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Posted: Aug 27, 2013

I've been in healthcare documentation for over 7 years. The well is drying up, it seems that almost nobody is hiring, and the ones that are want the whole class to be as good as the valedictorian, if you know what I mean (and the medical industry as a whole seems bound and determined to destroy employee rights). Can my experience get me something in legal transcription or something else more stable? I can't afford more schooling, I got bills to pay.

Not true that no one is hiring. Lots are hiring... - but no one is PAYING.

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I have all the work I want. Of course, it's crappy work, and of course I'm paid next to nothing for the years of experience that I call into play when resolving subtle ambiguities, to say nothing of literally interpreting the inaccurate way in which ESL dictators express themselves, just in order to produce an accurate medical document.

I have no idea what prevents all of us from simply walking off the job, and I do guarantee you that it would change things in this industry if we did.

Does it have to be a "related" line of work? - Get trained in something else - and get out.

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The fact is, NO ONE should be doing this work, given its demands, for the compensation that's being paid by the scumbag MTSO's, who in turn are AFRAID to demand proper compensation from their CLIENTS.

Did you know that even in India they're starting to demand higher pay rates for medical transcription?

The fact is, this is not a TYPING JOB; it is a KNOWLEDGE JOB, and what that means, people, is that IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER SPEECH RECOGNITION COMES INTO PLAY OR NOT. IT TAKES AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE TO JUDGE A LINE OF TEXT TO BE CORRECT AS IT DOES TO JUDGE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

God, I wish this field wasn't dominated by women. If it were dominated by men, you wouldn't see this crap going on, I gare-on-tee it.

Excellent point - Miss Piggy

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About these companies being happy to take the work from women. I spoke to a court reporter recently and she said, "Thank goodness men were the first court reporters," meaning that court reporters were actually valued as skilled workers (not just "typists"!) and their jobs were not being offshored. However, in both San Diego and Los Angeles counties, reporters were being laid off because of "budget concerns." It should be noted that both counties had enough budget to build new buildings. Apparently in San Diego, the courts realized that some court reporters were needed and re-hired some.

I'm playing with the idea of captioning. I subscribed to the NCRA magazine to get familiar with online schools, terminology, etc. I have enrolled in a 9-month pharmacy tech course to get a "quick" entry into another field of work.

38 years as MT, my experience is most require schooling and/or - at least 1 yr experience. NM

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