Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 I think I know what you are asking. First of all, 10 minutes of dictation will not give the same amount of lines every time. Some times (for me) 10 minutes of dictation can give me 150 lines, while other times it will only give me 70. It depends on the dictator. What you can do is see how long 10 minutes of dictation will take you to do. Let's say it takes one hour. Next, find out how many lines of transcription that report(s) amount to. That would give you how many lines you type per hour. Example: You type 40 minutes of dictation in 4 hours (keeping it simple for calculation's sake LOL) Well, you did 10 minutes/hour. Add up your lines. Let's say you have 400 lines. Divide that by 4 (hours) and you average about 100 lines/hour. Did I just not understand your question and blabbed for nothing? LOL Hope not! ) Dawn ) akik926@... wrote: > All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of > dictation > taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based > on that. > > > For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and > get > some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing > within > those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... > > Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How > could you > use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See > what I > mean? > > UGH. I'm so confushed!!! > > Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Bev, I really don't know how to go from words/lines to minutes of dictation. All of the computer systems out there (Lanier, Dictaphone, etc.) keep track of the amount of dictation by minutes, so most hospitals have production based on the number of minutes typed per hour. At the hospital where I work, the production standard is 14.8-15 minutes typed per hour, with a bonus given for those who consistently average 20 minutes per hour over a three month period. I would love to go back to the days of only having to type 10 minutes of dictation in an hour, but I also realize that for someone new to the field, that is a good goal to be shooting for. I have been doing this for over 15 years, working exclusively in hospitals, so I am a lot faster than I was when I was new at this. I have never typed by the line, so I don't really know for sure how much I would type if I did. If you are using tapes, you can figure on 30 minutes per side and use that to figure out how many minutes per hour you are doing. If you work for a service, there is probably a computer somewhere that tells them how many minutes per hour you are doing, but they might not be using it to keep track, so they may or may not have that information available if you asked them. Hope that doesn't just make things fuzzier for you. Margaret >>> 03/02/01 09:05PM >>> All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of dictation taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based on that. For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and get some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing within those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How could you use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See what I mean? UGH. I'm so confushed!!! Bev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 I get paid by the line, but some of my doctors dictate on the other speed, so this makes 1/2 of a 30 min. tape a lot of lines, I would have no idea how to type per minute, but this is interesting to me. How many of you do your own printing? I'm getting ready to take on more responsibility from my boss, and will be doing printing. I want to buy a laser printer. I'm leaning towards HP. Anyone have any input about laser printers? Cost of ink and all that? any info you would have about them good or bad would be most appreciated. Thanks so much. val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Val, As you may have noticed from my other posts, I have never worked by the line, I have only worked for hospitals, so I don't really know much about all of this. I do have my own printer, which is definitely HP. If you are going for speed, you will want to get a really good one, which will cost. I would suggest that if you are going to start doing the printing, you will either need to start getting paid a lot more per line or you will need to start charging him for your materials and getting paid by the hour for the extra time you are putting in doing the printing. Also, if you are only doing his work, how about getting him to provide the printer, paper, ink cartridges, etc. Just some thoughts, from someone who has never done this but has thought of some of the drawbacks to it. Margaret >>> " Valpie " 03/02/01 10:00PM >>> I get paid by the line, but some of my doctors dictate on the other speed, so this makes 1/2 of a 30 min. tape a lot of lines, I would have no idea how to type per minute, but this is interesting to me. How many of you do your own printing? I'm getting ready to take on more responsibility from my boss, and will be doing printing. I want to buy a laser printer. I'm leaning towards HP. Anyone have any input about laser printers? Cost of ink and all that? any info you would have about them good or bad would be most appreciated. Thanks so much. val TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 The hospital in which I started out as an MT had guidelines based on minutes rather than lines. We were to be typing 80 minutes a day after 6 months of training. It was speculated that 1 minute of dictation was equal to 4 minutes of typing, which did turn out to be quite accurate. So, depending on how many counted lines you could do in 4 minutes, you could calculate it that way. Diane (Chilly in Michigan, but thawing slowly!) At 09:05 PM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote: >All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of dictation >taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based on that. > > >For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and get >some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing within >those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... > >Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How