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Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source I’m notorious for ignoring the appendix section of reference books. I know the appendix is there and I know it may have some useful information for me, but I never pay any attention to it. Apparently I prefer doing things the hard way. The other [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source The purpose of power hour is to transcribe as many lines as possible in one hour at a nonstop pinky-finger-punishing, thumb-cracking, fingernail-chipping, keyboard-annihilating, full-blast rate of speed. It’s brutal. At the end of power hour, you may need to replace your keyboard, so have one [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source A burst of energy can be very profitable if you aim it in the right direction.It’s been a while since I held any power hour sessions while transcribing, so on Friday I strapped myself to my desk chair and did three power hours, two in [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source I’m part of a mixed marriage. My husband is a commuter and I’m a noncommuter. But we work it out. As a noncommuter, my mornings are quite easy. I wake up to the sound of a crackling fire my husband has built in the wood [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source I had my favorite longwinded ESL dictator all day yesterday. Years ago, that would have caused me great pain. I love getting her now. All of her reports are at least 20 minutes long and she has a good rhythm, so I can settle down [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source Since I discovered that my lines per hour rate had increased lately, I decided to try to increase it even more. It was 345 lph for years and then recently finally improved a bit to 364 lph at my last check. Being greedy, I want [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source Once the computer nazi’s minion had transferred my defunct computer to a work space, the computer nazi, wearing his normal scowl, approached us. He glared at me and snarled, “What now?” I stammered that the computer had a blue screen and that I couldn’t get [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source My computer guy reminds me of Seinfeld’s soup nazi, so I call him the computer nazi. I’ve had to visit the computer nazi’s shop for repairs numerous times over the years. On my initial visit years ago, when I took my dear old HP to [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source Money is on my mind these days, maybe because my bank went belly-up recently. All of a sudden, I’m counting all my pennies and wondering where to stash them. And I want more pennies to stash. So I’m looking at my production again, checking to [...]

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source This last week was a doozy, so many long dictations, so much work…all good. I needed it. I deserved it. I ate it.