The transcription room is NOT in a basement. The administration just remodeled the entire room with beautiful modular furniture and excellent lighting and has networked the computers so you can share all the macros, etc. The room space is very limited, but the set up is just about the best I have seen.
Transcription is recognized as a legitimate keystone function of medical records.
The MDs work well with the transcriptionists and actually stop in to say hello to the MTs. You ask her to put it there, it's there - correct or not. There is no discussion about terminology, usage, grammar, and no editing done. I say an error is an error. I look at all these posts on smt, people who care about their work, and I'm thinking that the difference may be ICs who are held accountable for what they do versus MTs who get paid no matter how crappy their work is.