Newsletter: 2009-10-25 To: 2009-11-02





Main Board


oops upside the head - steady eddie
Good Bye MT - Leaving MTing
I'm out of the MT market... I filed for Social Security today - Goodbye, Sweet Dreams
A friend of mine wants to try this, can she make $30.00 an hour doing transcription - L
EMR - my personal experience - veryoldMT
For those of you with computers provided by your company SM - Desertfox
Medical Transcription being obliterated? - Amy
I would like to hear from all independents who get the following: - Need your input on this one
Pathology Transcription - mtmommy09
finding another job vent - out-of-the loop
placebo - Sadie
IC status - siren
Tech Help board is available for software and hardware questions! NM - Moderator
Programs - klownmom
Should you notify your company if you are pregnant? - wondering
Hipaa - anita8jp
To the Leads complaining about MTs - Fingers
good ol' days - Sookie
Question for leads - Has anyone else ever dealt with "Diva" MTs? - Bewildered Lead
Inspiration - Mom
Hearing loss/rheumatoid arthritis - ronni
Burnout - Izzy
Question about multiple accounts - tired
Needles - TMEFG
Pain in my legs with tingling - marie
Read ad and sad, really sad. This is about transcription company posting but could be on the comedy - Now have read it all
what is a "weighted line"? I saw an ad on another board advertising pay based on s/m - speedyfingerz
How to get started - AH
Verbatim and Account Specifics - Fried
MT Pay Structure Needs an Overhaul - DM
No Job postings since last Tuesday? - Hmmm
Torn -- any advice - MT2long
VBL - klownmom
Recruiters - DM
Independent Contracting and Raises - J6pack
How many of you have issues with the QA at your company? - venting
Is it just me, or (sm) - Mushroom
is MT a dying field?? - Jay
Needing a mentor. - Mandy Sue
Recent experience?? - Pokey

Job Seekers Board


Ortho position - Vicki Jones
PT/PRN Dermatology MT needed - Brantner Medical Transcriptio
IC - PT/possible FT multispeciality doc office work - Clinic recruiter
Experienced Medical Transcriptionist - Shari
Transcend Acute Position Open - Deb Marlow
IC PRN vacation coverage clinic MT - Cenla Transcription, LLC
Full-time and Part-time Basic 4 Reports - Jean McCarthy
UPDATE: ANP Transcriptions - Moderator

Company Board


Pay .07 per line to start - MT2020
PRODUCTION PAY - CINDY
Focus infomatics - DV
Pay - onemore
Softscript - Dusty
New info on AssistMed? - bl
Any DSG QAs here? - sm
Volunteer Transcription - MT2009
MD-IT feedback - onemore
anyone familiar with Brantner Medical Transcription - Just Me
M-F work - is it Phoenix Medcom and Amphion? - Anyone else? NM
Greenlight Transcription - anon
Anyone ever heard of Scriberight? - Justwondering
Letni? - barb
Any info on MD-IT? - Stephanie
Encompass? - Praying1
Anyone having Bayscribe issues this morning?nm - MT
Diskriter - wazup
Axolotl or Transtech - out-of-the loop
Anyone hear of Transam Associates? - Rita
cardioscribes - bl
STAT Medical Transcription Services - rlb
MxSecure - VR - CJ
SPI - LPMT
SPI - No work. - LPMT
Encompass and WebMedX - LPMT
Medical Transcription of Northern Florida - outofworkMT
WOAH.... What is with all of the stars? - curious george
PRN? - Workin
The dumbest, dumbest, dumbest thing I ever did...... - J6pack
the term IC - josie
Presynct - Looking
CTech LLC Troy MI - lookingagain
Transcend - 2 questions, Insurance and ASR - sm
Execuscribe - Looking
Any current information on MedScribe out of Florida? Thanks. sm - always looking
ATSI - SickOf MTSOs
Anarak - bd
Anyone heard of Med trans, inc? - Rebecca_224
Looking for any current information on PMSI. - Victoria
Please tell me type of software Chronicle & - Transolutions uses ASAP nm
FutureNet - Moojo
Landmark, St. Davids PA - Just wondering
Pathology MTs - v
Softscript? - s
AccuStat EMR message from 619 on 10/20/09 - Deb
Health Insurance - Steph
US Transcription offering 5 cpl with benefits - sm
Transcription Express - CB2525
Wow! Transcend offered on 8.5 cpl for heavy ESL acute care with 30 years exp. - delores
does anyone work for Oracle (OTI)? I've searched the archives and would like s/m - speedyfingerz
How long does it take for Transcend to contact you after applying - MT
SoftScript (again!) - Stargazer
Does anyone have experience with Lofin? - wren
does 5 cpl w/o spaces seem low for entry level? - ELMT
Any info on itranscript - HMT
Oh where, oh where, has all the work gone - Running Bear
Has anyone heard of LETNI? - Nancy
DTS - looking
Anyone have info on Global MedData? - JBragg
Any information on a company called Transcription House? - bella
Do companies legally have to provide you with proof of your line counts? - leadfoot
WELL SAID! ** READ THIS** - Peep
Info about Transcend - db
Breitner Transcription - db
Sorry TTD, Inc - Your editing (3cpl) is 37% of your MT rate (8 cpl) - Not worth it! Raise your cpl, please!
Cornerstone Professional Services?? - mt101
Anyone from Chronicle Transcripts working in Alabama? - Joshua
what is the name of the platform that PRN Medical Transcription uses? - speedyfingerz
Expert Medical Transcription, any info available?nm - Need to Know
DoesTranstech have offshore MTs and that is - why they are not hiring from within for QA (nm)
ZyloMed employment - anon
TTD, Inc. (The Transcription Doctors, Inc.) - Need info
Does anyone work for (or worked for)PRN Transcription Service out of Ohio? I see they have an ad s/m - speedyfingerz
? about lost reports/lines - ac

