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Is QA done in India? Usual editors are now gone. Just - wondering.

Posted: Aug 02, 2010

What do you mean usual editors are now gone? - How do you know this?

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Just curious. Having a really, really bad day today.

Just great! You mean my QA person is - now in India?

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Are you fricken kidding me? Oh man, I have got to get out of being an MT and something more worthy.

Yep, QA in India now! - Dee

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Yes, I spoke to a recruiter today that said India is now hiring their own QA personnel. And when a client gives the okay for their typing to be sent offshore, now they arent even allowing U.S. QA to do the work, the Indian QA are doing it. MTSOs no longer want to pay MTs and QA in India, then American QA for one job. Sux doesnt it?

QA in India - QAQueen

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Just where do you get your information from????? QA is NOT just in India. Stop spreading stupid rumors on here....

Mr. Patel answers all of your burning - grammar questions

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I once transcribed in-house for an Indian doctor who was even more particular about English than we were. She made much use of her Merriam-Webster and would proof our transcription under a microscope. Once she changed the sentence "He got a bicycle for Christmas" to "he obtained a bicycle." Maybe the verb "get/got" sounded too common. Can you imagine school kids asking each other what they "obtained" for Christmas? I wanted to tell that doctor, Hey, obtain a life! Lay off the QA! Hmm... QA done in India... sounds like it would make a great Monty Python sketch! Sorry. I'm not a Medquist employee but my own company is a rival in the area of ridiculous management, so allow me the humor...

Many of the experienced hourly QAs left when - sm

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forced to become MMEs for 3 cpl.

I'm a QA and not in India - QA gal

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And most of the QA work I get was typed by an Indian MT. It may be heading that way, I don't know, but for now, I'm still here.

question for a QA that does India work - MM

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Curiousity has the better of me, and I have to ask, when you do QA for India-transcribed dictation, do they have trouble with English sentence construction/word usage? Can you tell a difference QA'ing for America versus QA'ing for India??

QAing for India - QA gal

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Oh yes. I can definitely tell where the job was typed. They do have the expected problems with English usage and grammar. They are capable of understanding what the doctor says the bulk of the time but not able to know when it's incorrect so they don't make the needed changes that are automatic to us. Also, for a while, there was a problem where they must have received incorrect English education because every time the docs would say "three" the Indian MTs typed "2". Every single one of them, every time.

so that begs the question - MM

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what GENIUS was it that thought it would be a good idea for QA people who don't have a good grasp on the English language to "quality assure" the American medical records typed by MTs who don't have a grasp for the English language??? WOW that's rocket science at its best. How long before the doctors look at what they get back before they start complaining and then leaving MQ because of quality???

India QA - QA gal

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I agree completely. But do we know for a FACT that India staff are QA'ing American MTs? I wouldn't put it past the corporate morons but was just wondering if anyone had concrete evidence.

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