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Lost for words when I saw - Underpaid and Unappreciated

Posted: Oct 30, 2012

a report done by an MT that has been with the company since 1994 and spelled lichen planus with a K, e.g.,"liken planus." Not a good sign.

Damn ASR - how did it make it through spellcheck?

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I totally blame ASR. It tricks your brain into seeing what you hear. If this were a straight typing job, that MT would not have typed that.

Just curious, how do you know how long - the MT has been with co?

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??

dont ask me, as the OP - how did it make it through spellcheck?

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Obviously someone in management. Who else is given that information?

I was asking the OP - it just fell under your post

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:)

It shows on the Job Panel - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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who typed the report.

And how do you know how long they have been here? - suspicious

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Seems like you dont have enough work on your hands.

Sure wish I could put your work under the - microscope!

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Your day will come too!

It has already passed - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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I am scrutinized every single day, same as you. Get over yourself.

How about you just worry about yourself. - A lot easier that way

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You have no right to "scrutinize" anyone elses work.

Just a fact. Glad your perfect. DAB - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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Oh yeah, you'll go far with that attitude.

Excuse me? Who will go far with what attitude? - a lot easier that way

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You are like a preschool tattle tale and you are going to comment on my attitude? You have some nerve lady.

It was a straight type job. Spellcheck sucks. - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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I never trust spellchecker.

hey, if its good enough for MModal, its good enough for me - they get what they pay for

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If the client isnt happy, take it up with MModal... Its their spellcheck!

Besides, how the heck do you know all this? If you are my supervisor, get to work and stop talking about the empolyees like this! Make a suggestion to MModal to cut the pay of upper management and provide better spellcheck and raises if they want better quality. Oh wait, you dont want better quality, you have INDIA!

For your info - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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I am not a suit. I had to refer to other reports because the idiot doctor I was transcribing for could not speak English. Ever had that problem?

You are an embarrassment to the MT profession - with this attitude.

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This is directed to the post that I replied to, not the post from Underpaid and underappreciated. I have no idea why she is being so brutalized by the people on this board.

Thanks - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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I guess there are a lot of cranky, ill-minded people on here. I make mistakes too, but I own up to them instead of complaining about being picked on. I guess my first mistake was commenting on this board of whiners.

Thanks-underpaid... - Chipssis

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Hey, you said it SISTAH! Bunch of whinning, angry,sad little people .... I read these for entertainment, certainly not factual in any universe! Take Care!

I agree with your point, but "liken" is a word. - Spellcheck would not have caught it.

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liken is a word so of course it passed spell check - nm

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Liken is a word, so spellcheck would not catch it - Liken versus Lichen

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Spellcheck just catches the spelling part, not the content, so the MT's "liken" would have went right on through.

Still curious how U&U knows how long MT - has been with co?

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You have access to personnel records??

obviously... - cant get herself out of this one

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How lovely!

Not trying to get out of anything. - Underpaid and Unappreciated

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I leave that to you.

I think Cornerstone shows that - downtime

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Listen we all make mistakes like that. I cringe when I have to go back and look at an old report of mine, because I might see something like that. And it got past spellcheck because liken is a word.

If she is working in cornerstone that info is - readily available when looking up reports. NM.

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See the MTs info in the system - mt looking for a new job

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You can do a search on MTs in the system and I know I can see my own information and when I was hired, etc. But maybe she personally knows the MT.

Lost for words?? - Redmaj

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Hey, we have all done dumb things-we sometimes get in "the zone". I am guilty too. That is why reading your work every few sentences is a good thing. I had a friend who had been transcribing MANY years- for below-knee amputation she typed bologna amputation. She couldnt believe it when it was pointed out to her-she must have been hungry or again, just typing what she heard not thinking!!!

Absolutely agree. No one is perfect. - gamt

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We have all typed something wrong or silly in our lifetime, no matter how long you have been transcribing. We are only human. Try not to take other peoples' mistakes anymore serious than your own. That is the way I try to keep my head on straight.

Not to mention ... - anon

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Can you imagine what handwritten notes by doctors and nurses, etc., look like? Not only now, but particularly back when much more was handwritten. That's probably why doctor's handwriting was so back - to hide mistakes and so they could claim it really was what they intended to write.

Why lost for words? It is obviously a typo, not a reflection of her skill level. NM - anon

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I had a report from an MT working since way before - 1994 and she put

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0P instead of Zero-P for instrument. I guess quality just doesn't matter anymore. Morale pretty low these days. You just guess and keep typing.

Couldn't resist, but... - MT Gone

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it's supposed to be "WHO has been," not "THAT has been." Oh, please don't flame me, I just couldnt pass the temptation up!!! Maybe the MT who typed the report is just plain fed up and MM is getting what they pay for?

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