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Old reports in database make me embarrassed to be an MT - Errors

Posted: Sep 27, 2010

in the report I looked up: He also had a temperature of 102. He was given half of a beer, which improved it.

The audio was still there, so I listened to it, just being curious. I heard Bayer pretty clearly.

One of the reasons ASR is dangerous, especially for those trying to go fast to make up for lost lines.

I wish they'd give me a half a beer for an elevated temperature - LOL

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But if they'd pay the MTs a halfway decent wage to do ASR, then the MTs would be able to slow down a bit. Right now, it's impossible to do ASR and make anything close to what we made with transcribing, thus the need to try to go faster and faster all the time to try to make up for what we've lost.

I agree - OP

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Both with the beer and not being paid decent for ASR.

I admit, I try to zip through ASR as fast as I can. I'm careful to avoid mistakes, but I would be naive to think one doesn't make it past me once in a great awhile.

The scary thing is, I am only assuming this was an ASR report...what if it wasn't?!

addendum - OP

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And by a mistake making it past me, I mean an A or AN or THE, something inconsequential. Like the poster below said, I do notice if the sentence doesn't make sense.

I still give 100% on my straight typing -- I figure - if they pay 60% for my

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expertise for an ASR, they will get what they pay for?

Im torn on this - sm

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I feel that the patients safety should come first and that I should be proud of my work and it should show...

HOWEVER, when the big wigs decided that money was more important than quality, and after years of declining paycheck, work being taken away, 5 of my previous accounts given to the Indians, the ASR that is absolutely horrible, and the instantaneous TAT, I honestly believe that they do not care about quality anymore.

If the cared about quality, we would not be doing ASR, we would have our amazing QA staff back, we would not be penalized for sending reports to QA, we would certainly not have the dumb FTR garbage, and we would have CCMs who have worked their way up from MT so they know what they are talking about.

I don't put stupid stuff, but I don't check everything - as closely as I do

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for 100% pay. Like if ASR puts "Dr. McDougall from Farnham Hospital" I don't go to Google and check to see if that is absolute correct spelling like I used to -- if it "sounds" right, lots of times I just let it go and keep "editing."

It does not make sense - cll

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I do not agree with going so fast that you make such stupid mistakes like that. The sentence does not make any sense, so you listen to it a second time. I type directly for an office and there is another girl who types that makes dumb mistakes like that and it really makes me mad. If you are typing something, at least make sure it makes sense! There are those of us that are devoted and take pride in our work. I have been typing for the past 27 hours. I slept for about an hour and a half and have taken several breaks, but it is not fair that I turn out quality work when someone else making the same amount just does crappy work!

But, this sentence does make sense - beer or Bayer

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I agree that it's a stupid mistake, and if it's an ASR report, I agree that the MT was either just going too fast or just not paying close enough attention.

And sentences that don't make sense sort of catch your attention no matter what (too fast or inattentive).

But this sentence DOES make sense. What doesn't make sense about:

"He was given half of a beer, which improved it."

The OP already said that it should have been Bayer and not beer. So how would you have edited that sentence?

"He was given half of a Bayer, which improved it."

A stupid mistake yes, but either way, beer or Bayer, the sentence makes sense.

Now, if they start paying us more so we can slow down a little bit, then maybe MTs won't be making stupid mistakes like this.

half a beer would work better than half a Bayer anyway - makes a lot of sense

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after doing ASR for 8 hours straight, I need 6 ibuprofen and a couple beers.

mother is a tool - nightowl

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I ended up putting a blank on that one. It sounded like "Mother is a dual." But it made me laugh. LOL I still have no clue what that would be.

embarrassed - nan

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What's also embarassing is that apparently the doctor signed off on the report!

I worked typing procedures and documents for a city at one time. I would get a draft, I would type it out. It would go to management to be approved. If I made an error or missed something, they would send it back and I would fix it, or if I had a question regarding something in the draft, I would ask them to clarify it. We worked together to get these reports done correctly, and by the way, I did not get pay taken away for trying to get something clarified or having somebody take a look at something. It's called teamwork!!

at least yours had a temp of 102, - the one I saw had temp of 5.4

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that is pretty darned cool in my book.

temp - nan

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LOL. I have seen people 994 years old. Good ole ASR!

ASR is not dangerous - mt

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I am note sure how some people came into this field, but I was taught many years ago that your ability to transcribe is only as good as your ability to proofread. ASR is proofreading, just not your own work. And I am also horrified by what I see in old reports. I don't really care whether the report was ASR or not, shoddy work hurts us all.

ASR is only as dangerous as the MT who is - proofing it. NM

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