could you >use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See what I >mean? > >UGH. I'm so confushed!!! > >Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 What we do is take the number of minutes we have typed and times it by 12 and then divide by the number of hours you have typed. Dictation Time > All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of dictation > taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based on that. > > > For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and get > some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing within > those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... > > Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How could you > use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See what I > mean? > > UGH. I'm so confushed!!! > > Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2001 Report Share Posted March 3, 2001 In a message dated 03-02-01 9:45:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, MGrant@... writes: << All of the computer systems out there (Lanier, Dictaphone, etc.) keep track of the amount of dictation by minutes, so most hospitals have production based on the number of minutes typed per hour. >> While this used to be true, I know from personal experience that both Lanier and Dictaphone can be converted to lines, which is what we did at the hospital where I worked when we converted from minutes to lines, and then put an incentive plan into place. Granted, the line count Lanier or Dictaphone comes up with is only a guesstimate, since obviously there are doctors to dictate at warp speed, and those who pause often and all you hear is them turning the pages of the chart. There are line count programs out there, one of which I think is called Docucount. Our hospital uses Chartscript which is based on Word, and Chartscript has a line counting program which was based on a 65 character line. In our line of work, it makes more sense to get paid by the keystroke rather than the gross line or by minutes. Actually what I should have said was the hospital I used to work for... It is part of a group of hospitals, and the group of hospitals decided to outsource us to Edix, the transcription service, so I'm actually an employee of Edix now. When I still worked for the hospital, I was paid by the hour, even though I worked from home (although we started out in house and then were sent home later), and there was an incentive plan in place. Edix does not pay by the hour after the training period, they pay by the line, which was quite an adjustment for me, but that's another story Jan " Typing is my life " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2001 Report Share Posted March 3, 2001 I have an older HP laser printer and it works very well. The toner cartridges for it cost quite a bit, at around $50.00 but they last a very long time. I actually prefer the laser printer for printing clear labels because for some reason the ink dries on the labels much much more quickly than my HP Office Jet. I think because there is some kind of heat involved with the laser printing. I actually got this printer used at a thrift store for $20.00 and it came with a cartridge in it already. Carol B, Texas Re: Dictation Time > I get paid by the line, but some of my doctors dictate on the other speed, > so this makes 1/2 of a 30 min. tape a lot of lines, I would have no idea how > to type per minute, but this is interesting to me. > > How many of you do your own printing? I'm getting ready to take on more > responsibility from my boss, and will be doing printing. I want to buy a > laser printer. I'm leaning towards HP. Anyone have any input about laser > printers? Cost of ink and all that? any info you would have about them good > or bad would be most appreciated. Thanks so much. > > val > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2001 Report Share Posted March 5, 2001 The hospital in which I started out as an MT had guidelines based on minutes rather than lines. We were to be typing 80 minutes a day after 6 months of training. It was speculated that 1 minute of dictation was equal to 4 minutes of typing, which did turn out to be quite accurate. So, depending on how many counted lines you could do in 4 minutes, you could calculate it that way. Diane (Chilly in Michigan, but thawing slowly!) At 09:05 PM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote: >All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of dictation >taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based on that. > > >For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and get >some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing within >those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... > >Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How could you >use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See what I >mean? > >UGH. I'm so confushed!!! > >Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2001 Report Share Posted March 5, 2001 The hospital in which I started out as an MT had guidelines based on minutes rather than lines. We were to be typing 80 minutes a day after 6 months of training. It was speculated that 1 minute of dictation was equal to 4 minutes of typing, which did turn out to be quite accurate. So, depending on how many counted lines you could do in 4 minutes, you could calculate it that way. Diane (Chilly in Michigan, but thawing slowly!) At 09:05 PM 3/2/01 -0500, you wrote: >All this talk has peaked my curiosity. I understand 10 minutes of dictation >taking up to 1 hour.....but, how would you gauge your own time based on that. > > >For instance, could you take the amount of lines typed in an hour and get >some type of equation to get a ballpark figure of how you are doing within >those parameters of 10 minutes in 1 hour.... > >Does this make sense. I know Word gives a word count option. How could you >use that to see how much dictation you are typing in one hour. See what I >mean? > >UGH. I'm so confushed!!! > >Bev > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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