Medical Transcription Work at Home Tips

Newsletter

Issue 11-21-03

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In this week’s issue we have:

1. Maintaining motivation when working at home
2. Medical Transcription tips
3. Save time shopping!
4. Joke of the Week

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MAINTAINING MOTIVATION WHEN WORKING
AT HOME

Running a home business is GREAT! As you know, I
simply love working from home. However, there are
days when I just want to lay on the couch, turn on
the TV and laze around. So how do you stop yourself
from doing that? How do you stay motivated?

I’m sure the answers to this are different for each
person and each personality type. What keeps me
moving is the tremendous amount of things I have to
accomplish in a week. I make a list every single day
of all the things I have to do. I know, that if I
didn’t keep up with the list, by Friday I would be so
overwhelmed with projects and work, I would kick myself for not doing what I should have been doing to keep up with my business.

Daily “to do” lists are a constant, in your face kind
of reminder that keep you on track. For me, there is
no time at all for daytime television. I barely watch
3 hours per week, and then it’s late night Seinfeld…
The daily “to do” list keeps me motivated.

So, what other things can you do to stay motivated?

Here are some things I thought of:
Break up your day into segments. Plan your day.
Give yourself a proper lunch break. This will give you
a routine and give you something to look forward to.
Reward yourself for keeping up with your medical transcription. Post inspiring quotes and verses in your office area. Give yourself a proper work time schedule and try to stick with it. Get some exercise. Laugh often.
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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION TIPS

It seems everybody enjoyed the lesson on plurals
last week. This week I will go over some commonly used
abbreviations with you.

EKG – electrocardiogram
CVA – cardiovascular accident, cerebrovascular accident,
costovertebral angle
GI – gastrointestinal
MRI – magnetic resonance imaging
CAT – computer axial tomography
CABG – coronary artery bypass
(pronounced cabbage..don’t type that!)
CVD – cardiovascular disease
Ig – immunoglobulin
IG – immune globulin intragastric
IgA – gamma A immunoglobulin
IgD – gamma D immunoglobulin
IgM – gamma M immunoglobulin
bid, b.i.d. or BID – twice a day
tid, - three times a day
q – every
po – by mouth

For example, if a patient is given Levaquin 500 mg to be
taken once a day, you would type:

Levaquin 500 mg po qd.

If the patient was prescribed a medication to be taken four times per day, you would type the milligrams and then qid, or po qid.

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SAVE TIME SHOPPING – Shop Online!

I do most of my shopping online, even
Christmas shopping. I don’t hardly
ever go to the stores anymore.. J

I guess that’s lazy, right? But, it’s
so easy, how can I resist?

Here are a few good sources for you for
various things you might be interested in.

I love the service I get from this company.
I bought my flat panel monitor from them and
it arrived within three days.
www.medical-transcription-at-home.com/equipment

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If any of you would like to find some great
gifts online from companies you can trust,
at great prices, check these out:

www.medical-transcription-at-home.com/lillian

www.medical-transcription-at-home.com/catalogcity.htm

Happy shopping! You won’t look back…

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JOKE OF THE WEEK

It seems this is a popular part of the newsletter too…

Actual Classified Ads Found in Actual Newspapers

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little dog.

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out a while. Better be a reward.

1 MAN, 7 WOMAN HOT TUB -- $850/offer

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COWS, CALVES NEVER BRED... also 1 gay bull for
sale.

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ALZHEIMER'S CENTER PREPARES FOR AN AFFAIR TO
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OPEN HOUSE. Body Shapers Toning Salon. Free
coffee & donuts

FOR SALE BY OWNER Complete set of Encyclopedia
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Well, that’s it for this week. Have a safe

and happy week. Don’t forget to post on the

Forum if you can!

Michele Miller

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