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What percentage of your dictators enter all demographics needed? - Rose

Posted: May 18, 2014

I'd say...SM - Old Anon

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on a good day about 80%. Some days, it drops to about 60%. Our process, however, is if the dictator doesn't give 2 verifiable pieces of identifying data, it is pended to the facility for them to deal with. This is a very quick process, so we don't waste a lot of time hunting and searching and can get right to the dictation part.

Thanks Old Anon (sm) - Rose

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On my account 100% of the dictators do not enter demographics and do not spell the names. I was told I would "occasionally" have to look up demographics. I WISH the co. I work for would do it like yours.

And my company is...SM - Old Anon

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one that regularly gets raked over the goals on the company board for monitoring keyboard/pedal time and all manner of other offenses, the majority of which I've not experienced. Their line rate is also not the best and not what I'm really worth; but I consistently make between $9 and $10 dollars an hour, relatively stress free. Most would say that's not great, and it's not compared to what I used to make in-house, but I have no stress, no nasty emails, and overall I'm treated fairly.

The lack of stress means a lot, I know! - Rose

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Glad you found a fairly decent situation.

I can say almost the same... and I, too, am okay with it... - sadie

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I work for one of The Hated Ones, too, and I think about 70% of the notes come in with demographics intact and accurate. I still feel stressed at times, but nothing like what is described on these boards. Time will tell, I suppose, but as long as I've been here, I'm satisfied with my paycheck, my supervisors, and with what I feel my standing is in the group/company.

100% do, but that's MY company and THEIR system the way it's - set up. Docs only need to scan the bar code and

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VVVVWAH-LAH. Nothing else required. Perhaps your account could benefit from an upgrade or the IT department is lacking. This stuff over my 20+ years and just about as many jobs (kidding, but feels like it) has been integrated and automatically populates, even with the old C-phones, and I've never had that problem.

This type of question I would think varies from MTSO to MTSO, from account to account, and from platform to platform so...lions and tigers and bears - oh, my!

Zero percent. - :(

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