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used those little emoticon thingies. I don't know many of them, but I understand there are dozens. These could obviously be used in our reports so we don't get paid for actual words...
If prognosis is guarded, use that little frownie face.
That heart thing could be used for dozens of things.
Wow, docs could just use their "smart" phones to enter gibberish abbreviations and signs and MQ could just have us edit them for no money whatsoever.
What's the world coming to.
Yes, it would save them some $$$, but I can think of a few emoticons I would like to send to the upper management who sit around thinking of ways to get rid of MTs. I don't care if they are well educated, and fought their way to the top, can any ONE OF THEM edit/transcribe a medical report? Maybe they should learn more about what's involved before trashing us.