Long pauses in dictation

I've got the most annoying dictator that I keep getting over and over again. Her last dictation was over 1250 s long and most of it was just long pauses of silence while she decided what she was going talk about next. Total major waste of my time and very frustrating. The finished product was barely a page long! Is there any way to zoom past those long pauses? Some kind of shortcut key command or whatever? Thanks in advance for any advice on this. ...

How long would it take to do 75 minutes of dictation (straight typing)? I know there are a lot of variables, but just trying to get an estimate. Thanks ...

Physician dictates, "Patient underwent a s/l urectral stent. Any ideas anyone? Thank you. ...

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I think it is safe to say that we can expect even worse sound quality now that the doctors are using a dictation app. I can say I have already noticed this on my accounts. Remember when doctors were encouraged not to dictate on their cell phone? Now it is being encouraged! Hard to believe MM cares about quality.... ...

OK just putting a little lightness in the air, as I NEED IT. Does BL, and you will know who I am talking about perhaps, have a hairball problem? LOL! ...

Dear Doctor/Physician/Dictator Can you please dictate the report as if it was YOUR family member that the report is about? ...

Please help if you can! The doctor is talking way too fast, I can't even understand it when I slow it down... I'm hearing the following: "Patient had fiberoptic *****. ?Internal? tracheostomy was ******." Also having trouble with the following:"...interrupted 6-0 Prolene. The ****** were noted at completion of the repair and then the wound was irrigated and closed with interrupted 3-0 Dexon and running 4-0 nylon." Thanks ...

The dictator is naming medications. One of them sounds like Colife, but when I research it I find nothing. Does anyone know what this medication could be? ...

(Philpha)contiguous (cyamal) images were obtained ... Thank you. ...

How long does it take to transcribe 75 minutes of dictation? ...

Ooooh! This gets me. This is an NP who is dictating acute care - "The patient comes in with a diagnosis of non-insulin dependent diabetes 'myelitis'." Puhleeze! The same dictator pronounces "organomegaly" as "organomeglea." It's like hearing someone scratching their fingernails down a blackboard. Shouldn't these people have had enough schooling to be able to sound out words?! ...

Just had a dictator sobbing and choking up while dictating on an AML toddler with a poor prognosis. Dictation was still clear enough, but it was hard to keep from not choking up myself. If I was an MD, that would be the part of the job I don't think I would be able to handle. ...

Had to leave a blank due to yawn (the doc, not me, although this can be a snooze fest at times). I was hoping to fill in the blank later on when I got to the assessment. Darn if the doc didn't yawn again over the same thing. What are the chances of that? Oh, well. ...

Does anyone know the standards for charging for dictation into an EMR (SOAPware). There's really no way to check line count. Do you charge by how many minutes are dictated? I'm in a quandry and think I'm being taken advantage of. Thanks in advance. ...

Opinions, please. Does anyone know if it's possible to get work at home employment doing clinical dictation only? If so, do you think it's possible with only basic medical transcription training? ...

transcribing dictation on urology. Rectal: On digital rectal exam, the prostate is flass without firmness or nodularity. I can't seem to make out if the doctor is saying flass or flash or flac. He is definitely saying without firmness or nodularity. ...

I work for MedQuist. Why is it some days I get pretty decent dictation with some bad ones mixed in there and then all of a sudden there will be days I have bad quality dictation all day? Anybody else? ...

Does anyone use a good 800 service for multiple dictators (5-10)? Wading through the info on the web is really confusing so I figured I would go with a referral. TIA. ...

Just learning the ropes with InScribe and have a question. If a job/file has more than one letter/note in the dictation and you have saved the first one, how do you clear the screen for the next letter? I tried selecting next field but that didn't work. I'm supposed to save each one separately so...any help would be greatly appreciated. I did follow the instructions from the tech guy and it made a copy of the 1st letter but still didn't see where to ...

Does anyone have any experience with Phone-In Dictation System by Dictran. They advertise a Just-Getting-Started Special for $3,995.00. I would appreciate some input from someone before investing that much money, or does anyone know of another phone-in system where the doctors don't need any special equipment, just a telephone to call in their dictation? Thank you for any assistance. ...

Can someone please advise how to handle one physician in practice who mumbles and rambles? I believe someone has spoken to him before, but it has not gotten better. I have many years of experience, but must leave many blanks in his dictation. This is very frustrating and time consuming for me. Thanks ...

For those who work with echo dictation - from what I understand, it's useful for straight transcribing, but does it work in VR? I'm thinking of investing in it, but can't understand how it would be useful in a VR program, which is where everything will be in just a few years. I would think it wouldn't work in a non-Word program since you can't cut and paste, and even if it did, you'd be editing twice. Thanks for any info! ...

s/l "plantar tool of the right heel" Thanx in advance ...

Does anyone know what 100 minutes of dictation equals in lines per 8-hour shift? ...

Why is it always the massively long jobs that have to have horrible dictation quality or horrible dictation?!? M*Modal's dictation system leaves something to be desired under the best of circumstances, but it always seems the long ones are particularly awful, or maybe that's just my luck! :( ...

My apologies, it won't happen again. ...

This really bugs me, and I usually don't mention anything about it, but I am doing a report by a PA, and she is just crunching away while dictating, and can hardly talk while she is eating. She is eating like her life depends upon it, and this is totally rude and obnoxious. I have heard it all though, and there is not 1 MT I have known that hasn't experienced this. They eat, go to the bathroom, have children in the background that they don't try to keep quiet, do ...

Long pauses in dictation - tired eyes

Just part of the territory. Nobody ever would or will say anything to - the dictator about it. (nm)

I crank up the speed when I get those. - NM

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