check out Hattie Helper's post a few lines down regarding schools--nm
Posted By: MT on 2006-03-29
In Reply to: Another Newbie - Sue Ann Wellington
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regarding posting your resume on this site.
See "Cheapie Correspondence Schools" post below for our most recent mention of PCDI. (nm)
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Forget "approved" schools. AAMT set the criteria, then approved schools that didn't meet i
Stick with Andrews or M-Tec (both of which happen to be "approved") but forget about any others, they are not worth it.
Along the same lines
I went to a Community College in my city and received my MT certification. Most of my classes were online (only one class required me to go to campus). I could have opted to take them on campus, but because of my other obligations at the time, online was easier for me. I was hired by a national right out of school.
lines
Dont feel bad I am fairly new too. 7 months. I don't know exactly how many lines per hour I can do but I don't think it is even 150.
500 lines per day?
I was wondering about how long it takes to type 500 lines per day. I am just starting as a transcriptionist, and they want me to type at least 500 lines per day. Is this a lot?
500 lines
I am also a newbie. 500 lines isn't really a lot. It is possible even as a newbie to do that. As a newbie your first few days or week on an account you may not get 500 until you learn what you are doing. But then 500 is easily possible.
how many lines
How many lines do you put out per pay period??
lines
I think you need to specify the pay period. One week, two weeks, a month?
I am a new MT. I have only been working for 6 weeks. I get paid every two weeks. My first pay period was 3500 lines, second was 3000 (I went on vacation), and my third, which ended yesterday, was 7400. I expect that by the beginning of the summer I will be up to 1000/day, 5000/week, and 10000/pay period.
But I also have children who need to be picked up from school, and I cannot exactly get a bunch of work done while they are home, nor do I want to. I am not sure how things will go this summer. I may have to work at night while they are sleeping.
lines
how many lines per pay period???
# of lines
What is an average number of lines per day for a new MT (typing 60 WPM)?
On average, how long (in minutes) is the typical dictation?
# of lines
I realize I will be stopping to look up words for whatever reason and that it won't be straight typing without interruptions. I was just trying to get a ball park figure, that's all. Thanks anyway
500 lines
If it is ASR it should only take about 1-1/2 hours or less. If it is regular transcription it should take a little longer.
Lines
Lines are counted different ways. Sometimes they are counted gross lines, sometimes 65-character lines, sometimes 65 characters without spaces. You should really ask your teacher how they would like you to count them. I do not think that blank lines would count though.
Lines
Build your expansions, that is the key. After many years at this, I am still adding expansions almost every day. A split keyboard also helped me as the poster below suggested. I also started out very slow also. Don't worry, you will get there.
My very first day as an MT I did 667 lines. I had had no
MT training, wasn't a fast typist, had no expander.
You can't compare number of reports because reports vary. If you are doing clinic note they are usually short. If you are doing acute care history and physicals they can be quite lengthy, same with consults. I can do 40 reports one day and only do 28 reports the next, but still get the same number of lines both days.
As a newbie you should do the best you can and not worry about what everyone else is doing.
Or more lines as indicated below - nm
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I would not take less than $48 as 60 minutes is est. at 600 lines - sm
$48 would be .08 a line. Granted he is giving you 48 hours to do it, and it will take anywhere from 3-6 hours to do depending on degree of difficulty, if you have to look up addresses, Dr. spelling, etc. All that SLOWS you WAY DOWN. $40 is only .066 a line IF it comes out to 600 lines, granted if it is less than that you make more $$$, but if more than 600 lines (say he is a fast talker) then you will get reamed. I'd get a sample first before you agree to anything. Good luck.
How much lines per hour?
Thanks everybody for providing me information few days ago, but I still dont get it how a new MT can type 75 to 100lph because I am able to type hardly 350 lines in 8 hours, this is after the correction i mean grammer, trying to find drug names, etc.
350 lines in 8 hours?
That really isn't much. You should be spending time when you aren't working studying *grammar* and such. I am a newbie, have been at this since January, and can get at least 150 lph. So far I am able to get about 9,000 lines per pay period...that's 10 days. Not trying to bash you or anything, but it sounds like you really need some practice. Websites like www.rxlist.com are great for drug names as well.
How *many* lines per hour...do you have a
nm
My very first day I typed something like 150 lines
for 8 whole hours. My supervisor looked at the line count and made the clerk do a re-count, lol, surely they made a mistake! Nope, it was me. By the end of four months I was off of hourly training pay and on incentive doing about 1600 lines per day. It will come if you work at it. When you first start, your head is in books most of the time too, so this is taking away from your typing. Just keep at it.
I do 1200 lines per day
as a FT IC. This takes me anywhere from 5-6 hours normally, on a bad day it can take me 12 hours when I get distracted. The point is that you will get faster with time. I don't use expansion programs or macros, for me it is just faster to type what they say rather than try to remember what my "codes" are. I have been doing transcription now for 15 years and it does take some time to get the hang of things, even when I started this job it was taking me my full 8 hours to do 1000 lines, then I was noticing I was getting it done in 4-5 hours so I upped my line committment.
