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I've only done straight transcription in the past and just got hired by a company who apparently does both SR and transcription...can anyone give me info on their experiience as far as if I will make the same amount doing editing for SR as I would transcribing? Looking at 0.04 cpl is a bit dauntiing. I type really fast and it almost seems like I could straight transcribe a dictation at 0.08 cpl as fast as I could edit one at 0.04...just wondering about anyone else's experience...
Your job is to deliver an accurate transcript of the doctor-patient encounter with as fast a turn-around time as possible.
My reasoning would be that you should be paid for the end result, not for how you get there. If SR did a good job, it would mean that less MTs are necessary to get the documentation done. It should not mean that the MTs who provide the doctors directly or indirectly with prompt and accurate documentation should get paid less. You should make sure your professional association defends your interests, the respect for your work. Getting this work done requires competence in medical terminology, grammar, computer technology, and communication.
Having invested in SR the SR vendors advertise savings that eliminate the work force you constitute. Yet, they still need you and your brains. The tools change: the computer replaced the typewriter, SR turns speech into inaccurate text. As long as patients are the doctors' priority and responsibility, you have a job.
The job is demanding: typing is hard on your fingers and hands unless you use an expander, editing SR is hard on your attention and concentration faculties. What counts for the doctors is the end result. That is what you need to put a price on with the support of your professional association.