i do rad work & i need lots more of it!
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Lots of work but I work with some India MTs too.
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lots of work
We should start identifying ourselves by where we work, tier and what area we work in. I continue to have steady work, same old stuff, and overtime this weekend. People keep mentioning running out of work and no jobs available - I have not seen it yet.
lots of work
nor have I, my work keeps increasing and increasing
Come to India, lots work for you.
You be happy there.
I have to take lots of breaks. I work a little then
cook breakfast and load the dishwasher. I work some more and then do some more chores. Sometimes I do a hobby for about 15 minutes, or I prep dinner, work in the yard if the weather is nice. It seems like I'm working 12 hours/day that way, but I'm not and I'm getting housework done too, which tended to pile up when I tried working in 4 hour stretches.
I also try to make a game out of it sometimes. I reward myself for working 2 hours straight - maybe read, work on hobby, something just for me, not something that needs doing.
You're lucky. I get lots of work but have
I think it is outdated, still lots of work requiring one. nm
LOTS of work here, playing catchup all day long and still not there.
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work for hospital account - use lots of expanders - nm
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It is mostly trial and error! Lots of foot work, go to their offices, ask for the OM and see if the
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Okay, quit bragging and hire someone then. Lots of people need work. nm
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funny no work; seen lots of advertisement and looked like hiring frenzy lately. nm
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BBQ, slaw, cornbread, ham, casseroles, lots of veggies, chicken pastry, lots of desserts!! BIG fami
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Lots of inexpensive decorations at Big Lots. Had a party last year.
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LOTS and LOTS of video tapes and DVDs.
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Lots of us did.
Been here 8 and got $130. One lady got 2 cents and another 1 cent. It's CRAZY!
I have lots of them...
Hello! Email me if you still need sites for OP notes - I have quite a few good ones I can send you...
Laura
LOTS
I'm on my 4th since July.
Tried Transolutions, what a joke. Told I would be on the windows system, ended up on the old DOS system with 40 pounds of manuals to look through. Had 3 accounts assigned at once and one of the team leaders was absolutely nasty.
Tried Precyse, had absolutely NO work whatsoever for 10 days and was supposed to be full time.
Tried Interpro, what a joke!!! They act like you are taking up precious time if you even ask a single question (like how to set up the stupid program they send you).
Tried a foreign company, the work I saw that they were sending to the hospitals was so bad I didn't want my name associated with any of it!
Been with eTransPlus now since August 8, so far so good. Wanted to go with Transcription Solutions but they don't do training on any shift but days and I'm a night person.
Still looking for a part-time job, but with 20+ years I'm NOT working for 6-7 cpl without spaces!
I saw in a newspaper last night that nursing assistants are making 15 an hour now and LPNs are making 25. I would make more doing something like that, but I can't. When I see phlegm, I turn a lovely green color..lol
I think there are lots of us
I don't worry about it. I'm content being mateless. Whether we realize it or not, we're probably extending our lives this way---much less stress. No relationship drama.
I just got one for $499 with XP and lots of...sm
other great things. I was going to buy this $319 Dell one, but if you spend $499 they waive the $100 shipping and handling fees. It's all there at their website....delldotcom.....and you customize whatever you want. I had forgotten that I needed a floppy drive and went right back to the website when I ordered that 'puter and added it on. I need a floppy drive to put private MDs work on diskettes so they can upload them to their systems.
Thanks--Lots to think about
I will think it over and see what I can come up with. Thanks again!
Lots and lots sm
On one of my personal computers where I had (as usual) TONS of AutoCorrects and AutoTexts stored every once in a while Word would freeze up or close down (I forget now which) and everything would be lost. So, I made sure to back up the normal.dot and the .acl (I haven't had to do this for a few years so I'm not sure I have that 100% correct) often so I could reinstall them. I also saved the documents I was working on every few minutes and made that easier by changing the F12 button to a "Save" button. One day I had a brilliant idea and went in to AutoCorrect Options and unchecked everything I could that was not important to me and it stopped happening! I only mention this in case someone else out there has this problem. 
