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When Baby Boomers finally hang it up - MTfeduptohere

Posted: Nov 25, 2012

What will all the big MTSOs do then? There are classes in my town for MT training and all have been suspended or eliminated due to lack of interest. No surprise there! I hit 60 in 2 more months and like some who posted below, I was going to keep working for years, even part time while getting my SS. With yet another "take over" by a huge MTSO (Nuance), I am just hanging on until I hit 62 or so, and then hanging this sorrowful profession up in the closet, where it surely has gone over the last decade. When all there are to choose from is newbies who have very poor training and no experience, or the lack of any MTs at all, then let the managers roll up their sleeves and type, because that is all there will be left to these companies. I have been through 3 mergers in 3 years. There is no place left to go these days. It won't be long that the only 2 MT companies left will be M-Modal and Nuance and they will be running ads nonstop to try and convince MTs to work for them. Not me.

I am sure EMR or voice recog will fill most gaps - if not already, and all will balance out. n/m

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Doubtful - MTforyearsnow

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VR still has to be edited, and guess by whom? Yep, experienced MTs. As for EMR, there are still EMT templates that have to be filled in where the "normal stuff" just cannot be inserted, such as abnormal exams, assessments and treatment plan. Who will be doing that? You may say the doctors will be, but already many are complaining about both VR and having to do their own transcription instead of seeing patients. No, VR and EMR will not even come close to filling in the gaps. I agree with the OP here. Once the seasoned, experienced gals retire or seek a better way to make some money, the MT industry is going to fall off the cliff, and all of the suits will be going along for the ride!

yep...that is what the "scribes" will be doing... - anon

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for a whopping 8-9.00 an hour!

So true...the battle against middle class rages on - wheres_my_job

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it's absurd and destructive, and yet it continues.

Exactly! I just saw an ad for a scribe. - It pays 8.00 an hour (sm)

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for the first 3 months. After you have proved you can do it (all shifts), they increase the pay to 10.00. Fixed pay. They are selling it as if it can get you into medical school because it is in an ER. What a joke! You apparently get to follow the doctor around and do all of his/her "non-medical" tasks, i.e., EMR. Get it? It's a low-paying job to give you a "boost" to get you into medical school! It's not meant to be a long-term career; it's a stepping stone. I agree with your post!

And from what I can see the scribes have - me

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little medical terminology and can't even spell the in-hospital physician names. My account has just started using scribes in the ER and I find lots of errors in them. Today in a report drug was said several times as Betaseron and transcribed as beta serum each time. For $8/hour they are getting what they're paying for.

Getting what they pay for - Nick

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The late Vera Pyle used to have a saying that we right on the mark: PAY PEANUTS, GET MONKEYS.

Scribes - started as

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pre-med and nursing students to give them a close up and personal experience of medicine. When I was in nursing school the lack of knowledge of medical terminology was frightening. I now see that medical assistants are doing some scribing as well. I guess hospitals and doctors have the idea to cram whatever they can into one job description, and all for a 16-week certificate course. The sad thing is that these medical assistants think they are "medical professionals," but the docs and hospitals don't have to pay RN salaries or MT salaries (former).

16 week course??? - anon

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are you speaking of a medical assistant course being only 16 weeks?? where did you get this info from? I took a ma course many years ago and it was a 2-year intensive course of anatomy and physiology, psychology, lab studies, CPR and lifesaving studies, drawing blood, transcription studies, 2 semesters of medical terminology, English and grammar studies. MAs are allowed to do more than LPNs once certified. Unless something has drastically changed or you are mistaking this for a CNA course, you are woefully incorrect about this. However, for all the knowledge that MAs are expected to know, their salaries too are well below the standards their education provided!

off the cliff - we can only hope, nm

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