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AAMT characters per line
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| Angela N. 2004-10-27, 7:09 pm |
| Hi all,
I am new to the health information field and I deal daily with an
off-site transcription company. They do charge per line but I was
wondering, according to AAMT, what is the number of characters per
line?
Thanks for your help in advance,
Angela N.
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| 14tonks 2004-10-27, 7:09 pm |
| AAMT no longer endorses any specific line length, and hasn't in some time.
A line is simply what the two parties to a contract agree it is. It can be a
gross line or a character line. If it is a character line, characters may
include or not include spaces, tabs, carriage returns, extra characters for
formatting changes, extra characters for every formatted character, etc.,
etc., ad nauseam. The count may include or exclude characters in headers,
footers, text boxes, footnotes, etc. The number of those things defined as a
character that constitute a line can be set at anything - 20 characters is a
line, 120 characters is a line, whatever the contract says.
The only way to compare prices per line for differently defined lines is to
set up a benchmark set of documents, count the lines by the defined method
for a given contract, and multiply by the price per line for that contract.
Do that for everyone's line definition and price per line, and compare the
actual cost of transcribing that benchmark document collection using each
method. Now you no the comparative cost of different bids. The comparative
TAT, reliability, and quality of work delivered by different bidders is
another matter entirely.
--
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
"Angela N." <sigma1424@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c059955d.0410271306.5ada53c1@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to the health information field and I deal daily with an
> off-site transcription company. They do charge per line but I was
> wondering, according to AAMT, what is the number of characters per
> line?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance,
>
> Angela N.
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| This might also help: http://www.medicalese.org/line_count.html
"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:2uahe8F27stdtU1@uni-berlin.de...
> AAMT no longer endorses any specific line length, and hasn't in some time.
> A line is simply what the two parties to a contract agree it is. It can be
> a
> gross line or a character line. If it is a character line, characters may
> include or not include spaces, tabs, carriage returns, extra characters
> for
> formatting changes, extra characters for every formatted character, etc.,
> etc., ad nauseam. The count may include or exclude characters in headers,
> footers, text boxes, footnotes, etc. The number of those things defined as
> a
> character that constitute a line can be set at anything - 20 characters is
> a
> line, 120 characters is a line, whatever the contract says.
>
> The only way to compare prices per line for differently defined lines is
> to
> set up a benchmark set of documents, count the lines by the defined method
> for a given contract, and multiply by the price per line for that
> contract.
> Do that for everyone's line definition and price per line, and compare the
> actual cost of transcribing that benchmark document collection using each
> method. Now you no the comparative cost of different bids. The
> comparative
> TAT, reliability, and quality of work delivered by different bidders is
> another matter entirely.
> --
>
> Sheila
> To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
>
> "Angela N." <sigma1424@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:c059955d.0410271306.5ada53c1@posting.google.com...
>
>
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-27, 7:09 pm |
| That's a good site, Su, thanks!
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
_______________________________
Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL TOSSPAM!
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| Donna 2004-10-27, 10:09 pm |
| raemorrill@aol.com.com (RaeMorrill) wrote in
news:20041027191818.16253.00001375@mb-m01.aol.com:
> That's a good site, Su, thanks!
>
> Rae Morrill in Maine
> "Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
> _______________________________
> Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL
> TOSSPAM!
>
>
>
It's going to snow in VA... I agree with Rae. Kickass table on that site.
Seems like it would really help a lot for people considering jobs with
other companies, of which I am not one.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donna
http://www.sewing.com
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-27, 10:09 pm |
| >It's going to snow in VA..
[vbcol=seagreen]
Well, tell it to wait until after New Year. I'll be in VA last half of December
and I've SEEN how they handle snow.
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
_______________________________
Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL TOSSPAM!
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| raemorrill@aol.com.com (RaeMorrill) wrote in
news:20041027225630.16253.00001385@mb-m01.aol.com:
> Well, tell it to wait until after New Year. I'll be in VA last half of
> December and I've SEEN how they handle snow.
We do okay. Most people have the good sense to stay home. Let me rephrase
that - I stay home 
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donna
http://www.sewing.com
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-28, 2:07 am |
| > December and I've SEEN how they handle snow.
>
>We do okay. Most people have the good sense to stay home. Let me rephrase
>that - I stay home
LOL. Not by New England standards. We were in VA one year when it snowed around
New Years. They had snow all plowed into intersections, sloppy mess. Then never
mind that several days later the schools were still closed because back roads
weren't cleared.
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
_______________________________
Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL TOSSPAM!
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| 14tonks 2004-10-31, 4:08 am |
| AAMT no longer endorses any specific line length, and hasn't in some time.
A line is simply what the two parties to a contract agree it is. It can be a
gross line or a character line. If it is a character line, characters may
include or not include spaces, tabs, carriage returns, extra characters for
formatting changes, extra characters for every formatted character, etc.,
etc., ad nauseam. The count may include or exclude characters in headers,
footers, text boxes, footnotes, etc. The number of those things defined as a
character that constitute a line can be set at anything - 20 characters is a
line, 120 characters is a line, whatever the contract says.
The only way to compare prices per line for differently defined lines is to
set up a benchmark set of documents, count the lines by the defined method
for a given contract, and multiply by the price per line for that contract.
Do that for everyone's line definition and price per line, and compare the
actual cost of transcribing that benchmark document collection using each
method. Now you no the comparative cost of different bids. The comparative
TAT, reliability, and quality of work delivered by different bidders is
another matter entirely.
--
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
"Angela N." <sigma1424@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c059955d.0410271306.5ada53c1@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to the health information field and I deal daily with an
> off-site transcription company. They do charge per line but I was
> wondering, according to AAMT, what is the number of characters per
> line?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance,
>
> Angela N.
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| raemorrill@aol.com.com (RaeMorrill) wrote in
news:20041027191818.16253.00001375@mb-m01.aol.com:
> That's a good site, Su, thanks!
>
> Rae Morrill in Maine
> "Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
> _______________________________
> Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL
> TOSSPAM!
>
>
>
It's going to snow in VA... I agree with Rae. Kickass table on that site.
Seems like it would really help a lot for people considering jobs with
other companies, of which I am not one.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donna
http://www.sewing.com
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| raemorrill@aol.com.com (RaeMorrill) wrote in
news:20041027225630.16253.00001385@mb-m01.aol.com:
> Well, tell it to wait until after New Year. I'll be in VA last half of
> December and I've SEEN how they handle snow.
We do okay. Most people have the good sense to stay home. Let me rephrase
that - I stay home
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donna
http://www.sewing.com
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