But I have TONS and TONS of entries and I have never had one just disappear without some other reason for it other than I had too many in there.
Not only that, but lots of MTs get a little
if they have too many mistakes or blanks. So the insinuation that we would be so lazy as to just send in ALL blanks is pretty silly. If our payscale is tied to our quality, the last thing we want is to leave lots of blanks.
Lots of
unhappy people here. Glad I'm not one of them. ;-)
Lots longer
I don't know - I've been an MT over 25 years, am a super fast typist, use expanders, and have a great platform and accounts, and it takes me a good 5-6 hours, with a 15 minute stretch break here and there, to make 1000 lines. Bad dictators - a good 8 hour shift to make 1000.
THANK YOU ALL, lots of inspiration! NM
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There are lots of differences
Acute care is so much broader as far as need for knowledge of terminology in many different specialities. Clinic transcription can be of any specialty, but usually if you have a clinic account it will be limited to one or two specialties.
There are many different work types in acute care. Clinic work consists of mostly a history, physical exam, and plan. Acute care includes things such as operative notes, consultations, etc. which are "a whole different ballgame" as far as terminology.
there are lots of good MTs like you.sm
but they are NOT the ones that are always applying to companies...they are not the ones that leave a client in the lurch or fit the description.
I have had a lot of really good ladies working for me for a LONG LONG time now and would do anything to keep them because a good Transcriptionist is so hard to find.
But there are those that give MTs a bad reputation just like in all professions.
Good MTs do not sit on these boards blasting people asking legit questions. Good MTs are the ones always answering the word boards, equipment boards, etc with kind and thoughtful answers. There are many of those...just wish I could find one or two more
Actually there are lots of happy MQ MT's...
but it all depends on which "office" they work for - Columbus=Happy/Amherst=Unhappy.
No consistency!
LOL! Lots of OPs? Or are you an MQer too? ;)
..."was reamed," lol.
Me too, lots of bankies.
Also hubby, dogs and cats.
Yes, tea has lots of antioxidants -
But there are lots of fields where you can come right out
what you get a degree in. Something like sociology, anthropology, etc. - no, probably not many jobs. Psychology you really need a graduate degree. Social work you can find jobs with a bachelor's but not that well paying, so would need a graduate degree.
But look at a lot of the medical professions - heck, nursing, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, medical technology (except they call it something else now), radiology, pharmacy, etc. etc. - all are BOOMING. Just gotta be smart about what you get your degree in.
There are lots of options out there.
Oh, I can relate. It took me 2 years before I made any money, wanted to give it up several times but stuck it out. Now I'm glad I did because working at home is worth all you have to go through in the beginning. Keep watching the job seekers board. You will eventually find something you like. One thing I love about this industry is there is a fit for everyone, if you don't have it now, you can find it. In any case, don't give up, MTs are hard to come by (the reason so many companies offer sign on bonuses). I worked as an IC for 10 years, loved it but had to go as an employee. Anyway, where I'm at doesn't quite cut it so I'm off to a new adventure with a new company. The bottom line is, you can find your dream job, just don't get discouraged in the hunt, but keep looking.
Wow, there are lots of people on
132 people on right now. I suppose maybe because so many people don't have any work to do.
Lots of posts about them nt
LOL. Know lots who really are helpless.sm
We call them the "girly boys from the 90s." My friend has one. Guy cannot even screw in a lightbulb.
Lots of ESL docs
Have worked for prison system in Tx. They hire lots of ESL docs but work is not hard as they outsource serious cases to general hospitals. As regards pre-employment testing all I did was a typing test and gave my references.
There are lots of variables there....