New MTs


Acute Care experience - Diane Mortier, RDH
WARNING!!! - onemore
Are any of u careerstep.com graduates? - megcor
Just gotta gripe - newvhmt
MT Internship - Diane
MT field - Shelley
First Job - KC
recent MT grad. - Diane Mortier, RDH
I went to TRSI :( - NC Girl
the Anatomy Coloring Book - 7DayMT
To Keeping My Head Up and other Newbies - Fingers
New MTs Board -- ALL READ - Moderator

Technical Help


How to cut and paste with same font as the document? - Janet
EditScript Question - EditScriptMT
Website to check Extext line count...sm - sm
vista conversion - bluemoon
vista conversion - bluemoon
Transferring microcassettes to wave files - mom22nc
Copying ESP phrase expander file onto disc - out-of-the loop
Express Scribe - Joy
line count software - curious mt
Express scribe suddenly not downloading files - MT Dinosaur
vista - bluemoon
Dictaphone C-phone - Ronni
What would be the best foot pedal? - Joann
Info on Crescendo platform - lookingagain
Dictaphone help - deenibeeni
InstantText, Smartype, or Shorthand - which one is most like Word Autocorrect? sm - speedyfingerz
"Replace as you type" will NOT stay checked...sm - Help!
Question regarding word expansion file - Cookie
Does eScription have a built word expander? - Curious
How to fix space after hyphen "38 - year-old" - Mary
Isn't there an add-on in Firefox to hide all these ads? - sm
HELP! Instant Text with eScription VR and the ALT+. - - It pulls up the link feature ARGH
ChartNet's ExpandText disable? - frustrated
Meditech platform - Sue
MAC versus PC - Sharon
Question about router.... - Bobbi54
MTStars Daily Digest problem - MTinNC
Line counter compatible with Vista - JB

Classifieds Board


foot pedal - sara
Infinity IN-DVI USB Foot Pedal for MedQuest - skylark
Need a DA-127D unit (Dictaphone-compatible replacement transcribe station) - Fuller
Medical Transcription books, pedal, software for sale - Kudzu
C-Phone Needed - kelly
MT reference books for sale! - Ole MT
Instant Text - Jenette

VR/Speech Recognition


Radwhere VR Has anyone used it? My company is just now buying it. - KIP
looking for a VR company - 3plusme
Memorizing keystrokes...... - dumfounded
How do you do voice recognition editing? - out-of-the-loop
AnyModal - pugmum
Are eScription and EditScript the same thing? Are - sm
SoontobeVR lady, here are my answers - VR person
Bobbi - You e-mailed me...please sm - Multi-MTSO MT
Recommendation for those ever-recurring little corrections. - MissIndigo
Advice needed for VR + regular transcription - gitarMT
New to VR/EditScript/Escription - TexMT

Offshore Concerns


Offshoring - my theory - justagal
UK Medical records sold in India - Tired&CrankyMT
Offshore - revisited - DM

