who died and left her boss and expert on nut-case MTs or freakish behavior?
Posted By: mqmt on 2005-08-04
In Reply to: perhaps you could drop your TC a note... - Elizabeth
sounds like one of the MQ supervisors all filled with herself.
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with all due respect, who cares what you think and who died and left you boss of anything?
Good gawd. Address the ISSUE or shut up. Read the post and ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
Sounds like a textbook case of passive aggressive behavior.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030530.html
who the heck died and left you policing board?
ER died when Mark Green died. The 'new'
the same oomph as the originals. Not as exciting as it used to be. I had watched since the very first episode and loved every episode until then. Now it's BORING!
No, as an IC, I am my own boss. I contract out my transcribing services, but I am my own boss.
:)
I wouldn't use lower case. I'd use upper case. Don't worry about it. nm
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Given her previous behavior
she would probably accuse you of molesting her if you did try to hug her.
Unfortunately rude behavior
is becoming the norm - in many parts of the country. That doesn't mean it has to be tolerated, however.
Curious: Did you ask her 'what makes you think it's appropriate for you to attack me, when you clearly have not followed instructions?'
Very strange behavior...
Were cherrypicking work, or calling in sick...or anything else going on? I ask because that's just crazy for a high quality producer to be treated that way.
Paula's behavior gets stranger . . .
every week. I think she has serious problems. She can hardly get out a coherent sentence anymore.
That explains ALL your childish behavior.
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MT Company behavior Poll
This is because this MT is curious, you don't have to mention names of where you work, just curious:
1. Has anyone here ever had problems contacting the company they work for as an employee with noncommunication from supervisor frequently?
2. Regarding scheduling and work times, do you find that you run out of work when you were given the impression when hired there was tons and tons of work; then none for weeks during your shift?
3. Have many of you out there MT or QA ever been terminated without notice, and or by e mail after a lot of noncommunication?
You can answer any or all of these questions. Trying to get a sense of the trends out there right now, and wondering if it is best to become an independent contractor, because at least you have a contract, and or the ability to get a schedule you set so you can have a number of clients and you can have more control over work. Also, reliability of companies regarding sudden lay offs and no notice terminations seem to be happening lately, so trying to get a sense of that too.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Best thing - I am my own boss and my own emloyee, worse thing - I am my own boss and my own
:P
Another definition of satanic is a behavior that is evil , which I think may have been the original
poster's intended meaning.
I agree. Take none of this. Let their behavior be known and even if necessary call the local News
many TV stations have to help. There was a service in our city who never paid her people and the local news On Your Side was contacted and not only was she on the news for not paying but she was also picked up by the police. There is usually at TV station in every major area (even if they are not in a major area, will go to the local surrounding areas) to help folks with problems such as this. Take it to whoever you can. People like this do not respect you.
I never understood why people continue to work for people that are even one day late. Pay should be on time. If it isn't, the MTSO would never get an ounce more of work out of me and believe me he/she WOULD pay me! I am not one to let it go. I too have worked in the legal field and I do know how to proceed.
Just don't give them one more day of your time.
Just hit Alt+Shift+left arrow on line 1 and it will go to the left margin. Otherwise,
you need to use a numbered list style to do it every time. Each version is different, but you may already have a numbered list style in yours that stays at the left margin. Just assign a keyboard shortcut to that style.
Not an expert, but...
Hello
I am also in the process of going digital. Some things I have learned along the way.....
1. I bought the Olympus DSS 330 for each of my docs. It's reasonably priced, easy to use, and software works great. I bought the recorders, because the doctors were completely happy with the tapes, and I am the one who wants to cut down on travel time and gas, so I felt like I should supply the recorders.
2. Audio files are too big (at least for my e-mail) to transport via regular e-mail, and they have to be secure or encrypted, so I bought space (personal/small business account) on CryptoHeaven for 2.49/month. This is supposed to be HIPAA compliant and secure. The files get uploaded to this site and can be transferred back and forth between you and the doctors' offices. Keep in mind, if you or the docs have dial up, this process takes forever, so it is good to know what type of internet connection your docs have. Cable and DSL are much faster. If they have dial up, it could take up to 30 minutes for them to upload one day of dictation or even more. Just a side note... I have found that audio files in DSS format are the smallest and thus the fastest to transfer.
