This article just says it all.

A medical services company owned by a J.P. Morgan Chase JPM +0.85% & Co. private-equity arm is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection in the next two weeks as it struggles under a hefty debt load and declining sales, people familiar with the matter said.M*Modal is in discussions with its creditors on a prearranged restructuring plan that would streamline its trip through bankruptcy court, these people said. The bankruptcy negotiations come about 18 months after One Equity Partners took ...

This is an interesting article about using medical scribes to do transcription. It is a way for doctors to create electronic medical records and not have to enter information into computers themselves. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/06/health/la-he-medical-scribes-20100906 ...

http://health-information.advanceweb.com/Article/VBC-Compensation-for-MTs.aspx Read the comments too. The second one is on point! ...

I don't work for Nuance or the other 3 MTSOs listed, but I found this article clear and with devastating details about the exact cost of what happens to the local economy when employers opt to switch to the offshoring companies: http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/University-of-Utah-Hospital-sending-local-jobs/ApYQbQl0d0OqwCx2vzmjlQ.cspx or search "University of Utah Hospital sending local jobs overseas" "Hundreds of people just like Rachelle are losing their jobs at medical tra ...

I just brought in my mail and there was the March 28 issue of "For the Record", a magazine that was part of my AHDI membership benefits. I don't know why they're still sending it to me because my AHDI membership ran out, but I the cover story of this issue is "The MT Credentialing Debate: What do Medical Transcriptionists Gain by Adding RMT or CMT to Their Resumes?" I haven't started reading it yet, but it should be interesting! ...

http://ahdilounge.blogspot.com/2011/08/medquists-new-ceo-re-branding-on.html They seem pretty happy about having 28 sites in India and want to keep offshoring more of their work. I really wonder how many Americans, if properly educated about the whole thing, would really want their medical history sent overseas. I know clinics/hospitals don't care. They are using MQ and other services that offshore because they want to save a buck on services. Yeah I know, s ...

This just basically proves that it still takes a human to do what a computer can't do... ...

http://mttoolsonline.com/2011/01/25/medical-transcription-a-salary-perspective-over-11-years/ Article about MTs salaries compared to other jobs in the HIM department. If you don't want to click on the link, google the following: Medical Transcription A Salary Perspective over 11 years. ...

MTs Need to Get Off Inaccurate Pay Scale http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/050712p29.shtml#.T7hYiI60y30.facebook ...

found this interesting and encouraging... ...

http://www.wowt.com/factfinders/headlines/Medical-Workers-Not-Being-Paid-166705406.html?mobile=yes ...

http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/091012p22.shtml ...

From the magazine "For the Record." http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/091012p22.shtml ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/business/medicare-billing-rises-at-hospitals-with-electronic-records.html?smid=pl-share Please read! ...

Here’s an article by For the Record magazine that is worth reading. Sometimes, their articles are a lot of fluff, AHDI stressing we need them, or words just filling a page, but this one affirms what we have all known for a very long time. http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/091012p22.shtml Interesting what is written about the Transcend lawsuit too. What can we do? At the end of the article, it mentions “MTs need to work with their employers to develop a fair compensat ...

A medical services company owned by a J.P. Morgan Chase JPM +0.85% & Co. private-equity arm is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection in the next two weeks as it struggles under a hefty debt load and declining sales, people familiar with the matter said. M*Modal is in discussions with its creditors on a prearranged restructuring plan that would streamline its trip through bankruptcy court, these people said. The bankruptcy negotiations come about 18 months after One ...

I had to share this with each and every transcriptionist out there. It is always darkest before the dawn. ...

Just saw this article posted in Nuance board. MTs need to stop working for companies who do not value them!!! We all know what companies this article and I are talking about! ...

Reminded me of our business, except worse! How humiliating for them. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html?_r=0 ...

There's an article today in my hometown newspaper from an area community college about its MT course, about how MTs are needed for VR, how they make $34,000 a year, and how you can work at home. I just wanted to puke. Of course the goal is to get gullible people to sign up for their course, hoping they don't bother to research it too closely.... ...

Below is a link to one of the most biased articles against MT I have seen lately. They are interviewing vendors who make the soft and who are claiming that their software eliminates MTing. Never mind that their product is only really accurate 50% of the time without editing. Unbelievable! Here's the link: http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/032910p10.shtml ...

Excerpt: Free-text narrative will often be superior to point-and-click boilerplate in accurately capturing a patient’s history and making assessments, and notes should be designed to include discussion of uncertainties.” (italics DMCB). Link: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/05/ehr-notes-cut-paste-documentation-problem.html ...

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/5_growing_health_care_careers.htm?kid=1H693 ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2010 AHDI Conference -- MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, continues to support industry best practices for quality standards and metrics. Together with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) and other industry quality leaders, ...

Saw hiring ad, Googled it, came up from this article from last year. Recent MD-IT acquisition. Just FYI (neither yay nor nay, just info). http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/08/medical_software_co_acquires_k.html ...

Totally made me LOL this morning, especially the "You get to decide your own hours" line. I cut and pasted this section of the article but the full report can be found here: http://education.yahoo.net/articles/flexible_careers_that_pay.htm?wid=1 Career #4 - Medical Transcriptionist Medical transcriptionists listen to and transcribe dictated recordings made by doctors and other health care professionals. As a medical transcriptionist, you would need to understand medical terminol ...

Advance for HIM website regarding credntialing for all MTs. ...

If you comment on the article, the only people to see it will be those specifically looking for that article in yesterday's Tennessean. What I would hope to happen is that everyone who wrote a reply to the article would copy your response and send it to the Tennessean's Letters to the Editor Section. That way, your response will be seen by many more people. Or...copy the link and send it to your local paper/TV station! Wouldn't hurt for people around the country ...

This article just says it all. - anon2

I wonder how come the only company/companies.... - anon390

Here you go . . . - anon2

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