mine sucked when I first started with them

• I keep hearing about low wages - but just think about this.
  • I agree. I make 8 cpl and get $29.00/hour - mt.home
  • That's IF you're lucky enough to be able to make 200 lph. Many accts are - so bad you can't do it. nm
    • mine sucked when I first started with them - mt.home
      • Agree - CB

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What a tough situtation. It would definitely be a good idea to tell him you don't want to continue the relationship until he gets the appropriate help.

I agree with the other poster, it is somewhat of an abusive relationship. My father was like this and is still. He would go through "moods" and we all would be walking on eggshells, he'd eventually fly into a rage . . . once even going so far as to hold a shotgun to his head because the world was so against him . . .(drama). He's never gotten any professional help. At one time my mother decided to put St. John's Wort (herb for depression) into his mashed potatoes. What dysfunction, I know. Anyway . . . People like this just have it in their personality to be miserable . . . it goes back generations in my family, I think it's the internal negative dialogue they  have, never being able to let things go.

Think about what your future will be living with someone like this (and your children's).

With a family history like his he very well could be depressed but maybe it is viewed as a weakness in his family to admit it. He's probably embarassed. It definitely sounds like he has anger issuses, which they say "depression is anger turned inwards".

How about manipulative? Could he like the even negative attention he gets from acting like this?

You have done the right thing . . . to be concerned. How would you feel if you made no attempt to help and something bad happened?

I think he has too many problems for you to be involved with him. Find someone else. Don't waste your nice caring personality and life on someone like this. Sometimes people like this are just happy being miserable and wouldn't have it any other way. So just let them be.

Definitely take a step back until he gets his life in order.

What do you think you should do???

This is gross pay with two different places. It is not full time. Yes, I use expanders, no, I don't do the same two doctors every day.

Yes, I am very lucky. Yes, I am very fast. No, I am not lying, and I am sorry if you are not in as good a position as mine.

My first job was a p.r.n. position with a local hospital filling in for vacations and people off sick.  That's where the real education came from.

If you live in southern CA, on the job seeker board Chronicle Transcripts is hiring newbies.  I used to be a lead transcriptionist for them when they were located in my town.  Nice people and you will get very good training from them.  What I have found is the smaller trans companies usually are willing to take in trainees or medical trans school graduates.  Also, the federal govt and state govt have medical transcriptionists..You can check about testing with the govt.  Good luck!

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Delivered newspapers, did MT for 4 hours, went out for a few last minute things, went grocery shopping, finished wrapping presents, finished crocheting my new grandson's baby blanket, cleaned the kitchen did the dishes and looked after my 2-year-old terror twin granddaughters for 2 hours before I finally called my daughter at 6:00 p.m. and said, "COME AND GET THEM."

I love them dearly, but they are 175% wired with the whole Christmas thing and I am just getting over the flu.

I know, I know. . . .I'm TYPE A all the way.

I can't believe I've made it this late. I'm going night night.

$450 bucks will get you everything you need to get started. Here is the item:

Transcription Kit.

That transcription kit comes with the digital recorder you can give to your client, and for you-all the software, foot pedal and the headset. That will be enough to get you on your feet on your own.

Get hold of some practice dictations, and then dive in!  If you have the proper references and good skills to begin with, you'll do fine.  Go for it! 

I'm not going to get into it.......that's for sure.  Suffice to say he idolizes his dad who emphatically states in his late 80s that the holocaust never happened.  

Yeah, right.....don't get me started......I'll hush for now!

1568 so far and two tapes left to do before noon. 

Can any one give me advice on how to get started doing medical transcription on-line?  I have been working for a group of local physicians and have decided to change the way the keep their charts.  They are actually going back to hand writting some of their abnormals.  They have a 2 sided form with review of systems, physical exam, assessment/plan and they just check the approrpiate boxes and write in the abnromal findings.  I see a lot of companies offering transcription being done on-line, but I have no idea how to do this since I have always used a micro cassette recorder.

Thank you,

Cheryl

When you say a background in English, are you referring to something more than high school and college english, writing classes?  I always did very well in English.  I also took medical terminology, of course, got an A, and am certified as a nurse's aide.  I worked in surgery for four years as a medical secretary typing surgical reports and entering them into the computer, as well as scheduling and typing the surgical schedule daily.  I've worked in a psychiatrist office as well.  The Medical Transcription agency here tested all of the applicants, and I was the only one with no experience that they hired, because I aced the test.  So I guess that I thought that starting out with an agency that is willing to train me is worth the trade off of the low pay.  I will be an IC, so after a while, can branch out and make more $.  Do you still think I have no business getting started in this business?  I do appreciate your advice!

One of the doctors - American MD - I transcribe for regularly says "tender to palpitation."  I used to have an ARNP who said "libidio."  And I just LOVE it when they do me the favor of spelling something -- I've already typed it, doc, thanks so much -- and then they wildly MISspell it. 

Did one 13-minute (but only 40-line) dictation today from this ESL doc who had the hardest time pronounding "fluoxetine."  Can't tell you how long it took me to figure out that's what he was saying... but I finally did... then on about the 5th or 6th time he's struggling thru this word, he says "just go back and change those all to Prozac, it's easier."

Any advice on how to get started on this online transcription? I just finished my externship at surgeons office, mostly gastroenterology and do not have a clue as to how to get noticed for a job.

Any suggestions will help, thanks.

Anna M.

Hello everyone, I have been an MT for about 7 years now, and I just kind of fell into the job at a local hospital.  Once I worked there for about 3 years, I had the experience required to work from home and had no trouble finding jobs.  However, I have friends that are asking me how to do what I do, and I honestly have no idea where to tell them to start.  Some of them have enrolled in college courses, some are trying to take them online, but it seems none of these companies will hire you without any experience.  So, if anyone has any advice of a legitimate way to start a home MT career, I would much appreciate anything you can tell me.  I know there are a lot of scams out there that promise you jobs and then take all your money, and I am not about to send anyone to them.   Anyways, thanks everyone for any information you can give me.  I really appreciate it.

~Meg

I've been in this business for 20 years.  QA?  Never heard of it!  We took it straight to the dictator.  These were the old days of working on-site.  People didn't have computers.

Now with all the digital components and can work from anywhere on your PC, there needs to be QA before the document can go the client so the company looks good.  We usually had each other when we were on-site to help with a s/l, and if we couldn't figure it out, then it went to the dictating physician.  Never had a problem.

QA is highly over-rated in my opinion.  You can probably thank AHDI for that fiasco.  Who else should know the answer but the dictator?????  JMO.

supervisor told me if I was uncomfortable doing a certain type of work to leave it until I was more comfortable. Same with dictators. I didn't do it long, just a week and would try the odd work I never did before in between the good stuff.

Could this be the case with your company?