Lora has programmed 18 new search engines limited to specific boards on MT Daily. Watch for the new search box at the top of the posting form on different boards. Almost all the boards are in the new format now for more efficient page loading and posting at the top. We are still working out the Java script errors, so let us know if you get error messages.

Brenda Hurley is preparing for a presentation in April to MTSOs. See http://www.mysticrealm.com/surveyof.html for a survey to complete and send to her.

About 10 unemployed MTs and new grads responded to the survey in last week's newsletter. See http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/lifeboats

Thanks to the MT who told us about Firetalk this week. We have a Word Board channel and an MT Daily channel located at http://www.mtdaily.com/watercooler.html. It requires a microphone and speakers but Firetalk registration is free. Lots of potential for helping each other and mentoring online while working.

1. New public single moms' board: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/singlemoms

2. MTs who are happy with their MT company: http://www.mtdaily.com/mtbycompany/messages3/3435.html

3. Looking for more MT bios: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4037.html

4. Need examples of marketing letters: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4180.html

5. Errors and omissions insurance question: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4213.html

6. Do you have repetitive stress injury? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/rsi

7. Emerging TASPs: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4431.html

8. Therapy for Internet addiction: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4432.html

9. What to pay proofreaders: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4487.html

10. Where to find C-phone headphones: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4503.html

11. What is 24-hour turn-around time? http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/4588.html

12. Urban legend humor: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/friends/messages3/6387.html

13. Lala's Wedding picture: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/friends/messages3/6323.html

14. Fun commercials: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/pandora/messages2/604.html

15. Granola-cytes and more: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/pandora/messages2/592.html

16. What book are you reading? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/pandora/messages2/416.html

17. Onions! http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/cooks/messages/3870.html

18. Practice tapes of real doctors' dictation: http://www.mtdaily.com/mtbyschool/messages/5680.html

19. Questions to ask MT schools: http://www.mtdaily.com/mtbyschool/qlist.html

20. Featured classified ad: Lanier 1000 dictation system. 27 hours recording capacity. 12 ports system. Any combination of dictators/transcribers up to 12 can be on the system simultaneously. Capability to transcribe either from machine or from outside line remotely. Covered under service contract until February 2001. Includes complete system with computer, monitor, software already upgraded to Y2K. New cost was $30,000. Make offer. See http://www.mtdaily.com/ads.html for contact information.

21. Featured want ad: I am looking for a BCB PC-Dart ADPCM transcribe unit which includes a TT50 card and box, pedal and headset. In great need. See http://www.mtdaily.com/wanted/wanted.html for contact information.

22. MT Week coming, 5/21: http://www.mtdaily.com/mtbycompany/messages3/3504.html

23. New running stock quotes on four public MT companies: http://www.mtdaily.com/Resources/companies.html

1. Diovan and the Elderly: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001155037&EDATE=

2. MS and the coming approval of Novantrone: http://www.immunex.com/pr000302.html

3. Free samples of Quanterro's Sinus Defense in Chicago: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000302/nj_warner__1.html

4. New disposable neurosurgical instruments: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000302/pa_valley__1.html

5. HIPAA information and calendar: http://www.himinfo.com/howto/hipaa/

6. Cancer gene treatments: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001154880&EDATE=

7. HIV med, L.E.A.P.S.: http://www.cel-sci.com/leaps.htm

8. Decitabine: http://www.supergen.com/invest/press/0003021.htm

9. Triapine: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001155268&EDATE=

10. JW patients' rights in Japan: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000302/wl/japan_medical_ethics_1.html

11. Cardiovascular risks and life: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/ccr/ccr3_23.html

12. The cutting balloon: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/ccr/ccr3_24.html

13. Unfiltered coffee: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/ccr/ccr3_27.html

14. Alendronate therapy for bone fractures: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/medbrief/mb16_1.html

15. Memantine: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/medbrief/mb16_2.html

16. Zantac interferes with alcohol metabolization: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/medbrief/mb16_3.html

17. Paxil and nursing mothers: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/medbrief/mb16_5.html

18. Cephalon for OSA: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/medbrief/mb16_6.html

19. Sertraline for OC disorder and depression: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/pnn/pnn51_1.html

20. alostron for IBS: http://pharminfo.com/pubs/pnn/pnn51_5.html

21. Study find docs overconfident in diagnosing: http://www.drkoop.com/news/newsletter.html?st=dkc&sct=nws&cr=nwsltr&dt=022900

