it was posted friday - day late, dollar short? NM
Posted By: anon on 2008-10-18
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I used Short Keys, not Short hand for Bayscribe, it worked fine.
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Ditto, short ERs or short OPs....short anything! sm
And I especially don't like long OPs, they are the most boring for me, and the doctors pause a lot cause they have to think more. I just want to be done with it! Next!!! ; )
Dollar
With the dollar depreciating against all major currecies including Asian currencies is it true that outsourcing will slow down and ultimately stop as the cost advantage is becoming a ?
If I had a dollar sm
for every person who asked me about getting into this profession JUST to work at home, I could retire. They have no idea what the profession entails, they just want to work at home, kids or no kids. They usually see those ads.
Long short forms vs short short forms
Carla,
A long short form is usually easier to remember. So I would definitely assign the short forms as suggested by Kelli:
SmithCThead
SmithCTabdomen
etc
In most Expander programs you would opt for a short short form as you have to type the whole short form before you can expand.
In Instant Text you don't have to type the whole short form: you type the first two letters of your long short form and then you can type any of the following letters.
So in this case you would type smcth for the first one, smcta, and you may also type smhead, smabd
This is possible when you use the Instant Text marker key to expand. If you use the space bar to expand, you may be better off assigning the initials as suggested in the second response, as you would not be able to "jump ahead".
Marianne
Go to Dollar General. sm
I'm amazed what i can find there for $1. You never know what you're going to find, but cleaning supplies, household stuff, things that are definitely more than $1 even at Wal-Mart...as long as you're willing to not be picky. When the hurricanes were looming, I got mutli pack of name -brand batteries for $1, tons of candles, etc. You just have to search the whole store, but definitely worth it.
Dollar range and thanks.. sm
Trying to stay around not more than 275,000. Would like 3 bedrooms, and 2 to 2.5 baths with an office or fourth bedroom for work. A pool would be nice. When we were there about three weeks ago all the new tracts were on lotteries or about a one year wait to build. Don't really wanna hassle with the lottery since I don't live local. How about Palm Valley? Is that a nice place? What would you say is the community with the best schools. My priority is location, schools, price, community amenities, not too far from everything so hubby does not have a monstrous commute, etc.
Thanks so much for answering, it is really nice to get opinions from people who actually live there.
some of the dollar stores where everything
is a dollar carry them, that way you can afford as many as you want
$1.29 to our dollar so if the Canadian MTs...sm
If Canadian MTs are making more $$ than American MTs, it all evens out. Also, the national health care system in Canada is currently under revision and my cousin tells me it takes her 6 months to get an appointment for an XRAY in Calgary!!!........
Canada's dollar is not as strong as our dollar in the US and I LOVE CANADA so please do not think I'm bashing that wonderful sister country of ours.
Tops dollar? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 etc MTs sm
line expectations/requirements up to 1800 a day, the QA/editors I saw expectations 3000 a day, 2,3,4 cents a line.
What do you suppose this comes out to hourly, say 4 pages an hour, 35 lines/page times 140 lines an hour, say 6,7,8,9. And, now what are the requirements.
.I see where they expect/require the MTs to pay for just everything, THEIR costs to do business. Recently saw -- need 3 phone lines, provide at your cost, long distance plan buy this and that. Nonsense. .
After all this output who knows if in 30 days either side wants to continue relationship and look at all the money and equipment, Lanier $250 footpedal, thousands on some type of Lanier equipment LX something, 500 deposit to return in 6 months, this is nothing more than free interest loan for the business to fund their equipment purchase.
There is a lot of anger, frustration and disrespect out there, you can tell by the ads posted, a slave-like attitude toward the MTs.
Frustration/anger fosters errors.
AND, look at what the MTs have to put up with in terms of dictation, if we can't hear how to make production and accuracy. It is, anything goes, take a deep gulp and see if you can finish report before you need to take another breath. Dictate at live football games and "whisper" Intentional speed dictation because they don't want to say it again, no matter how many times yuu rewind, can't make out the dictation. Anything goes, just dictate dear doctor, just dictate, we expect/require 99.5% accuracy.
Yep, I too am frustrated and saddened.
What could be done is--- nicely state on ads, be sure and run a spell check, "smile"---- problem solved ----instead of the disrespect you feel..
What's your dollar range? I live not too far from there.
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Yep, sometimes an entire dollar cheaper...
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Well, it's worth exactly a dollar an hour at my job which
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No dollar generals where I live, but
get a Rival. That's what the old one is and it certainly has done the job for a very long time. Hopefully the new ones are just as good; with any luck it will outlive me..well maybe not quite.
