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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away

JulieW8 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:02:10 +0000

… there was the Usenet. And the Usenet is/was the Wild, Wild West of the internet. And the medical transcriptionists who wandered through the pre-GUI (that’s graphical user interface, to those of you who don’t remember what a C-prompt is!) internet got tired of not having their own space in the Usenet and therefore they [...]

MT Chat goes live, again

JulieW8 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:07:44 +0000

It’s been a week since the relaunch of MT Chat and I have to say – it’s been interesting. One thing I’ve found as I’ve taken over ownership of the two sites is that very few people differentiate between MT Desk and MT Chat. When MTs talk about MT Desk, they are usually referring to the [...]

Offshore MT security issues blaze into headlines

JulieW8 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:29:08 +0000

In his blog at Advance, Jay Vance spotlights a story about Potential Offshore Outsourcing Catastrophe – Medical Records For Sale In India. It’s a pretty interesting read and although the sting operation was carried out by a UK team and involved UK records, it doesn’t take much to see that the same situation could be [...]

MT Chat – never say never

JulieW8 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:53:18 +0000

I always said I’d never run a discussion forum. And, as many of you who know me are aware – here I am, running MT Desk’s discussion forums at MT Chat. Both sites have been plagued with malware and viruses in the last several weeks. To my extreme dismay, MT Desk had an attack site warning [...]

Medical transcription trends

JulieW8 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:48:44 +0000

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 [...]

The future of medical transcription

JulieW8 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:53:57 +0000

Not that any of us has a crystal ball or anything… At his XY Files in an MT World blog at Advance, Jay Vance asks: Are Medical Transcription’s Days Numbered? This fairly brief blog entry includes a long quote from Nae Priest, originally at MT Chat. I’m not going to requote it or Jay’s blog – [...]

American Transcription Association

JulieW8 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:23 +0000

I’ve been meaning to write about the American Transcription Association (ATA) since the Advance editorial, Inshoring jobs for MTs – and then again when For the Record published their article, Transcription group opposes offshoring. Life kind of intervened – and it was summer and hot and I really didn’t feel like saying much about anything. Well, the [...]

What is that CMT credential worth

JulieW8 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Here we go roundabout with the credentialing discussion – again. I realized during the discussion on the Plexus social networking article that the article is approved for continuing education credits (CECs) for those who are credentialed CMTs. In my opinion, this takes the discussion to a completely new level. First, indulge me while I talk (again!) about [...]

The blind leading the blind

JulieW8 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:52:22 +0000

In today’s ironic category, Nae Priest sent me an article from the AHDI Plexus publication (which I no longer get because I’m not a member). Diving into the Social Networking World strikes my funny irony bone because it’s written by Lea Sims, director of communications and marketing for AHDI. If there’s something AHDI hasn’t really mastered, [...]

The Hobby MT – Business or baby?

JulieW8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:16:15 +0000

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 side [...]