22. Latest health news from Dr. Koop.com: http://www.drkoop.com/news?st=dkc&sct=nws&cr=nwsltr&dt=022900

23. Breast cancer screening test: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001154968&EDATE=

24. Acetaminophin extended release: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001155403&EDATE=

25. EPI-2010 for asthma: http://www.epigene.com/rason.html

26. Progress in diagnosing Whipple's disease: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000303/hl/dsb_56.html

27. Progress towards Ebola vaccine: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000302/hl/rsc_2.html

28. The dream of global vaccines: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000303/hl/psa_62.html

29. Diet and exercise to prevent cancer: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000302/hl/ftb_20.html

30. MethyPatch for ADHD: http://www.noven.com/images/midbottom.gif

31. Human gene mapping news: http://www.hgsi.com/news/press/00-03-02_compugen.html

32. Laparoscopic gastric bypass on the internet, step-by-step video: http://www.vesalius.com/graphics/cf_procedures/roux_en_y/cfpr_roux1.asp

33. New patent issued for oral drug delivery product: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001154940&EDATE=

34. Allowing family in the ED: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000301/hl/dya_10.html

35. J-Plasma by Bovie, a new surgical device: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.030200/200621077&ticker=BOVI

35. J-Plasma by Bovie, a new surgical device: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.030200/200621077&ticker=BOVI

36. Breast Cancer and the use of Photon Radiosurgery System by Photoelectron: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-02-2000/0001155044&EDATE=

37.New pulse oximeter, MARS: http://www.novametrix.com/nova/pr000302.html

38. BIS TRU-CAP program for monitoring of anesthesia announced: http://www.spacelabs.com/news/press/2000/030200.html

39. Vacations and health: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000303/hl/pva_1.html

40. Sexual addiction and the Internet: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000301/hl/sxa_3.html

41. Marijuana and heart attack danger: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000302/hl/dsg_3.html

42. Success of new psych drugs changing psychiatry: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/more/ahi/19493/5542529/1

43. Senator McCain's psychiatric records: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/more/ahi/19488/5542388/1

Thanks to Medsite Bookstore for a $10 coupon on $50 purchases for MT Daily MTs. See http://www.mtdaily.com/marketplace for coupon number. If anyone is using flat-rate or free phone service for dictation, please let us know about it on the main board. Thanks for letting others know about the newsletter. And thanks to all who help each other on the boards. Circulation 4,365. -Mary Morken, mary@mtdaily.com, and Lora Payne, lora@mtdaily.com

The turning point in all this was when the frozen food factory went out of business and I had to make a decision of what to do for the rest of my life. I decided that if I was ever going to get a college degree, this was the time. My kids were older and my husband was disabled so he was home with them. I got up the morning after I made this decision and drove to Muskegon and registered for classes at Baker College.

I started out in data processing because I am fascinated by computers, and then switched to a medical assistant program. When it came time to learn how to draw blood and various other things with needles, I decided that wasn't for me. I switched to the medical records program and became interested in the transcription portion of the program. The rest, as they say, is history. While doing my externship at Mercy Hospital, I worked a full day on transcription and knew that was what I wanted to do.

I was receiving "For the Record", and I faithfully watched the ads for something close by. Mercy Hospital put an ad in shortly before I was due to graduate in June of 1991. I quickly took my resume and a cover letter in to them and waited to hear from them. It was about a week later that I was called for an interview and a typing test. I didn't hear for them for several weeks so I called and talked to the director. She said she was waiting for me to contact her and let her know I was still interested and had graduated from college! I started working there 11 days after graduation and have been there ever since.

It will be nine years June 18th that I started my career as an MT. Of course, there have been ups and downs, but for the most part I have enjoyed it very much. I still learn new things every day, and I believe that if we are not actively learning all the time we are not living up to our potential. In these last nine years I have gone from being trained to being the trainer. I now work exclusively in our radiology department and am considered by most as the informal team leader; I am the one others come to for help. I still miss typing the pathology and operative notes that I used to do, but the atmosphere where I am now is more conducive for work and I am very glad I made that move two years ago.

My husband is still disabled and is receiving Social Security Disability now. He putters around the house and does most of the house work when he feels up to it. He has bilateral tendinitis and has a spondylolisthesis in his back. I probably contribute a little more than half our household income but I don't mind. I started working in December as a cashier part time for a Hobby Lobby craft store that just opened in our area. I enjoy the interaction with the public that I don't always get as an MT but it would take an awful good offer to make me give up my MT job!