That is a million dollar question
I think they are just being pains. There are some people they bend over backwards for, some they don't work with at all and unfortunately I am at the lower end of the stick, it seems. I had a coworker quit and went to work for an on-line service because they would not let her have Sundays off so she could go to church with her family even though they had adequate coverage on Sunday and by Thursday we were always out of work.
The dollar amount may not have been the point...
but I just find it funny that those who agree all say they are making $25+ an hour. Just wondered if you would still agree with her if you weren't making the money you are making. Many of us do support our family on our wage and there is no way I could do it on $11.50. I make a few dollars more an hour than that and we are still struggling to make ends meet. I guess I was just put off by the judgmental attitude of the OP that if we can't cut it with our current pay that we just need to reevaluate our lifestyle. I live simply, but I live in a high-cost area. There is really no way I could cut back on my costs. So if I ever make less than I am now, I will be forced to look for a new job.
HAHAHA ... Now there's your million-dollar idea!
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Million Dollar Movie? Was on every night...sm
on TV and you could watch the same movie for a week? I remember a lot of James Cagney movies shown on that Million Dollar Movie - *lol*
Dollar store reading glasses work for me.
Just bought 4 pair at a 2.25 magnification today, as the more I do this, the worse it gets. Started with a 1.25 a year ago.
I knew it was time when I had to wear two pair of 1.75's on top of each other so I could thread my sewing machine needle.
Ahhh, the "golden years."
I love the Dollar Store....lots of things there. nm
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We just signed up for our propane for winter.. It's gone up a dollar per gallon...
from last year. There is no shortage of propane as far as I know. They just raise the price because they can. We're paying 1.89 per gallon. Thank goodness we have 2 wood stoves, but I'm sure a cord of wood will double too. . You can't win.
I have a sister who we call the "Queen of the Dollar Stores."
Bless her heart, she buys all her Christmas at dollar stores (decorations and all) and even gives me makeup or hair products that she has tried and doesn't like. She doesn't know that I know this, though. I just smile, hug her and go on. It's not that she can't afford any better, she just sweeps the dollar stores, gets everyone's gifts in about 30 minutes, and she is through for the season. I guess it's not supposed to be about the presents, but the thought (but sometimes I wonder what that thought was, LOL)! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I finally just saw Million Dollar Baby! Clint rocked!! nm
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gal friday
I think Joe Friday had one on Dragnet (Friday night viewing from the 50's.)
Yep, this Friday I am getting my
check from them. I am a happy girl.
detrimenal impact on your life. Loyalty is gone. Almighty dollar has taken its place.
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I couldn't get it friday either.
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Happy Friday!!
I have an endo account, which has a lot of lab terms! It probably would be easier, but my doc has a thick accent (spanish) Its definitely not the easiest, just my opinion! Best of luck, if you go with endocrinology.
Buy Nothing Day (Black Friday)
movement started in the Pacific Northwest, so I celebrate Buy Nothing Day by buying nothing.
8:37 p.m. (friday the 13th)
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McDonald's...it's Friday and I
LOL !!!! Happy Friday ! nm
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I'm on my way to Vegas Friday! Thanks for your help and..sm
have loads of fun on your trips! Nothing better than working from home and being able to travel, so lucky we are!
This is my Friday SCREAM!!!! sm
I have had a terrible week that just keeps on "getting better" over here.
I don't to talk about it, it would take hours. I just wanted to scream. Mercury must be in retrograde, the moon might be full, SOMETHING is out of alignment.
If you want to scream too, DO IT. It won't help much, but it gets it out.
Where I work if it is done on Friday, before 5 pm - sm
then it is due back Saturday within 24-hours of it being dictated, i.e. 3pm Friday is due back by 3pm Saturday. If it is dictated after 5 then it is due back by Monday 8am. In theory Sunday work is not due back until Tuesday 8am but when it does happen (which is rare) I try to get it in on Monday or my whole schedule gets messed up.
That's it! Thank you so much Kim! Happy Friday! NM
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I do this on both Thursday and Friday . . .
Do you do this every night or just on Fridays? If it's just on Fridays, probably not (nor would I probably even be aware of it).
Thursdays as well, since the work that comes in after 5 isn't due until Monday morning.
Hospitals have a rhythm. Does your way of ensuring turnaround mean that almost every job you have is over 10 minutes, leaving all the 1 and 2 minute 'nuisance' reports in the queue? Do all the ops remain in the queue (I'm a fan of the work type, but not everybody is)? I'm reaching annoyance stage.
I get both long and shorter jobs.
Again with the rhythms- Are there particularly egregious dictators that you get to essentially ignore because they're morning birds while Dr. Chatty Easylines and Dr. Joe Makinbigbucks routinely dictate 1500 lines, which for them entails a total of 4 hours of typing combined) at about 7:00 each evening. Yeh, now I'm PO'd.
