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Got my ASR production/inactive time statistics ;) - dnr

Posted: Jul 10, 2012

Of course I'm over the "target". Hmm.... they us answering the phone, searching the internet and walking away from the work station. One huge cause of inactive time they are conspicuously leaving out is taking the time to read client profiles! - Especially when I am getting many jobs outside of my usual BOB. I'm happy to do a good job - follow the CP, make sure I have the right drug and dosage because the doctor can't pronounce the drug well enough, find the correct name of a surgical instrument which is not the usual one I am used to hearing and is the newest and greatest new instrument, and minimizing the number of blanks for this speed talking, word slurring, ESL, softly speaking doctor dictating on a line with poor audio.

I get very frustrated when looking at other reports in DQM to get a hint about what the doctor is possibly saying and the CP is not being followed (plus a errors in transcription that are obviously wrong, such as a drug spelling) because I have inactive time that they don't have because I did my job.

I don't even look at it any more - Just my thought on the subject

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I had an awakening about this whole inactive time thing. I do more than the required lines, I score well on reviews, work my scheduled hours and any extra I can when needed, rarely take a day off, am a good experienced MT and produce good reports with few blanks. My inactive time is usually in the 20% range, sometimes the low 30% range. My awakening was that life is too short. If my husband says have a cup of coffee with me, a puppy wants to play for 5 minutes, kids want hugs, a neighbor stops to visit for a minute or ask for help, there is a pretty sunset, if I need a bathroom break that can't wait until I finish an ASR report, or heaven forbid I take pride in my job and research something - to heck and then some with inactive time. I don't disappear for hours several times a day, just 5 minutes here and there. I can sleep well at night knowing that I gave my employer a good honest day's work & still have my life, family, friends, a clear conscience and celebrate my 27% inactive time! Have a wonderful day, I am thinking of you all!

Production - just ignore the e-mail - Daisy

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Just ignore it. Don't even bother reading it. I refuse to let them intimidate me into rushing through documents and not checking resources to make sure I have the correct drug, dosage, etc. I want to do the best job I can possibly do for the doctor and the patient. I refuse to let them bully me into producing poor quality work.

I'm right there with ya! - sm

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That's how I do my work, too. I have fellow MTs who just ignore those misspelled equipment names and incorrect terms because they "sound correct." They never bother to check.

LOL I fixed my inactive time real fast - stopped proof reading every word

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and the ones I do read I keep clicking the stupid up and down arrows..

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