yeah..networking on who she can bully the most.

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Pplenty of the ones who are here now who are illegal are definitely trying to get legal, like some Argentinians whose ancesteror  are from Czeckoslovakia.  I'm in Florida so we have a multienthnicity here - EXACTLY like NY, and the ones here work FAR harder than most Americans I know (for some reason there are so many AmeriCAN'Ts in this country) - I, for one, am an AmeriCAN!!

I'm *against Caucasians*?  Those were your words.  You don't know me.  You don't know anything about me.  What a presumptious witch/warlock. 

What a laugh.  I AM Caucasian with european ancestry and my grandparents came here via Ellis Island too - so many before you (and the rest of the Czechoslovakians) came through Ellis....you have NOT cornered the market on Ellis Island.  My family has been a member there since the memberships and foundation began!!

Hopefully Bush is going to pass the NO MASS DEPORTATION law and Monday, by the way, is a mass protest to show the USA exactly what WOULD happen economically (when all of them do not go to work for a day) in the USA if all the illegals decided to NOT go to work and/or leave the country.

*rubs hands together in anticipation of Monday, at least in the SE USA*........

I have lots of the same questions as the poster below about getting set up with some kind of web-based file transfers, etc.  I am going to do my own research, but if anyone has a suggestion of which direction to look that would be great.

I see the point about connections, and since I live in an area where I have not worked in-house I am kinda stumped.  I did once land a small solo practice account by writing a letter.  It was very close to my home and I pointed out the convenience to both of us and he called.  When I moved he said he would write a glowing recommendation letter to anyone.

So I'm thinking if I can get that first account, the "connection" situation can be helped along.

What about the doctor you/your kids/your mother, etc., go to?  How about the chiropractor?  Even if a doctor is part of a conglomerate, they might refer someone to you. I am thinking of asking my doctor (solo with 2 NPs) next time I go what her transcription situation is. 

Still, what I am stumped about is how to set up getting the work.  I don't want to pick up tapes and I don't want to spend thousands of dollars on my 10-report-a-week job, either!

It was in the news yesterday. The guy is still selling some stuff at ebay and he is harrasing the buyers. Thank goodness I've never encountered one, but... just curious, is anyone out there been a victim of bully in ebay?

OP,

I agree with Katz.  No need to use profanity however.  Don't risk your dignity and self-respect by stooping to her level. Yet, I agree with everything else, like telling her to shut up in a nice way -- let her know you are working and you suggest she does the same.  She feels threatened obviously, so don't make it easy for her by quitting which is probably what she wants.  I don't think the boss wants you to quit, however.  It sounds like she just wants to skip out on the pay increase and manipulate the situation to her benefit (according to what you have said so far). 

As for Ms. Obnoxious, sounds like she has figured out the only one she needs to get along with is the boss.  And if she can get you to leave, then more work and job security for her.  It's an awful mess of a situation you are in.  I don't tolerate bullies and neither should you, and that is exactly what she sounds like -- a bully.  You will have to give her the silent treatment instead of her giving you the silent treatment and even if she does give you the silent treatment, good.   It doesn't sound like she has anything worthy to say anyway.   In the meantime, if you want to be there for any reason -- to pay off a debt, to go back to school, to gain more experience before leaving, etc. -- then stay as long as you want.  When you are ready, find the new job, test it out, then make the switch at your own pace.  With your typing speed, I don't doubt you will be able to find something better.  Just don't make it easy for anyone by quitting. 

You are all that matters, especially on a job.  Workers are not your friend. You have to find that outside of the workplace.  I don't think talking to either one of them is worth anything.  They already know they are in the wrong. 

Best of luck to you.

me

do you actually have wireless internet?  We got a Wii last Christmas and I use a wireless router and we haven't had any problems at all. 