Our daughter graduated from high school 5 years ago. She was living on her own but has just recently moved back home. She works full time on third shift so we don't see much of her. We helped her buy her first car this past weekend and she is really excited by it. My son graduated in 1997 and has been working since he was 16 as a welder.

We also share our home with a 2-year-old female daschund named Lady and my daughter's two cats, Woodson and Tinker. Lady has no problem with the cats but Woodson isn't sure he likes her. He has never been around a dog before. We have some outside cats that Lady plays with so she doesn't quite understand what the problem is. Some of my favorite hobbies are reading, sewing, plastic canvas, crocheting, and, of course, surfing the net.

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2. Is your current E-mail address on the directory? http://www.mtdaily.com/mtlist

3. Medquist buys MedTran PDS: http://www.mtdaily.com/mtbycompany/index40.html

4. New private boards: Menopause, MedQuist VA MTs, and Students and New MTs. Write me for information.

5. Microcassette eraser: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/5218.html

6. Where to buy Saunder's Pharmaceutical Book: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/5247.html

7. Increasing production: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/5293.html

8. Verbatim vs editing: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/5363.html

9. Should children wear hand-me-down shoes? http://www.mtdaily.com/vent/messages4/8642.html

10. Which economical car would you recommend? http://www.mtdaily.com/vent/messages4/8574.html

11. Toddler clothing needed: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/exchange/messages/199.html

12. Fun Easter candy recipes, add yours! http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/cooks/messages/4005.html

13. Grieving the loss of a child: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/disupport/messages/136.html

http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/tears/messages/90.html

14. What is a second-time bride to wear? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/friends/messages3/6480.html

15. An update from Staci on Krista: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/mothers/messages/8778.html

16. Motherhood blues: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/mothers/messages/8794.html

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18. Featured Wanted-to-Buy ad: Sanyo, preferred, or a comparable name brand, standard cassette transcriber. My Lanier is on the blink! Will entertain all reasonable prospects! See http://www.mtdaily.com/wanted.html

1. Internet changing role of doctors: http://www.nyt.com/library/tech/00/03/biztech/articles/06inte.html

2. Lernout & Hauspie buys Dictaphone: http://www.lhsl.com/news/releases/20000307_dictaphone.asp

3. Sickbay.com alliance with zydoc.com to provide transcription: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000309/ny_sickbay_1.html

4. Current Medical Terminology 1/2 price: http://www.hpisum.com/terms/terms.html

5. Circumcision and cancer: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000306/hl/chd_1.html

6. Interact to be healthy: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000307/hl/dsa_60.html

7. Osteoporosis drugs take time: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000307/hl/aga_2.html

8. Feather pillows have less allergens: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000307/hl/psb_45.html

9. Tea has antioxidants: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000307/hl/ftc_2.html

10. Marriage: Do something exciting together! http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000307/hl/hua_7.html

11. Mapping brain development: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000308/hl/rsa_46.html

12. Refacto for hemophelia: http://www.ahp.com/releases/ahp_030700.htm

13. Needle-stick injuries: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000308/hl/psd_6.html

14. RF-PMR for coronary artery disease: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000209/nj_dmr_con_2.html

15. PerQ SANS for incontinence: http://www.urosurge.com/news/article15.html

16. Vbeam laser for cutaneous vascular lesions: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000118/ma_candela_1.html

17. Fibrimage to detect DVT: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000202/draxis_hea_1.html

18. Hi-Lo Evac endotracheal tube: http://www.mallinckrodt.com/respiratory/resp/WhatsNew/HiLoEvac.html

19. Pictures of venograms: http://www.vascutech.com/dr.lemaitre/index2.html

20. Glaucoma information: http://www.wellweb.com/index/qglaucom.htm

21. Ocular Surgery News: http://www.slackinc.com/eye/osn/osntoc.asp

22. Rescula for glaucoma: http://www.orchidia.com.eg/html/rescula.html

23. Cymetra for plastic surgery: http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/bw/000210/nj_lifecel_1.html

24. Targretin (bexarotene): http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000207/ca_ligand__1.html

25. Thymoglobulin: http://www.sangstat.com/press/press_release00-01.html

26. Viadur once-a-year implant: http://www.alza.com/pr/pr425.htm

27. Once-a-day Biaxin XL: http://www.abbott.com/news/2000news/pr20000306.htm

28. Novametrix Mainstream Capnography: http://www.novametrix.com/nova/pr000309.html

29. First robotic TKR coming with the use of ROBODOC: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2000/0001160774&EDATE=

