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Country bouncing hospital - sm
Posted: May 23, 2012
Okay, many months ago my area lost an account overseas because, according to the CCM, there were way too many blanks and the client was not happy. (Why they would think going overseas would make the work better, I don't know).
Not too long ago, that account has come back to US soil saying that there were still getting too many blanks.
Once again, they are complaining of too many blanks from the US MTs.
I'm thinking that maybe the blank problem has nothing to do with the MTs. Time to start evaluating the dictators. From my experience, this client's dictations are horrendous. Every dictator, who seem to be all ESL (if they even know English), must use a cellphone and none get good reception. I have never heard audio this bad before. Looking up old reports is a joke as every one has more holes than words. I mean seriously, these dictators need to be held accountable.
Been There, Blanked That - signalfire
[ In Reply To ..]The docs don't realize how lousy the cellphones are although they should if they use them in RL; but they're not sufficient for transcription use. The acct. manager needs to put out a memo to all docs telling them the blanks are the fault of the poor audio from the cell phones and that they will not be held responsible for blanks due to this, as it's not under the control of the service or MTs. Many docs now dictate from their cars on their drive home, adding another negative, the road noise, to the mix. It sucks and I got tired of this a long time ago.
I hate speaker phones even worse than - cell phones
[ In Reply To ..]Should be a hard and fast rule, if they use a speaker phone, the dictation is voided.
Eventually it will be a violation and it won't be on us. - MTlongtime
[ In Reply To ..]It will be on the docs. Document each time you have sound issues, and e mail your CCM. They keep track and tell the hospital. If it is documented the HIPAA will be on the doc not us. As long as we document we won't be hurt. Never guess at a blank, then you can get into trouble. Don't send to QA b/c if you can't get it they cannot either. But if there are too many you must document and send to CCM. That way you will be absolutely fine. It is on the doc not you.
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