If you are using a router you may need to adjust the channel settings on it.  I think Nintendo recommends channel 11.  You can go to Nintendo.com and see if you can find a solution or Google it and if no help there call Nintendo.  Their customer service isn't in India. 

themselves asked me if I'd be interested.  That was 10 years ago though and still going strong, but now I think the competition keeps one from landing their own accounts.  However, it can be done.  I've heard others say they've mailed flyers or gone cold-calling to offices with a business card.  I guess if you have local medical facilities, it's worth a try.  Even mailing a letter with a business card could land you an account.  You never know who is unhappy with their current transcription provider. 

One account I had (he's since retired) asked me because his Transcriptionist was retiring.  So quirky stuff can happen. 

It makes me a realist with enough courage to speak the truth.  Ask anyone in management, anyone responsible for the end product or bottom line, whether it is in MT or any other field, and you will hear the same thing.  When a person does not care about what they are doing and they do not take measures to change their situation, they are causing the damage to themselves.  Ask any mental health caregiver and you will hear the same thing.  When it becomes uncomfortable enough, you will do something different.  If you don't, then you must accept the responsibility for your own unhappiness.

I am not blind to the fact that there are misuses by QA people, no more than with MTs who want to whine about being picked on righteously or wrongly.  What i do say is this:  If you do not care about what you do, change your situation.  I can sugarcoat that or say it blunty, but the meaning is unaltered.  You can agree or disagree and still it does not change the message.  If you don't like it, do something about it (and this part I added because I just like it) stop whining about it.  The rest of us have more important issues in life to be concerned about.

I understand where you're coming from.  The respect is just not there anymore.  Everyone in this business has heard for years about how voice recognition and EMRs are going to replace us all, which I just don't buy.  I work for a national on a difficult account with many ESLs, and it generates lots of work.  Every summer we have problems keeping up with turnaround but the management has yet to come up with a solution that actually works consistently.  I suspect it's a combination of MTs having kids home from school during the day now, vacations being taken, and people not working their schedules,  but most of all I think it's just plain burnout - we deserve to enjoy the summer too.  Last summer I worked so much to the point that I think I did substantial damage, and my body just cannot take it anymore (been at it for about 20 years, the last 10 years of it steady).  The powers that be fail to understand that we are not machines! 

Uh-huh

That makes complete sense (not).

It's called MT stars, as in medical transcription, so post regarding medical transcription - as in the profession......understand that?

You want Regis and whatsername?  Post on that board.

You want Romper Room?  They have their board, too......   Get the message honey bun?

Account instruction#1 says bold and CAPITALIZE allergies, list medications in number form regardless of what dictator says. Do NOT abbreviate in HPI, but you can abbreviate in Assessment if the doc does.  Don't use degree sign unless doctor dictates it.  List assessment in number form, even if there's only one item.

Account instruction #2 says bold headings but never bold or capitalize allergies.  Only expand abbreviations in Assessment but nowhere else in document.  Be sure to use degree sign when typing temperatures.  If there is more than one item in the assessment, use number form in listing them.

Account instruction #3 says never bold or capitalize allergies, don't abbreviate anything.  Never number medications, even if dictated by physician.  Can use the degree symbol if Drs. A, B, and C dictate such.  If Dr. D dictates patient's name in body of report and uses words that don't exist in the English language, be sure to type what he says since it's a verbatim account, and he complains all the  time that he doesn't want his report to sound so *formal* by using *the patient* instead of the name.   For all other reports, use *the patient.*  If Dr. E dictates the patient's sister, Sara, do NOT use the name Sara and just type *the patient's sister," regardless of what he really says. Dr. F might not dictated a numbered assessment list, but that's what he means.  Dr. G prefers to see the text of H&Ps on the same line as the heading, but on his consults, he thinks it looks better if there's a hard return, with the text starting on the next line.

As an Editor for multiple accounts, are you sure that YOU'RE paying attention to all the little idiosyncrasies contained in the sometimes 20-30 PAGES of account instructions for any given account? If so, I doubt you would find it so easy.

live in Bush's world.  Must be nice there! 

I would go for the scrubbing toilets... at least you get more  respect!