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Interesting piece of mail - Kazaam

Posted: Jul 20, 2010

I got a pretty little glossy page in snail mail yesterday from Nuance/Focus Informatics describing how wonderful their company is and all the openings they have for MTs. I racked my brain trying to figure out how they would even know that I am an MT. Then I remembered how the Q signed us up for Benchmark KB and that included my 'free' membership to AHDI. So apparently AHDI sold my info? What the heck?

I got one too. No sweat - right to the garbage! nm - Sam

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AHDI, which sold millions of American MTs downriver, - would have no problem selling our info., too. Scum

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Kazaam - Nick

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AHDI sold ALL MTs out when they (in their incarnation as AAMT) got in bed with MQ. Why would they not sell out your information? They sold your/our chance at a decent career. Don't trust these folks. They are only in it for the dough. AHDI's motto should be SHOW ME THE MONEY!

That must have been part of the settlement in the class action (sm) - starzzz

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lawsuit from MQ, LOL! That's why I ran my offer through the shredder. AAMT (or AHDI--whatever) has not looked out for the best interest of transcriptionists in many years.

What I find interesting about that is Nuance/Focus is going... - ndmt

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to be the one to break and buy out Medquist. Medquist has a strategy of acquiring every transcription company they can get their hands on, but Nuance is acquiring (or creating) every transcription platform they can get their hands on. They now own Dictaphone Enterprise Express, eScription, and PowerScribe (among others). To me, the company that has platforms in the most hospitals will be the company that survives the longest - not to mention, there is more money on the IT side of transcripton than the MT side. They are going to have substantial capital to buy when Medquist goes down.

I wonder if Medquist realizes they are helping their biggest competition?

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