look at it from another angle

Part of the reason so much work is being outsourced is because there are not enough high-quality MTs in this country.  We have a lot of MTs, I know, but I firmly believe, as an educator of an MT program, that many of them do not come out of school work-ready.  It is my hope that by the apprenticeship program becoming a reality, that we will boost the skill level of our new graduates and thereby making ourselves more marketable.  Off-shoring is here to stay, unfortunately, simply because of the cost, but I think there are enough hospitals and institutions out there who demand higher quality than what off-shoring can give, and the MTs in this country simply have to rise above and prove that we are better/more educated; that we are WORTH it. 

I understand your point, I really do, but I am looking at it from another angle of better education and skills for our US MTs.

• AAMT - guest
  • Clarification - Jay
    • ready or not - scribbles
    • The problem, Jay, is that no one else - adopts your approach to newbies
    • Who really cares, Jay? sm - MT
    • Did the AAMT ever ask MTs - anon
  • It is my opiniong .... NO ONE benefits from AAMT..... - BOYCOTT AAMT
    • Oh, someone benefits from AAMT - AAMT DOES! - Biggest scam on the face of the earth!
      • sit on our backsides and let the AAMT - Well, we can either
      • I got the impression - anon
  • Tell me this is not true. - anon
    • Read this - yes, it is true - sm
      • That does not look like the AAMT we are talking about. - anon
  • If you look at other trades with apprecenticeships - who does the final certification?
    • Well, we can write to the Dept. of Labor's Apprenticeship people - anon
  • No one comes out of MT school ready to work...sm - MTSO
    • Wrong! - Kate
      • Well, you're a rare one... mostly I get newbies demanding I hire them...sm - Another MTSO
  • look at it from another angle - Proud CMT
    • Please see message - anon
      • I said I was an educator, however.... - Proud CMT
    • Well, I will say this for you, you have the AAMT talking points down really good! sm - MT
    • wrong, wrong, wrong. work is being outsourced because of $. period. not because of unqualified MTs - Old MT
    • by the same token... sm - anon
    • I disagree - Experienced MT
    • guest - guest
      • The AAMT has never represented us, now even less so. sm - MT
        • The AAMT does not work for MTSO's...sm - MTSO
          • Then why - Anon
        • The AAMT sure does not work for MTs. - guest
          • In 1985, when their BOS was only 85 pages....sm - I agree, the AAMT cares less about MTs.
            • if they use the BOS on offshore sites. - I wonder

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Now this IS an angle -- who IS responsible should something happen?  But betcha they've got plenty of coverage whoever it is.  

The fact that we are losing our jobs to this is just a small piece of the pie of millions of Americans losing their jobs to offshoring.  Ten to one, most of the people you tell about this going on will tell you, "Oh!  But my doctor would NEVER do that!"  And they ask their doc, and he says, "No!  I send my work to an American service."  Does it stay in America????  What if any policies are in place to find out and ensure that it does?  Every physician I've asked about this is surprised that any company would offshore their dictation.  All they do is complain about how full of mistakes it is and how disgusted they are with the return. 

This is one of the medical community's dirtly little secrets.  It needs a thorough investigation by a concerned reporter to blow the lid off of it on a show like 60 minutes.  But who owns the networks, folks?  Who owns the media?  Those with the power, those with the money, those who are profitting by offshoring.  You think they have no financial investment in all this?  Think again.  It's not in their best interest to expose this. 

Now a remark was posted some days ago which I thought was great and it was to the effect that (as far as I know, and I may be wrong), when America offshores, the American people lose out on social security, etc. that American workers would be paying.  Now THIS seems to be something that might wake people up.  THIS aspect of offshoring would impact everyone and might get people to listen.  But I don't have the facts here, so I may be all wrong.  It just got my interest up.

The fight needs to be against offshoring in general and keeping jobs in America and protecting the American worker and the American economy.  I think that is where we will get the largest group of people on our side. 

And we need to change the public's perception of us as just clerk typists who do "medical stuff."  If it takes more education, we get it.  If it takes certification, we get it.  We do all in our power to eliminate the mental picture of a typist at the kitchen table in pjs with toddlers at his/her feet and elevate it to a professional behind a desk with the education and professional work ethic who makes a needed contribution to the medical industry at large.  They don't feel they need us.  People think anyone can do this job, that we're just a bunch of stay at home moms, etc. who for whatever reason don't want to leave the house to work.    We have to prove them wrong and show them we are as much a professional as anyone else who works from home be they accountant, dentist, or even physician.   Then we have to convince them to pay us as professionals because we're worth it, and we HAVE to be worth it.  If somehow, some day offshoring ends, we HAVE to be ready to pick up the pieces and demand what we are worth.  Why should we give away our services, be grateful to a company for "letting us work at home."  We are saving THEM money by working at home.  It is THEY who should be grateful to us and compensate us accordingly.  But again, our work has to be of such a quality that we are worth what we demand.  Medical transcription is a profession, not a hobby.