Monthly Archives: October 2015

Are Healthcare Units Paying Attention to Their Medical Record’s Accuracy?

Many patients believe their medical records are reviewed for accuracy but that may not always be true. Often, patient information is wrongly entered and this shows the lack of quality assurance. Formatting errors are a major problem. Frequently found errors … Continue reading

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Poor Dictation Practices – Challenges and Solutions

Poor dictation is a huge challenge for medical transcription services making the transcriptionist’s job quite difficult when they have to spend considerable time trying to figure out what the physicians are saying. Bad recordings contain too many inaudible terms and … Continue reading

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PCPs Require Enhanced Clinical Notes to Provide Quality Care

Clinical notes are notes prepared in conjunction with a physician-patient encounter and are very significant for primary care physicians (PCPs) to provide appropriate care for a specific patient. Transcribing clinical notes is an important part of family practice transcription, which … Continue reading

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Study Shows That Good EHR Use Help Improve Prescription Management in Infectious Diseases

Though antibiotic drugs greatly reduce illness and death from infectious diseases, unnecessary and prolonged use of such drugs allows infectious organisms (that were targeted to kill by the drugs) to get adapted to them and cause antibiotic-resistant infections. The most … Continue reading

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DR Screening Is Best Delayed for Children with Diabetes Mellitus, Says Study

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) refers to retinal changes, which is a complication of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and is a major cause of blindness in young adults. As this disease may not have any symptoms and affect eyesight at an … Continue reading

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Medical Documentation Tips to Address RAC Audits

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) closely scrutinizes hospitals and physicians to identify healthcare fraud and abuse. The actual target is not the quality of care, but the documentation that supports why a particular service or procedure was … Continue reading

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EHR Shortcuts – Are They Really Advantageous?

Many providers use shortcuts during EHR documentation to reduce the time taken for documenting a patient encounter. Though shortcut features may make you efficient, there is a greater chance for errors if you use those features inappropriately. Errors entering EHR … Continue reading

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Advances in Septic Shock Care and Why Proper Documentation Is Critical

Septic shock is a clinical emergency condition, which involves a lethal drop in the blood pressure of the patient due to the presence of bacteria in the blood. This condition will prevent the delivery of blood to the organs and … Continue reading

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Global Medical Transcription Market to Grow At CAGR of 6% during 2015-2019

Healthcare documentation has become more efficient with professional medical transcription, and the industry is growing. Research by TechNavio indicates that the global medical transcription market is set to grow at a CAGR of about 6% over the period 2015-2019. The … Continue reading

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