Newsletter

Issue 9-1-03

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In this week’s issue we have:

1.            Announcement
2.            Why businesses fail
3.            Medical Transcription Styles
4..          When you can’t hear what the physician said
5.            Featured Products Health Insurance and
          Organization
6.            Newsletter Gifts for You

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I hope this issue finds you well! It’s been a busy week
here! I have decided to change the day I send out the
newsletter to Friday, instead of Monday. You won’t be
receiving one this Friday due to today’s issue, so look
for it the Friday after that. Mondays seem to be too
busy to accomplish this... so I decided to change the day.

Remember to send in any questions, if you need help with anything. I hope your medical transcription business ideas are taking shape.

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WHY BUSINESSES FAIL

Well, there’s a lot of reasons for this of course, but once you know what they are, you can avoid them!

Bad planning or no planning is the number one reason. You do need to write down your goals and objectives and make a business plan. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but you do need to know everything you will need to be able to run a successful business.

Not having enough skills or experience is number two. To be the best you can be in your field, you need to learn all the skills necessary and educate yourself.

Not enough cash is number three.

If you plan properly, you will have figured out how much cash you need to start a business. Medical Transcription can be done on a shoestring. However, if you need a small loan to get started, you will have to add up the costs of equipment and books etc.

Not keeping financial records is number four.

If you don’t do this properly, you will never know where you are. It’s important to keep proper financial records.

Poor Service is number five.

If you don’t care about your accounts/customers, they will know it. Everybody likes a company that keeps its word and provides great service.

Too much overhead/expenses.

Yet again, with proper business planning this should not happen. If you start small and work your way up to bigger premises or fancier equipment, you will be fine. You don’t have to start with the most expensive.

By avoiding the pitfalls, you should have a successful business.

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION STYLES

Everybody has their own transcription style, as I have mentioned before. However, certain things should not be messed with. Here’s a couple for today.

If a decimal quantity is less than one, use a decimal and a zero to avoid confusion or it being read as a whole number.

Example:

Premarin 0.625 mg, not .625 mg

0.5 mg not .5 mg

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WHEN YOU CANNOT HEAR WHAT THE PHYSICIAN SAID

Sometimes you cannot understand, hear, or figure out what the physician said. If this happens to me, and I’ve listened several times, I call a friend who is a transcriptionist also, and play it over the phone to her. Between the two of us, we usually figure it out.

Sometimes this is not possible. Perhaps the tape slipped a bit, perhaps the doctor was eating or yawning at the time, (yes, this really happens). One of my friends has a doctor that eats constantly during the dictation. I don’t think I could put up with that.

Anyway, if you cannot figure out what is being said, leave a short blank line where it can be written in with a pen. Put a sticky note on the note itself which says, “There is a blank on this page, please send this note back for reprinting.”

Hopefully, the blank will get filled in and you will reprint the note.

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Well, that’s it for this week! I hope you have enjoyed

this issue. Take care and have a safe week!

Michele Miller

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