30. New 6F Angio-Seal, a vascular closure device: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=816662&TICK=STJ&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2000/0001160883&EDATE=Mar+9,+2000

31. Vasogen: http://vasogen.com/030900.html

32. Infection-resistant polyurethane developed: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2000/0001160961&EDATE=

33. Avitene Ultrafoam collagen hemostat: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.030900/200691586&ticker=BCR

34. Micropaq wireless monitoring system: http://www.protocol.com/investors/press/20000309micropaq.html

35. PACIS immunotherapy for bladder cancer: http://www.biochempharma.com/htmen/press/2000/314.htm

36. Hybrietch test for prostate cancer: http://www.beckmancoulter.com/beckman/clindiag/prodinfo/fpsa.asp

37. EBT best way to indentify patients at risk for heart attacks: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.030800/200680071&ticker=IMAT

38. New SmartCard for use in sleep therapy: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-08-2000/0001160059&EDATE=

39. Lyra XP, new laser for vascular treatments and hair removal: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.030800/200681167&ticker=LSCP

40. Pentecea for small-cell lung cancer, new orphan drug: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-08-2000/0001159628&EDATE=

41. New test for Chlamydia and gonorrhea, Hybrid Capture II: http://www.digene.com/corporate/press/PR03_07_2000.htm

42. New FlexPosure for endoscopy: http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.030700/200671629.htm

43. New at-home sperm anaylsis kit: http://www.spermconfirm.com/

44. Recovering from 16 years of coma: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGILOZB4O5C.html

45. Bidding for surgeries online? http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/00/mar/0310/feat.htm

46. Another TASP? http://www.doctorsurf.com/about/

47. MDPad to offer transcription? http://www.mdpad.com/ifeatures.htm

48. MT Business for sale: http://www.businessforsale.net/020800.htm

49. Example of government proposal of contract for MT: http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/noa/t0370c.htm

50. The visible embryo: http://www.visembryo.com/baby/index.html

51. The whole brain atlas: http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html

52. MT with Meniere's disease: http://www.angelfire.com/or/jodishouse/spins.html

53. Mentally ill who are not getting treatment: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000310/hl/bhb_3.html

54. Chewing helps memory? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000309/hl/hua_8.html

55. Stroke risk and height: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000310/hl/dsa_63.html

Thanks to Medsite Bookstore for a $10 coupon on $50 purchases for MT Daily MTs. See http://www.mtdaily.com/marketplace for coupon number. If anyone is using flat-rate or free phone service for dictation, please post on the main board. Thanks for letting others know about the newsletter. And thanks to all who help each other on the boards. Circulation 4,388. -Mary Morken, mary@mtdaily.com, and Lora Payne, lora@mtdaily.com

My desire on MT Daily has been to give room for everyone to feel safe to express themselves, within the guidelines for a healthy community. The monitoring, facilitating, welcoming, including, encouraging, and protecting of boundaries we provide are for the purpose of everyone networking together, the strong giving and the weak receiving.

During college, I read a book by a French psychiatrist, Paul Tournier. He believed that in Western culture, the people who were considered strong were the intelligent and rational who hide their defects and make the most of their resources. They are able to risk, defend themselves, stand on convictions, express anger, and argue. They are funny, confident, and cheerful. He believed the weak were the intuitive, artistic, sensitive, conscientious, private, and emotional, who are easily intimidated. They tend to isolate themselves, feel inhibited and slow, and easily despair.

I believe the health of a community can be assessed by the quality of the leaders who emerge and the sense of safety among those who are hurting. The true strength of a community is in everyone being free to speak and act on their convictions and express their own potentials, whether they need their pride broken, or whether they need courage; whether they are simple or complex, whether they are stubborn or submissive. The strong need to understand the weak in order to enable the weak to gain strength. The weak need to protect themselves from being discouraged by the strong, while they gain strength. I think this can be a key to all of us "getting along."

I've been considering a message board for lurkers or shy people where they might feel safe to begin to express themselves. If you would be interested in a private or public board like this, please write me e-mail. Meanwhile, I hope the links below will enrich you all.

