Worried

April 18, 2001

I've done part-time work at our hospital doing just ER's. The girls have

templates made for each doc. Pull this up and add or delete as you go. It

helps you learn their slang and regular verbage. Lines add up quick too. A

couple of you may want to work on this together and then share. I don't

know how clicky or competative the people you work with are, but this would

be my idea. Hope it helps.

> Worried

>

> Hi everyone,

> I am in desperate need of advice.

>

> Two months ago I started working at a hospital (along with about 7 other

> new

> people). We all have little or no experience. We have been told that by

> the

> time we are there three months, we need to be transcribing 1300 lines

> daily.

>

> I worked really hard to get this job and I don't want to lose it!

>

> Can anyone give me advice on how I can improve my line count? Presently I

> do

> an average of 600 lines a day.

>

> Thanks,

> Ria

>

April 18, 2001

Where does one get a hold of that article you mention below?

Great advise from both you and Holly.

Aliceanne

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:32:33 EDT JanTranscribes@... writes:

> In a message dated 04-18-01 10:10:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> riacop@...

> writes:

>

> << Can anyone give me advice on how I can improve my line count?

> Presently I

> do

> an average of 600 lines a day.

> >>

>

> First of all, I think 1300 lines a day is pretty steep. Of course

> some of

> that would depend on how the lines are counted.. whether they are

> gross lines

> (anything on a line is a line) or whether it's 65 characters is a

> line, which

> is what my employer uses. The best advice I can give you after

> transcribing

> for 14 years is use your macros/word expanders/auto corrects. Make

> bunches

> of them, and then make more. I read an article once called " When

> the name of

> the game is keystrokes " .. and it has great advice on how to make

> word

> expanders work for you. In addition, if you have doctors you do on

> a

> regular basis, most of them tend to say the same things all the

> time. Save

> those phrases and use them to your advantage. If you don't already

> have one,

> make a notebook with words you have to look up often.. it will save

> you time,

> or if you are able to, use Lil Red Notebook.. it's a lot faster

> using 2

> clicks to find something than it is to pull out a book and page

> through it.

> We all have certain words we just can't seem to get into our brains,

> and

> that's when notebook or Lil Red Notebook comes in really handy.

>

> Also, I don't know what kind of interruptions you have, but try to

> keep them

> to a minimum as much as possible. Any MT who has been transcribing

> for a

> while will tell you that you have to get into the " zone " and it

> takes some

> people longer than others to get there ... where you're almost on

> automatic

> pilot.. that's when you are most productive. Do whatever you can

> within your

> power to get into that zone and stay there. The only exception to

> that is

> if you hear something that stumps you, don't spend lots of time on

> it.

> en to it a few times, and if it doesn't click, get up and walk away

> for a

> few minutes.. then come back and try again. You'd be surprised how

> many times

> it will happen that when you come back the light bulb will come on

> and you'll

> figure it out. If not, have someone else listen, and if that

> doesn't work,

> leave a blank for flag it. Don't get bogged down on one thing.

>

> How long are you spending on proofreading? While it is extremely

> important

> to produce a correct report, going over and over something is

> wasting your

> time and not productive. Learn to edit on the fly as much as you

> can. Read

> what you're transcribing while you're transcribing it and make

> corrections

> right away as much as possible. This gets easier the more you do

> it.

>

> These are just a few suggestions and I hope they help you. Please

> feel free

> to contact me if you have questions or need more suggestions.

>

> Jan " Typing is my life "

>

April 18, 2001

Good idea.

Aliceanne

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:52:44 -0400 " Cullen, Debbie "

writes:

> I've done part-time work at our hospital doing just ER's. The girls

> have

> templates made for each doc. Pull this up and add or delete as you

> go. It

> helps you learn their slang and regular verbage. Lines add up quick

> too. A

> couple of you may want to work on this together and then share. I

> don't

> know how clicky or competative the people you work with are, but

> this would

> be my idea. Hope it helps.

>

> > Worried

> >

> > Hi everyone,

> > I am in desperate need of advice.

> >

> > Two months ago I started working at a hospital (along with about 7

> other

> > new

> > people). We all have little or no experience. We have been told

> that by

> > the

> > time we are there three months, we need to be transcribing 1300

> lines

> > daily.

> >

> > I worked really hard to get this job and I don't want to lose it!

