Kathy:

Thank you for your comments about the site. I really do wish I could spend more time on our own BB but between the tons of transcription, maintaining the web site and the MT Gab - and sleeping and eating - there's not much time left for anything else.



As far as I am aware this should be working Kathy. If you are not getting an e-mail informing you that someone has responded to your message, please check your "Profile" settings. Let me know if this does not work. Thanks.

SOMara

SOMara - you simply amaze me with your fast replies! I checked my profile and my e-mail address is there, so we'll see what happens with future postings. Tomorrow night I have my final exam in Medical Terminology. So far I have an A in my class, so I hope I don't blow it on the final!! Gotta go study. Thanks again for your site and your attention. It is so appreciated!

Kathy

Kathy:

You're welcome! I am sure you will do well on your medical terminology exam. I bet you get an A+

(This is also a test to see if your automatic e-mail notification is working.)

SOMara

Hi everyone!

I have to stop in here more frequently, you guys have me in stitches! I agree with all of you but especially the doctors who are oh-so-helpful and spell things for you, except that they are WRRRRRONNNGGGGGG!!!!! My personal rule is, if the doc spells it, I better look it up! Also, along the same lines of the yawning doc, how about the EATING doc?? This drives me nutty! How about the ones who start talking a split second before they turn their machine on, and then turn it off about half a word shy of being finished talking? I currently have an ortho surgeon who is a nightmare, but is a good sport about it, and thankfully, the ofc manager is "on my side." He has been known to dictate in the kitchen, with people chatting, the water running, dishes clanking, and once or twice he has even taken the dictaphone in the BATHROOM with him!! And his dictation is a slurred, fuzzy disaster anyway! Dictating in the car is another wonderful thing. Once I had a psychologist who liked to dictate outside, even when it was WINDY and I could not hear ONE WORD!! Uh-oh, I'm on a roll now. Okay, just one more. The doctor sits on a dictation for days and days and suddenly, guess what! It is MY emergency! This was worse when I worked in the office. At 3 minutes to 5:00, someone would rush in and sheepishly ask, "Um, I forgot to do this earlier, do you think you could do just a quick letter?" Of course, once you agree, you usually would hear, "Oh, as long as you're at it..." Aaahhhhh, thanks for letting me vent, that felt good! -Ada

Pet peeves. This is great. I love it. I once worked for a transcription company that told me never to leave a blank and to always "wing" it. I never heard of such a thing. Also, the agency called me screaming because the doctor got on her case insisting the past medical history was transcribed wrong and that the patient didn't have a particular disease that was typed. Not only was this what the doctor said, but it was dictated and transcribed six months before the doctor telephoned. (Shouldn't it have been proofed earlier?) Could it be the doctor was wrong??? NEVER... I should have known. Or, how about the most recent-dictated reports that are typed but need to be dated years before (I went as far back to dating a report 1995, before I even was a MT). This same physician used to dictate his reports with his "talking parrot" in the background and THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE. If it was so cute, then why not teach the parrot to TYPE. This physician would also go to the park with his children (and dictate) and better yet, go to hockey games, and even parties and dictate. Whenever, I would send a polite letter explaining this, I would get no reponse. Sometimes, it would take one hour (or more) just to get two pages typed in between the "goals", "pretty baby", and partying going on. The worst is one party was for his son's birthday. I guess if a doctor is rude or inconsiderate enough to go to his own children's parties and dictate during them, why would he listen to me??? Believe it or not, I could go on, and on, and on ......

Ada and Renee,
You both had me in stitches!! I've experienced ALL of those too.

Renee, forget about leaving notes - you are right - if they are not considerate enough to dictate in the proper place, then a note means nothing to them. I don't even waste time with notes or complaints any more. I do the best I can, but when push comes to shove, a report full of holes usually gets their attention. And about the doc who didn't get back to you after such a long time about the correction - probably was a court case or something and he was trying to cover his arse!

Ada - read your other posts and congradulations on you son. Things certainly do get hectic this time of year. It's funny how in June I'm so happy school is out and then by August I can't wait for it to start again! Also, I just "discovered" the message board you mentioned in another post. It is full of info and can be quite amusing at times. I work for MedQuist and someone told me there were postings from the "higher ups" there regarding new benefits (my company was just bought out by them) so I visited the site and got more than I expected! Lots of MedQuist bashing! Oh well, everybody has to make the decision that is right for them.

You guys forgot about the doc that dictates from a speaker phone!! A quote from Angelica on Rug Rats: "What are we - chopped sliver?" [img]http://www.medword.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

Have a great weekend!! [img]http://www.medword.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
Jeany

Hi Y'all!

And another thing!! Sometimes a doc will say something muffled that I can't understand, right at the same time that a baby screams, or some other horrifying noise happens. The trouble is, then you have to listen to that spot over and over again to get the word! Oh, the headaches and torture we go through! :-) I used to type for a P.A. who was a very nice person other than this one horrible habit. She was so used to babies screaming, that she would stand right in the hall and dictate, right by the check-out desk. Unfortunately, half the babies had just gotten their shots, and the other half were sick! In other words, all her tapes were infused with the crazy-making music of SCREAMING BABIES!! We nearly went mad, and finally got up the guts to ask her to come in and listen to what the tapes sounded like. You'll never believe it, she was horrified, apologized profusely, and didn't do it any more! We started rewarding her with candy and goodies just so she didn't backslide! -Ada

How about doctor's who stockpile all of their dictation and then hand you three days worth of dictation on one tape (from three months earlier, no less) and expect it back the next morning? We've tried to explain to her if she wants to give us all of her work at once, could she at least put each day on a separate tape so we can split it up since we all have our "regular" transcription to do, as well. Of course, she also likes to go on and on and on ... It's not unusual for her to dictate a two-page report on a patient who is being seen for "allergic rhinitis" I guess you could say she's thorough when she finally gets around to the dictation. Everybody cringes when they get her tapes, but we can't complain too loudly because the other doctors in the group are too good to lose! I also had a lawn mower in the background of one tape and the doc apologized for the noise. I'm still not sure if she was mowing and dictating ot the same time or sitting in the middle of a field while it was being mowed! Oh well, keeps things interesting and you learn to appreciate the "good docs"!

What about the doctor who finds it extremely necessary to dictate over the office PA system, except when he dictates his voice goes lower and lower and lower instead of louder. He dictates as if he's telling a secret. Or, here's another ... when you're not given a patient sheet (for office notes) and the doctor spells the patient's last name two or three times ... each time differently! I have a doctor that corrects a correct spelling of a word. This might be a whole new topic ... but what do you do?

Well, Renee, personally I choose to SCREAM AND CRY. But seriously, usually with my office I just use my best judgment and then put a sticky note on it saying something like "doc spelled several ways - pls double check spelling - I'll gladly fix and reprint." My office is real nice about that, though. Another idea would be to collect your questions and call before printing your dictations, asking for the right info. On the other hand, sometimes the doc only learns to behave if they get blanks they have to fill in. I love these new icon thingies up top. Here goes. Have a great day!