Author Archives: Rajeev Rajagopal

Medication Reconciliation – A Key Consideration for Improving Patient Handoffs

As their condition and care needs change, patients are moved between health care practitioners, settings, and home. Medical transcription outsourcing helps physicians provide proper documentation when transitioning a patient to a new source of care. Transitions in care include hospital … Continue reading

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Short, Informative Consult Notes can Improve Medical Record Quality and Patient Care, say Experts

Until the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), health care providers relied largely on medical transcription companies to document office visits and consultations. Today, these outsourcing companies provide digital medical transcription services, converting audio recordings of physician dictation into accurate … Continue reading

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Vision 2020 – Strategic Planning for Medical Practices

As a medical transcription company that helps physicians manage their demanding documentation tasks, we are aware of the problems of running a practice. While the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) allows clinicians to deliver better care, improve efficiency, and … Continue reading

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SOAP Notes in Psychiatry – Features and Tips for Improvement

The SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) note is one of the most important reports that medical transcription companies help physicians document. In mental health, writing clear and concise SOAP notes is essential to record the patient’s continuum of care. … Continue reading

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Six Strategies to Build Better Rapport with Patients

The importance of building patient rapport can hardly be stressed enough in an age of electronic health records (EHRs). While the EHR has improved quality of care and patient safety through improved management, it takes up a portion of the … Continue reading

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HIPAA Compliance – Emerging Trends and Updates

Healthcare data breaches expose demographic or financial information, putting patients at risk of fraud or identity theft. Third party vendors are a frequent cause of a patient data breach. That’s why it’s important for healthcare entities to choose a HIPAA-compliant … Continue reading

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Admissions to the ICU – Important Concerns and Considerations

Physicians managing intensive care units (ICUs) provide focused, high quality care to critically ill patients. Medical transcription companies help with their documentation needs, allowing physicians to provide patients with the treatment, constant monitoring and frequent nursing care they need. However, … Continue reading

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How to Maintain Electronic Health Records Effectively

Accurate record-keeping is an integral element in providing safe and effective patient care. Far more than a computerized version of a paper chart, an electronic health record (EHR) contains information such as administrative and billing data, patient demographics, progress notes, … Continue reading

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Using EHR Alerts to Improve Care and Practice Efficiency

Medical practices strive to use EHRs to improve workflow and deliver optimal patient care. US based medical transcription companies help physicians integrate free text, dictated reports, and results of lab and imaging tests into EHRs to improve the usability of … Continue reading

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Gap in Adoption of Electronic Health Records in Behavioral Health Care

Mental health records contain medical prescriptions, session start and stop times, frequency of treatment, clinical tests, summaries of diagnosis, symptoms, prognosis, etc. HIPAA-compliant mental health transcription services ensure accurate records of patients’ mental health history and status. Recent reports indicate … Continue reading

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