Word Help Board


Question - workin
grammar/punctuation help - dawn
s/l "Joanne" malignancy......ever heard of this? - TIA
TKA - liz
med s/l arcopela - Bonnie
Ducts of Morgenthal??? - AmyJanelMT
colon use - dude mom
does this sound right? I've never had this on an exam.. - dawn
grammar help - dawn
puncuation trouble - dudemom
drug help for depression s/l dimoxicin - dawn
Txczech - Thanks so much for the email!! - Dizzy MT
Is there a place online to go see sample OP reports? - OP
Help... sounds like Venus Vas catheter (vein stripping) - 12-hour day
help please:) - jd
meaning of P3 ROM - pamp
Wound Care - TMEFG
Unchemosis? - Help MT
Arcasenillis? was noted (under HEENT) - marie
Pain management drug help please - Dizzy MT
cerumenosis or ceruminosis? - Lindsey
Circular rash s/l "keys"? - FPMT
s/l "classic wiblo six or cyst" - Abby
EKG - Missy
clarification on thyroidisms - Tracey
s/l big-boy bed? Morbidly obese female breathing comfortably in a big-boy bed - Kelley
s/l pencardic lesion - Wondering
no pinuria?? under ROS - patsygene
Type of facemask - MSmt
starting the week off in a bad way... - patsygene
Supplement for Ménière’s - Roscoe
Placks on MRI? - Help
Secoguay? or Depragron medicaiton? - Ama
s/l kuz-man-ol 1 tab p.o. daily. SM - Drug help
left IJ tunneled s/l TSIO dual lumen catheter - Kelley
s/l Lomeit phenomenon - dawn
"Charlie" retractor - skk
"Dig?" medication dictated - does it mean digoxin or digitalis? - Jane
Challenge?? - Colleen
positioning sponge breast surgery - sa
The patient used to be on s/l euthyroid 2 grains. I can't find this but it sounds familiar. ~ - jb
new to cardiac cath - 2dogs
drug s/l *nifimizol*???? Thanks. nm - wilson
Ti-Cron or Tycron - AJ
dr address-update - sbk
doctor's address - sbk
prbc s/l irradiated treated leukopoor - starstruck
s/l vasculin suppository nm - Eden
s/l gulding seizure - Eden
After bypass, patient had an atrial "clearing" device put in. - Jude
CEA - dreammaker
s/l "a key mo sees" - lex0307
Pt is nutritionally compromised as evidenced by albumin and s/l acute care of 2.6. - Kelley
cervical and lumbar spines - lex0307
Abdominal exam - LA
thyroidectory for s/l frot throat carcinoma - Lex0307
Neck and s/l decloget area - sm - sammypot
MRI of the brain: There is a 1 cm lesion in the mesial left cerebellar hemisphere with a *tuss* of a - wilson
s/l Woodson dental probe - for A1 pulley release for trigger finger -nm - Jill
Physical exam wording - Mary
Med help - Lynn
s/l skin turgerus? - Lindsey
is this right - heart revealed normal "buccal" activity - mt here
how to word this sentence? - dawn
lab work s/l sterdio - dawn
cardiomyopathy, s/l ICU-induced - Dee
Herpes Zoster help, please sm - Grace
med s/l nexotrate prn - mt
neuro exam help and thanks - mt headache
s/l tablaged - Deirdre
must be wrong on this - torpedo ridge - beatles22
s/l articulapellars - dawn
s/l innernarrowing - dawn
back examination term - starstruck
word help - Shirley
heard of JMC or GMC for ortho surgery? - LindaK
drug help - bowser
Osmolarity vs osmolality - confused
Type of stitches - MSmt
Anyone ever heard of a Calcitip??? catheter - kb
unsure - mt3
Sprott's Solution? NM - Monikah
History of dilated cardiomyopathy of unclear etiology and S/L en-stem-y with development of CHF. - no name
medication help please - mt3
Medication - s/l "Mepap" (geriatrics) - sierraok
Breast tumor marking - MSmt
Correct format for typing the Axis i thru Axis V diagnoses part of an evaluation - krimmer
Ortho hlep - Lynn
Procedure: Flexible cystoscopy, complex urodynamics, - sm
word help please and does all make sense - mt3
Help! Verbatim acct, doc says pip tazobactam - shortcake
ENT note - beatles22
Word help "gurter" - MSmt
Word help please. - sh
Question about effectively and affectively!! - sm
Ear - patsygene
Collateralized? - Karma
ARA and s/l car pul mon ali? diagnosis help - Kelley
Hyperlactacidemia? ?? - siren
Chronic medical illnesses include *patent* cardiac valve. - Does this make sense??
physical therapy s/l pullashucks - fritzie
Mellenburg? Sign.. - Ana
H&H is holding steady at "10-8 and 33-1" ?? - Jen
Basilic....blank - confused
Help - TS
s/l tray-a-tine - sm - roscoe
Suptineer? - gintex
multiple punctate hypointense foci throughout the cerebral hemisphere indicating s/l "hemosenda - Laverne
s/l O'Leary - Sue
s/l SureCleanse - Lauren
allergy help - nrs
V tach or VTACH? How to type - Kelley
Kidney Disease Class -- Roman or Arabic? - tired
broad systolic murmur - mtks
