October 2008 - Posts

My Challenge to You--Ask Yourself for a Raise!
October 29, 2008 1:39 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

In these difficult economic times, just about everyone is feeling the pinch with finances in some way or another. I think some of the anxiety people feel is due to the feeling we have no control over the situation. Other people, including "the experts," Read More...

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Connect to the Past
October 23, 2008 3:03 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

At the end of a long evening of discussion of anatomy, pathology, testing and interventions regarding the cardiovascular system as well as the blood itself, I told my class we were going to end the evening by a brief visit to the past to see just how Read More...

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Driving for Dollars
October 15, 2008 5:23 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

I was driving down the highway the other day and noticed on one stretch of 5 billboards that all 5 of them were medical! Two were hospitals, two were insurance companies and one was an orthopedic center. Coincidental? Targeted marketing? It also struck Read More...

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All That Jazz
October 8, 2008 10:22 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

I am so jazzed up I can hardly contain myself! If transcription is your profession, have you ever had the pleasure of going to a meeting for and by transcriptionists? If not, you are missing a professional connection that is available in many venues across Read More...

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Sleepless in Seattle
October 2, 2008 8:37 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

Perhaps that title is not to be taken verbatim--I actually was sleepless in Bethlehem! Modern medicine came to the rescue with a steroid taper to help my aching neck. How often had I transcribed "steroid taper" and never envisioned what that may mean Read More...

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