2. Wall Street Journal article on MT & India: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/6696.html

AAMT's response to WSJ article: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/world/messages/1533.html

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5. MTs who are too good: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/5589.html
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6. How to delete a password: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/computers/messages/2914.html

7. FTP and security: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/digital/messages/2600.html

8. C-phones and alternatives: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/equipment/messages/275.html

9. Death penalty for cherry picking? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/ethics/messages/943.html

10. Is the grass green? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/newmts/messages2/2717.html

11. Hospital MT log sheets: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/hospitalmts/messages/1643.html

12. Updated physical therapy word list: http://www.mtdaily.com/pt.txt

13. Installing printer for WP51: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/wp51/messages/1440.html

14. Filing a tax extension: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/taxes/messages/1054.html

15. Salaries for hospital lead MTs: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/supervisors/messages/384.html

16. Envelopes with Autotype: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/msword/messages/1248.html

17. Garages still for cars? http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/pandora/messages2/2418.html

18. Forgiving our mothers: http://www.mtdaily.com/vent/messages4/9147.html

19. Caring for toddler with fever: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/mothers/messages/8925.html

20. Looking at future of MT: http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/6404.html

21. Should we expand medical abbreviations? http://www.mtdaily.com/wwwboard/messages14/6071.html

22. Gun control, for and against: http://www.mtdaily.com/mentors/pandora/messages2/1980.html

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2. Halofuginone for scleroderma given orphan drug status: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/18dff6.htm

3. Pacis BCG for bladder cancer approved: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/18d4ae.htm

4. Colon cancer gene screening: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000316/hl/dsc_55.html

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6. PMS and herbal remedies: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000316/hl/wma_1.html

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11. Cage approved for ALIF: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-15-2000/0001165467&EDATE=

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13. Durasul hip replacement system approved: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-16-2000/0001166388&EDATE=

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16. New Pacemaker, the DISCOVERY II: http://www.guidant.com/news/2000/0316.htm

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INTRODUCING TERRI AND DAVID SCHANZ
farley@ourplace.cnchost.com

I really didn't choose MT; it chose me. I went to Michigan State University and studied to be a speech pathologist with courses in anatomy and physiology. I dropped out in 1972 because I ran out of money. David and I were newly married when we moved to Saginaw, Michigan. He went to work in a factory and I went to work at a local hospital as a unit secretary. There was a four-week training program in medical terminology and other specifics. Over two years' time, I worked for every service except OR. I was promoted to secretary in the nursing office where I scheduled 400 nurses for 13 units in a 326-bed acute-care hospital.

I left to have our first son. After he was born, I went back to work part time in the ER, and within a year, I was promoted to secretary to the vice president of nursing. I maintained policy and procedure manuals for JCAHO accreditation, professional licensure records for the nursing staff, and did other clerical duties for nursing administration.

I stayed there until our second son was born in 1980. Then I went back to work part time again as a unit secretary in the ER. When he was a year old, I quit work to stay home for while. The budget was very tight, and after a few months I started doing home day-care, and returned to work at the hospital when he was 4. I worked for the business office registering ER patients, coding ER charts and billing Blue Cross for ER physicians' fees on the 3-11 shift. My oldest son had started school and 3-11 didn't really work very well, so I started looking for another job.

I applied at a psychological clinic to do billing and accounts payable. I took a transcription test during the interview process as well. I had never used a transcriber before, but I passed the test and was hired. I did all the insurance billing, A/R, A/P and payroll, as well as overflow transcription of psychological evaluations. I left that job when my husband changed jobs and we moved.

Shortly after that our third was born Then my husband's company went bankrupt., so I had to go back to work. I found a job as a medical secretary for a new outpatient brain injury rehabilitation clinic. I did everything including transcription of lengthy monthly reports on each patient. We moved back to Saginaw but I kept that job for two years, commuting every day, until I decided to quit and stay home with my youngest son who was then two years old.

I stayed home for three years, and then I worked for a medical case management company as a secretary doing transcription among other things, and then in an inpatient rehabilitation unit as an adminstrative assistant where transcription was also part of my job. The brain injury rehab clinic I had worked for previously opened a clinic in my town, and I was rehired. I did intake, transcription, insurance billing, purchasing, and scheduling. We went through an arduous process to obtain CORF certification. But then the company experienced financial difficulties and this clinic closed after 16 months.