3. I also use WinZip with this as an added protection. The practice felt comfortable with the protection of WinZip, but WinZip alone does not provide the vehicle to transport the large DSS audio files, and DSS audio files cannot get compressed much more, so that is why I went with CryptoHeaven.
You can e-mail me if you would like. Keep in mind, I am no expert, and I am finding out things as I go along. I will let you know how it goes.
Lynn 
I'm no expert, but...
Do you have a "sample" report of something you've already done in whatever format you're currently working in? If you do, you could take your report and figure out how much you made doing that report in the format you're currently working in. Then copy the report and put it in a new document with Times New Roman 11 and one-inch margins. Then, using 0.9 gross lines, figure out how much you would make with the new format. Compare it to the old. Maybe do this with a few different reports to get an idea of a true comparison.
Hope this makes sense. :)
Not an expert here, but
I have had the same trouble, as well as having the longer files only play about a minute or two of an 8+ minute dictation (but does not go back to the beginning). I use the Olympus software, and have the trouble when I am playing .wav files rather than .dss. Two things that I have done are:
1. Download the Express Scribe free transcription module. (The trouble I have had with this is that my footpedal will not work with Express Scribe, but it works with hot keys also, so in a pinch this is what I've done.)
2. Downloaded a free trial of a program called GoldWave (I am sure there are probably others available.) This allows you to convert the file type (I convert to a .wma format -- Windows Media Audio, I think.) My Olympus plays the .wma files in full, but it seems to lose a little clarity on conversion.
Well, I am not an expert (sm)
in this area (not even close), but I would guess that anyone who installs Spyware on your computer can monitor your activity whether you are connected to a VPN or not. What exactly is spyware, how would it get onto your computer, who put it there, why would they put it there are all questions I cannot answer. When I was having security issues with my computer, I went to a great site (www.techsupportforum.com). They have a 'General Computer Security' section that explains what you need to protect yourself in general. You can also ask questions there and they will help you figure out if anything is already installed on your computer.
I'm no expert, but
are the headphones plugged into the speaker, or where?
Need some expert guessers, please sm.
Even my QA person can't get this one, so I thought maybe someone here might have an idea. Podiatric.......the doc says, "The patient relates that approximately four months ago, the patient stepped into a hole and twisted his foot. He heard a pop and has since had intermittent heel pain. The patient does relate ______ dyskinesia with pain on extended periods of weightbearing."
Once, it sounded more like prosthetic, only without the "r" sound, and the second time maybe even like postatic, which I know is not a word. Any help would be much appreciated as he has gotten me on this twice already. 
Were it my personal account, I'd just call him and ask him!
consulting expert
does anyone know of where I can find or how I can go about looking for a consulting person to help me out with trying to get local accounts and what I need and should do such as contract, how to go about charging the client, what software is needed and the ins and outs of various ways of getting the work back to the client? any information would be so greatly appreciated. I just need pointed in the right direction.
Or can somone give me advice as to what they did to get up and running?
Have a beautiful day!
I'm not an expert in pathology
but it seems the experience that I have had with these, they are fairly short. I guess they could be lengthy, but I would say on an average $3.00 a page should make you a mighty fine living. You may want to see some samples before pricing this one out. The experiences I've had were with a hospital, and these were fairly short reports. The pathology department employed two full-time hourly MTs for a hospital that probably held about 650 beds. The OR had about 12 rooms. The ambulatory surgery department had about 5 rooms. These are all just my opinions though. Good luck to you!
Need fax machine expert!
Can anyone tell me if you have ever had the problem of your fax machine not being able to fax only to one particular number? I can fax anywhere else, but to this one particular number. I have tried everything I know, even so far as calling the maker of my fax machine, but no one can tell me why I get a communication error when faxing to this one particular number. I have changed my splitter on that line, my filter on that line and had the phone company check out my line, all to no avail. It will go through every now and then, but mostly it will not go through. This has just started happening in the last few months. If anyone has every had this problem and can give me advice, I'd appreciate it immensely! Thanks in Advance!