I started out full time at home when I was pregnant with my first child, it is difficult to organize your time with kids at home but there are ways around it and still be very productive. Where is your computer? I used to keep mine downstairs so that I could still be with my kids and give them stuff to do and watch them but still work at the same time.
Good luck and hang in there, it will get quicker for you!
500 lines for a newbie
I have only been working for 8 weeks. It takes me 4-5 hours to do 500 lines. Somedays, it takes less. It depends on if I have to look up meds or procedures. I also do clinic work, not acute.
1000 lines
I do clinic notes and it still took me nearly 4 weeks to get to 1000 lines. I only hit 1000 lines once, maybe twice a week. Other than that I stay steady around 700. I would imagine ESL dictators in acute care would have taken me 6 to 8 weeks to hit 1000 and I probably would not hit 1000 very often either.
keep in mind that lines w/o spaces
average of 30% - so if you are getting 150 lph w/o spaces, it is the equivalent to 180 lph with spaces.
Can you say where you work that you can get lines that easily? Thx. nm
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FT is usually 5000 lines a week and - sm
PT is usually 2500 lines a week. I have never heard 2500 for FT and 1500 for PT a week. I hear the hiring rate is 5-7 cpl. The most you will probably get is .08 after a few years, unless it keeps going down which I hope does not happen.
How do you make lines and maintain quality?
I'm trying to get up to company's line requirements but do not seem to be catching all my errors. Any suggestions?
I've always lost the first lines that were typed when
they come back on and change what they had said. The report needs to make sense and if he is obviously going in another direction, it's just easier to start over. It doesn't seem fair, but that is they way I have always done it. Now, if you had typed a paragraph or so and he just hung up or got cut off, I would leave a QA marker and send it in and get the lines.
200 lines an hour is way beyond minimum expected
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Gross lines are great! Take it if it's 6-7cpl. nm
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Reading between the lines, the work is coming
from India and no experienced MT would be willing to work for peanuts to basically have to redo the report.
I wasn't being nasty - quit reading between the lines
x - but do not think that you are just going to walk back into this like it's a walk in the park. It's not. Things have changed and it's not what it used to be and it is not where the money used to be.
Orion Transcription/Vital Lines/Speech 4 Me
I am a newbie and have been dealing with these three companies about the possibility of working with them. Does anyone have any information on any of the three companies? Good or bad.
what company can I do about 1000 lines/week from home?
Hi, I just got an offer for a day job with benefits but I want to do about 1000 lines of MT a week from home.
Anyone have any recommendations about a company I can do that with?
I just graduated Everett Community College's program.
A lot of companies required 1000 to 1200 lines a day. If you are just
starting out you can expect to do about half that unless you have an easy account.
Check out
the New MTs forum at MTChat. There's lots of good info there.
not sure.....check it out....sm
http://www.ndif.org/Terms/PKA.html
you might want to check
the company board forum for info on Spheris.
check out
typingmaster.com reasonable price, too
Check out M-TEC.....
you cannot go wrong with them.
check these out and....
http://www.ahtraining.com/data/
Also I have a friend who works for Spheris and loves it. She gets benefits through them and although they have a "schedule," she can still be very flexible with her work hours.
Check Here First
You need to pick a school that is approved by AHDI.
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtapproved.cfm
If you don't you will have a hard time finding a job.
check this out
http://www.rosemtschool.com/
I went to school back in 1971 to be an MT and if I would have had my internship that they offered back then to work during the summer months (as it a was 2 year college), I would NEVER have finished my second year of school to be one. Been doing this about 35 years and my pay has been torn in half compared to 1987 salaries. Even working part time, don't think you would ever get a paycheck that would be worth anything.
And if you are doing this to stay home with kids, how do you expect to work as an MT with the headset on trying to figure out ESL doctors and watch the kids too? This profession is definitely not worth it anymore, and if you are still young enough to go back to school, RUN, RUN, RUN and sign up for something else.
Check out Andrews and M-TEC if you want the best-nm
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Check out this site
http://www.mtdaily.com/faq.html
Reality check
When HIPAA went into effect that fateful October, the AMA did a survey and less than 50% of physician practices had any HIPAA compliance practices in place or had started preparing them. That is a fact. In the private office setting, the office can include anything they wish into their compliance notification their patients sign and their patients have the option to opt out of whatever sections they don't want to participate in. That is a fact.
It is personal preferences in complying with HIPAA regulations, not just for the MD but for the patient. That is a fact.
Reality check.
You may think you are a great MT or can be, but experience is not something you can fake. I have no idea if you are new to MT or not, but if you are trying to break into the field and plan to lie about your experience it will show and it will show in every aspect of your job. I know for a fact my company checks references and many companies do. Posting such a question is just galling. What kind of work ethic is that?
Check the archives
I recommend you go to the MQ board - they have their own, you know - and read the archives. You have to punch an "e time clock" and work exactly your schedule. Seems they frequently run out of work, and have to make up that time from their personal time. However, they may be more likely to hire a newbie than another national. Happy reading!
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