National Punctuation Day

I tried to post this on the company board but I guess that was the wrong place. So I am sorry for having made that error. I'm new to the forum, so I do apologize for any mistakes I make posting going forward and well in advance of making them. I do hope that I am putting this on the right board; however, if I am not some direction in that regard would be appreciated as well. Where does a post like this belong exactly? I do need some objective help with th ...

It only takes Googling phrases like "celebration day", "recognition day", "remembrance day" and such to prove to yourself that we are a nation of celebrators, recognizers and rememberers. To name but a few: National Doctors Day - March 30 National Nurses Day - May 6 National POW Day - 3rd Friday in September Make a Difference Day - 4th Saturday in October Earth Day - April 22 Administrative Professionals Day - April 25 International Chocolate Day - September 13 World Alzheimer Day ...

Basically, it's been working out fine until one day last week when I received an email from the transcription manager saying that was "short on my time" on one specific day. I was confused because while I agreed to work first shift on specific days, I wasn't aware that I was strictly held to a specific schedule and wondered how they were keeping track of my hours worked because I do not punch a time clock. I assume they are keeping track of the hours I'm logged onto th ...

With the nature of world affairs and US relations such as they are, I can't help but think how wrong it is for companies in general, but specifically MTSOs, to be sending highly sensitive information overseas the way they do. It scares me to think about my social security number, date of birth, address, etc. being handled by someone who doesn't necessarily feel the sense that they must protect that information. Maybe instead of complaining about how much work is being offshored, we s ...

I just read on line that today is a national holiday in India. I was reading about the trial of the men who raped and killed that girl and the court will reconvene on Monday as today is a national holiday over there. I wonder if that will mean more work for us? Ya think??!! ...

MT week, Scottie? There go the 400 gift cards - straight to India ...

Guess they took over for the stork? My ASR has also taken a holiday from all small words today: is, was, the, and, then, etc. I guess it has been threatened to be more productive also. Just skip half the words and voila -- twice the production. That gets really tedious hour after hour. Disclaimer: I am happy to have a job. Do not wish to find another one. Too old for career change. Thank you. ...

Curious which national MTSO has the easiest tests to pass for a newbie or someone coming back to the field after an extended abscence... I've heard MQ is the hardest, andyone have any others they want to mention? ...

National Medical Transcriptionist Week is May 16 - 22 What are you doing to celebrate it? I'm looking for some creative ways for our work group to celebrate. ...

What was your total pay for the day? Do most pay on-call time? ...

I am facing layoff at the end of March and looking for at home work, but do not have and cannot afford a computer.... ...

discuss your pay in public as much as you would like. It is the law. It does not matter if you have signed a nondisclosure statement on salary as that is not legal. If you are fired for talking about your salary you have legal grounds for compensation. Of course distributing copyrighted material is illegal, but you can talk about your work concerns and salary in public. It is the law no matter what a company tells you. You do not have to be part of a union. You have rights as an employee ...

As MTs, we have seen over the years how our jobs just keep bottoming out more or less. Companies are taking advantage of us while they "suck up all the money" that is paid out by healthcare facilities; we just "don't count." On top of that, companies are now trying to turn us into ICs supplying our own software programs AND equipment. In 25 years of doing this, I have not seen line count pay increase one iota quite frankly. The only thing I can think of is ...

I received a job interview for an IC position with a company called National Medical Transcription with headquarters in New York. Has anybody worked with this company? My main concern was that the company does not offer direct deposit but rather issues a check via mail. Next concern is a "transparent" means of tallying up productivity for 65 character lines and spaces included. I would appreciate any feedback from present or past contractors. Thank you. ...

Is there anybody here who worked for a hospital in the transcrption department only to have their jobs yanked out from under t hem and sent to a National such as Nuance? I know somebody who works for a local hospital and it looks like they secretly are in the process of making this move....some very strange secretive things going on that makes me wonder...... What was the process for your hospital if this happened to you????? I'm wondering if my suspicions are spot-on. &nb ...