I'm no SH expert but you can make
an entry so that it expands A1c.
I'm not even CLOSE to being an expert but..Have you tried this..
Going into the printer properties and checking your printing preferences. If your not sure how to do this....Go to your Control Panel, open up Printers...find the printer, right click on it, hit properties, and under the General tab, there should be an area at the bottom titled "Printer/printing Preferences (something like that)..hit that and check out all your settings. I'd play around in that areas with your settings to see if somehow something is in there wacko.. Just a thought. I hope it works..
EXPERT VISTA HELP, PLEASE!
I just downloaded the EditScript (Escription) program onto my computer but I'm not getting any prompts from the Installation Wizard to install it. This is a brand-new computer and I'm kind of a Vista imbecile since I've never used it.
Is there some other step I need to take to get the program to actually install onto my computer so I can use it, or have I done something wrong?
I'm SOOOO confused and can't reach my supe to ask her, so I was hoping someone here would be able to offer some advice.
Thanks ever so much!!!
Anyone an expert on Bayscribe software??
I just started a new job that uses Bayscribe, but the audio is so muffled I cannot hear the dications clearly. The owners have no idea what is wrong, and I called Bayscribe, and they say it is on my end...either sound card or headphones. I also work for another co. that uses Emdat, and I use express scribe, and the dictations are crystal clear. Does anyone know what is going on?
I have worked as a QA and as an MT which makes me an expert at SM
absolutely nothing, but I'm going to give my opinion anyway.
Here's the problem with the whole QA process. We (MTs) are told when interviewing that this or that service strictly adheres to the great and almighty, BIBLE of medical transcirption, the BS, er I mean BOS. Then, when hired and given our assigned accounts, we are told the BOS applies, but ..... we do it this way for this client, that for that client, and the other way for another client.
So, we as MTs are supposed to sift through all the crap and put out a flawless document and on top of all that, we now must also consider the egomaniacal QA person who has their "own style" of QA?
So, now we must take an awful dictator who can scarcely put together a coherent sentence and make sense of what they are saying, then we have to make sure that whatever sentence we've constructed to articulate the dictator's thoughts strictly adheres to the rules of the BOS but WAIT then we must make sure that we've broken the correct BOS rules to suit the account specifics, and then we must now contend with the QA person who has decided we should dot our I's with little hearts cause that's the way she likes it?
And we do all of this for 8 cpl ?!?!?!?!?!
Somebody stop this crazy merry-go-round, I feel sick! 
Email me. I'm no expert, but I'll tell you what I know. nm
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ExText Problems every day. Need some expert advice
HELP! Does anyone else have this problem and what did you do to solve it?
I use ExText and if I do a Cntl-S then Cntl-T, ExText will close both the document I've been viewing AND the job I'm working on, then open a completely new BLANK document, no headers, etc. I still have the voice files, but no document. I lose the job I've been working on as there is no time to save it to disk. It usually near the end of transcribing a job. It happens every day, usuallly near the end of my shift. My production is suffering because of it, too.
I'm getting so frustrated and don't know what to do anymore. ExText has been reloaded a couple times and that doesn't solve the problem. I've been told it's my Word causing the problem and I have to remove it and reload that program, which I had done months ago, but still have the same problem.
I don't know where else to turn or what to do. Am I destined to NOT work for any company that uses this program? If so, that leaves out a heck of a lot of jobs.
Other than this problem, I really love using ExText. I think it's great...when it works right.
I can image that once we train the VR reports by our expert
editing and corrections, the VR software will start producing more accurate reports. Unfortunately, when that time does arrive, there will not be a need for as many medical editors/transcriptionists as there are now. I suspect at that point we will be competing for MT jobs, and our rates will go even lower than they are now. I hate to paint a somber picture here, but this is what the hospitals have been striving to accomplish since the mid-1980s, when they decided to outsource the transcription to MTSOs to avoid paying hourly rates and benefits.
I just started telling them I was a "medical language expert"
as you truly are one anymore trying to decipher all these docs and for some reason, that title seems to bear more acceptance
YOU may be a typist for a doctor but I'm a MEDICAL LANGUAGE EXPERT!
