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My doctor nephew just found out why his reports are full of holes - mte

Posted: Dec 01, 2009

His dictation is going offshore and coming back a mess. He doesn't have time to sit down and edit and there is nobody at the hospital doing any proofing. I know the VA won't allow offshoring but does anyone know who at the VA made that decision and how I can get ahold of them?

Why doesn't nephew speak up - raise a fuss about it himself

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I think a doctor complaining would be more credible, and have more of a chance of being listened to and possibly acted upon, than having Auntie MT marching to the principal's office about it.

Hmmm...that's an odd reply - mte

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What did my post say? He just found out. As in j-u-s-t found out. I think he will make a fuss. But your snide reply makes me wonder about you.

Call U.S. Dept Of Veterans' Affairs..... google and you - can get info......nm

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Holey reports - travelinMT

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I agree with the question why doesn't your nephew speak up? I know he just found out but I bet if he talks to the other docs they have seen the same thing, it can't just be his reports unless he is a really lousy dictator. Every place that I have worked that the docs got together and raised H#@@ about not being able to sign their reports because they are so full of holes/blanks/errors they took it right to the top, heads rolled and things changed. Doc's aren't happy: no one is happy. I think the VA is going to wonder why you are calling to find out info (if they will even give it to you, they are usually pretty tight lipped in administration when they don't really know who is on the other end of the phone) for your nephew who is a doctor, successfully completed medical school and auntie is trying to find out how to fix his problems for him. I am not trying to be sarcastic but your nephew, being a doctor, has more power than you will ever have to change the situation where he works. What I have seen happen on numerous occassions and numerous locations is one day they all just get fed up and they refuse to dictate anymore...when all the docs band together and refuse to dictate they get a solution really fast.

Thanks. Like I said, he is going to do just that - mte

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I posted the previous note because he doesn't have time to come on this board and post it himself. Auntie is not doing his bidding. I thought it would be helpful for people to read an anecdote about offshoring. Then, somehow, it turned into auntie doing his dirty work for him.

VA Hospitals - old mter

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What VA Hospital is he at?

I thought VA accounts were prohibited - Tired&CrankyMT

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from being offshored and that anyone coming in contact with those records needs to have some sort of background check performed on them? When I worked on a Tennessee VA account years ago I didn't have a background check performed on me (or maybe I did and just didn't know about it), either way I could swear I read somewhere a while back that VA accounts were prohibited from being offshored due to it being military personnel records. Anyone else recall reading this article? I'll have to search for it later and see if I can find it.

nephew doctor - old mter

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Just a realty check. May be he is really an awful dictator too! That and the dictation being done God only knows where is a terrible combination.

He said a monkey could do what they are doing - nm - mte

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LOL: tell him to do front-end dictation! Will he be better?...nm - better?

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Used to do VA clinics until they went overseas - FlaMt

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They didn't do any background check or any other type of "checking" for that matter. They only required that I take an online VHA Privacy Training course that took about an hour and rcvd a "certificate" once completed. That's it. I'm sure they had those offshore MTs take the same course. It's just a piece of paper that they can use to cover their butts if someone says it's a privacy threat offshoring this kind of work.

why does Auntie Boy come whining to Auntie?...nm - ??

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LOL! I can hear your accent - nm - mte

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And what accent would this be?...nm - ??

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would 'Auntie's boy' be accent free? What do you "imagine" here?...nm - ??

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VA must be offshoring, cuz they certainly arent hiring. - Zircon

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