Selected MT Links: Our site deals primarily with issues related to running WordPerfect 5.1; however, because most of our visitors are MTs (and because I'm an MT), it's difficult not to list some favorite MT links. This list is not extensive -- there's no reason to reinvent the wheel. Some of the sites we'll direct you to have done a thoroughly admirable job of collecting and cataloging MT resources on the web. The links appearing below were selected according to a strongly biased and personal system! I like these people, products, sites, and resources. I believe you will, too.

Nexus Books
Paul Norton of Nexus Books is well known to the MT community for providing a quick, no-hassle way to purchase used medical books over the phone or through email. Recently, the WP51 Center invited Nexus to post a list of available books on our site. We're pleased to say that Mr. Norton took us up on that offer! The page is updated frequently and includes contact information for this excellent bookseller.

MT Meeting Place
Click through to this site to find Barb Grow. Known throughout the industry for her understanding of and pioneering work with speech recognition, Barb fields SR questions at this site. Barb is also known to many of us as editor of The Latest Word, the bimonthly newsletter for medical transcriptionists.

MT Desk
MT Desk has a super collection of terminology links, manufacturer links, sample reports, and glossaries. Go to MT Desk to find your word or phrase, but stick around for the chat. My only complaint about MT Desk is that when I visit looking for one specific piece of information, I end up staying for half an hour just browsing around. Every site should have such complaints!

Rx List
I've been sending MTs to Rx List for years to find information on drugs. The new site design and the division of functionality leaves me a bit unimpressed, but the information I seek is still to be found at the site. I have to say, though, that I liked it better when a single search got me the drug and the monograph. Still, this is a recommendable (and useful) site.

The Greater Chicago Chapter of the American Association for Medical Transcription
AAMT membership remains a much debated topic. Regardless of your stance on membership, the GCC is a great place to form professional alliances. I'm a Chicagoland resident (over my deep objections - my heart is in Texas), and many of the members of GCC are friends, colleauges, former employees, and just all-around nice people to know. If you live in our area, I urge you to attend a GCC symposium and get to know these folks.

Visionary Solutions
If you live and work in the Washington state area, Visionary Solutions should be on your list of employers to check out. I've found them to be professional and dedicated to quality.

Medscape
Okay, I'll grant you that Medscape is a bit on the commercial side, but the site has a wealth of resources for the working MT. It's worth your while to spend some time poking around through this site.

Gilbert Medical Transcription Service
GMTS is another great transcription service. If you are located in the Orlando area, I urge you to contact them regarding employment opportunities.

Daily Grammar Lesson
Bill Johanson is a former high school English teacher whose daily grammar lessons are now delivered via email. Sponsored by the word processing software Yeah Write!, the lessons carry minimal advertising and sponsor messages. Honestly, I don't always look at the lesson; however, when I have a few extra minutes, I do like to go through the lesson and the quiz. Sometimes I get to pat myself on the back for having done known it (somewhere, Mr. Johanson and my high school English teacher are both shuddering), and sometimes I find myself revisiting a grammar rule on which I'm a bit rusty!

AIS Health
AIS Health offers a number of free email newsletters. The newsletters include major headlines and short summaries of news stories in your area of interest with links to the full story carried on the AIS Health.com pages. The newsletter is a good way of keeping up with the constantly changing HIM landscape.

MT Monthly
I'm particularly fond of MT Monthly. Jennifer Martin keeps the publication on a punctual publishing schedule and offers articles on a wide range of subjects of interest to MTs. This newsletter is worth every penny of its subscription price. The web site offers links to a number of resources, books, sample of MT Monthly, and other information for MTs.

KAMT
George Heymont maintains the long-running KAMT (Keeping Abreast of Medical Transcription) mailing list. The spirited discussions are invigorating at the end of a day, and George can always be counted on to be perfectly clear about where he stands on any industry issue! Lively, forthright, informative, and entertaining, George and his mailing list shouldn't be missed.

HPI
Health Professions Institute offers a wide range of products for the MT, including books, CDs, videos, and the magazine Perspectives. This isn't a site that you'll be visiting every day, but it's certainly good to have it bookmarked for when you need it.

AnyWho
AnyWho replaced 411.com as my favorite phone number locator. The site is superior in navigation, ease of use, and freedom from JavaScript errors. Plus, it's fast!

This link has nothing to do with medical transcription!
Nope, nothing to do with MT at all. Instead, this link is a shameless plug for my husband's web site and book, Scout Camps USA. Well, you can't transcribe all the time, right? Visit Scout Camps USA if you have a Boy Scout or Scouter in your family. The book makes for a well-received gift for any adult involved in Scouting, but the site itself is full of useful merit badge links for the Scout in your house.