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Hey suits and others reading this...Do the hospitals know their work is being sent offshore? - New

Posted: Jun 03, 2013

Are we taking for granted the "clients" hospitals know where the work goes, but DO THEY really? Wonder. Even if they DO know, bet most patients/people don't. Wish there was a way to spread the word around. Bet most people would be outraged. It also seems like not such a good idea for national security, or just for privacy sake, to send medical records, information, all over they world (yeah, yeah, I know, not ALL over the word...not yet). GREED is such an awful thing.

All the MTs who are patients need to start speaking up - and telling the public. SM

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Lots of people do care, once they know. Doctors probably know some about it and dont like it, but the suits in admin stifle any protests with their excuses to cut costs.

Everyone needs to start speaking up, drag all this dirt into the open and then maybe something would get done. We don't know until we try. What's the alternative? Sit here with our mouths shut and let our wages keep getting cut further until we work for free???

Everybody needs to say something and get the word out to where there's enough stink made that something will be done.

I speak up and educate doctors, friends, anybody I meet, but - dnr

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The truth is, we have little to no power as the suits only care about cost.

The genie is out of the bottle.

I believe they have to agree to it. I know at least one of our accounts was pulled back - because client was unhappy

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Legally, they must inform and offer an opt out. - dnr

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This was legislatively enacted after an ILP held work hostage. Clients, at that time, generally, did not know their work was being sent offshore by MTSOs.

There was outrage and knee jerk reaction by the senators in Calif., and this was the legislature's watered down solution. There were those who wanted offshore medical documentation banned.

No one in the US cares but us - and heres why I know

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Did anyone do anything when all tech support went offshore? I am not talking about MModal's tech support, I am talking everywhere; credit card companies, internet services, cell phone companies, tech support for all cameras, TVs, computers, the list goes on and on and on. Everyone wants cheap, and its proven by the ugliest giant Wal-Mart. People want cheap and will do whatever necessary to get it.

I know I'm a drop in the bucket, but I REFUSE to - shop @Walmart & others like them.

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I get better quality apparel buying used, or making my own. I get better prices on most other things by shopping sales at smaller retailers, or by looking for used on eBay. I also refuse to eat at fast food restaurants.. only go to my town's mom-n-pop eateries. FAR better food, and more of it.

As long as Americans continue to walk in Walmart's doors, they'll continue to cheat American workers with low pay and poor benefits, and will continue to cheat American shoppers with cheap Chinese junk products.

I also do not shop at Walmart - Happy with M Modal

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can't stand it

Interesting that you do not shop at Walmart - but you are "Happy with M Modal"

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lol, not sure I can even wrap my brain around the hypocrisy of that one.

speaking up - MT Gone

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I have noticed more and more that some companies are bringing the tech support/customer service back to the states. And, as a consumer YOU have the right to ask to be transferred to a US based person if you call and get "Peggy" from India on the line. I even asked where a person was once, they said Denver, CO....so pretending to just chat I asked "how's the weather there today." I was sitting at my computer, and looking at the weather for Denver as we spoke - let's just say that company lost a customer!!! LOL

My own PCP at a large clinic still thinks they - have an MT Dept. Docs are clueless.

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No one cares. - nm

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Who cares? - Hippiechick

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It is not that people don't care, they can't care. People are so overwhelmed with so many bigger issues in their lives, like how they might eat tomorrow or buy Tylenol for their child, that they don't have any space left in them to care. They can't care about something like that. I think people are emotionally numb, and unless they work in the medical arena, they just have no knowledge of this, and if they did, well, there is no room or time or heart or emotional stability left to cram in one more piece of bad news. Even I have begun shutting out things before I implode. I have faith in God and in myself because those are the only 2 people I know always will have my best interests at heart. And because of that, I am happy in all circumstances. Anger just makes my stomach hurt so I refuse to allow it into my life. This situation is probably here to stay, so we have to figure out how to cope with it or get out of it, and both ways are fine in my book. However you can find happiness in your life to stomp out the anger which will make you ill.

applause!! - nm

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love this

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