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Was looking for a decent MT job ANYWHERE - IMANMT2


Posted: May 08, 2014

Notice I said decent..not fantastic, dream, etc.  I planned on working for any money I got.  I've been an MT for a while, we DO work for our money.  I don't know who started the rumor we don't and need to get less because the consensus is now an idiot can do the job.  Maybe that's how you get the medical records that the doctors, themselves, cannot decipher or make sense of without (wait for it) guessing.  (I think we've all sailed in that boat the SS Your-Guess-Is-As-Good-As-Mine).  Anyhoo.  The medical scribes are attacking again. 

I found this ad for a local hospital corporate conglomerate clinic thing

  First it's not scribe it's medical assistant  and after the blah, blah, about their corporate mission, how wonderful they are, and patient satisfaction being 98%, they finally get to the job description and here it is...

The person in this position will be acting as a medical scribe. The medical scribe performs all clerical and information technology functions for a physician in a clinic setting. This includes primary responsibility of the operation of the electronic health records and electronic dictation system. Must be able anticipate physician needs to facilitate the flow of clinic, and must be discreet, tactful, and modest in performance of duties so as not to distract medical staff from patient care. Will accurately and thoroughly document medical visits and procedures as they are being performed by the physician. This individual may also prepare referral letters as directed by the physician, via dictation or summary of the medical record, and ensure that letters are mailed or faxed on a daily basis to all physicians involved in a patient’s care, and with all copies of pertinent reports or tests attached. May be asked to research contact information for referring physicians, coordinate referrals, prepare operative reports, make phone calls, and other clerical tasks as assigned. Must be able to spot mistakes or inconsistencies in medical documentation and check to correct the information in order to reduce errors. Will ensure that all clinical data, lab or other test results, the interpretation of the results by the physician are recorded accurately in the medical record, and will alert physician when chart is incomplete. Must comply with specific standards that apply to the style of medical records and to the legal and ethical requirements for preparing medical documents and for keeping patient information confidential. May attend trainings on diverse subjects such as information technology, legal, HIPAA and regulatory compliance, billing and coding.

Requirements:
Must be a registered or certifed MA. A high school diploma or GED is required. Need the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Must be proficient in typing and good at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and oral communication. Must be able to listen to complex medical information and summarize in a clear, complete, and concise fashion. Excellent English composition skills are required to generate professional, polished writing at a high rate of production. Handwriting must be clear and legible. Understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, pharmacology, and treatment assessments to the extent required to understand and accurately transcribe dictated reports. Translate medical abbreviations into their expanded forms. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Have the ability to refer to reference materials to solve problems. Should be able to learn and use all functions of electronic medical record software and transcription software. Must accurately enter data into a database, search for information. Must be able to type words and numbers quickly and accurately; must comply with HIPAA confidentiality standards when accessing or communicating patient information. Need someone with orthopedic experience who is familiar with the terminology and general knowledge of orthopedics.

 

 

So what they are saying is they DON'T want an MT? - LOL

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What a crock of (fill in the blank here)! Basically, thanks to VR/SR and now point and click, MTs are not going to be needed for even editing anymore? And no specialized training to become a scribe? WOW! Post this ad in all the high schools then and get 'em fresh out of the gate. I'm so glad I wasted 2 years of tech school and thousands of dollars to become an MT.....NOT!

What a shame this is what it's become :-(

IDK whether to be angry or sad

They still want an MT. - IMANMT2

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They are just disillusioned with the outsourcing of MT and some of the disastrous results that follow. And I don't think they want to pay the sometimes-ridiculuous costs of MT and instead of assigning the blame to the middle man they're shooting the messenger or the transcriptionist. They've been listening to the wrong people AGAIN. SOMEONE has been buzzing in their ear that MT can be successfully and safely eliminated. Here, buy this software it will solve all of your problems. It cannot. The job description reads like a wish list. And not only is it still an MT, they want her to take on MORE responsibilities, maybe learn coding, too. (Cause, you know, if the rest of the office staff could DO MT, they'd have them doing it.) All of the increased duties, and what of the pay? Well the hours are decreased.

But I have a question... if you're in the exam room for every encounter shadowing the physician or NP or PA, when do you do the other work or are you supposed to have ALL of that done in the 7.5 minutes to 15 minutes an exam consists of? And notice this one job, at least, is part time not full time.