You can tell I'm not an expert but what is INXS? I mean the songs the bottom three sing are INSX
I have never heard of them and they sound kinda metal to me. What category does INXS fall into? I said I know very little about the music that these people are singing for the most part. Is Nirvana metal?
Thanks.
Who died?
and left you boss? 
I used to have one of those (died on me too).
If you really like the mechanical keyswitch feel (which I sure do) and don't need a split/ergo keyboard, then you might want to think about trying one of the old Model M IBM keyboards ... very similar in feel (actually, better, IMO) to the NMB. I, unfortunately, have to use a totally split keyboard now, otherwise I'd be using a Model M myself.
You can sometimes find vintage ones cheap in local little computer stores too (I got one for $5 once that way).
http://www.clickykeyboards.com
Just curious, is your dog a senior? I had a senior dog who had similar behavior. sm
She was a Siberian Husky who was 10-11 yrs old when I adopted her, and I got to have her for 5 yrs before she passed on. She was such a character! I still miss her, and we still talk about her antics.
Anyway, she always seemed to have a hard time at night. She would wake up, pace and pant, and sometimes howl as if calling out "Hey, where is everybody, and where am I!" I'd get up and go comfort her. It was like she was disoriented until she saw me, then she'd be okay and go back to sleep. I used to leave a night light on for her too, thinking it might help. (Her vision was not so good.) Come to find out, my vet said her behavior was probable canine dementia/senility.
I'm dealing with a similar situation now with one of my other Siberians, who is now 15 yrs old. Vet has me trying a supplement called Proneurozone (not very expensive). If that doesn't help there's a med. called Selegiline (sp?) we can try.
I just thought you might be interested, if your dog is an older one. ;o)
He died because of his fame. Not enough for you? SM
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. They do different things that make them heroes to different people. What you really meant to say was that John Lennon was not a hero to you, right?
died today at age 83...........nm
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he died almost a year ago (sm)
He had hypertension, diabetes, and had had a stroke in 2003. He was only 54.
No, it's not bad. I cried more when my cat died than when
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I'm a wimp. I got another dog, just like the one that died, 2 weeks later.
I missed her so much that after we came back from vacation, I got another just like her. Same coloring, same breed. Only this time I got a male instead of a female and he has green eyes, not black. I can't believe how much alike they are.
I had similar experiences after my mom died (sm)
On my mother's birthday, after she died, the smoke alarms went off in my house. They were not in need of new batteries, nor was there even a hint of smoke in the house.
They continued to go off at different occasions, each of which was a "special day," either a birthday or a holiday that she enjoyed.
My mom was in marching band when she was in HS and pretty much made me follow in her footsteps. It was okay, but not a decision I would have chosen. My daughter inadvertantly, through a scheduling glitch ended up in marching band her first year of high school. She ended up loving it. At sleep-away band camp the following year, in the chaparone's quarters (where I was sleeping), the smoke alarm went off during the night. It was kind of funny though, because it went off in another chaparone's room and I didn't even hear it. The other chaparone told me about it the next day and what she went through to get it to stop (basically had to beat if off the wall). When she told me, I just smiled and said, "Oh, that was my mom, she just got the wrong room."
I always thought how proud mom would have been that my daughter ended up in band and even ended up being the drum major her senior year and what a difference it made in her life.
That was the last I've heard of mom.
I'm a strong believer in God, but somehow I think it's possible that those close to us have "ways" of letting us know they're still loving us, even though they have a strange way of showing it! Kind of like when they were alive LOL! ;-)
let's see... christopher died at 52, keanu is almost 41
.
My pet turkey, Bubba, died of
natural causes two weeks ago. He was about 50 pounds. His wife, though, Bubette, is still healthy and well. I guess she is a turkey widow now.
Who died? And didn't get punished?
;D
Lou Rawls died 2day...
I thot he had an awesome voice. Great talent!
It was a very sad day when she died. It makes no sense at all.
dd
mine finally died
it took about a week.
It was in the same room that I sleep in. I discovered if I left the light on it stayed quiet most of the time through the night. I sure could not find it, and I don't think mine escaped. :( cc
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