tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10211598897760572312012-01-22T22:18:20.178-06:00A place for students to come to find information, help, resources, and a place to talk to another student of the future Medical Transcription Profession. All MTs are welcome to provide me with input as to how I can make this blog even better or more resourceful.Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-10017366957200281932010-08-24T06:12:00.003-05:002010-08-24T06:18:33.496-05:00

To think that it's been over a year since I have posted anything is sort of scary. I guess after school finished for me last August I have been sort of out there in my own little bubble.At first I was just working the general work that I have been doing with Gallo Professional services and then life took over towards the holidays when I had to take a short temporary job to help out around here

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Medical Terminology (Spelling + Word Parts) » Quizes

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Cells/Tissues/Organs/Systems » Make Your Own Quiz

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Repetitive, Fast, Constant Typing Catches Up with MTs Findings from a multi-disciplinary research team from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, show a dwindling medical transcriptionist (MT) supply in the healthcare documentation market (www.bentley.edu/mt-study).  According to the research, the medical transcription profession is faced by a “two-pronged problem of an aging workforce

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MedQuist Announces Resolution of SEC InvestigationRead the story at the link above.

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I've been working tirelessly to get several areas moved from this blog over to the website and have successfully moved nearly everything that I want over to it's new home. I haven't been reading much into my Google Reader to see what news feeds have been happening lately and might be a bit negligent when it comes to that area for a little while longer. This month has been nothing short of a blur

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February 2009 OA-AHDI CEC Opportunity!TWO “LIVE” PRESENTATIONS: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Continuing Education Credits:Approved by AHDI for 1 CE in MedicoLegal Name of Class: "The MT Role in Managing Risk” Confused about what your role is with regard to risk management? Find out how each MT is actually a member of the Risk Management team, and quite often a “first responder” when it comes to

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-17299102330525694032009-01-28T14:41:00.002-06:002009-01-28T14:43:54.311-06:00

With this post, I have knocked down the unread items in my Google Reader from 1,000+ to 920. I'm sure that won't last for long so I'm probably going to have to do quick skimming later or just mark the rest as read and start fresh again for next time.Thanks for reading.Enjoy -8:17 AM (6 hours ago)Sociability Traced To Particular Region Of Brain By Stanford Scientistsfrom Medical News TodayPeople

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Beware all those who purchase drugs online. If the company is not well-known, trusted, and reputable, do not put yourself in harms way by purchasing these items online!Enjoy -10:15 AM (4 hours ago)Fake Internet Drugs Risk Lives And Fund Terrorism Warns Journal Editorfrom Medical News TodayPeople who buy fake internet drugs could be risking their lives and supporting terrorism, according to an

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This is actually sort of scary if you think about it. I mean we trust our physicians with our lives and some of them ruin it all for the rest by pulling some wild and inappropriate stuff like the following...Enjoy -11:19 AM (2 hours ago)Consumers, Officials Break Obscured Drug Lawsfrom Medical News TodayHealthcare consumers, benefits managers, and even government officials are using the internet

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And here is another example of "what catch's my eye" while scanning through the astounding amount of unread items in my Google Reader.Medical Science can be odd and amazing all at the same time!Enjoy -11:19 AM (2 hours ago)Weight Gain In Mice Blocked By Natural Brain Substance, UT Southwestern Researchers Discoverfrom Medical News TodayMice with increased levels of a natural brain chemical don't

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And it just now occured to me that whoever put the title together for this one actually misspelled "grammar" ... It makes you wonder some days ... (they did realize their error though and made light humor out of it) ^_^Enjoy -12:03 PM (2 hours ago)Is it just me....or do you find that the use of proper spelling and grammer has decreased over the past ten years?from LinkedIn Answers: Career and

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So I was scanning through my immaculate list of feeds in Google Reader once again today, and with an amazing 1,000+ unread I decided to scroll through and see what I have been missing out on the past week or three.I actually do have some OCD tendencies, which is probably why this one happened to catch my glance more than some of the others so far. Even though I may not actually blog about what

