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MTs: Get Thee to Tennessee!
July 28, 2009 12:06 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm off to Nashville tomorrow for the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity's (AHDI) Annual Convention and Expo (ACE), and I couldn't be more excited to toss off the headphones (those interviews don't transcribe themselves!) for a few days Read More...
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Worst MT Week Gifts
April 2, 2009 10:08 AM by Lynn Jusinski
National Medical Transcriptionist Week will be here next month, May 18-24. ADVANCE 's nursing publication is asking readers about their worst Nurses Week gifts ever. Did you ever get something truly atrocious for MT Week? There's no special journalists Read More...
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The Speech Rec Results
December 16, 2008 1:29 PM by Lynn Jusinski
Well, the 2008 ADVANCE Salary Survey results are in. Thanks to a bit of outsourcing on ADVANCE 's part, I had a new survey tool to play with, and I had fun sifting through the data and really trying to get to the bottom of what HIM professionals are making. Read More...
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The Dark Side of Medical Transcription
December 11, 2008 3:30 PM by Lynn Jusinski
It's not always sunshine and roses in the world of MTs. We get that--we field a lot of letters from MTs disgruntled by pay decreases or stressing about offshoring of transcription. I decided to be a brave little toaster and broach the topic of the unhappy Read More...
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Just a Little Bit of History Repeating
October 1, 2008 7:29 AM by Lynn Jusinski
OK, so maybe it's not exactly the same story, but it's pretty darn close. In a recent article I did, I talked to Marne Gordan, GRC market manager for Armonk, NY-based IBM Tivoli Software, and I asked her if a situation like the Lubna Baloch case could Read More...
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What Are You Hearing?
May 8, 2008 9:56 AM by Lynn Jusinski
I've heard and read the horror stories: the physician who dictates from her child's swim practice, the doc who treats MTs to his hacking cough, the PA who insists on scarfing a Big Mac while telling MTs about a patient. I recently finished an article Read More...
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Don't Get Ripped Off
November 9, 2007 3:37 PM by Lisa Algeo
"Start earning money in just a few weeks." "Get your degree from home." We've all seen the infomercials, commercials and advertisements that boast "You too can become a medical transcriptionist in 10 days," or "Become a medical coder and earn top dollar." Read More...
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