Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 It IS totally frustrating... because even though I might be lax at my own grammar and speech etc., I am one of those that tend to find too many errors in the newspaper if you know what I mean... I understood when I began this profession that there were going to be times that I might have to make the doctor look a bit more polished (to say the least) but since I began working for this company 2-1/2 years ago I have YET to be able to " help them out " because of this situation...Hence they look like bubble-gum chomping teens and I type cringingly.. ... Re: Error Insurance > > > >If I decided to enter the medical > > transcription field as an active-duty transcriptionist, I would get > > liability insurance (probably as part of my umbrella liability coverage). > > But that's me. Of course, each of us has to make the decision on his/her > > own. What I advocate is gathering full information before making the >decision. > > > > Valeria > >One problem I see though, is that the pay for medical transcription does not >compensate for being liable for the contents of a medical report. If we are >to share the liability of the information in the medical record then >certainly we should share in more of the earnings. Also take into account >how many transcriptionist are under orders to dictate verbatim. In order to >be able to absorb liability would we also not need the ability to correct a >report if we suspect it is wrong, which is in fact impossible because we may >have the working knowledge but not the full facts or firsthand knowledge let >alone the complete medical training required, to be able to correct the >information to clear our liability therein. Sounds like an impossible and >dangerous situation to me. Maybe this is at the extreme but must be >considered, I believe. > >Quixote > > >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 July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 It IS totally frustrating... because even though I might be lax at my own grammar and speech etc., I am one of those that tend to find too many errors in the newspaper if you know what I mean... I understood when I began this profession that there were going to be times that I might have to make the doctor look a bit more polished (to say the least) but since I began working for this company 2-1/2 years ago I have YET to be able to " help them out " because of this situation...Hence they look like bubble-gum chomping teens and I type cringingly.. ... Re: Error Insurance > > > >If I decided to enter the medical > > transcription field as an active-duty transcriptionist, I would get > > liability insurance (probably as part of my umbrella liability coverage). > > But that's me. Of course, each of us has to make the decision on his/her > > own. What I advocate is gathering full information before making the >decision. > > > > Valeria > >One problem I see though, is that the pay for medical transcription does not >compensate for being liable for the contents of a medical report. If we are >to share the liability of the information in the medical record then >certainly we should share in more of the earnings. Also take into account >how many transcriptionist are under orders to dictate verbatim. In order to >be able to absorb liability would we also not need the ability to correct a >report if we suspect it is wrong, which is in fact impossible because we may >have the working knowledge but not the full facts or firsthand knowledge let >alone the complete medical training required, to be able to correct the >information to clear our liability therein. Sounds like an impossible and >dangerous situation to me. Maybe this is at the extreme but must be >considered, I believe. > >Quixote > > >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 July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 Even worse, if you are keeping a portfolio of your work (sans identifying information) for resume purposes, the last thing you'd want to include would be one of those documents! Sheesh! Valeria At 10:49 AM 7/1/2001, Dave... wrote: >It IS totally frustrating... because even though I might be lax at my own >grammar and speech etc., I am one of those that tend to find too many >errors in the newspaper if you know what I mean... I understood when I >began this profession that there were going to be times that I might have >to make the doctor look a bit more polished (to say the least) but since I >began working for this company 2-1/2 years ago I have YET to be able to > " help them out " because of this situation...Hence they look like >bubble-gum chomping teens and I type cringingly.. > >... > Re: Error Insurance > > > > > > >If I decided to enter the medical > > > transcription field as an active-duty transcriptionist, I would > get > > > liability insurance (probably as part of my umbrella liability > coverage). > > > But that's me. Of course, each of us has to make the decision > on his/her > > > own. What I advocate is gathering full information before > making the > >decision. > > > > > > Valeria > > > >One problem I see though, is that the pay for medical > transcription does not > >compensate for being liable for the contents of a medical > report. If we are > >to share the liability of the information in the medical record then > >certainly we should share in more of the earnings. Also take into > account > >how many transcriptionist are under orders to dictate > verbatim. In order to > >be able to absorb liability would we also not need the ability to > correct a > >report if we suspect it is wrong, which is in fact impossible > because we may > >have the working knowledge but not the full facts or firsthand > knowledge let > >alone the complete medical training required, to be able to > correct the > >information to clear our liability therein. Sounds like an > impossible and > >dangerous situation to me. Maybe this is at the extreme but must be > >considered, I believe. > > > >Quixote > > > > > >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...
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