The company I work for provides no documentation of what they are paying me for, not even on my pay stub. There is a way to check on the system but it isn't consistent with what I get paid. Any comments? ...

How would this be punctuated? Her knee is stable to varus valgus anterior posterior stresses. ...

I am transcribing a H & P - under review of systems I have: She has had some headaches, as above. Question: Is there suppose to be a comma after headaches to separate as above as it is not necessary to the sentence? BOS does not give a speciific answer for this. ...

Can anyone help me with the punctuation in this sentence? I've added 2 commas but I don't think they are correct.... I'm thinking a semicolon or colon somewhere? CT scan of the head was negative, of the chest, the findings included mediastinal hematoma with displacement of the esophagus and stomach. Thanks in advance!!! ...

How to punctuate this? Would you use a semicolon after hypertension? History of hypertension, on treatment with Dyazide daily, repeated bladder infections, appendectomy, 3 D&Cs, tonsillectomy, history of yellow jaundice as a child. ...

Is this right? She also had somatosensory evoked potential, which showed abnormal bilateral tibials. Somatosensory evoked potentials in both the normal position and "budda position". Slowing of the central conduction is worse in the left than the right. ...

Is the punctuation in this paragraph correct? I am mainly concerned with the sentence concerning the spine. Thanks! Slowing of the central conduction is worse in the left than the right, but abnormalities are bilateral. She had an MRI of her spine; C-spine;T-spine; and L-spine. All of which showed no problems after her surgery except for post operative changes. ...

She denies partner change, although, when queried further she states that since her STD check, which was done in August, she actually has had one partner with use of a condom. I also thought of putting a semicolon before although...? I am really stuck on this...and I want to put a comma after further because I feel it is more introductory, but QA does not like commas. Does that look right? I swear, with the way QA is at my company, I feel like I don't even know how to wr ...

How would you punctuate this? I do think that the combination of discontinuation of splinting and initiating some therapy, in particular, home therapy, will help substantially with this stiffness. THX! ...

Please note that the punctuation help I need IS NOT FOR A COURSE TEST! I am at my wits-end trying to punctuate the following two paragraphs. I hope a few of you more knowledgeable MTs can show me the correct way to punctuate the following paragraphs: The patient is a 98-year-old Caucasian female who is hard of hearing, with visual impediments, with a known history of coronary artery disease; history of congestive heart failure and vasovagal syncope; with a history of lumbar stenosis, lumba ...

This doctor is testing proverbs on this patient. He does a lot of I said, he said stuff. I'm not sure how exactly to punctuate this. How would you do it? The comma placement is what is bugging me the most. However, when I said "you can lead a horse to water", he said "you cannot force someone to do something", and when I said "you should not cry over spilled milk", he said "do not be so sensitive." ...

How do you punctuate "however" when docs and nurses dictate it more like a subordinating conjunction rather than a conjunctive adverb? In other words, they use "however" the same way one would use "yet." An example: The patient no-showed his last 3 appointments however showed up for this one. (I purposely left the punctuation out.) I know how to punctuate it if the sentence reads: "The patient no-showed his last 3 appointments; however, he showed up for this one." ...

I am getting report after report with virtually no punctuation unless the doctor dictates the punctuation. I had the same situation yesterday, and my line count was so low - even below 100 at times. Punctating all the PMH, medications, et cetera is ridiculous. ...

Does anyone know why punctuation became such an issue in the MT world? Does anyone remember back in the day (not too long ago) when we were all pretty much trusted to insert our own punctuation? I worked QA in-house and I didn't even worry a bit about punctuation. I mean, had an MT typed a long list with no punctuation I am sure I would have caught that, but we didn't even bother with worrying about that, because the MTs knew how to punctuate. Then, when I start ...

Granted most of my work these days are partial dictations, so very short, but lately there are some with absolutely no punctuation. Its all one big run-on sentence. Also a lot of times with no caps on obvious things like the months of the year. ...

National Punctuation Day - OldMT

On Nat'l. Punctuation Day, I think we should all - strike, and refuse to punctuate! ;D

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