Do you spend 80% of your life worrying about your bad job - or expecting the other shoe to drop?

Can anyone help? This school is going to be the death of me. Transcribing Neurological H&P. Under Assessment/Plan, "This is a patient with worrying imbalance. She did have a normal imaging before, but I did not get an MRI." I can't find "worrying imbalance" anywhere! This report speaks of a 54 year-old-woman who "complains of swaying when she is standing or even sitting for long periods." It had sounded to me as if the Dr. had said whirling imba ...

I am so glad I found a place to ask this question and hopefully get some feedback from experienced MTs. Any input or advice is welcome and appreciated. I finally commenced my practicum on Wednesday and I have completed 5 transcriptions so far (I work p/t so have been fitting them in around those hours). The average score I have been getting back has been in the low 90's percentage-wise. Is this something to be concerned about? I know the industry standard is 98% and I do tend to ...

After years of worrying and struggling to make ends meet working here and part time at a 24 hour store, I've decided to take my daughter's advice and move. I applied for jobs in San Antonio and found an actual transcription job IN A HOSPITAL! I'll be making a better than decent salary and will be getting actual benefits! I'll be moving in with my daughter and her BF for a while, but we'll be house hunting soon as my place is sold. I will also have the time now ...

One of the team leads sent an email out emphasiziing the importance of exhausting all resources before leaving a blank. I feel like I do. Just curious, how long do you think is an appropriate amount of time to spend researching a blank? I say 3-5 minutes max. After all, we are paid on production. ...

I have an account where the doctors never enter demographics. I'm spending 5 minutes on each report filling in demographics and cc's from doctors who only slur a last name. Many partial doctor names need to be Googled. If I do about 36 reports a day at 5 minutes each with demographic research then I'm spending 3 hours of my shift working for nothing! How is it for the rest of you? ...

when you don't work for the "Q" ? Why do you care what is going on here? I'm just curious. ...

Doing ASR, I feel like I am typing backwards all day long. It's like when I was in typing class in high school backspacing to correct all the errors. This ASR makes me feel like I am taking 2 steps forwards, 5 steps backwards all day. It's so demotivating. ...

My QC sends out these extremely wordy emails several times a week. I end up skimming them, for a couple reasons. One, because I work on so many different accounts/hospital sites that I'm truly never going to retain any of the information anyway. Second, and most importantly, I DON'T GET PAID TO READ THEM! This can't be legal and has been bugging me forever. Do they seriously think we get paid enough per line to "compensate" reading email?? What do you all do? ...

Their website says students spend 15 to 30 hours a week on coding practice and reading assignments. I know everyone is different, with different abilities and other responsibilities, etc. but I am just wondering how many hours some of you spent a week while being an Andrews student? I am going to start soon and I am getting excited! ...

I can't believe the number of errors entering the wrong demographics, apparently by the clients, that we have to research and clean up for zero pay! ...

Yes I have known for quite awhile the end is near for MT but I don't know what I'm going to do now. 20 years ago I was the envy of the medical record department, the lead transcriptionist that everyone thought was so smart, and I made more than almost anyone in the entire hospital. Now I just feel stupid. I keep wondering how my life got so bad. It's so easy to say go back to school! learn a different skill! and I know some my age (55) have done that, ...

Happy Memorial Day! I think I may be starting a new life for myself. I have been a medical transcriptionist for the past fourteen years for a neurologist. With his new EMR system he decided to do it himself. I have had an awful time trying to find a new job. These big companies are just brutal-on my self esteem as well. My husband is in the healthcare field and he mentioned to me coding and I had just been thinking to myself about what could I go back to school for but couldn&# ...

I have just turned 52 the other day and seem to be developing quite a bit of pain in my hands and wondering if any one knows of a good career path for me to head into besides typing. ...

Wish I lived in Massachusetts. There is life beyond MedQuist. Job Post I just ran across: Manager of Medical Transcription About the Job Minimum of 5-10 years transcription needed, plus minimum of 7 years supervisory experience. Knowledgeable about MedQuist platform, able to train physicians on MedQuist dictation system and electronic signature. Day position with occasional weekends. Manager must be current in transcription abilities, ability to set up certain templates, ...

My accounts just went 100% ASR with no email warning or team meeting! It takes too long to edit these jobs because ASR is the worst! It seems that ASR is better at ESL docs than people who have a wonderful American accent and it takes longer to edit people who speak perfect English. They have messed with me so much. I have 4 babies to take care of and can barely make rent. Foodstamps only gives us food and I have no extra money for things like electricity and i ...

After reading the last few threads, I have been asking myself some hard questions. Why do I continue in this job that I clearly hate? I can't make ends meet, I am bored, and I know I am being taken advantage of, so why do I make the choice to stay? I try to continually remind myself I have a choice. No one is forcing me to do this job. I can quit or do something else. I feel the same as the rest of you, slave labor, boring VR, no respect for our skills and talents and we should be pai ...

