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MQ sending more to India - KJWhisper


Posted: Nov 20, 2010

My husband is in the stock market and has been checking up and reading things about MedQuist.   MedQuist is now in a transition of sending more to India than ever before.  According to the CEO and COO, they are looking to increase their volume of 15% of MQ total work to 45% in the next 6 months.  The purchase of Spheris was a smokescreen.  The contract with Spheris was that they could come in and set up shop with their own people and move the MQ folks out.  Which is exactly what has been happening.   I guess MQ thinks that none of us ever reads those journals or trade papers so we would never find out.  I know I don't read it but fortunately, my hubby does.

India - no name

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This is going to bite them in the arse!!! We need to keep on sending topics to anyone who will listen that we do not want our personal information going to India it is a HIPPA violation. We got to let as many people know that their personal medical information is going to India!!!! I have written to many venues in the hopes that someone will pick up this topic and run with it.

Keep your eyes open - KJWhisper

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All of this information is about to blow wide open in the news in the next couple of weeks.

MQ India - nn

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Read an article about their plans to start trading on the stock market. Also they plan to have all their transcription being done in India by 2014!!!
2014???? - MQ/MT/Spheris
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Yer sure about this?? or a scare tactic?? Doesn't make much sense to buy spheris and then do that, cuz Spheris was already in India long before. Whats your source?
My gut tells me this is going to happen at a LOT - of companies, a lot sooner than 2014. (sm)
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I've also heard rumors that something big is going to happen in January of 2011, and that it's not going to be good for American MTs.
Can you elaborate on that rumor or at least tell us where we - can look for it ourselves? nm
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concerned

Acusis openly admitted to its MTs that a lot - more of their work was going to India. nm

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