All the dictators on this particular account have their jobs come in at various times. I get the good, the bad and the ugly . . . just like everybody else.
Are you then one of those people that wil come on here and gloat about how on average you type 400-500 lines/hour and make roughly $25/hour, can't understand why all transcriptionists can't do it, and suggest we tinker and modify our expansion program so we can be as good as you? Be thankful the internet is anonymous because otherwise I'd know if you worked for my company and I would be kicking up a fuss like you wouldn't believe.
I make good money, but I don't come on here and "gloat." I've been with my company for many years. They are happy with the work I do. Also, I work every weekend day to do those jobs I take. The other MTs at my company do not want to work weekends. I also work nights AND during the day. I have a flexible schedule, but I work a lot because I want to make a lot.
Gal Friday was a term used in the 1950s
to describe a female office assistant who can perform a lot of tasks. It's a takeoff on Friday from Robinson Crusoe, and it's also a popular name for secretarial service businesses.
MQ direct deposit on Friday, is NOT
correct! Is paid on the 10th and 25th, if those dys fall on a Sat/Sun, then your check does not go in until the following Monday...how it is & how it's always been.
As other's advised, check the 2005 payroll schedule, maybe print it out for your referrences?
Saw doc on Friday for an unrelated issue SM
and told him about my symptoms (that I think I have tennis elbow...left lateral epicondylitis...lol...I'm sure he thinks I'm a big 'ole hypochondriac using the correct terminology), and he said if it gets too bothersome to come in and he will give me a cortisone shot (so, no need for a referral, etc...just one $15 copay). That's good to know that he can do it in his office.
Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. I actually have one of those aircast braces. I liked the idea of the keyboard/forearm rest. It's a bit spendy though, so I'll have to see if we can afford it after Christmas. Castor oil, huh? Well it's worth a try. Hahaha...it reminds me of when I used to do daycare. One of the parents told me if their baby got the hiccups, I was to tear off a piece of brown paper bag, hold it against her forehead, and feed her a bottle. I thought they were absolutely nuts. Well, she got the hiccups...although I felt totally silly, I tried what they suggested...and it WORKED! I couldn't believe it! I tried it on my next two babies and it worked on them too! So now I know better than to laugh at "weird" suggestions. :)
Chickadee
check out Black Friday ads
Just read an article in the paper about this site.
Get paid for Thursday and Friday!!
I work hourly plus incentive for a medical specialty clinic and I get paid for both Thursday and Friday. I also get paid for half days on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve as well as both holidays. It being a clinic I also don't have to work weekends unless I choose to in order to make up for time off during the week. My hourly pay is pretty sucky but the benefits are great.
Who had fun shopping on "Black Friday"? - I did - sm
but I go without a "toy" agenda (did my toy shopping Monday and Tuesday so I had everything I wanted already), just go to get my kids and husband clothes mainly at great prices and to have fun with the kids--continuing the "tradition" that I had with my mom. Got myself a 1 GB Verbatin "Store 'n Go" since my zip disks are dying, $40 (reg. price $90), another great deal! I bought my DH 4 good dress shirts normally $136, for $62, can't beat that. Kohl's was packed so unfortunately did not get anything there like I would have liked to, the line was halfway to the back of the store but Sears and Penney's were fine, stood in line for 10 minutes tops, can live with that. Well off to do some work now......luckily not too tired to bang out 40 minutes or so. Have a good weekend!  
Friday is my last day... turned in notice..
This Friday is my last day of a 2-week notice and, as of yet, the administrator has not said a word to me about leaving. I've worked inhouse for these people for 20 years. No questions as to why, nothing. The assistant only said she was glad for me and wished me well. What do you make of spending 20 years of your life doing your best and, in the end, they could care less? Boy, do I feel stupid, but definitely made the right decision in leaving.
Could be farwell party on Friday. If not, I would think
After 20 years, a big party should be in the plans. If not, they are lacking in manners and it is time for you to go to a new place in your life.
Friday Night--What's For Dinner?
At this point, I am thinking... order out! I need some inspiration. 
I'm getting Botox for my jaw Friday, 10 shots :( nm
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It is FRIDAY - Pizza night! nm
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On Medquist board - had it Friday -
they said it was not a virus and was a technical issue. I emailed them early this morning it was happening again ..
Date with keyboard on Friday to have time for
My twin granddaughters, the dynamic duo, (17 months) who will be spending the rest of the weekend with Gram and "Aunnie" (my 11-year-old). Can't wait to play and spoil, spoil, spoil!
I probably will be in bed and sound asleep after they leave Sunday at 7:00. :)
Friday poll - Are you a CMT? Multiple choice...>>>
Put your answer in your subject line, so we can see the results without opening every post, please. Thanks!
Are you a CMT?
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Will be soon.
D. Will be later.
E. Who cares???
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