I don't know. I say as smart, capable people we go about our merry way, if MT is working for you great, if it isn't find something else. If it creates a hole or deficit in a workforce then it can only increase wages. If they pay enough money, you can always consider going back. We have options. You can't make much less than 8.25 an hour and as an IC with all that that entails (taxes and social securit/FICA), it is below minimum. Not to mention the degree of difficulty that for many years we have not been compensated for at all. It was more like be grateful you have a job.

My daughter's friend graduated from a podunk jr. college with a computer science degree (generic door opener) in a very, very small town, basically the school is a front for the football, basketball, baseball, and other sports teams. She makes 25 an hour helping employees at a refinery work their computers. "Did you reboot?" Sometimes she is on call. (Thats money, too, and at home.)

I see your point. I wouldn't want to be a scribe anyway - not with the added work

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and same (or less) pay. I'm looking to get out of MT altogether, and possibly even healthcare. I'll just go work in a factory somewhere making widgets until retirement (30 years to go).

I appreciate this post. It still ticks me off though that that is what is happening to us (or has already). Oh well, VR ruined us and we left. They can come crawling back and beg us to transcribe again (we're sorry, we made a mistake, please take me back). NOPE!
I don't want a scribe sitting in during my exam! - NotNewMT
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Seriously, I absolutely do not want a scribe in with the doctor or PA. I think that is intrusive and if I ever have someone other than an NP, PA, nurse, or physician in an exam with me, I will request that they leave. I would not want a transcriptionist in the room, either. Would anyone want a computer tech in the room during the exam? A plumber? A mechanic? Not me.
Perhaps that is why they require a "registered - or certified MA"
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That job is not doing what you do as an MT. It is considerably more than that. You just type what you hear. This job expects you to generate the material yourself.

I dont care certified or registered whatever, there is going to be - NOBODY in that room with me but the doc. SM
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and I will darn well speak up and say so. The scribe/MA/MT/whatever will get out or I will leave and be damd if I will pay for the visit. And I will NOT hesitate to fight the charges and tell the whole clinic administration why.

I'm paying to see the doctor, not to have somebody else listening in and typing and distracting the whole visit.
Really, no doctor needed? - Val
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Since the MA "generate" the material her/himself? Sounds like you are disparaging us stupid MTs who "just type what you hear." Really? Have you heard doctor gibberish? Yet, we generally can produce something readable and useable and NOT FROM JUST LISTENING, but by using our analytical skills.
I don't even like having the computer in the room. - Takes the doctors attention away. :(
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If I went back to MT, I'd want $25/hour to START, - and bennies up the whazzoo. (nm)
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pffft yeah right keep dreaming - mt is worth nothing
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they will never pay that kind of money again.
Precisely, which is why I'm not applying to any - MT jobs. Theyre no longer real jobs. nm
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doctor's job - 55

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The job description is basically a physician's job description. So this person is to watch the entire exam and document it...that is ridiculous...would the md say, "and now I am performing a straight leg raise to 90 degrees.."how silly and uncomfortable for the patients.
No, they expect you to know what he is doing. - Sm
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That is why they don't think an MT can do this.
MTs shouldn't want to do this no message here - IMANMT2
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MA and MT - 55
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I am an MA and an MT--I think this is ridiculous. The MD would have to think out loud so that nothing is missed. The scribe cannot be a mind reader.
Sure, the doctor can know what he or she is doing - Val
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but still has to communicate the findings. An MT could figure it out what's going on. It's not rocket science.
It is the doctor's responsibility not ours - IMANMT2
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to document the care he gave the patient as a permanent and correct addition to that patient̢۪s history. It has always been incumbent upon the treating physician to ensure that information is accurate (because we weren̢۪t there to double check and not qualified to guess). And we merely facilitated and expedited that process. We were too good at what we did. More and more physicians could rely on us to catch and correct or flag errors.

They hate to dictate, they hate the paperwork. For one thing there̢۪s no money in it, another it is tedious and time consuming. I think some of that ill will towards what our job represents was transferred onto our profession. That̢۪s how they could deny what we did while relying heavily upon it. Nameless, faceless women typing in the background, which was fine with me as long as I got paid, but perhaps not the smartest attitude to adopt in the long run.

