I am going to be switching to another company doing in-home transcription and they use a C-phone. Can anyone tell me what this is and also, is there anyone out here in transcription land heard of MedQuist. Would like any and all info you might have, negative or positive.

Thanx

Hi

A C-phone is a telephone/transcriber combination by which you can dial in to a remote digital transcription system and transcribe jobs from the the remote digital transcription system. They are expensive to buy. I've seen used ones for $450. You have a phone with buttons at the bottom to compete a job (dictation), go to the beginning of a job, go to the end of a job, next job, previous job, etc. A headset and foot pedal plug into it. When you are using the C-phone to transcribe you are constantly using a phone line.

The company I work for leases the phone to me.

I have heard of Medquist. They are the largest transcription company in the United States and growing every day, from what I hear. They are buying small to medium transcription services. I regret to say I haven't heard a whole lot of positive things about them. I did just read an article yesterday on the multi-million dollar profit they made last quarter--it doesn't appear that they pass their good fortune on to their employees.

Hope this is of help!

KKB

KKB, Thanks for your reply about the C-phone.
Surprisingly, I did know what that was after your description. It's is exactly the piece of equipment I used on my job when I was typing in a hospital med/rec dept.I have heard that MedQuist is a good company and they also have benefits, which I think is a plus for independent contractors. Have you ever heard of MedScribe?. Once again, thanx for the response.

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Hi,

Glad you were able to decipher my description of a C-phone. I think they are known by several different names.

I have heard of Medscribe, but nothing one way or the other about it.

The only thing I know about MedQuist is what I read on the AOL newsgroups, and I've heard nothing positive. I did read an article announcing the huge profit they made last quarter. I have heard transcriptionists whose pay was cut when Medquist took over the company for which they were working, and the rate they were getting before that was not excessive.

That is good that they provide benefits, however.

KKB