Yearly Archives: 2015

How to Document Hip Fractures Properly

Most often, hip injuries get little attention compared to injuries to the knee, ankle and shoulders due to their low prevalence. However, you should document hip fractures accurately through effective orthopedic transcription for the proper management of these types of … Continue reading

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Analysis of Global Medical Transcription Market 2015 – 2019

Medical transcription is the process of transcribing voice recording into a text format. A report by TechNavio covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of global medical transcription market for the period 2015- 2019. Medical transcription makes data interpretation … Continue reading

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Why Hospital Discharge Summaries are Very Important

A discharge summary is a valuable document that gives an overview of a patient’s hospitalization from admission through discharge. It helps us know about the continuity of care, ensures safe patient transition from the hospital/nursing institution to the home, and … Continue reading

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Electronic Medical Records for Better Patient Outcomes after Discharge

Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a systematic way of storing patient records such as personal information, disease, modes of diagnoses and recommendations by the physicians and so on, with the objective of ensuring easy availability of necessary data when needed. … Continue reading

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EHR as a Vital Tool for Clinical Decision Making

EHR-integrated medical transcription solutions can help hospitals and physician clinics adapt better to the controversial electronic health records. As things stand, doctors all over the nation have reported trouble adapting to EHR/EMRs. Some help could go a long way in … Continue reading

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ICD-10 Documentation Tips for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a severe health problem that affects millions of people every year. A common type of infection in the body, it can also be a hospital-acquired infection. Not all patients show symptoms though most of them … Continue reading

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Can Medical Transcription Outsourcing Help Improve Solo Practices? A Review

The need to implement electronic health records is pressurizing present day healthcare practitioners, especially those who are used to and comfortable with the traditional dictation and transcription practice. Medical transcription outsourcing can really help individual practices attain greater efficiency and … Continue reading

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How EMR Impacts the Job of Nurse Practitioners

With the Affordable Care Act (ACA), electronic medical records or EMRs are being widely used among nurse practitioners with individual patients and at clinical level in order to support wellness as well as chronic disease management activities. A recent study … Continue reading

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Documenting Medical Necessity for Joint Replacement Surgery

Joint replacement surgery is recommended for patients whose symptoms do not respond to other treatment. When it comes to reporting claims, it is very important to prove that this procedure is medically necessary for the patient. It requires a specific … Continue reading

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CDC Study Revealed Higher Suicide Rates among Native Americans

Suicide was found to be the second leading cause of death among adults aged between 15 and 24 in 2013. As the patterns of suicide may be different for young adults between 18 and 24 years of age than for … Continue reading

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