Articles in the Getting to Know You Category
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When it comes to writing about myself I always seem to have a problem…but I want to introduce myself to all of our members, so I’m going to do my best without under- or over-doing it!
I am originally from Provo, Utah. I came into the world on September 2, 1944. (Egads!) We lived in Provo and during my tween years we lived in Ontario, Oregon; Nampa, Idaho; and Caldwell, Idaho. In fact, we moved back and forth between Nampa and Caldwell a couple of times! Moved back to Orem, Utah …
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I discovered the world of Medical Transcription quite by accident. Someone else mentioned that she thought I would like to do what her friend did – medical transcription from home. I have always been interested in anything medical, so I did some research and enrolled in Central Arizona College’s medical transcription 2 year certificate course. I loved my classes, although they were challenging since I had no previous medical experience. My instructors were phenomenal! After graduation I was able to obtain a job working from home for a transcription company. …
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Jay Vance, CMT, Product Specialist for Superior Global Solutions, Inc. and President/CEO of Vance Digital, LLC.
Presentation at PHOENIX RISING! “Sense & Sensibility: Successful Social Networking Strategies”
Jay Vance has been active in the medical transcription and health information technology fields in a variety of capacities since 1999. He is a Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) and works as a technology product specialist for Superior Global Solutions, Inc. He is also President and CEO of Vance Digital, LLC, a digital technology and HIPAA compliance consulting firm to small MTSOs and …
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Karen Fox-Acosta, CMT, AHDI-F
AHDI Board Partner to AHDI-West
I learned to type in 8th grade because my penmanship was awful. I’m sure turning in typed reports raised my grades all through high school. I began my transcription career while at Butte Community College in Northern California. I was on my third major, and after 7 years, I had finally found the career that fit for me, medical transcription; helping people and blending the science of medicine with my love of language and an ability to work my way around a keyboard. …
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Terri Wakefield, CMT
AHDI-West Secretary & Delegate
I have been an MT since 1980, having gone to school to be a medical secretary. Interestingly, the instructor “discouraged” us from doing the boring job of medical transcription and always promoted being the medical “secretary.” Nevertheless, even with that bias instilled, I ended up being a medical transcription as it incorporated my love for language with my love for typing. I then grew to love medicine and the medical language. Voila! A match made in heaven…
I worked in hospitals …
