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Surprised no one has mentioned MT Week yet. nm - Anyone get remembered?

Posted: May 20, 2014

Why should we even mention it? The MTSO's don't acknowledge it anymore! - nm

YES, SYNERNET - MT

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Synernet has always sent us something in the mail and a letter every year. I got a great cup and pen this year. Got a small flashlight another year; always something different, but they always acknowledge it is MT Week. They do a lot of things right.

LOL!! Yeah they sent me a pen someone took the - sm

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time to take completely apart. It was not busted and there was no way to put it together again. Gee thanks Synernet. What do they do right? Nothing I can think of. They are rude...well I could go on.

I love the mug -- I thought it was great. sm - JMO

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This is my 1st year with Synernet and it was a nice surprise. :-)

MT week - MidwestMT

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My company sent out a gift card and a small gift along with it.. Some MTSOs do recognize MT week for ALL MTs.

Amphion does... - see msg

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I'm not participating this year as I'm hoping to leave MT very shortly but every year they celebrate all week. Games, prizes, and a special thank you recorded as a wav. file. One for each day. It's a nice gesture. The prizes are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. And not just gift cards but like a Keurig or iPad or something "big." I've played 4 years in a row and never won any prize but it was fun to participate. But I'm not this year because I wouldn't feel right winning a grand prize and then quitting 2 weeks later. As much as I hate being an MT, I gotta give it to my MTSO for having a good MT week, even if it's just one week out of the year to make it worth our while.

mt week proclamation - pbj

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National Medical Transcriptionist Week,
1985
By the President of United States of America
A Proclamation
Record-keeping is a vital function in our society, and one of the most
important records for every American is the medical record. That record,
including reports prepared and edited by a medical transcriptionist from
physician dictation, is the permanent history of a patientâ��s medical care.
A century ago, physicians knew many of the patients from birth, knew all
their ailments, and provided all their medical care. Today, with medical
specialization and greater mobility among people, many skilled physicians
may treat the average American during a lifetime. Using transcribed medical
records, each physician can easily and quickly review a patientâ��s medical
history even if the physician has never seen that patient before. Because of the
work done by trained medical transcriptionists, patients can be assured that
the history of their medical care is portrayed accurately and legibly. Medical
transcriptionists have therefore become a vital link between the physician and
the patient.
It is appropriate for our Nation to recognize the contributions of medical
transcriptionists. We should encourage hospitals, allied health education programs,
and community colleges to provide appropriate courses of instruction
recognizing the high standards that must be met by medical transcriptionists
and the vital function they perform.
In recognition of the need for medical transcriptionists in todayâ��s society, the
Congress, by Public Law 98-609, has designated the week beginning May 20,
1985, as â��National Medical Transcriptionist Weekâ�� and authorized and requested
the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this event.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate the week of May 20 through May 26, 1985, as
National Medical Transcriptionist Week, and I urge all Americans to participate
in appropriate ceremonies in observances of this event.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of
May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.

Ha - why would anyone dislike a comment about liking a mug? nm - Maybe just cranky

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Happy

AHD sent a gift card and a great little notebook. sm - Surprised MT

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I noticed on their web site they also have a little ditty wishing everyone a happy MT week. I did not expect anything, but it is nice to be remembered. I have not worked there very long yet, but they seem to be a great bunch of people -- big enough to pay a decent wage and provide some benefits yet small enough to care.

They really are a class act :) - ETOHPRN

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Hardasses, yes, but a class act nonetheless :)

Softscript - MT

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I received a nice mouse pad with gel wrist pad from SoftScript, which was a nice surprise.

MTWeek - old timer

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Rolling on the floor laughing. Those days went with 10 cpl and gross pay! LOL!!!

Yes, my - mtinnm

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small to mid sized MTSO sends a card and a small gift every year. Something small, but yes, we are acknowledged every year. I have been with my smaller MTSO for 3 years now. I work for another much larger MTSO who I have been with for less than a year, and who obviously could care less that it was MT week because I didn't even get an email. My much smaller MTSO also sends us all something at Christmas and sends a card that is signed by the executives.

I'm sure the "suits" will give themselves a bonus for it but we'll get nothing. - Slavelaborer

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