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MQ - Things never change - anon


Posted: Sep 30, 2010

I worked for MQ many, many years ago when they bought the company I was working for.  From reading this board, it appears some things never change and only get worse.  I remember having to switch from one account to the other constantly and trying to keep track of client profiles.  Glad I am out of there!!

you are so lucky you got out many years ago - i wish it were just 1 acct. to the next

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I do an average of 15 accounts daily. I might get a run of 2 or 3 reports from the same hospital, but usually each and every report is different. So, I spend more time looking at client profiels than editing.

It is crazy. There is no way to remember each account, I constantly mix stuff up, forget to change cc to mL, forget to leave mL and change it to cc; add patients name, dont add patients name; caps, stacked left, paragraph format.

Every day I feel like I am in a thick fog and cant see, it is so hard to breathe, am I drowning?

I keep note cards - NJA Queen

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That is what I do because I hated wasting time searching through the CP for the same info all the time. I have a note card for each account with PE ROS, allergies and patient name and then all the quirks listed (like cc or how they want the date or no q.h.s.) Then every time we get an email stating "Dr. Whoever wants this" I just add the info to the notecard. Some days I just feel like I am shuffling cards, but it really does help me. I know that in a few months MQ will do the management shuffle again and I will end up with all new accounts. In fact, I have ended up reusing some of the cards because the accounts ended up back in my pool. I know many other people have other tips and you just need to find what works best for you.

D if you do, D if you don't - Note cards

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I used to keep note cards, too, until I was dinged for not following the CP. Apparently, my note card was out of date (2 months old). They can't be bothered to let us know when the CP changes. They will, however, e-mail us if a doctor is unhappy about something, so they get to savor slapping our wrists.

Glad it is not just me. - anon

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Feel like I am on a spinning top all day trying to keep up with who wants what at which facility for Dr. Whoozit. Very hard to make any money, but sure easy to make mistakes -- not on medical dictation, but on the profile drivel.


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