on 2006-03-14
In Reply to: Lost another client - so distraught! - Distraught
I am so sorry that is happening to you. This is a very difficult field to be in right now. You hsve shown your loyalty but the doctor is looking at what he sees as the bottom line, money. I think you are correct, he is going to have a difficult time accomplishing everything he wants to do, but he will have to find that out for himself. There are no easy answers but I just want you to know you are not alone.
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Distraught, I would use this situation
to perhaps consider some other options. Can you explore some of your other interests and talents to see if they could translate into another career path?
It has been difficult in the last few years to see how the profession has deteriorated, but I think it's important to take a cue from the docs. If they're watching the bottom line, MTs have to do the same thing. If they're willing to invest the time and money to learn new technology and try alternatives, MTs should as well.
It's hard to remain objective when you care about the work and invest so much of yourself, but try not to take this personally. The suggestions to stay in touch with your ortho are good ones while you make your own career transition. Good luck--you'll be fine.
Lost another client - so distraught!
I'm so distraught I've been in tears since yesterday morning when I learned a client of mine for eight years will no longer be needing my services as he's going to EMR.
He's a one-man practice - orthopaedic surgeon - who's VERY busy between seeing back-to-back patients, performing surgeries, head of a hospital, and running around to meetings in his spare time. I just don't see how he's going to have time to do all of this!
Do you think this point and click EMR thing is REALLY going to work? Does it do IME's, too? How can it possibly include all of the patient's info in a transcript??
Can anyone give me advice, words of wisdom or anything? I'm just plain distraught. Do you think EMR is really going to take over this profession and make us all dinosaurs or do you think there's a real need still for MTs?
Thank you for any info/comfort you can give me I'll be checking the board hourly for responses. Please let me hear from you - the good and the bad and anything else you'd like to throw in.
Signed, a totally distraught MT IC in NC. 
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