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How many minutes should you be able to transcribe per hour? - me

Posted: Jan 18, 2011

An curious as I just started a job that runs on minutes. The supervisor wants me to get up to 140 minutes a day transcribed in 8 hours. About how many lines an hour would that be? Will that be easy? TIA

Minutes per hour - Ladyrose

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The standard "minutes per hour" is 15 dictated minutes, which works out to 120 minutes in 8 hours, so your supervisor wants you to be above the standard at about 17-18 minutes per hour.

Minutes per hour - AMB

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If you want to fulfill your requirement of so and so minutes than take the easy files transcribed through VRS and then proofread them

3:1 ratio - mt2long

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All things being equal (which they never are), you should be able to do 20 minutes of dictation an hour.

There is a 3:1 ratio of talk to text. So they've given you a leeway and 140 minutes should be done fairly handily.

Disagree. Rate has always been 4:1. Have been in this - business for long time and 4:1 is standard. nm

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Whatever it was, since computer platforms, then expanders, - that has changed. Big time. NM

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We should not be paid less because of expanders. It is - a tool. Like one posted before, a Dr. SM

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used to put his ear to your chest to listen to your heart. Now they use stethiscopes but they dont charge less because they now use that tool. Platforms and expanders have been around as long as I have been working and that still doesnt negate a 4:1 rate for minute paid transcription.

If they invented a stethoscope that allowed a doc to - process 2 patients at once,

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it'd sure make a difference. The analogy is not true as it stands. When I entered this field, a friend was making over $60 ,000 per year base salary without bonuses, holiday pay, or overtime. With expander, she'd be making over $100,000 without bonuses. With expander and templates, and sophisticated platform, it'd probably be closer to $150,000 per year, perhaps well above. She's very good.

This while hospitals are having to lay off staff and cut back on supplies and equipment purchases needed for patient care because of budget problems. Uhuh.

LOL - mt2long

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Just stating what has been written in books, experienced and taught by myself to many MTs over decades. If your experience is different, that's fine.

The industry standard has been 3:1 as far back as the early 70s when I got into the business.

As the poster below states, as technology has changed so has the general rule of thumb. On some accounts I can do 2:1 ratio, some 4:1 ratio, but the AVERAGE always seems to come back to being a 3:1 ratio.

Either way, the question was regarding 140 minutes of dictation a day and the poster should be able to do that.

Been in this business a long time as well - RLee

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I was always told to use the 3:1 ratio and based on that and my typing skills it has proven to be fairly accurate. Of course there are exceptions with regards to time spent looking up info and difficult dictators.

I believe it is 2:1 now taking into consideration expanders. - NKC

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And VR ratio would be even closer.

being new to this, would either of you clarify what 3:1,4:1 etc. means. Are you speaking - pssnby

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in terms of lines per minute or minutes per hour?..sorry if it sounds like a silly question. Just wondered.

ratios - okay

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20 minutes in an hour 3:1

30 minutes in an hour 2:1 (and that is NOT industry standard unless you have PERFECT dictators)

15 minutes in an hour 4:1

Dictated minute - RLee

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If a dictation is 15 minutes long, it would normally take you 45 minutes to type depending on dictator and other circumstances, which would make it a 3:1 ratio.

Simple answer - sm

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If someone is saying you should be following a 3:1 ratio for transcription, basically it means, for every 3 minutes you should be able to type 1 minute of dictation; same would go for a 4:1 ratio or 2:1 ratio.

real time:dictation time

Thanks...just wanted to know if I'm on track with the norm, but I - pssnby

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I'm sure my production would be even better if I didn't have to work from a pool where you never know what you are gonna get. I think it is the worst idea anyone could have come up with.

I average about 20 minutes transcribed in an - sm

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hour, average 1900 - 2000 lines a day.

Take 140 and divide by 8 = 17.5 minutes an hour - sm - ECMT

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Depends on the doctors (clear or ESL) and type of work, and if you have to look up stuff, doctors names, addresses, drug names, etc. At first no, I don't see it happening. Doing that every day, no don't see it happening, get burned out. I can do that in a day but not day after day (may 2 days a week). I have doctors that are 2:1, 3:1 and 5:1. So it varies with the doctor and the report. I have one doctor who does 1 to 2 mins reports, takes me 5 mins to type 1 min of his, no clue why, I do better with longer reports 3 mins and up for some reason, really hate those short ones. So one doctor I can do 30 mins in an hour, 2 others about 20 mins a hour, the other 10-16 mins an hour. Too many variables to guarantee that you can do 17.5 mins every hour every day for 8 hours a day. I am sure there are those here that do this but I would not be able to and keep up with my kids stuff without going insane and sleeping less than I do presently.

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