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Question about Clinic work - Cambria

Posted: Apr 10, 2010

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but....I have been an MT for 20 years doing ER, Radiology and Basic 4. I'm thinking of taking a job doing Clinic work. I'm used to lots of lines with ERs and Basic 4, but I was just wondering if you can get enough lines and make enough money doing Clinic work?

I did good with basic 4, now can't get any better than 180 lph straight typing. nm - Sharon

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Depends on the clinic, but probably yes - Clinic worker

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I do clinic work and it can vary, but 180 is usually on the low end of lph for me. I have done as much as 300+, but that's not sustainable for long periods for me, but I can do it. I average in the 220 to 240 lph range. I have found the clinic work is easier simply because you have a lot of templates and normals that you can use since the doctors and PAs very often use the same phrasing. The other thing I have found is clinics have a lot better equipment so your sounds files are much better. The bad thing with clinic work is it is very repetitious, so it can get a little boring after a while, but it's not bad.

Clinic Work - GotTheT-Shirt

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I worked acute care for over 20 years, doing clinic work now going on 3 years. I make more money now because I type the same 3 dictators day in and day out - some places might not have that setup. I use my shortcuts and set up templates to maximize production. The biggest drawback - you lose your comfort with other terminology and a LOT of places require recent acute-care if you decide you'd like to jump back to the basic 4. It can also be pretty boring typing the same stuff over and over. Guess it's a trade off - I'd definitely think it over first!

Clinic work - Jamey

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Well I LOVE clinic work. I have one job that is acute basic four and another that is clinic. On the acute basic four I type between 250 and 300 lph. On the clinic (seriously) I type at least 350-400 lph and sometimes more. I can REALLY make a high hourly wage with clinic because on mine it is basically the same doctors over and over and it is more simple AND I can create templates for myself. I LOVE it!

Clinic work - RLee

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All I have done is clinic work except for neurology. I could type up to 220 lph or more very easily on a daily basis - that is when the work was available - and made very good money. It is usually the same dictators over and over, which makes it easy,as most of them are redundant in their dictation (templates can be created very easily). Like another poster stated I guess it can be borning - depends on what you are used to typing. I loved it -

The main difference I find with clinic work versus - acute care is in the length

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of reports. I do find I lose more time with the shorter clinic work getting in and out of reports and then the demographics. It's easy work but can become boring. I keep my hand in acute care for (as another poster states) keeping up with the terminology. As another pointed out, if you were to go somewhere else many require recent acute care rather than distant past.

Queston about Clinic work - KarKar

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You Betcha! I worked for two neurologists for 12 years, and they joined a corporation. They went from 30 minutes checkups - 20 minutes checkup - down to 10 minute checkups. They also went from 1 hour consults - 45 minutes- down to 30 minute consults. Their practice increased three-fold. I made good money, but I had to work a lot of 10+ hour days until my mother had a stroke. I had to givee them 30 days notice in order to take care of her, her home and possisions.

You can definitely make good money doing clinic work, and nicely working days, no nights and no weekends.

Thanks for all your answers! (sm) - Cambria

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I work at Keystrokes and when I first started 4 years ago I did a clinic for about a week as a backup account. They took me off of it and I just stayed on ERs and basic 4 after that. The reports I typed during that week were pretty short, and like I said, it was only a backup for when my main account ran out. So that's why I was wondering if I could get decent lines if I did clinic work all day as my primary account. Thanks again for all the replies!

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