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transcribing/editing for a hospital from home - Lynn

Posted: Jan 07, 2011

Can anyone help. I am currently transcribing at a small hospital. I would love to be working from home. Does anyone know of some hospitals I could check into... please help, have been on the search and coming up with nothing!

Don't work at home - mb

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Right now you are very lucky to be able to work inhouse. Most of us did not have a choice when the hospitals we worked for outsourced to MT companies and forced us to work at home. Now I would give anything to work in a hospital again. The cons for working at home is no work, low pay, when the company or your own equipment goes down no pay, no paid time off. Laid off etc. It use to be nice to work at home but not anymore.

What most people complain about isn't being home, - it is being paid on production. SM

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Some are at home on hospital salary and doing fine, of course. Some are paid on production--mostly by MTSO--and doing even better than salary at home because they are high producers. Others are doing poorly on production pay for a whole variety of possible reasons which add up to low production. Obviously, more jobs pay production these days, and if you can produce it can be a good way to go. Good luck whichever way you choose.

On site MTs get laid off too - No message - Anonymous

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A lot of the MTs in my area who wok for - sm

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hospitals from home are employees of the hospital and they just decided to send MTs home instead of actually being on site. The ones I have talked to says it is no different other than the fact they don't have to drive to the hospital. They go into the hospital for meetings occasionally and some actually work one weekend a month on site.

That's exactly the kind of job I'm holding out for - - wont even both to apply @ MTSOs anymore. nm

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[ I meant "bother", not 'both' ] - nm - Not Awake Yet

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Lucky to still be working in hospital - Carol

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If I were you, I would DEFINITELY continus on with being a transcriptionist in a hospital setting. It is not all fun and games at home, and you will make a lot less money working at home on production only. You don't realize how lucky you are to be paid hourly with benefits, and you also have social interaction at the hospital, which you will greatly miss working at home. Believe me! Don't fall for the trap of working at home if you don't have to!

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