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Medquist taking over Spheris - Raine59


Posted: Mar 29, 2010

I was just wondering what the Medquist MTs think about Medquist possibly taking over Spheris, whether good, bad or indifferent.

who cares one way or the other - just more work for india

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It will have no effect either way. We, MQ MTs, will still be out of a job by the end of the year and the Spheris MTs will slowly watch their work disappear over the following 3 years and then you too will say ADIOS to the Q, AKA CBAY.

The big McMTSOs are like giant "Pac-Men" -- - Gobble, gobble, chomp, BURP.

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MedQuist taking over... - SecondWind

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It's so much truth in what you said, I almost asked where to find it in the Bible! Are they gobbling up the competition to force the hospitals to use them because there is nowhere else to go? With all the work being done in India, paying those low wages, but charging the Yankee dollar, they will make unheard of sums of money.


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