Have you ever calculated how many keystrokes you make a day as a medical transcriptionist? Most probably you would have if you’re on a productivity based payroll. Okay let’s try working it out as simple mathematics if anyone has not yet. Suppose you type 1000 lines a day. A standard line is 65 characters including free spaces; even for … Read more
Voice file player, the unavoidable integral part of medical transcription! How many choices do you have in that? Well, this week, I tried to do some research on the available freewares on the internet. In the early days of my transcription career when I started with CBay Systems, I was working with Medipro, a voice file … Read more
I stumbled upon a movie, SiCKO, a year back or so. Written, directed, and produced by the noted filmmaker, Michael Moore. Bookmarked it to watch it when free. I had time to view it this past weekend. It moved me, hurt me a lot, and more than a couple of times filled my eyes. Hence … Read more
Feeling drained? How to recharge and get back to work refreshed? How often do you take a week break? Once in two months, three months, six months or a year? Earlier I had a doctor who used to take a week off once every two months. I could really feel his need for a break from his voice, … Read more
Ever since healthcare reforms started to surface in Obama’s speeches or rather after he signed the stimulus package to law setting aside $19.2 billion for healthcare IT alone to reach a goal of full EHR by 2014 promising hundreds of thousands of new jobs by boosting healthcare, the question “How is it going to benefit … Read more
Medical transcription was a hot-selling cake in the 1990s and at the turn of this century in India. There were a lot of institutes offering medical transcription course. It created such a hype that every Tom, Dick, and Harry who couldn’t find a place elsewhere wanted to make hay in medical transcription, either as an … Read more