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Awful dictators flock together? - Riddle me this

Posted: Sep 18, 2010

In a helper pool and doing a certain large chain of hospitals that is spread over many states. Tell me, how is it possible that every dictator in this chain, whether it is on the west coast, east coast, or in between, are the worst I have ever encountered? Does this chain advertise: Can't speak English? Inaudible? Can't feel your tongue? You're hired!

What makes it worse is that the reports are all progress notes and take me forever for a tiny bit of lines.

Ive noticed that often the hospitals with the worst - dictators make the most medical mistakes.

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I guess if they don't care about how they dictate, or about their medical record accuracy, it stands to reason that their medical skills are pretty slipshod, as well. It all seems to go hand-in-hand.

When I worked in house - I avoided seeing any of the bad dictators

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I figured that if the quality of their dictation skills is poor, so is their treatment. It may be the opposite, but I wasn't taking any chances. Also, if I went to an ESL doc and couldn't understand a quarter of what they were saying, I requested another doctor and in some cases went to a different hospital. America may be a melting pot, but if you're providing medical care, please perfect your English. It just takes a little effort. I've seen doctors who have been in the country for 30 years who can't complete a coherent sentence, yet I've seen some only here a year and you could barely tell he/she was from a different country, let alone the same one as the other doc.

FINGERS versus TOES - ceci

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Have you noticed how much lately these new

ARAB or Hungarian doctors....don't know the difference....between

FINGERS.................and...........TOES!

They interchange the 2 parts of the body all the time!

fingers and toes - denim

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I totally agree - my Hungarian husband has been in this country for 50 years and still gets them mixed up!!

fingers and toes - anon

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How about not knowing whether the patient is he or she? Starts out in one sex and midway becomes another!!!

I agree but keep this - in mind

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Between ASR and India, we AMERICAN transcriptionists now get all the bottom of the barrel stuff because it won't work with ASR and the Indians can't type it.

Most of the stuff I transcribe/edit every day, all day now is from the difficult dictators.

Harder work - for no extra pay

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It used to be that we got a higher increment in pay for those horrible dictators. Now it's 100% of my work. Among other things, this has caused a dramatic drop in my pay. I mentioned to a friend how I'm now making 50% less than I did in 1992 working even harder, faster and now with more experience. I could just see in his eyes that he didn't believe me. I was about to explain the many reasons to him, then just let it go. It truly is unbelievable what's happening to this industry.

I remember when we used to get extra for typing - the hard stuff.

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I didn't mind when they made it worth your while. Now it is just my "job," and I get to do it for 60% of my old pay. Yay.

I wouldn't ever go to a local doctor whose dictation - was all over the place

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lacking in direction and conciseness. I thought it spoke of his character and method of practice. Just me.

3 of the hospitals I transcribe for are within - a 50 mile radius of my home.

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I won't go to any of them if I need medical care.

There is a 4th hospital that is relatively small that MQ does not have an account with. I know people who work there.

If I need to go to the hospital, that's where I will go.

Half the dictators can't even manage to put in their access code correctly, so you have to change their name in the ADT (that is, if you can understand their name, because they can't even say that clearly).

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