Common Practice

PLEASE NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK! This is truly meant to be helpful, not snotty, threatening, or negative so I expect the same in return. Military time: Lately I have seen a lot of reports where people are inserting colons in military time. Colons are NOT used for military time unless the hour, minute, AND seconds are given. If the CP states that time is transcribed "3:00 a.m." this is for "regular" time and not military time. Spacing: TWO spaces after periods that end ...

During your search for work, if you see a "transcription company" seeking one of us for immediate work due to falling desperaetly behind on contracts, check some of the MT forums. If MT's are trashing said "transcription company" and you see a lengthy, detailed defensive response from said "transcription company"; think......maybe the reason the said "transcription company" is behind on their contracts is because they are not utilizing someone, who has the time and ability to reply at great ...

I swear, these so-called intelligent doctors have no common sense at all. Let's see how much noise we can have in the backgroun and talk as fast as we possibly can to see if the transcriptionist can get my dictaion right. This guy talks so fast I don't even know how he can get the words clearly out of his mouth, then he must have called someone on speaker phone because I can hear the phone ringing and ringing and ringing, and then his pager goes off which of course he pulls close ...

I have a friend who had an accident last weekend, an MT, broke her right arm and right lower leg, she called and left a voice mail wtih her supervisor because she had no other way to contact her on the weekend. She then called again Monday morning before going back for surgery on her leg and left another VR for the supervisor, her daughter followed up with an e-mail explaining what had happened and do you believe this company has not even acknowledge it, not even to say we are so sorry, ho ...

I used to teach grammar and I now do MT work. One of the most common hyphen errors lies in the short arm cast, long arm cast. This does not get hyphenated. By hyphenating it (short-arm cast), one is actually stating there's also a long arm. It's a short (or long) cast that is worn on the arm, not a cast for a short arm or a long arm. ...

Wow!!! This is an angiogram of carotids via femoral artery.......cannot find this anywhere!!! ...

Surgery report The ulnar nerve was freed up. The 2 heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris were identified. The "vena common tantes" were protected. ?? I have no clue. ...

This is for doing a common bile duct exploration: The common bile duct is slightly enlarged. No other s/l piditive obstructive lesions are demonstrated. Thanks for any help! ...

Is it common to not be able to meet line counts at Nuance? I have been there close to 3 months and cannot make my line count basically due to having some many ESLs and having to correct so many things in VR. Very frustrated!! ...

Is it common to NOT have tab functions, auto correct, or a grammar checker on a "transcription program". We just got Inscribe and it is about as basic as it comes, not Word comparable - not even close - without tabs, Autocorrect or grammar check. I feel like I'm in the dark ages here. ...

Lately the doctors have been spelling out so many common words, some are even enunciating fully now, which is nice, the enunciating not the spelling, that wastes my time..Makes me think that our out of country counterparts are maybe messing up in a HUGE way..Most of us know the words/phrases/slang they use and fix it. I just see so much in docqumanage that makes my jaw drop. ...

I am loving the company I am working for. I am new to the field, and they have helped me so much to develop my skills. BUT I am currently only transcribing one specialty(rehab). I would like to get some practice in acute care, surgical reports, etc. I've seen several practice CDs on the net and ebay, and just wondered if any of them are worth it. I have zero experience in other specialties except for the little bit I did during training, and I just want t ...

Hi, I'm taking Allied's course and there is no section on ESL dictations. Where can I get samples to transcribe? Or at least listen to? Thanks. ...

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/copying-common-in-electronic-medical-records ...

I received a call today from a doctor that I know. His practice is switching over to EMR, and he wants someone to coordinate that transition. New patients are easily entered into the system, but he has a temporary need to get the old records into the EMR system. His office staff is too busy to add this big job to their workload, and I think he correctly determined that he needs someone who can read the old office records, understand them, and then extract the info that needs to ...

I have been doing transcription for about 7 years now, but almost all of that has been doing family practice work in SOAP note fashion. When I first graduated I briefly did some work doing OP, H&P, discharges, et cetera. I only did that for a short time and then started working at my current job. I have been with this small MTSO for 6 years doing family practice. I also did some letters and SOAP notes for peds endo for a while while doing the family practice. Anyway, over the las ...

I'm curious if this is throughout a lot of MT companies where the summer seasons are the slowest in terms of receiving work. I used to have an abundunt amount of doctors to transcribe for across multiple accounts, but now all of a sudden that has changed, and I am almost always out of work and I no longer transcribe for what I'm estimating as half to 3/4 of the list of docs. Is this something normal? Do doctors get together and take a 3-month hiatus at once, or something...? I'm p ...

Thanks for all the useful comments and equiptment tips. I am waiting for my internship. Want to keep my skills sharp. What on-line sites would you all recommend for daily MT dictation pracrtice? I am currently redoing over and over my course materials. Also what does one do to improve on grammar and punctuation skills? Thanks. from Vermont, Diane ...

Workbook for Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition [Paperback] I want some more practice for the course i am taking. would this be a good practice book? What I really want is a practice-type of workbook or questions that would be like the cPC exam - multiple choice-type. can anyone point me in the right direction? ...

I am planning to take an MT test at the libary. Never done it online before, or MT. Anyone want to help me know things I need up front, like what are good sources for using during test and just transcription? I don't even know what questions to ask. I've done MT before quite a bit but on analogue machine. I have medical terminology in chiropractic, mental health, neurology, and on a trial basis (the hospital). Should I order an overall practice book ...

Stay away from Phoenix Practice Solutions for their pretend call-ins for a pretend appointment setter service. Also, you will get stuck with paying for a phone. They make you role play, can you believe this - HOW LOW WILL THEY GO! ...

Could somebody help me out with a sample/template for a contract between an mtso and a medical practice? thanks in advance! ...

Today is March 11 - that's 11 days since those of us who USE to work on a large account for OTI went POOF. There has been little to NO communication since then. Since March 4, I have applied for so many job postings, MT - nonMT - employee - IC it really doesn't matter I just need to make $$ and support my family! It is very frustrating that you don't even get a canned answer "sorry, the positions are filled" or "sorry you don't meet our specifications" ...

I am testing for a transcription position within a hospital, but I have never done pathology transcription before only sleep medicine & consultations. Does anyone know where I can download sample pathology dictation to practice before I have to test with them on Thursday. Any help would be appreciated! ...

My sister who recently graduated from MT school has started looking for MT jobs. They now want her to test. She feels she needs practice listening to actual dictated reports. Is there any site that has practice reports? ...

I've worked for several MT companies over the years just to end up going to another MT company for better pay, benefits, etc. Seems like a never-ending cycle. Anyone here ever worked from home directly with a hospital or private practice? Thanks for any response! ...

I would like to hear from current Transcription Doctors transcriptionists regarding the practice of penalizing them if they do not meet the required production rate, and also do they do the same if your QA percentage rate goes lower than what they require? I have never heard of a company doing this before. I don't see how they can keep people if this is true. ...

Common Practice - ce

gosh I hope not - sm

Absolutely not... Sm - Old Woman

On hold - anon

don't understand the details, but - NEVER pay a company back

?? - ce

just now your work is mostly speech rec - where have I been living?

had it good - de

So being docked 3 cents out of 4 cpl because of QA? - MT

they paid you - they cannot ask for it back - nope - against the law

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