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TT line counting 2 different programs - AT


Posted: Oct 18, 2010

Anyone noticing differences in the counts of these 2 programs that TT has?  First the MT monitor WAS giving better counts than Ichart.  Now after months it is reverse.  I get the feeling that it is being reprogrammed so we get shortchanged--as usual.   Years ago working for a small company we had an account that gave you 5 lines for the demographics and the hidden footer was 1 line.  Then the big company came along, TS from Georgia, and THEIR program condensed those 5 lines into 1 for the MT.  Then when you sent the report to the office, they had the computer reformat it before it was sent to the hospital and THEY got 5 extra lines to your 1.  Funny how the computer and the programming makes that happen!!!    

This is exactly the kind of thing we need to document. Demand - to see a job and how your count is figured.

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er

I've got news for you, those counter programs can be set to count the common letter (a, e, s) - as many times as they set it to...etc. NM

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nm

This isnt news. That is why important to get a job and then - ask how your lines are calculated. NM

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uih

I notice a huge difference but not in the counting method. - TTer

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I notice my lines barely move on my regular accts, but when I get to go to my backups on the other program my line counts are much, much better. Wish I could change! What a difference software can make.

Line counts - TTer too

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If you are using Editscript, do you make sure to check your queue? Sometimes what does happen is that jobs do not submit. Usually I have found it is due to a blip in my Internet connection. If you see a job you completed did not upload, you have to exit Editscript, go back in, and it should automatically upload the files after you log in. If you do not, then what can happen is that you end up losing lines as the job ends up being put back into the job pool again after a certain time for someone else to complete. I usually check my queue after every 5 jobs I do just to make sure everything is going through. Other than that, I dunno what else to offer as a solution to the difference in your line count from 1 program to another.


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