This job ad depicts most eloquently what they think of us and what we do and I for one do not intend to ride this pony into the ground or wait for it to get its second wind.. I̢۪m going to do what everybody else does, I̢۪m going to get another horse.

We can̢۪t strike because we aren̢۪t united enough (at all), we̢۪ll just have to act individually (our biggest disadvantage as workers) and leave the profession or what̢۪s left of it until they come to their senses, if ever. I hope we leave in droves so our absence is felt. It might make a qualitative difference to the ones left behind who can̢۪t or won̢۪t leave, and of course, our profession (or what's left of it) in general.

We can do anything we set our minds to. What we have done for decades alone, in our homes, little or no supervision or support, and little or no formal "education" (if you know anything of my other posts, I don't think much of the MT schools or programs) what we have accomplished is nothing short of awesome. You take that energy, that ability, that level of competency and point it in any direction you are going to have success. We were successful in Medical Transcription until they started stacking the deck against us.
Many days I'm amazed at what is expected of me..sm - Feather Tuscadero
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Recently I got a brief talking-to from my employer (private practice) that I got something wrong in an echo report. Now, *I* know that I only put what the doc says, so if it was wrong, it was her error. She said I should've known what she dictated was wrong. Dumbfounded, I told her directly that I am not a doctor or a nurse or an echo tech, and I COULD NOT have known what you said was wrong. She relented, but this exchange happens about once a month. We in the office all know how careless she gets when she's tired, mad at a patient, mad at her husband, already has her mind on the weekend or her vacation, etc. It happens, mistakes get made, but i refuse to be held responsible for diagnostic errors! I've been doing this for 17 years, I know an awful lot, but I have my limits. Funny how those above us flip-flop from considering us on one day "just a typist" to the next day where we're expected to be a PA!
everybody makes mistakes, EVERYbody - signalfire
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It might be helpful if you could pull up the dictation and check it (and show it to her if possible); other than that, a simple 'we all make mistakes, both of us' should suffice. Knowing the nuances of a dictation whatever the specialty is for the highly trained, not the underpaid; anything more than that is gravy and they're not paying gravy wages...
She's very reactionary...sm - Feather Tuscadero
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She's a hot-headed Cuban who speaks before she thinks. You pretty much ride out her rant, then explain your side if she hasn't stomped off to her office. Sigh.
This particularl instance was beyond nuance, it was deep into diagnostics, nothing any MT would know (without being trained in reading the actual echo video, which I would venture to say most MTs are not...not that I have access to that anyway!). Of course, she doesn't realize the other 30 mistakes/misspeaks I've corrected each day without bringing them to her attention. Whatevs. Nothing a glass of wine can't cure.

What's strange is requiring MA cert...sm - Feather Tuscadero

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In the office where I work, the MA is who puts the patients in the exam rooms, takes their vitals, reviews med lists with the patient, and perform the EKG. They also call in prescriptions and answer patient phone questions. In short, it's a patient-centered job.

As the MT, I'm the one who transcribes and files and faxes, etc.
I don't know any MA who went to school to do "scribing." It's usually a stepping stone to nursing.

looks more like a PA than a MA- - mtinmi

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I see pay is not listed.

Scribes in ER here make $8.50 an hour - TXMT

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For that generous pay, you have to pass hearing and vision tests. You will work 12-hour shifts following the ER doctor while carrying a tablet like an iPad. It may not weigh as much as a laptop, but at the end of a 12-hour shift, it will be heavy. Also there is not a set shift with the same days off and you are required to be on call. Are they nuts?!

YES or more accurately people who do it are - IMANMT2

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nuts or desperate for work (as they should be?).

For a code in the ER, they usually get an LPN (choice) to scribe what is going on, she takes over for whoever was doing it freeing up the RNs to work the code. wonder if they will have the tech or scribe do it now. Wonder what Joint Commission thinks about that.

I saw a post where some lady(MT) has a web site for people to post abouut errors in your medical record, she is working with/thru Joint Commission regarding the integrity of the medical record nowadays.

I'm amazed at what hospitals want - for 8-10 bucks an hour

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At least that's been my impression from the help wanted ads at my hospital. If the minimum wage goes up, McDonalds workers will make more.

well, I guess what they keep saying on the news is true - EVERYONE is in the economy slump. NM

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