[Jobs] Hand-written materials.

[Nightingale, Noel]

Judy:

Dick's message reminds me that I was at the doctor this week, and he
gave me a prescription.  However, he did not hand me a piece of paper as
he has done in the past.  he just entered into the computer where it
awaits me at the pharmacy of my choice.

Noel
 

-----Original Message-----
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dick Davis
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:17 AM
To: 'Jobs for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Hand-written materials.

Judy,
It would be good if you could do some more exploration about this.  Many
prescriptions are now delivered to pharmacies online, and they could be
read using speech output.  Others may be typed and therefore readable by
a Kurzweil 1000.  Only the ones that are neither would pose a problem
for you.
Maybe they could be done by a sighted coworker, and you could do some of
that person's ones in exchange.
Dick Davis

-----Original Message-----
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Judy Jones
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:49 PM
To: Jobs for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Hand-written materials.

Hi,

I believe most are faxed over.

Judy

----- Original Message -----
From: "laurie porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Hand-written materials.


> Your stratagies for dealing with handwritten materials are one's I've 
> tried
> too. When I was a receptionist, I had the task of reading and
responding 
> to
> the handwritten letters. As time past, it became less efficient to do
that
> phase of my job, because   I needed to do data entry and the
processing of
> the requests would have required me to have a reader looking over my
> shoulder all day long. Perhaps one can look into how the perscriptions

> reach
> you in the first place. Are they brought to you by the public or sent
over
> via image file or are they handed over to you after they've been
filled? 
> If
> so, than  there may be a text record of  them somewhere in the actual
> processing of them. Good luck with this. I'm told that Doctors are 
> notorious
> for having illegible handwriting. --Grin-- 
> From: "Judy Jones" <judy.t.jones at earthlink.net>
> To: <jobs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:34 PM
> Subject: [Jobs] Hand-written materials.
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to hear from others on how they've dealt with hand-written
> materials on the job, especially in dealing with handling doctors'
> prescriptions on the job with a medical company.
>
> As a teacher, I hired reader assistance and did my paper grading 
> off-hours.
> As an office worker, I either traded job duties with a sighted
colleague, 
> or
> I organized my work so I could take care of hand-written info for an
hour
> during the day with a reader.
>
> Would be very interested in hearing what other people do, as I have a 
> chance
> to work for a medical company in our area.  The manager is concerned
how I
> would handle the volume of doctors' prescriptions that come in and
have to
> be checked for mistakes in the insurance billing and coding.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy Jones
>
> http://mpm.imttrack.com/t/c/sonshines/mpm1/
>
>
>
>
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