Hi all, The hospital I work for will start using Epic next year. From everything I have read, I understand that transcription will most likely be cut in half. For those of you have gone through this already, have you seen any other jobs created AFTER Epic? I know there may be editing, but should we expect anything else? ...

want a good laugh? ...

I can't get through 2 hours without some major technical issue that prevents me from completing a report. The support department is sorely lacking in helping. When I do hear from them they have a cocky attitude and basically tell me they can't do a thing to help. I can't get out of here quick enough. WORST company I've ever worked for. No concern for employees and demands exceed reality! ...

With all this talk about the coding offer, what do you all think is the life expectancy of the current MTs? How quickly are we going to be phased out in favor of coders? Do you think MM will keep a skeleton crew of MTs on board and, if so, how will they be chosen? Do we hang on for however long and, once we're laid off, then collect unemployment? Or do we jump ship now? ...

In the last 5 months, I have been fired from MM after 16 years of dedicated service on my part (95.5% audit, buh-bye), have collected UE, applied for hundreds (literally) of jobs in the large metro area in which I live, cried on my husband's shoulder (the kindest and best of men) and helped take care of my ailing 92-year-old mom (what a sweetie). In the last month, my mom passed away (worried about me, not herself). In the last 10 days, my young dachshund passed away from lymphoma (e ...

Hello All, I quit on Dec 31st (new year, new life), couldn't stand working for MMoral another day. It has been a long, hard 8 months (live in a rural area) with many resumes sent and many interviews. I have been interviewing with Amazon for one of their Fulfillment Centers here in Southern California since June 21st (my first contact with them). I received a contingency offer letter from them the other day (contingent on passing background check and drug test). I c ...

Hey all, after 10 years of being an MT, I'm thinking about jumping this sinking ship. Unfortunately, I can't bear the thought of working outside the home again. Is there any job out there that I can do at home that isn't a scam and is stable? Or, if I have to work outside the home, what jobs are out there that my experience would complement? I'm starting to get anxious with how things are going with MModal, my current employer, and waiting for that ax. TIA ...

Tried to leave a couple of times, companies I went to got bought out by Nuance. Ready to try again. I know no company is perfect, but Fiesa and their additional layers of QA are driving me insane. They probably aren't too worried about losing MTs, after all they have enough QA and QC to handle it all don't they? My question is whether you have found it to be a good thing to jump ship and start over again with another company. Have been considering Keystrokes bu ...

Does Nuance deduct from paycheck for their life insurance benefit? I don't remember applying for it. ...

What or where would you turn for employment if you are finally at the end of your rope with transcription? I swear I do not have it in me to keep starting over when these positions of ours/mine, work hard, only for the accounts to be ripped out from under.. leaving you fighting for lines or looking elsewhere and having to start over!! I have been doing this for so long that I feel sick and anxious, unsure where to even look for a job "outside"..... there, I said it.... OUT..SIDE... o ...

I left my "job" at N last fall and have now been with my new employer long enough to begin to have some complaints about how things are done/not done. But I only need to come here to remind myself what I left when I left N, and I have to contain myself away from the desire to cover my new boss with big sloppy kisses everywhere!!! Plus, yesterday was payday, and I have been able to replace all of the savings I ate through during my time at N. My bank account is smiling again.&n ...

I quit Nuance in April. I was apprehensive, but the patient safety compensation plan, where scoring 100% QA, but over 10% QC, droppping my pay week after week had taken its toll on me mentally. Also, I was OOW daily. I was certainly made to feel it was all my fault, but that is not what this post is about. I am sure those reading this are already too aware of the stress, inconsistencies and unfairness of working for Nuance. I started a new transcription job. Straight typing. Hired ...

Seriously, no disrespect, 25 year veteran here, but really. I cannot understand why any of you who are the caliber I was, which I know is many of you, well trained, top notch, used to earn 40,000 without blinking an eye and denegrated to become minimum wage typists adhering to draconian policy. The BEST thing I ever did was quit and immediately land a job paying 40,000 a year...simple work, not my dream job, but great benefits, they BEGGED me to take the job...even after offering m ...

When I worked for Nuance, I came here and read this board daily while I was OOW--hoping through despair that things would change. I have come back here twice since leaving, and it is almost painful to read. There are other transcription companies that treat their employees much differently than Nuance. I started with a new company. The training has been amazing. I ask a question, and the question is answered almost immediately through an IM that actually has a perso ...

Do you spend 80% of your life worrying about your bad job - or expecting the other shoe to drop?

Nope--I turn over all worry to the Flying - Spaghetti Monster

Agree, and think that they need to be finding another - job not in MT. NM

I don't anymore - but

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