> >

> > Can anyone give me advice on how I can improve my line count?

> Presently I

> > do

> > an average of 600 lines a day.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Ria

> >

April 18, 2001

---

Templates are definitely the way to go. If you work in Radiology, they should

have templates already made up at least for normal results. Put in phrases and

even words that you use a lot and you'll pick up speed as you get used to using

them. I use the autotext for even simple words like fracture or vertebral body

and my line count is often over 10,000 a week. Of course, it helps if you do

the same doctors over and over!

Geri

Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something

else.

-- Author Unknown

http://www.geocities.com/gmaisano08028/BuckleMySwash.html

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 10:52:44

Cullen, Debbie wrote:

>I've done part-time work at our hospital doing just ER's. The girls have

>templates made for each doc. Pull this up and add or delete as you go. It

>helps you learn their slang and regular verbage. Lines add up quick too. A

>couple of you may want to work on this together and then share. I don't

>know how clicky or competative the people you work with are, but this would

>be my idea. Hope it helps.

>

>> Worried

>>

>> Hi everyone,

>> I am in desperate need of advice.

>>

>> Two months ago I started working at a hospital (along with about 7 other

>> new

>> people). We all have little or no experience. We have been told that by

>> the

>> time we are there three months, we need to be transcribing 1300 lines

>> daily.

>>

>> I worked really hard to get this job and I don't want to lose it!

>>

>> Can anyone give me advice on how I can improve my line count? Presently I

>> do

>> an average of 600 lines a day.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Ria

>>

April 18, 2001

Dear Jan, Margaret, Holly, Debbie, Geri and everyone else who took time out

of their day to give me such good advice.

I have been doing some of the things mentioned and will try some of the

others. In the meantime, I really appreciate the advice and will share it

with the other newbies at the hospital.

Today I did 828 lines (but I had easy dictators).

Thanks again - your help and support is very much appreciated.

Ria

September 3, 2007

hi there. i am sorry to hear about your onset of symptoms. i started

having similar symptoms about 3 years ago and was convinced i had MS.

As bizarre as it sounds, we discovered i had been exposed to mold. it

and lyme disease (as well as many other autoimmne/chronic illnesses)

can mimick MS. No doctor could find anything wrong with me. sometimes i

couldnt walk or talk, had dizzy spells, nausea, numbness, tingling,

headaches, muscle spasms, twitching, ringing in my ears, headaches and

on and on. we found the mold by accident and if that had not happened i

suppose i would still be searching for an anwer. now i am searching for

a cure.

i continue to use this site because i am interested in natural methods

and becase mold exposure often leads to MS. also, the people on here

are great.

anyway, i am not saying that is what is going on...just that there

could be a numbr of things that are causing your symptoms. I understand

how scary this is. i was 25 when it first started happening to me. I

hope you get an answer soon.

feel free to write if you have any questions.

peace,

ah

>

> OK, SO I HAVE SOME CRAZY STUFF GOING ON SINCE THE EARLY THIS YEAR. IT

> HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND MY HUSBAND SUGGESTED SEEING A NEUROLOGIST.

> INSTEAD OF MAKIN AN APPOINTMENT I DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE BEEN

> READING ONLINE ABOUT MS.

>

> I HAVE ALMOST ALL THE SYMPTOMS.

>

> IT WAS MOST OBVIOUS WHEN I GOT DIZZY AND ALMOST FAINTED.

> THEN CAME THE HEARING PROBLEMS, FATIGUE, NUMBNESS IN NECK AND FACE

> AREAS. THE TWITCHING AND MEMORY LOSS. I FIND MYSELF WALKING AND NOT

> SURE FOR A SECOND WHAT I AM DOING OR WHERE I AM GOING.

> OH BOY THE LIST GOES ON. I HAVE ALSO PASSED OUT AND IT FREAKED MY

> HUBBY. SO I GOING TO HAVE THE DOC CHECK FOR MS.

>

September 3, 2007

Hi AH,

Have you tried colloidal silver to treat your mold infection?

All the best,

Dudley Delany

http://profiles.yahoo.com/dudley_delany

September 3, 2007

Hi - I also suspect lyme disease for my symptoms. Please tell me where to go

for testing and the type of testing required.

Thank you - Terry tpeeso67@...

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