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Real time - Streamlining
Posted: Sep 07, 2010
What gives with that ridiculous jargon in the training video? "Real-time doctor's list." Gimme a break. "Streamlining our job." Hooha. "Increasing our productivity." Come on now. We're not idiots, Q.
If that doctor's list was real time, it would be instantaneous. I know that they meant that we would get to see a doctor's name as soon as it was updated on their end, but to call it real time is a misnomer.
How are extra keystrokes really streamlining our job? I'll tell you how to streamline our job. Just let us type what the doctor says without having to be distracted away from the real meaning of their dictation by concentrating on all the scut work that only helps them improve their program. Distraction is dangerous to quality. If they REALLY intended to help us, they'd listen to our feedback, all of it, and make changes to help US.
And by the way, did anyone catch that part in the training that says "heading text is not included in the skip marker"? I have a hunch that our headings are not counted in the line count.
Lastly, I feel duped in that 6.1 was thrown at me without my knowledge on a new computer I was sent last month. I was confounded with so many new things but was never warned about them. I tried to tackle all these new changes for awhile before I contacted tech support, thinking I was doing something wrong making the computer act that way. Why didn't they tell me before I wasted so much of my time that it was a new program? That simply angered me. It also angered me when I mentioned it to my CCM. She ALSO knew about the new program, but were any of us warned about the new 6.1? If anything, it was mentioned on the side as one of our routine upgrades. It's anything but routine. The whole thing was handled very unprofessionally, IMO.
6.1 upgrade - nan
[ In Reply To ..]Um, we got emails for quite awhile regarding the upgrade, at least I did. The only surprise for me was that it will not work with Windows 7 anymore. I have to get a Medquist computer now. What they really need to do is upgrade the program to work with modern equipment. They are really going to have problems at some point due to the program not being able to work with modern equipment. As far as without warning, (not to sound snippy) but maybe you should read your emails, I have been getting them for quite awhile regarding the upgrade.
I got 1 e-mail the day before we could upgrade - some CCMs not on the ball
[ In Reply To ..]geez...
Wow - nan
[ In Reply To ..]Wow, I was flooded with emails for quite awhile regarding the upgrade. Sorry you did not get more. Some of my emails were from CCM, some from medquist. Strange.
I got the mail on 09/01 at 5:02 pm. - No notice
[ In Reply To ..]I was already done with my shift, so I did not read it until 09/02. I knew nothing about the upgrade until then and then was told I had to upgrade over the holiday weekend.
me too... 09/01 from MQ, not ccm - but did get e-mail back in May
[ In Reply To ..]about the middle of May saying that it would be released by the end of the month...
Strange that it took so long and still can't get the bugs out.
I got mine on 9/3 which is my day off - as well as 9/4
[ In Reply To ..]I didn't see the emails until logging in on 9/5 for my shift (I REFUSE to have anything to do with this place on my days off).
So I did the training and then upgraded on 9/5.
DQS 6.1 will work with Win7 - derp
[ In Reply To ..]just not 64bit (yet)
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