[Jobs] Hand-written materials.

[Chris Jones]

Noel,

That's awesome.   Offices are eventually coming to that, wouldn't be 
surprised.  Thanks much.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Hand-written materials.


> 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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