It took me approximately two weeks to really get the specifics down on the account I am currently working on. That is just the account specs. The DO's and DONT'S. It is about 75 pages long. I still am not used to all of the doctors yet because I have not had the opportunity to transcribe for all of them enough to be able to get used to them. I work for a national, but my account is for a large hospital, so there are doctors there that I have not even come across yet. I have been on this particular account now for 3 months. I have the specifics down cold, and like I said, that only took a couple of weeks to get.
I have had other accounts that only took a few days to get used to because they were smaller and didn't have that many specifics.
The bottom line is that it depends on the account itself. The client is going to be the one that will determine how long it will take you to get used to an account based on how many instructions, etc. they dish out for their accounts. Each and every account will be different. You may notice a pattern at some point, but you can't really count on a set amount of time or categorize it into a specific time frame.
Just my opinion.
Lots of stuff - sm
powdered drink mixes (PowerAde, Gatorade, KoolAid if it is presweetened.)
Gum.
Hard candies.
Decks of cards (I also sent a book with about 1000 card games in it.)
Dental floss.
Toothbrushes.
Magazines (nothing
pornographic or even remotely close to being so.)
Hometown newspapers
DVDs (most units now have DVD players for R&R)
Journals and pens/pencils
The most popular item was Baby Wipes. The dust and sand get into everything.
Basically you can send just about anything except...
No glass containers.
Nothing of a religious nature (bibles, etc...)
Nothing of a pornographic nature.
Someone said they sent jerky. We weren't allowed to send even that when my son was there. It was also considered offensive to their "host" country (Iraq.)
I have never tried the diet, but I know lots who
have, including my DH. I have never known anyone to keep the weight off once they come off the diet. While there have been various studies as to healthiness/unhealthiness of the diet, I don't see how eating high fat foods came be healthy. I do know that the diet throws your body into a ketosis, which gives you terrible breath. When my DH was on the diet I asked him not to talk while in the car because his breath smelled so bad. He worked with a woman who said she wondered why people would back away from her when she talked.
I think low carb is a good idea, but I don't think high fat is a good idea. I'm not a nutritionist, just makes sense.
There are lots, but they don't spend (sm)
time on the boards because they're MEN! (Hmm, what does this say about the few very prominent male MTs who do post a lot?)
Sorry in lots of ways.
Through the crystal vision of hindsight, I now shout at the top of my lungs to any newbie even CONSIDERING getting into this field to run, fast and far!!! The flexibility you get does not, in my opinion, outweight the mediocre pay and the total lack of respect that are given to someone who has achieved a certain level of expertise. People who have attained their own levels of expertise in other fields do get a commensurate amount of pay and a certain level of respect; we, on the whole, simply do not. No, girlfriend, I am pursuing leaving this dead-end field and I tell everyone I know how crummy it is and not to even CONSIDER doing this work for a living. That is just my life experience opinion.
Lots of help on line
Try googling "child development, preparing your child for kindergarten" It sounds like the teacher has spotted some common areas you can work on to improve your daughter's school experience. Try to see it as a positive thing - advanced notice that this is the time to act.
lots of memorable ones for me too
I have a doc who sounds exactly like the voice-over guy for the Cadbury Egg commercials (a very distinctive voice); good dictator, always makes me crave Cadbury Eggs.
Have a doc that really makes obscure references about every single name he dictates (most I get!), will note if that day is someone he know's birthday, lets me know the nurse that just came in us cute or nice etc...very amusing once I got used to it.
Had an ESL dictate "patient would like more Viagra, as it is hard to come buy"...that was funny...(I think his patient was previously getting it online and wanted a real prescription.)
Had a very nice ESL who tried very hard, but always got his cliches mixed up.
I also notably remember docs who have called into the system to wish us all a happy holiday and thank us for our good work (the job was left in the pool for others to grab it, listen, and put it back -- very nice); that has happened a few times. Had an ESL once apologize for always mixing he/she and him/her in reports and said he was glad we knew what WE were doing. Had a doc call the office once (when I was OM/QA) and tell me how much better our service was than their hospital in-house once and asked if we'd go give them all lessons.
