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Uh oh - should I be scared now? - Chrissy

Posted: Sep 30, 2014

I work for a hospital that pays hourly and incentive. Nuance has been our overflow service - as of late, they are getting more work than us hospital employees. Work is being given to them in droves. Should I start getting concerned that my hospital is getting ready to ax us or ship us out to NuiSance? Good grief.

Thanks for any input or stories you have.

Yep. Definitely should. They're sending out more - and more because it is cheaper

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Gone are the good old days of in-house transcription. Good luck!

:( thanks - waiting for shoe to drop sm - Chrissy

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We get paid an incentive on line count too so guessing this is a way to keep that part down - pay NuiSance less, and then eventually lay us off or something. Oh fun.......:(

waiting - gonesoon

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Run, Chrissy, Run!!!! Don't wait. Get out while you can, save yourself.

A clinic I used to work for did just that: Outsourced - more & more to Nuance, then -

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one day they dumped all of us in the transcription department. I've read the same story over and over again on this board, so if I were you I would:

A- Be concerned,
B- Start looking at other jobs,
C- Go back to school, or
D- All of the above

Cheaper. The powers that be only care about money. - SM

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If they are going with Nuance, their last concern is about quality. They are only worried about their bonuses. The hospital administrators will go with Nuance because it saves them money. They don't care about you. They don't care about quality. They don't care about patients. They don't care about how you are going to pay your bills. They don't care if you have food on your table. Ditto that for Nuance. They don't care. They want their fat bonus checks. The only way to get that is to save money. Bottom line. Money.

Don't wait and see what happens. It's going to happen. Sorry to be blunt, rude and seem uncaring. I'm not. I've been there and so has everyone else here. You should find another career because this one is gone. Nuance killed it.

Thanks everybody - SM - Chrissy

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You all confirmed what I was thinking- and I needed that - to "hear it" out loud. I appreciate the feedback. Nuance truly is the albatross and evil of this industry.

Chrissy-if there is any other position in the hospital sm - honest advice

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you could possibly take, even if it's not a clerical job (like even environmental services or dietary), TAKE IT. You'll keep a decent wage and benefits and I'm positive your hospital has a far better health insurance, PTO and retirement plan than Nuance does.

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