I love doing psych notes

• How much lines per hour? - Paul Anthony
  • I remember my first job quite a few years ago and making about $2 an hour until I learned...sm - vtmt
  • It depends on the training... - Dee
  • I would highly suggest getting Stedman's Smartype and Spellcheck -sm - XXX
  • average MT can type 200 LPH...but...nm - these are only averages
  • Is this acute care? - Misha
    • Not acute care but psychiatry - Paul Anthony
      • I love doing psych notes - sm
      • Huh. The psych I've transcribed has been easy and boring. - Misha
        • The very first day I transcribed, I transcribed psych - yep, easy and boring, but also lots of ESL
  • I would suggest - sm
    • Thanks Guys - Paul Anthony
      • You just have to create - sm
      • autocorrect saves me! - not a fast typer
        • I printed a list of mine and I study over them and - lay the list beside me while I am working.
      • You can create your own in Word with Auto Correct. - nm
  • How *many* lines per hour...do you have a - spellchecker. What is the hold-up?
  • 350 lines in 8 hours? - sm
  • If you need extra practice typing itself... - try
  • It's called experience, Paul...and that is why it is so valuable $$..nm - Old MT

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Can a new MT without radiology transcription experience be able to do it?

psych MT s are not necesarily so easy as i have been doing then for years and they have their idiosyncreases too.  i am getting sick of acute cate and clinic and rreally would like to concentrate on psych again.ive looked into some companies like transcription at its best, etc., and they have special psych accounts but they are hard to reach.

i was wondering if any psych MTs had any suggestions as to who to connect with soon.  there's aubri dictation but they are hard to reach as well.  any help would be appreciated.  thanks!

Well I did H&P's along with various specialty progress notes. So would I be considered Multispecialty? I've only done H&P's, consultations, and some discharge plans. No Op Notes. Which is better to pursue? Acute Care or Multispecialty?

Thanks.

Sorry if this is on the wrong board.  I am starting a new job that will be using Notes Link.  I have never used this platform.  I would appreciate any good or bad news about it or even some hints.

Thanks.

to see the list of jobs/companies earlier poster mentioned.... could you post a link on this forum? It might bless a lot of folks! 

However, I feel like I should warn you that after a year and a half, I am still making around minimum wage.  This is okay with me.  I like being able to work at home and the flexibility.  However, I know my salary would not work for everyone.  Some people simply need more money right off the bat, so I don't think MT is the best choice for them.

ESLs.  I had no MT training, no mentoring,  and I did 600+ lines.  Prior to that I hadn't typed in years and probably could type 35 wpm on a good day. 

I'd suggest browsing through a psych reference book.   Put as many abbreviations as you can in your expander.  I have certain docs that always dictate the same tests and H&P tend to have a lot of the same info in them.  If you don't already get a spellchecker and that should help some with not having to look so much stuff up. 

also see the changes coming down the pike. Also feel it is not fair to withhold or misrepresent that part of the equation to someone who is considering entering MT or just starting out. Knowledge is power. It would take years for a new MT to have the kind of insight into this field that a 20+ year experience lends. Believe me, I would be only too happy to keep running my MTSO, making $75,000+ year while working 20 hours a week, paying my MT's well, but it's not going to happen. Try reading "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman if you want a perspective of what's going to happen to not only MT work but a lot of great white collar jobs. India and the rest of the world are breathing down our necks and in the next decade will be serious competitors for American jobs. There will be no "american" jobs - we will be competing against the rest of the world for jobs.

Friedman states: "The convergence of 'flatteners' has created a whole new platform. It is a global, Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals, groups, companies and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate...this platform operates without regard to geography, distance, time, and, in the near future, even language. Going forward, this platform is going to be at the center of everything...wealth and power will flow to those who get these basic things right...the infrastructure to connect with the platform and the education to get more of their people working on the platform.

Please wake up and look beyond our box.