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Regional hospital in VT lets 30 MTs go - CMT in Northern NY

Posted: May 27, 2010

Fletcher Allen Healthcare in Burlington, Vermont, was in the news this week for dropping 30 medical transcriptionists due to "new technology reducing the need for medical transcriptionists"....how very sad.

Long discussion about it directly below. - nm

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nm

Some 40 MTs dropped by hospital in Pacific Northwest - In the news

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Its happening all over but the dirty little secret is that this is just one big experiment. The prediction is that it won't work, privacy issues will override cost savings, cost savings won't materialize once they figure in the increased personnel needed in IT to keep the clunky engines running, etc. etc. etc.

Which hospital? - LK

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I live in the Pacific Northwest and hadn't heard about this. Which hospital dropped their MTs?

I think I found it - LK

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I found an article about PeaceHealth in Bellingham (NW Washington) outsourcing its transcription and laying off its in-house MTs. All the work is staying in the US, though.

What I found interesting in the article was a statement that the in-house MTs were already doing VR, and the article states: "The original dictation is turned into a draft via speech-recognition software, with results that are correct about 90 percent of the time."

The article said 8% is going to Sri Lanka - camels nose under the tent

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and if anyone believes it is just 8%, then I've got a bridge to sell you.

Are you serious? - MTanon

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When I read this, my jaw "dropped to the floor" (if it coulda, it woulda, anyway). The article has it completely wrong. If we sent out the drafts without any editing, 90% of them would be pure nonsense. If you believe 90% of drafts are correct, I have SEVERAL bridges to sell you.

This happened in February - 38 MTs - SM - Anonymous

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Peace Health in Bellingham. It was not a "dirty little secret" and was in several Northwest newspapers.

Again a horribly OVERstaffed hospital. 38 MTs for 253 beds? - wow

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The problem here is, as usual, the hospital was overstaffed with MTs. When you are paying that many people to do that amount of work, the MTs will eventually end up being eliminated. The hospital can get it done cheaper AND FASTER by getting a service to do all the work.

Part of the problem may be that those MTs were not very productive - With That Many MTs For That Size Hospital

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nm

Not just hospital work - MTCMT

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The MTs transcribed and edited for a number of medical clinics with well over 100 physicians, plus a cardiovascular center, PT/OT, radiation, etc, The ER had an incredible load and was expanding constantly. The workload was not just inpatient transcription.

This is bad news! I"d been hoping to leave my MTSO - and land an inhouse job somewhere.... :(

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