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Tonight I was watching the 10 o'clock news on NTV, and heard that they were running a spot in their Vital Signs segment about the EHR. Naturally I had to hang out and watch what was said since this is a very important part of my soon-to-be profession.Tonight they focused on the EHR and how President Obama has been pushing for this to happen even before the current 5 year deadline they have set up

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Sometimes the demands of life prevent us from doing that which we love to do .. That seems to happen with me constantly these days (lol).I've officially updated my list of webinars on the top of the page and my calendar at the bottom of the page, and have allowed more of my posts to be viewed at one time when looking at the main page instead of individual threads.There are a few more things that

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-7075682603559535492009-01-14T22:16:00.003-06:002009-01-14T22:19:29.648-06:00

.. I came across this article entitled "Ways To Maximize Your Potential At College" from StateUniversity.comTake a look, it has some excellent points that Kaplan has made to us students as well as what the AHDI-SA helps student's try to achieve as well.*I officially endorse this article* (grins)

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Caffeine Linked To HallucinationsJan 14, 2009 11:00 AM - Show original itemResearchers in the UK found that people who ingest a lot of caffeine, for instance by drinking lots of coffee, tea, and caffeinated energy drinks, are more likely to report experiencing hallucinations, including hearing voices and seeing things and people that are not there.

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Medical Transcription - An Opportunity For Self-Education Jan 14, 2009 10:21 AM - Show original itemThe simple act of working as an MT provides an individual with continuing education. As we listen to dictation and our fingers fly across the keys, something unique is happening-we are absorbing information that is being stored in our memory banks.

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January Webinar: A Guide to Getting Started & Finding Work as a New MT  Presenter: Holly Parker Date: January 23, 2009  Time: 2 p.m. PT, 3 p.m. MT, 4 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. ETCEC Given: 1 PDRegistration Close Date: January 16, 2009Cost: $15 Member $15 Non-MemberWe've all heard horror stories about the difficulties of becoming an MT. Holly will share her success story of going from

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Here's a little something I found while surfing through CareerBuilder.com looking over the company Med Trans, Inc. I think you will be delighted with the information contained in the THIS ARTICLE.I actually found one of their listings a couple weeks ago and submitted my resume. I heard back from them a last week and proceeded to correspond with some followup questions I had for them. I'm still

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I hope everyone had a very Happy New Year!While some were out partying the night away and others were just chillaxing it up at home, we didn't do too much. We went to a small town nearby and listened to some friends play in a band half the night, then we came home and went to bed at the stroke of midnight lol.Ever since I got my new PC, I've been obsessed with figuring it out. So over the last

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-56243810056772897262008-12-22T16:53:00.002-06:002008-12-22T17:01:06.271-06:00

I was going through my inbox today after a weekend away from home, and decided to actually read some of the Google Alerts I had signed up for this past month or so and discovered this amazing article.  Read more about Home Business Opportunities.

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I'm going to spend some time over the holiday break from school working on improving the functionality of my reference lists and versitility of the site. If you visit over the next few weeks and things look "out of wack", that might be why. Hopefully by the beginning of the new year I will have this site nearly as updated as I can get it within reason.Again, Happy Holidays to everyone from my

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Here are some links to documents:Sample ResumeJob Search TipsJohn Q. Resume v2Personal Development Resources & ReferencesPersonal Development Making Every Minute Count & Hobby QuestionnaireI also have previously recorded seminars:Resumes pt1.1Resumes pt1.2Resumes pt1.3Personal DevelopmentDeveloping the Brand of You pt1.1Developing the Brand of You pt1.2Blogging Your Way to a Job pt1.0Blogging

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A summary list of items that have prevented me from keeping up-to-date on the blog scene for a while .. more updated posts to come (probably crammed into the last week of Christmas/New Year's break).November 2008:I had a massive blonde moment that lasted a week with my ahdisa email accountSchool, homework, family ... not necessarily in that order but definitely a chunk of time investment between