We have a doc who always dictates while his kid is taking violin lessons in the house somewhere. At least the kid is getting better!
Had a doc once stop dictating to talk to her dog....like it was a itty witty baby girl.. who's a good puppy! You are!
on and on and on
There are lots of us out here who agree with
You! I post off and on - most days just don't have the energy, though, as the negative just is so draining. But there are cycles on here, and sometimes for a short time the kinder people are the majority. I miss a lot of the old time posters. This board had a wealth of great regular posters, all driven off by the chaff. They didn't leave in shame or anything, just went on to more professional pastures. Its just the dark side of human nature - this board often reminds me of Lord of the Flies in cyberspace! Know what I mean? And exactly as you said, if these women - and I do for the most part believe 100% that its the women who are negative and catty - if these women saw us face-to-face at the old water cooler, they would drop the nasty mouth immediately! I love the MQ board - this handful of malcontents who work for a company that they claim to believe is robbing them blind. And they trash their bosses and the very hand that signs their paychecks! Its so shameful. If they truly believed they were getting robbed, they'd be long gone. And its got nothing to do with waiting out lawsuits. Some people are just wired like this. Again, every water cooler has them, and these are the lowest of the low in the work place - whether in house or at home employees. We can soften their gossip if we hang out for a while. It does work. Mostly, though, we can't respond to their obvious troll posts - its so hard, but sometimes you just have to not respond. That's what feeds the trolls - don't feed the trolls!! 
Lots of IC questions
So my current company isn't giving me enough work and I want to know all the things about IC that I need to before I start working as one. How do I go about establishing myself as an IC? What steps do I need to take to do that? What about taxes? I talked to my tax lady already and she said taxes are a huge responbility if IC???
Please help me find a solution. I want some more work and want to be IC but I'm so confused as to how it all works. 
Lots of IC questions
Just be sure you pay your taxes quarterly and you won't have any problems.
Good Luck!
Lots of stuff...here ya go
SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
American Heart Association
http://www.rjmatthewsmd.com
Click on Complete List of Definitions, Cardiology.
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/003371.cfm#Normal%20values:
Health Central Home Page, Links to Cardiology Terms, Link to Diseases, Conditions, Drugs, Procedures, etc.
http://www.medscape.com/cardiologyhome?LID=5762837
Medscape Cardiology
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES
http://www.med.miami.edu/med/cardiology/glossary.asp
Cardiology Glossary A-Z
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/cardiology/content/cg/glossary.html
Glossary of Cardiology Terms
http://www.cts.usc.edu/glossaryofterms.html
Cardiothoracic Surgery Glossary
http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/LinkedItemDetails.do?itemId=1100805718927&itemType=glossary&lang=en_US
Medtronic, Glossary of Cardiology Terms
http://www.asnc.org/ncfoundation/glossary.cfm
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Glossary of Terminology
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
MedTerms Medical Dictionary
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=10000056
AHA, Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia
DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
http://www.healthcentral.com/ency/408/sympidxa.html
Symptoms Reference A-Z
http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/index_A.html
Diseases and Conditions A-Z
http://www.healthline.com/
Link to Top 200 Websites for Diseases and Conditions, Excellent Site!
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/alphaidx.asp?p=a_dt
Diseases and Conditions A-Z
http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV48.htm
Heart Failure Causes
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter211/211a.jsp
Merck, Aneurisms
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter212/212a.jsp
Merck, Peripheral Vascular Disease
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/sec16.jsp
Merck, Cardiovascular Disorders
http://www.medicinenet.com/cardiomyopathy_dilated/article.htm
Heart Disease, Dilated Cardiomyopathy
LABORATORY AND PATHOLOGY
http://www.chfpatients.com/tests/bnp.htm
BNP info, normals, etc.
http://health.ucsd.edu/labref/
USCD Laboratory Services Guide, Choose lab test or procedure A-Z, EXCELLENT!
