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Transcribing - Steam blower

Posted: Apr 21, 2015

I'm sorry, I need to blow off some steam and perhaps those who have their own accounts could shed some light. I have been an MT for a very long time and in the past, what an MT did was TRANSCRIBE. We didn't follow account specs or change sentences, etc. Why has the MT industry come to this and why do the MTSO owners agree to this? I don't mind at all fixing broken English, because I understand that process, but changing what a doctor says, because it's not the protocol of the hospital to use the terms he uses? That is ridiculous to me!!! I work for a hospital that has NUMEROUS account specifics. Just one example is if the doctor says "He is a 31-year-old" we change that to "He is 31 years old". It may seem simple enough, but that is one example of what seems like a million! I used to could mindlessly type, but now I have to stay in full alert mode, changing the sentences around, changing the terms used and it is causing me to make very little money. Why can't they ask the doctors who are saying this stuff to use the correct terms? Why can't they give the DOCTORS the account specifics and have them follow them? I understand that MTSOs have to compete with each other, but when did it get to the point that even one MTSO would agree to such extensive account specs knowing how much that will drop the pay of their MTs?

It got to that point when MTSOs got greedy - All they care about is

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raking in the cash. They could not give a rat's arse about the specs slowing us down and us making less. They wouldn't dream of asking the doctors to do ANYTHING. And the other poster is correct - we are only now training the VR

Training VR - Hate it!

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That summed up completely. These companies sell the hospital on the idea that voice is the magical answer. All the doctor has to do is dictate and he can go as fast as he wants and it will come out perfect. Then, there we sit at the other end cleaning up this mess for pennies. What a racket! I hate it. I have nevere seen it work to our advantage, even with American docs who are good dictators. The system is so broke, it is beyond believe. I have gone to doctors who do their own office transcription with voice and say it works great, but you can just bet they are careful and their system isn't junk like the ones we work with and the ESLs, pluuzzze, just shoot me now.

Someone said one, we are documenting, not writing the next great novel. That stupid Book of Style should be burned. How many years ago I did this, and had no problems whatsoever, but now, it is nearly impossible.

Unlike you I love VR, do not like straight anymore - but 1 thing that is really grating

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are physicians that are allowed to dictate and then change their minds. Oh, am not saying a sentence but they tell you to go back to the sentence before the last 2 and insert this and then this happens again and again. Why are they allowed to continue this? I had 2 yesterday such as this. One person was changing about every other sentence, part of the sentence, everything was changed. Another person stating go back to the first and put in this and that and one time I thought ye gads, have no idea about where to insert this. This is unlike what has been done years ago. I certainly would never want a PCP that could not get out one straight sentence when seeing me.

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