Trans Tech Services, Inc. now offers an Employee Referral Program. Our program
works likes this. After all the employment referral rules are met and the new hire has
met all the following employment referral guidelines you will receive a $100 referral
bonus for a full-time employee or $50 for a part-time employee.
Employment Referral Rules
1) The applicant must come from a current employee who is in good standing with Trans Tech.
2) The applicant must be someone the current Trans Tech employee knows.
3) The applicant must submit the current employee’s name on the Application for Employment form under “Referred by”.
4) The employee must still be employed by Trans Tech after the applicant has completed the following guidelines in order to receive the referral bonus.
Employment Referral Guidelines
The new hire you have submitted must complete the following in order to receive your referral bonus:
1) Be hired following our interview process.
2) Remain employed with Trans Tech Services, Inc. for a minimum of 120 days.
3) Meet Trans Tech’s minimum quality and production standards.
Submitting Your Referral
You may submit your referral electronically by filling in the fields below or by sending the same information via U.S. Mail to:
Trans Tech Services, Inc.
Attn: Jodi Voigt
635 South Ankeny Boulevard
Ankeny, IA 50023
Listen Up...Your body is talking to you!
Listening to your body will help prevent injury when you are sitting at a computer for
extended periods of time. Follow these simple guidelines to benefit from a painless work
day:
1. Head. Don’t tilt forward. Keep about an arm’s length from the screen. Keep the top of your head even with the
top of the monitor.
2. Shoulders. Don’t hunch.
3. Elbows. Keep at a relaxed 90 degree angle.
4. Wrists. Avoid supination of the palm; keep wrists even. The keyboard should be just below elbow level.
5. Eyes. Keep lighting indirect.
6. Knees. Should be slightly lower than the hops.
7. Back. Should be supported by a lower back lumbar support.
8. Entire Body. Take frequent breaks.
Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Saves Lives
In the United States, more than 211,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed
this year. Thankfully, significant progress in mammography technology is helping physicians
diagnose the disease earlier. And the sooner breast cancer is detected, the less likely a woman
will need highly invasive and uncomfortable treatments, and the more likely she will survive the
disease. As a result, breast cancer survivors make up the largest group of cancer survivors.
Mammography screening is the single most effective method of early detection. Therefore, an
annual mammogram is recommended for women over 40. A clinical examination by a health care
professional should be done yearly. Women can take charge of their breast health by performing a breast self-exam every month and understanding their personal risks of the disease—and reporting any breast change promptly to their health care provider.
Special populations at risk for breast cancer include minority and older women. African-American women have a higher breast cancer death rate than women of any other racial or ethnic population. Many women over the age of 60 feel that screening for breast cancer is not necessary. On the contrary, women over 60 are more at risk, not less, for breast cancer.
In an effort to encourage women to have an annual mammography screening, the third Friday in October has been designated as National Mammography Day. On this day, or throughout the month, women are encouraged to make a mammography appointment. To find a breast imaging facility, contact the National Cancer Institute at 1-800-4-CANCER.
Throughout the year, low-cost or free mammography screening is available to women who are over 40 and underinsured or uninsured. For more information, contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at 1-888-842-6355 or visit their Web site at www.cdc.gov.
Finally, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) offers several
ways to promote the early detection of breast cancer. The Web site,
www.nbcam.org, provides options to send personalized electronic greeting
cards and template e-mail messages to alert friends that early detection
saves lives and remind them to schedule their annual mammogram. In
addition, the Web site contains several resources for promoting breast
cancer awareness. For more information, visit www.nbcam.org.
Health Tip: Don't Smoke Near Your Kids
(HealthDayNews) -- If you smoke, you must take steps to minimize your children's
exposure to its ill effects.
The Texas Medical Center offers these suggestions:
* Don't smoke in the home.
* If you are smoking inside, designate a well-ventilated smoking room where there is fresh, outside air exchange. A ceiling fan or small air filter is not effective.
* Never smoke in a car with children.
* Choose to sit in the non-smoking section of restaurants.
The Iowa Clinic Women's Center Lecture Series
The Iowa Clinic is proud to announce it's new Women's Center Lecture series. You're
invited to attend this FREE, monthly, educational lecture series on the 2nd Tuesday
of each month.