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I've been absent lately but that's only because once again, I've been a busy bee (the holiday is also a partial excuse lol)!I attened so many presentations by Kaplan in the month of November, I will have to pull out the calendar that I printed just to keep track of them all or double check my email folder for the recordings from them all!Not only have I been busy with the Kaplan University Career

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I've been playing with the look of the blog lately and have decided that I like this one. I found a way to get a background from my computer onto here and altered the color scheme to coordinate. I really like this background and hope anyone viewing does also. It's one of my desktop favorites!Allison

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Boy, how times flies. It's nearly Thanksgiving and I have been a bit neglectful on blogging lately.It's been a while between blogs but that doesn't meant that I haven't been busy. In fact, quite the opposite. I've been attending nearly every webinar and career seminar that I can possibly arrange into my schedule all month with only a few more to keep me busy during the upcoming week.For those of

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Brenda Hurley, CMT, AHDI-F, posted this and gave her permission to share. I certainly think it is something we should all take the time to read.--------------------------------------------------------------Historic ChangeBrenda J. Hurley, CMT, AHDI-FFlorida DelegateThis is the morning after our national election and with the results now confirmed, no matter your political affiliation, we have all

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It seems like forever ago that I posted last, but I've been a busy bee lately.AHDISA is restructuring on a few levels, AHDI is restructuring a little bit, and between emails, classes, homework, family and everything else.. well, I just haven't been around quite as much this week!Good news though, because with all of the work I've been doing through emails we (AHDISA) have been able to keep the

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Now that we've spent some quality time about how to find out more about yourself. It's about time to start looking into resources for finding that job. Now, even though I'm still a student right now, I know things aren't going to be very easy after graduation. However, the job search itself doesn't have to become a burden. Some ways to get over this massive search process are to spread yourself

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-14101466349074336002008-10-25T00:17:00.004-05:002008-10-25T00:50:37.041-05:00

I said there was more to come because I have learned a lot over my time as a student with Kaplan University. I'm currently taking a course called Career Development Resources and throughout the term we are doing little self-assessments to help evaluate what we want and where we might fit better.The first week of class we were asked to:Identify a profession you're interested in. Do some research

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-36087943144527889902008-10-21T22:31:00.009-05:002008-10-21T23:21:31.662-05:00

With any profession or career we go from "regular joe", to student (K-12+), and then eventually into the right position. Sometimes this process can be relatively easy and other times it can be rather difficult. We have to know who we are, have an idea or concept about where we want to go, and then eventually enough determination to get there. Gaining this kind of knowlege is not as difficult as

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-26270866164122646252008-10-15T20:35:00.004-05:002008-10-15T20:44:55.600-05:00

AHDI/MTIA Vitals the e-ewsletter of AHDI and MTIAStyle Goes Online!The BOS 3rd edition is now available in searchable electronic format via online annual subscription service. A dynamic user interface will deliver style right to your fingertips via the Internet—to any computer at any time! Search the table of contents, search sections/subsections, and search by keyword(s) to find an important

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A while back I did a power point presentation for one of my classes and weighed the options, or pros and cons if you will, of working from home. I'd like to share my findings from that project with everyone here. The only difference will be that I will be taking the information out of my slides and putting them here for easier reading :)So without further hesitation .. here is part of my findings

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Anyone who is anyone can tell you that working from home is one of the most ideal opportunities for many people. But everyone needs to be aware of the scams that are out there. One of the feeds that I follow is the Business Opportunites Weblog and today they had a post entitled "Watch Out For These Home-Biz Scams". This is important to many who are looking for that quick fix when it comes to

Allison Jaegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965949497056000626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021159889776057231.post-64259822691119374792008-10-01T16:45:00.008-05:002008-10-07T16:30:08.195-05:00

... first post of a new blog!I've messed up 2 posts already so let this be the magic number 3 lol. Apparantly when you go from the bottom of the page and shift + up arrow to highlight everything and hit "up" one too many times it erases everything you said (even with the auto-save)!SOOOOOOO .. back to business .. My initial post was very wordy and detailed, then the second was less wordy but not

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