This sounded familiar. It's a quote from a popular TV series in the late 1980s.

This was a great company to work for. We were small when it first started, but the people were great to work for. We used to have fun back then. ...

I started out at 7-1/4 cents a line, self-taught, no formal training other than a mentor. What does that tell you? I'm now making less than I did 26 years ago per line. ...

Had a new student MT ask me a ? she said Have you ever hear of an OP series? I can't find it anywhere!! Patient has a 10-day history of watery diarrhea and fecal impaction. I have actually not had this myself.. and wondered if anyone can help her.. Thank you so much.. ;) ...

Interview was Wednesday. The company gave me a start date, talked about pay, schedule, kind of work, all that good stuff like I definitely had the job. They said the next step would be to send me an offer letter via email and then go from there. Well, I haven't gotten the offer letter yet. Just wondering about how long I should wait. ...

Does anyone know where I could find a list of the top 100 medications prescribed and their dosages? Maybe one of you have such a list. Hopeful! ...

Looking for correct spelling for Silverman series.. done for possible child abuse cases.. Just something nagging at me that this is not the correct spelling? ...

The company I work for is changing over to ChartNet, with its ExpandText expander. I don't like that it has no way of adding/creating new shortcuts without using the mouse. The expander I use now is not compatible with ChartNet, and I'm wondering which expander is used by the majority of MTs....has no limit to the number of expansions/abbrevs it can hold, etc. Would welcome any suggestions. Thinking about Shorthand, but wondering what most MTs are using. ...

This is not a post for the newbie board, because I would like to address the experienced transcriptionists to talk ABOUT newbies. ("Address"? Is this a speech or something? ha ha) There was a thread on the newbie board recently concerning whether we (as experienced MTs) should be encouraging, or discouraging newbies, or whether it is any of our business at all what they do. The last word was that we should be kind to them, which we can all agree on. None of us like to see any newbie duped i ...

This one dictator keeps saying this and I cannot find it anywhere. It sounds like the uterus was then sounded to Fostix/Caustix/Bostix sound??? and sounded to 6 cm. Any ideas? Thx ...

Doc says: Return for followup in one week with what sounds like joly/jolly/joley series (x-ray) Pls. help.... Thnx in advance.. ...

"Typist will be required to complete 2 hours of unpaid audio as probationary period." Has anyone else ever heard of something like this? ...

Apparently, my team (lucky us) has been selected to participate in a pilot to bring back the Swap Board. If my memory serves me correctly, it was a ginormous disaster the last time they tried to force it upon us. This on top of the back log of work, mandatory overtime and switching accounts? Really? Am I in the Twilight Zone? ugh...first resume sent last week...more to follow for sure. ...

Dictation on a patient in the ICU: "...sedation held for drug holiday...". Should the words "drug holiday" be in quotes because it's a slang term? I know it's a legitimate form of medical therapy, and have heard the term thus used. Thanks for any/all input. ...

The doctor always quotes the patients as saying cause instead of because: "Cause I didn't want to do it." Do I type 'cause instead of because since it is a quote or just leave as cause. Thanks. ...

"Nothing is really work, unless you would rather be doing something else." ~ James M. Barrie So true. So very, very true. Love that James Barrie. ...

Fluency supports transcriptionists and editors by facilitating the management of multiple labor sources (outsourced, in-house, hybrid) with varying workflow needs. Taken from the website. Do you think this suggests that at dayâ��s end when the docs download a ton of work most of it is outsourced? Could explain NJA. ...

If the Dr. is quoting somebody else and uses a contraction, do you transcribe verbatim or expand the contraction. Ex: ...she got the advice to "don't be on it that much". Do I leave it don't or change it to do not? ...

I use Fluency Direct while I talk with patients in the exam rooms. I talk to the patients and dictate right into the system. A lot of patients think it is kind of cool that the software is doing the dictation. When I walk out of the room, my chart is kind of done." KIND OF???????? ugh ...

Spinal surgery at L4-L5. Sounds like... "incision was made... a series of guppies were placed. Dissection was carried down to the fascia" and later again, "Guppies were placed deeper within the paraspinal musculature." One sound is exactly like GUPPY. The other one sounds a little like GOLPY or GULPY. ...

I'm typing a psych eval. Doc dictates the patient states "I don't give a f**k" I can't find the rules for typing profanity in BOS, but I did find in the psych eval section to type it as quoted. Anyone else know any different??? ...

A note below states company is hounding her about equipment that she returned. Before this happens to you, TRACK your equipment online and when it's picked up by your company, print it out. I'm keeping mine for at least a year, maybe forever. It shows the date, time, exact location, person's name who received it, etc. There would be no denying that at all. Please protect yourself! It happens more than you'd like to think. ...

I need some advice. I am an IC who works for a transcription company and is constantly being paid late. I am currently 4 months behind on pay. My daily emails for pay are not being answered and there is no communication whatsoever at this point. I love the hospital I work for and have stayed with this company a long time because of this. It is very normal for me to be at least a month to 2 months behind on pay at all times, sometimes 3-4 months. As an IC, do I have any recourse? Is there anythin ...

Really???? 3 days late on pay? How are we supposed to take care of our financial responsiblities now? It has been my experience in the past that when this happens, the company is usually a goner. So, Keystrokes, are you a goner? Do we need to look for other jobs, or will you not tell us and will we be out of work and out of pay and on Welfare? ...

So, I have worked for this person since 2007. In the beginning everything was WONDERFUL. Great to work for, plenty of work, fairly decent wage, etc. Now for the last couple of years pay has been increasingly late. I was originally set for pay days on the 1st and the 15th. A couple of years ago it changed to the 5th and the 20th, which is fine, I can handle that. that started being late so I said I would change it in my mind to the 10th and the 25th so I wouldn ...

apparently I was only employed by Nuance thru last December. Starting in January I was employed by Transcend. This is as per the state unemployment benefits office. They were really interested that my check stubs said Transcend/DBA as Nuance out of Mass., and the W2s only had Transcend out of Melbourne, Florida. Asked me questions about it, but told them I had never noticed when Transcend was added to the check stubs, which I didn't. Don't know anything ab ...

Here is what you can and SHOULD do if you don't get your W2 by Feb. 16. - You’ll have to wait a bit: the IRS does not want to hear from you about missing forms until after February 16. After that date, call IRS at 1.800.829.1040. You’ll need to have your address, phone number and Social Security Number available. It’s also helpful to have your dates of employment, an estimate of your earnings and your federal withholding amounts – you can find most of thi ...

never says "unquote," and you're left having to guess where the quotation ends? Sometimes it's obvious, but other times, it could be anywhere. ...

This sounded familiar. It's a quote from a popular TV series in the late 1980s. - Des

addendum: This is almost verbatim what I went through when our MT dept got outsourced. - Des (no message)

That was disturbing and too close for comfort. NM - anon

Must be the owner of MModal - that said that...

Heartbreaking. nm - VTMT

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