October 11
Breast Cancer Update
November 8
The Who, What, When & How of Screenings For You and Your Family
December 13
Breast Surgery - Reconstruction, Augmentation, & Reduction
Dr. Lester Yen - Plastic Surgery
Join Us
Limited seating is available. Please call the Women's Center at 875-9500 to make your reservation
Women can take charge of their breast health by having an annual mammogram, performing a breast self-exam every month and understanding their personal risks of the disease—and reporting any breast change promptly to their health care provider. For more information, visit www.nbcam.org.
Fourth Quarter Employee Meeting
Fourth quarter 2005 employee staff meeting will be held on Friday, November 4, 2005, at 8:15 a.m. Our meeting will be held at the Ankeny Regional Airport. It is located at 3700 SE Convenience Blvd. If you need directions, please ask Rita. It is essential that each staff member make every effort to attend all staff meetings. Please notify Jodi or Susan if you will not be in attendance.
Larry Voigt Joins Trans Tech Full Time
Larry Voigt has joined our team on a full-time basis. Larry has always been involved “behind the scenes” in the billing and accounting areas; however, effective August 1st, Larry began working full-time with Trans Tech. He will continue his same financial responsibilities as well as focusing on in-house computer issues and installation of needed transcription software to in-home transcriptionist personal computer systems and client locations.
We will be observing Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24, 2005. Our office will be not
be open that day. Business as usual on Friday, November 25th.
From time to time each of you will be asked to cover for clients still using tapes. This will
require you coming to the office for pickup/delivery during that time period.
Please enter lines on the on-line time card on a daily basis.
Requested vacation time associated with holidays are granted in a lottery fashion. Please
refer to your employee manual for details.
Trans Tech Services will be closed on Monday, December 26th and Monday, January 2nd in observation of the
Christmas holiday and New Years holiday. Business will resume as usual on Tuesday.
Trans Tech expands to the Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa Health Systems (IHS) is a state-wide hospital and clinic corporation. In the
Cedar Rapids area there is an IHS hospital, St. Lukes Medical Center and several
clinics. Trans Tech has been provided the opportunity to expand into the Cedar Rapids area by providing service to one the family practice clinics. There is currently interest in a number of the clinics in Cedar Rapids.
Confidentiality
As always, please keep in mind that the information you are working with every day is strictly confidential.
This information you are privileged to through your employment is NOT to be shared.
Please review your employee manual for the specifics of this critical point.
Family Additions
Larry and Jodi Voigt are grandparents. Their daughter Missy and her husband J, became parents for the first time on August 7, @ 1:38 a.m. They were blessed with a baby girl. Her name is Addison Clark. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces.
What a joy!
2005...first three quarters show significant growth!
Thus far, 2005 has proven to be quite the year for growth. We have added numerous
clinics in the Iowa Health Systems Corporation. As we’ve mentioned before, this
clinic system is converting to an electronic medical record (EMR.) However, several
of these clinics have opted to change their transcription service to Trans Tech prior
to going EMR, which has generated a significant increase in volume. There are a
number of Trans Tech transcriptionists that are using a variety of software products to
complete their assignments each day, depending on the client. We have hired a number of new transcriptionists to meet these needs and continue to hire. If you know of a transcriptionist looking for a change, please direct them to Trans Tech.
Thank You, Thank You
Thanks to all of you for pulling together during this very busy growth period. Your willingness to work extra and cover new/different clients is greatly appreciated. Everyone working together, helping each other, a true team effort!! Thanks again.
Turnaround is a critical factor for the majority of our clients. General rule is “first in - first out.” Please be sure you are completed the oldest voice files unless you have been directly to do differently.
Employee Newsletter Contest
Now that you have read your online electronic employee newsletter it is time to enter into our free drawing. Simply click on the contest box below, answer a couple of questions, type your name and hit the submit button. It's that easy to become the winner in our new "I have read my Trans Tech Employee Newsletter." contest.
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We Value Your Thoughts
In each of our quarterly newsletters we hope to ask for your thoughts concerning a particular subject.
In this newsletter our topic is our new newsletter format. We would love to hear from you if you have any suggestions or comments that you would like to make.
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