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Anyone have secret fantasies of anonymously calling the facility--sm - anon
Posted: Apr 18, 2013
and educating them about what truly constitutes a STAT. Just because something is dictated by a resident does not mean it is a stat, especially if the discharge was 4 months ago. Of course, I also have fantasies of conducting a class for residents, helping them to utilize their critical thinking skills and critically evaluate the pertinent information for the report instead of talking for 30-45 minutes about stuff that does not need to be on the chart for the umpteenth time. If you say it once, it is on the chart, it is does not need to be noted 6 times in the report. Okay, back to reality for me.
No, not really. However, sm - Fantasies
[ In Reply To ..]I have fantasized about calling a dictator and speaking to them like they dictate, i.e. yawning while giving lab results. Thanks, I needed to get that out. Hopefully you feel better by venting, too, OP.
I would prefer to call them up and belch continuously...nm - anon
[ In Reply To ..]nm
No. I have fantasized that the job market improves - and everybody quits. :) nm
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Anonymous call - Anonymous?
[ In Reply To ..]There are no anonymous phone calls these days, everyone has caller ID. Maybe someone needed that report to code and bill so they had to make it STAT. You must be hot stuff to be able to educate doctors to use their critical thinking skills.
disposable cell phones and Burner app are anonymous - sm
[ In Reply To ..]And how is that *all* of some dictators' dictations are stat? (when they obviously aren't really) I agree with the OP, there's a lot of stat abuse going on.
I've had similar thoughts - Anon
[ In Reply To ..]I've been keeping a list of the most horrible dictators I routinely type. My plan is to write them a letter and let them know just how terrible, lazy and inconsiderate they are when performing this aspect of their JOB.
Maybe I'll mail them, maybe not. Time will tell.
Well, I think the word fantasy should have been a tip off-sm - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I would think it highly unprofessional for me to do such a thing which is why I am only fantasizing about such things, rather than following through. You may want to be careful on that high horse in case it bucks and you fall hard to the ground.
If the residents worked on their critical thinking skills and managed these reports better instead of spending 30-45 minutes on them, they could utilize their time better and my work would flow better, too. It could be a win, win situation.
Thank you for laugh!!! - Glad to be gone...
[ In Reply To ..]Thank you for the knee-slapping laugh you just gave me!! I often "talked" (under my breath) to those doctors while editing or typing and wondering why certain notes were STATs. I totally agree with you and the whole "high horse" comment gave me a much needed laugh.
Just had to thank you for your sense of humor - priceless!!!
How about this - Anonynuse
[ In Reply To ..]How about we call the people in charge at the hospital and let them know how NTS sneaks jobs offshore on 100% onshore accounts. Now that would make my day.
This would be more like my fantasy, too... - (s/m)
[ In Reply To ..]I worked for a local hospital which laid us all off and outsourced the work to an MTSO. Most of us went over to the MTSO for work. I'm quite sure that my local hospital had no idea at all that they would keep paying the full cpl price for work, whether it was typed by a human or routed through an ASR program. When those of us who came over began editing ASR instead of transcribing (after a few weeks on the job), we were expressly told that we should not share that with anyone from our local hospital...it was "proprietary information." This immediately tanked my opinion of the MTSO....seemed and felt very, very sneaky, which is not the way I like to do business.
Now, that MTSO has sold out to M*Modal. I have no idea if M*M is still doing this local hospital's work; but if they are, I'd be willing to bet the local hospital never dreamed that the work would eventually be done off-shore, but I'm sure it is.
I think a lot of hospitals were as hood-winked by all this jazz as some of us MTs were.
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