that's when you dictate slow

I've been able to dictate, if you'll excuse the French, like a bat out of "the hot zone." Like I said before, I dictate at the same time that the physician is dictating. We're about two words apart from each other. It's equivalent to being able to pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time.

>>>he'll be able to handle that. #1 - he talks WAY too fast #2- he slurs his words #3 - he constantly makes corrections as he dictates (that's where the 'I'm sorry' comes in).

He has to slow down and stop slurring his words or DNS won't produce what he said. With the corrections, he would have to take care of that himself. It's basically highlighting what needs to be changed and then saying that you want. The new dictation replaces the old dictation.

>>>But in the long run, they won't really care because they will have an editor to make all of their corrections for them for just a couple of pennies a line. Now if the editors were to start charging per line PLUS per correction made, the docs would realize they either have to shape up for VR to work and save them money, or they would be better off having a regular MT do the job for them and save time. Time is money for a doctor, right? So where would their time be better well spent? Slowly and correctly dictating VR? Or interpretating more patient films (as with a Rad)?

If I were hired as an editor, I would insist upon being paid per hour rather than per line.

As far as choosing between "having it their way" and using the services of a regular MT or changing their dictation style and not using a regular MT, more and more physicians are ready, willing, and able to go through what's behind door #1. But, I suppose it's really an issue of what is more important: refusing to change or shelling out the dollars.

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