Barrel or Barrow sinusitis?? - KAT
Nitropaste, Nitroglycerin paste, NitroPaste??? - still learning
Oferax ? in Rt common femoral artery - sebadoo
What's gastroentology? - box of rocks
EDCED? - Sue
shotty or shoddy lymph nodes - ann
bleeding disorder s/l oipassovoy factor deficiency - mt3
s/l pan spinal pain - Tracey
s/l balting - mt
thoracodorsal scoliosis - mt
Shoddy/Shotty - happytowork
Patient has a strong family history of breast cancer with her - sm
gaited/gated - PS
unsure of this - hemocele - beatles22
Appendiculolith or Appendicolith - siren
Back surgery help! Recess decompression, posterolateral fusion - Kelley
would you start a sentence with the word "Originally" - dawn
comma use - scraps
Under neurological: Patellars were flat (should it be patellas??) Not sure - marie
s/l Compu-Catheter? - annie
JP stent - Bailey
She brings with her a very good detailed consultation notes and other medical records from the Air F - shannon
Carotid Duplex - TMEFG
The patient does require repeated "cues" to perform exercises in P.T. Tia nm - tired mt
Drug Name - mfh
ENT - Shirley
ophthalmology....occupational therapy.... Brock string and - s/l"coits" to sustain fusion
flexors or flexures - tired out mt
cardiology term ESL dictator - krbster
achalasia with recent Botox injection s/l redder to bar dee - Kelley
IM - JP
Surgery question - sm
myocardial infarction - dudemom
Wire used for CABG. S/L 3.5 Angioskull. That's what I'm hearing. - Sally
Urology help - deb
neuro-ophthalmology exam.... eye s/l "segmentation" - was normal............. TIA
surgery help - Missy
doing an ERCP hydro wire - sa
s/l repidias knots - Jami
For snoring below, yes it makes sense to say - ht
s/l anospiculocytosis - help
Snoring???? - dona47421
"afib" does this mean atrial fibrillation? - help mt
strevegoitic test? - lindsey
this is from speech therapy consult - beatles22
PharmD - pmac
s/l "brock ism" - beatles22
Has anyone every heard of "CT recons?" - Colleen
s/l anava mouthwash nm - mt
Neuro-optometry testing question...... - TIA
Med - s/l hezolin 10 mg - Angelica
CT sinus help, please SM - Grace
Has anyone heard of "All Bat" it sounds like it is an artificial skin cover for burns. NM - MMEEEEEE
There is mild increase in the nasopharyngeal s/l torrus with SUV of 6.6. TIA ~nm~ - jb
s/l seriex test - Briana
Ortho help please - Exhausted MTer
s/l "ocoplast"? type of nasal cast - Mary
2 numbers in a row...seeking BOS reference - MeMe
Dictated "RNFA" ... - still learning
Peenya or Pinya muscle stimulator - Sebadoo
Last Word - mfh
Can there be rales in the neck? - MTmama
blanks - faye
monodye twin gestation? - gintex
Help with term - Mama Herb
comma usage - not sure now
Pap, s/l "Algea" SIL - betty
s/l Reed-ee testes (patient with testicular cancer) - thanks in advance
gallet's sign? - Cathy
lab results - DNA - sadie
Croup - Lopedia prad? - Mary
metrocarbanol - patsygene
Word help - mfh
s/l glycin 33 re: prostate cancer - dawn
s/l atri--? SM - Cardio Help
q. daily - Tracey
AGGHH help please - siren
sutures - shana
s/l cardioectopy? - dawn
Podiatry question - Ditto
word help - Sadie
s/l fishear - mt
s/l queiform movements (Parkinson's disease) - Jami
Laser prostatectomy s/l "Everest" laser prostatectomy TIA nm - UROMT
Node - Mastectomy - padiddy
Allergy question - West Coast Girl
Dressings - padiddy
recruit s/l disendesence? of polymyositis - D
med help...brutine? - help mt
dental exam - there are also multiple *diasthenosums* - sunny
s/l "breast clamp"?? - ipodgirl
levothyroxine T3, T4 - how do you type? - Tracey
LCS meaning? Nursing home note - halloween
Blubber.... - JDS
Epacification? - Kimberly
Type of tremor: s/l tamilear tremor? - Abby
CT scan help - nr
word help - susan
knee surgery help - marel2
S/l Benalyn two puffs PRN - Patient has a history of asthma. - tia nm
s/l ische - ENT help
patholgy...specimen is recieved in s/l formen? - EmyJo
Right Radical Mastectomy - padiddy
PORTACAVAL SHUNT - ittybiddy
s/l "sidle paresthesias" - Lindsey
sounds like - mandy
Anyone heard of this? - SSchildmeier
s/l HGL re: knee - dawn
s/l "thumbus" of the stomach - Jami
Height - siren
how to word 1cc 1cc Marcain Medrol? - dawn
She has normal myeloid s/l tomatic differential. TIA ~nm~ - jb
Patient has irritable bowel syndrome and has taken some s/l flagulent Levaquin for that. TIA ~nm~ - jb
melonpoddy - mfh
Sounds Like - wrangler
sl/herba-zar-tan - 7448w7

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