I then went to work for a durable medical equipment company where I did insurance authorization and billing. Then I helped start up an outpatient PT clinic as office manager. I started out in an empty building with a card table and a phone. As the business grew, we hired other clerical staff and outsourced our transcription. After two years I was supervising a staff of seven and had assisted in opening two more clinics in nearby towns. Then the owner brought in an adminstrator to oversee the support staff in all three clinics and told me I would not be allowed to apply for that job. He never would explain his reasons for that to me, but we had the best collection record and and lowest claim rejection rate of any of the other 53 affiliated clinics throughout the nation.

During this time, I also did transcription for a friend of mine who was a speech pathologist in private practice. I had done quite a bit of transcription although it was always only part of my job, and it was the first thing that was given to someone else when we got busy, as I was responsible for the billing. In July 1994 David lost his job as personnel director for an aerospace manufacturer due to the plant closing. He began doing my speech transcription during the day while I worked, and I proofread it over at night. By December of 1994 he had not found a job and unemployment was running out.

David had the idea of doing medical transcription for physicians from home. He made up some brochures and we sent them out. We got a response right away. We started our first client on January 3, 1995. He typed during the day, I proofed at night, and we delivered the next day. Over the next few months we added a few more clients. By March we hired a part-time employee to help with the transcription. I still worked full time and proofread everything at night; it made for some very long days. In May we got offered a large account. We would either have to hire more help or I would have to work full time.

I was about to be transferred to a new clinic opening up in a nearby city. We had enough money saved to cover my salary for two months, so we decided I would quit my job, come full time into the business, and market our service until we had replaced my income. The phone started to ring and by August we hired three part-time employees.

We now have about 50 clients, and through attrition, we have transitioned from employees in our home office to using all subcontractors. We have 10 of them now. We do office notes, correspondence, and clinics. We tried to fill a niche that wasn't being filled by other services. Big services don't really want to bother with a single practitioner who dictates maybe 300 lines a day, and we have an advantage over a single MT working alone, because we can offer more dependable service, since we always have someone working. Our clients tell us our quality is excellent.

Working at home was never our intent. We just needed to make some money and we couldn't afford office space. But now we don't want to go to an office everyday, even if it's ours. My husband still transcribes and proofreads, and he is also our resident techie and keeps the computers working. His personnel background is also invaluable. I only transcribe for one client regularly now, just to keep my fingers in it and fill in with others to cover when our MTs are off. I also do all the bookkeeping and billing for the business, assign the work, proofread, print, market, do QA, and help our MTs with research. Our sons, now 23, 20, and 14, work for us doing pickups and deliveries, which now take 5 hours and 140 miles a day to complete. We're still using tapes, but are converting to digital in the near future so we can expand our market and recruit MTs from a wider area.

We've been online since before the Internet, first joining bulletin board services in the early 80s that allowed us to message with people all over the world. My husband has always been interested in computers and we got our first one in the early 80s, an Odyssey that we hooked up to our TV, then a TI 99 4A, and then DOS.

I came to this business kicking and screaming. For a long time I missed working in an office and dressing up everyday. I figured in a year or so we'd have to get jobs and our lives would go back to normal. But we've done better than either of us ever could have imagined and our business has grown just by word of mouth for five years. And I really like my boss a lot!

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9. Viagra still linked to heart trouble: http://www.drkoop.com/news/stories/march/r/viagra.html

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27. Strenuous exercise reduces testosterone: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000320/hl/fta_54.html

28. Internet tax commission meets: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/fo/20000322/bs/gridlock_on_internet_taxation_4.html

29. Splitting psychotropic drugs: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-23-2000/0001172741&EDATE=

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35. Rezulin removed: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1728.55900

36. Preserving umbilical cord blood: http://www.cryo-cell.com/

37. Archaic medical terms: http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/amt1.htm

38. C-reactive protein a marker for heart disease in women: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000323/hl/dgf_1.html

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First of all, working at home can be very isolating, as most of you know. MT Daily has given us an outlet to express our worries and fears, and most of all, our humor. It's almost better than working in an office full of co-workers, because your "co-workers" are there when you need them, but when you're busy and just can't be interrupted, MT Daily doesn't pop up at your desk wanting you to go to lunch or help referee a disagreement, etc.

I have made many very special friends on MT Daily, some of whom I communicate with on a personal level nearly every day. I even hope to meet a few in person very soon! I have seen many people post on MT Daily with personal problems, fears, anxieties, questions, and have subsequently seen wonderful, enlightening responses which often is a wealth of information for us all. Along with these responses, I see recipes, hints, household suggestions - what a great networking tool, both on a business and a personal level.

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