Deborah Alker
Cypress, TX 77429
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Summary of Qualifications: Medical language specialist with 20 years' experience transcribing clinic and acute care hospital notes. Legal Secretary with asbestos litigation and breast implant litigation 1992-1995.
Education: Houston Community College – Medical Transcription Course - 1996
M&M Word Processing – Medical Terminology – 1996
Klein High School – Graduated 1985
Employment History:
October 2014 - Present (Remote 3rd shift): Transcription, Technology & Support: Acute Care transcription utilizing speech recognition on EditScript Platform for a hospital in Oklahoma.
December 2004 - October 2014 (Remote 3rd shift): Spheris/Medquist/Mmodal: Acute Care/Clinic transcription utilizing speech recognition on Fluency Platform (formerly known as DocQScribe) for hospitals in California and Phoenix.
2003 (6 months): Acclaim Transcription (Remote): Radiology transcription for the radiology department at Diagnostic Hospital in Houston, TX.
July 2000 - December 2004: Transcription Rx (Remote): Transcribed for numerous smaller specialty clinics plus numerous individual doctors. One of her clients was Baylor College of Medicine (Neurology and ENT departments). Responsible for all transcription for a small cardiology practice with four cardiologists. Responsible for all dictation for orthopedic clients. She was also a QA specialist while at TRX. Ms. Alker had many single doctors and smaller specialties where she was the sole transcriptionist responsible for all transcription.
September 1997 - July 2000: Elite Medical Transcription (Remote): Transcribed for a major multispecialty clinic in Houston, Texas, along with numerous individual doctors and orthopedic clinic. Ms. Alker also transcribed operative reports for multiple surgery centers in Houston, Texas, and Corpus Christi, Texas. She was also a QA specialist and trained new employees for the last two years with EMT.
October 1995 - September 1997: Giessel, Barker & Lyman: Houston, Texas
Breast Implant Litigation Secretary: Prepared legal documents for breast implant litigation including deposition notices, all motions and discovery summaries. She ordered all medical records and followed up on status of orders, typed deposition summaries, medical chronologies and medical summaries.
December 1992 - October 1995: Dunn, Kacal, Adams, Pappas & Law: Houston, Texas
Asbestos Litigation Secretary: Prepared legal documents for asbestos litigation to include the following: original answer, interrogatories, request for production, request for admissions, and deposition notices. She prepared settlement papers for asbestos docket, typed deposition summaries, put together trial notebooks. She input all pertinent information into asbestos database including medical, work, and exposure history. She prepared the calendar for the asbestos docket and met with attorneys weekly to discuss assignments. She entered her attorney’s time into JURIS. She typed medical chronologies and medical summaries.
Transcription: Medical and Legal transcription. Ms. Alker transcribes the following medical specialties: radiology, orthopedic, endocrine, ENT, gastroenterology, urology, GYN, dermatology, cardiology, neurology. Also transcribed verbatim dictation with multiple speakers (legal) and grand round verbatim dictation (medical).
Ms. Alker uses Shorthand word expander and has used Instant Text work expander. She has also transcribed using Dictaphone and Lanier transcription.
REFERENCES
Susan Molz
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Sharon Kelly
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Tiffany Warwick
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Leann Plagens
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Heather Gural
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