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Question about multiple accounts - tired

Posted: Oct 28, 2009

I have five accounts that I currently work on - three are considered my "primaries" and two are "secondaries". Does this seem like a lot or is it just me? I have to switch between three different platforms to perform the work and on a daily basis I work in at least four of the accounts. I'd love to find a position where I just had two, maybe even three accounts - does this even exist anymore?

Sounds like too much work for me - Older broad

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At my job I work only 1, was offered a backup account but did not want at all and made that very clear. My primary usually has enough work each day that I work and if not, then I take the day off and let others work. This does not happen all that much but hey, a day or two a month really not that big a deal for me.

multiple accounts - 7DayMT

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Sounds like too much, especially if they are on different platforms. I used to do that, but I was paid a higher line rate for switching around. I think 2 or 3 is okay. There are still companies where you have only 1-3 accounts. I work for more than one company - just to make sure I always have work, but currently only 1 or 2 accounts per company.

multiples - spinning

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I do approx. 6 different accounts for my 1st job, same platform, but very different client profiles.

My 2nd job, I do 2 accounts,same platform.

It is a lot to focus on and it sucks.

TOOO much, ridiculous!! different acct specifics too??? - darlene

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multiple accounts - tired

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There are very different account specifics for all 5 accounts I work on. It is really hard to keep all the specifics straight and I'm about to crash and burn. I'm a hard worker and will always go above and beyond, but this is getting ridiculous!

accounts - mt

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IMO, too many accounts - no. Too many platforms - yes. I have 8 accounts but they are all on the same platform. I've been doing it so long they have all become second nature. Granted I do not have every one of them every day, which is good, but it is no big deal for me. If you don't like working that way, you can probably be taken off a few accounts or ask to just do accounts with the same platform.

Too many accounts - me3

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When are these companies going to realize that this is counterproductive and when the MLS production goes down, the company production goes down. The company I work for has multiple accounts on the platform I use and are hiring for those accounts but my secondary is on a different platform, which I was just trained on. Would it not be more productive to leave me on one platform, if there are other accounts on that platform?

I have 4 accounts. Although I enjoy the variety, -sm - Zircon

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the thing that really cuts my production and ability to make any money at this is all of the nit-picky little details you have to know about each account. All day long I bounce from hospital to hospital. Sometimes I don't even remember which account I'm on - they all start to blur together. Even though much of the account-specifics are on file for us to look up, each one has tons and tons of it! Each time the account I'm on flips over to something else, that means I have to go back and read some of the "fine print" before I start. For the life of me, I can't understand why the use of all this detail matters to the client. With the wraparound feature of most MT platforms, what they see at their end is a jumbled mess, anyway. And it would be a lot less so if we could just go about what we're hired for - transcribing - in a simple, generic block form. Picky, picky, picky.

here's a trick I use to save my MT sanity (long)...sm - flybye

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I so agree with all of you; I remember back in the day when they told us that XTML was going to "do the formatting for us" and we could just plain type and the software would *poof* format everything for us...uh...NOT.... =)

I currently have 8 accounts (gratefully on the same platform) and all the client profiles are different; referring to paper or e-profiles slows me down, so I created a post-it listing the following (all abbreviated/coded to fit a 3x3 post-it):
Ac=Account ID (Initials and Numbers)
F=Format basic info (flush, bold, etc.)
D=Date format (6 or 8 digit)
Dx=Diagnoses (expanded or not)
Sl=Slang (verbatim, allowed or not, etc.)
PN=Patient Name (verbatim or replace)
A=Allergies (B=bold U=upper _=underline)
B=Blanks (<24 tat no QA, etc.)
Si=Signature (special instructions)

The last word on the note is AUTOSAVE =)

Now when I'm hopping back and forth between accounts I just glance at one tiny post-it on my monitor and it keeps my hands on the keyboard and my mind in the game...

You might consider something similar....

Of course, for those nit-picky specifics like... "Dr. Xzygkhywqpwn wants his mumbled diagnoses listed alphabetically and in outline format in Roman style while including his templated normal text" (that has ERRORS in it) and while he omits every third word...and while you twirl in your chair until he finishes eating his tongue... I don't have a solution....

can you tell i've had an irksome day?

=) hang in there! don't sweat the small stuff, and it's ALL small stuff!

Good idea about the Post-It notes... will have to try it! - Zircon

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I work 6 accts, - sm

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on the same platform, and manage alright. I keep cheat sheets for each, ie, differences in account specifics to keep in mind, and it's not been a big problem. Sure, I'd rather have enough on one, but am thankful to have what I need to keep busy too.

I used to have too many accounts too - sm -

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I now have 4 and it can still be too much though I don't even break $1800 a month on them. I used to have have another 6 doctors (3 accounts) but gave up 2, then recently gave up the one with 4 docs. Life is a bit more normal now. I was constantly behind before and would get 180 mins a day consistently sometimes, just way too much as I can at most do 100 mins a day, so I was just chasing my tail and pissing off doctors. If you are always out of TAT then yes, you have too much work. I still get behind at times but that is because one of my doctor's is lazy and does not do his dictation daily, then he dumps on me causing mega problems. But I am down to 130 mins a day at the most now and generally receive about 90 mins a day which is much more manageable. I still get behind sometimes due to kids activities, illness, etc., but not going so crazy now. I might actually get to have a day off this weekend as this week has been pretty good for a change!

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