PHARMACOLOGY
http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/drugs/brand_index_a.html
People’s Pharmacy, Search by Generic or Brand-Name Drugs
http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/408/more_index_1_12_49.html
People’s Pharmacy, Herbal Library
http://www.medicinenet.com/aspirin_and_antiplatelet_medications/article.htm
Aspirin and Antiplatelet Medications Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/ace_inhibitors/article.htm
ACE Inhibitors Index
http://www.astrazeneca.com/productbrowse/1.aspx
AstraZeneca, Products and Medications
http://www.medicinenet.com/beta_blockers/article.htm
Beta Blockers Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/calcium_channel_blockers/article.htm
Calcium Channel Blockers Index
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/DRUGLIST.html
Drugs Approved by the FDA by Year
TERMINOLOGY, GENERAL
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/glossary.html
Texas Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Glossary A-Z
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/glossary/a/glossary.htm
Cardiac Terminology
http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/index/2.html
Cardiovascular System A-Z Terminology Links
TERMINOLOGY, SURGICAL
http://www.musc.edu/perfusion/glossary.htm
Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open-Heart Surgery and Cardiology.
http://sangerclinic.com/surgeryTerms.php
Surgery Terms and Procedures
http://www.sts.org/doc/3564
Heart Surgery Terminology
http://www.medicinenet.com/coronary_artery_bypass_graft/article.htm
CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) Surgery
TESTING AND PROCEDURES
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter198/198b.jsp
Merck, Noninvasive Diagnostic Cardiovascular Procedures
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter198/198c.jsp
Merck, Invasive Diagnostic Cardiovascular Procedures
http://homepages.enterprise.net/djenkins/ecghome.html#contents
EKG terminology and sample tracings of both normal and abnormal rhythms.
http://davidge2.umaryland.edu/~emig/ekgtu01.html
Introduction to EKGs.
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/ritter/ekg.htm
Basic EKG Interpretation
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html
EKGs, Very Complete!
http://www.ce5.com/ekg100.htm
EKG, Basic Rhythms and Waveforms, as well as “Vocabulary Words.”
http://www.ce5.com/ekg101.htm
EKG, Sinus Rhythm
http://www.ce5.com/ekg102.htm
EKG, Sinus Tachycardia
http://www.ce5.com/ekg103.htm
EKG, Sinus Bradycardia
http://www.ce5.com/ekg105.htm
EKG, Supraventricular Tachycardia
http://www.ce5.com/ekg106.htm
EKG, Atrial Fibrillation
http://www.ce5.com/ekg107.htm
EKG, Atrial Flutter
http://www.ce5.com/ekg104.htm
EKG, Wandering Atrial Pacemaker (WAP)
http://medicine.creighton.edu/radiology/Noninvarttest.html
Choose Basic Imaging, Choose Non-Invasive Arterial Testing. Excellent Site!
http://www.nationalasthma.org.au/html/management/spiro_book/index.asp
Spirometry site
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/alphaidx.asp?p=a_proc
Procedures and Tests A-Z
http://www.medicinenet.com/coronary_angioplasty/article.htm
Coronary Angioplasty Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/exercise_stress_test/article.htm
Exercise Stress Test Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/cat_scan/article.htm
CAT Scan Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/mri_scan/article.htm
MRI Scan Index
http://www.medicinenet.com/chest_x-ray/article.htm
Chest X-Ray Index
Lots of the dictators where I am
are dictating them mixed right up with the labs, so I have started calling that section DIAGNOSTIC DATA (shortcut dd) to cover everything. Now some of the doctors have started calling it by my name, LOL.
Lots of speculation on that.
My personal opinion is that new things will be opening up in editing, and there will still be MTing. After all, we are creating EHRs when we transcribe. Basically, the difference is that it stays in a computer instead of printed files.
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