MT Exchange

In the internet marketing world, there's what's known as a flog. A flog is fake weblog. In other words, it looks like a real person writing about real experiences – while promoting a product. In a prior post, Internet Marketers and Medical Transcription, I noted how medical transcription is an attractive target for internet marketers. [...]

This all started with a query at MT Chat, which asked (in part): Can anyone tell me if it makes a difference which online program you use? I’ve heard that potential employers look for someone that’s been trained by an AHDI approved program. But when I asked Future MT, a non-approved program, they said that [...]

There are some sites where you can immediately dismiss the entire thing as complete BS because it’s obviously put up by an internet marketer. That doesn’t mean I approve of the internet marketers and their crappy sites and crappy articles pushing crappy schools – but at least I get where they’re coming from and they’re [...]

There’s been a lot of criticism over the years about the hobby MT, someone who just needs to make a little money to pay for a few extras. This is as opposed to the professional MT, someone who takes their career, the industry and the business of MT seriously. When it comes to the business [...]

I search the internet occasionally for interesting news about medical transcription and it seems all I find are these crappy sites. I ran into one this morning that really got me going, so I thought I’d share. Have you ever wondered why there are so many crappy articles and web sites devoted to medical transcription [...]

Last week, I attended the Healthcare Documentation Specialist Curriculum Development Seminar, sponsored by Mira Costa College, in San Diego. This was attended by educators from local community colleges with transcription and HIM programs, employers, some MTSOs and some transcriptionists. Kim Buchanan, AHDI-F and Director of Credentialing and Education with AHDI, and Peter Preziosi, CEO AHDI/MTIA, [...]