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Which American companies offshore work? - Lin

Posted: Jan 25, 2012

I'm writing a report for school (switching fields after 20+ yrs as an MT) and need some help please. I need input about which U.S. transcription companies outsource work to India, Philippines, etc. All help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Just curious what you're going to school for? - nm

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nm

Staying in the medical field - Lin

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Staying in the medical field - training to become a radiation therapist. Almost finished with my prereqs and my program begins in the fall. Loving the change! Thanks for asking.

The paper that I'm writing is for a report writing class. We have to write a "problem report" in our chosen field. When it comes to medicine, the domestic versus offshore services (MT, billing, radiology) issue is huge. Hope I receive lots of feedback!

I've never heard of a radiation therapist. What is that? - nm

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What a radiation therapist does - Lin

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A radiation therapist administers the radiation treatment prescribed by a radiation oncologist. It involves working primarily with cancer patients.

Yes, it's BURNING tissue. - NoWayJose

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Radiation "therapy" -- which is just irradiation -- is the "burn" part of the slash, burn, poison, and nuke assault/"protocol" (surgery, irradiation, chemotherapy, and nuc med "treatments") on the poor souls diagnosed with cancer. Allopathic protocols have a 50% success rate! So basically it's flip a coin... There is no way I could DESTROY A PATIENT'S IMMUNE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THEIR PRIMARY NATURAL DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER, day in and day out. Strengthening those natural defenses makes a LOT more sense.

No Way Jose - Lin

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If not the field, I wish you could show some respect for the individual in this situation.

I'm working hard to get ahead in an extremely competitive field, in school with students who are half my age, and excelling at it. BTW, I'm paying for this bachelor's degree 8 cents at a time as an MT.

Thanks for the slice and dice!

Companies Aren't Upfront About It - Old MT

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Well, usually the MTs who work for a company are the last to know, because the companies try to keep it a secret. So, any answers you get here aren't reliable. The company will practically take an oath that they don't offshore, but eventually (sometimes years down the line) they can't hide it anymore.

Also, the answers you get here may be from management of those companies, so you still don't have accurate information.

If I were you, I would not name any names unless you personally witnessed the offshoring (like, if you were in the QA Dept and were "fixing" the offshore messes).

I was an MT for years and years, never knew they were offshoring until I became QA, and there they all were, offshored reports (yes, ASR too) that I had to fix and give feedback on.

That's what I was afraid of - Lin

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Thanks for your response. I was a bit afraid of that, but thought I'd try. I actually have a lot of research from the Internet, but thought I'd try to get firsthand info too.

I'll probably end up taking the post down because I don't want anyone to take any heat for disclosing info. I do think it's a shame though, and I'm sure you'd agree, that businesses aren't up front with what they're doing. If I'm ashamed of something, I don't do it. Wish businesses could say the same.

Thanks again, Old MT. :o)

Offshoring - Old MT

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I don't think you have to remove your post. I just don't think you're going to get accurate information here - or elsewhere on the Internet. You would have to go be a manager at the MTSOs. You may just want to generalize in that paper.

I just find it interesting that when work is slow or nonexistent, the MTSOs come up with the darndest reasons. They will milk Christmas/New Year's for at least 3 weeks. If there's a Monday holiday, that's good for a week. Of course, there's summertime when all the doctors are on vacation. (Sorry, hospitals don't close.) They do this all year, blame anything but offshoring. They'll come up with any darn excuse except the truth.

I find it interesting that our work picks up in the afternoons. If you figure out the time change, that would be when the little Inidans are eating their dinners and going to beddie bye.

Offshoring - Lin

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Thanks so much for your candor. I, too, have noticed those patterns of slow work and didn't put that together with the offshoring - duh! I've been caught in that trap more times than I'd like to admit!

I don't agree with offshoring, but it sure would be a lot more palatable if it wasn't served up with a bunch of lies. :-P

Thanks again for helping out with my research. :o)

I think some claim it isn't offshored because after - the Indians type it, the Americans fix it.

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Wow! - Lin

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...and what a whopper of a lie is that?!?!

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