The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has helped improve clinical productivity and efficiency. Medical transcription outsourcing plays an important role in optimizing EHR use by ensuring accurate, legible and timely documentation. According to recent reports, optimizing EHR functionality … Continue reading
Read MoreGood patient record notes are necessary for proper record-keeping, communicating with other providers, billing and reimbursement, and medico-legal purposes. Medical transcription outsourcing is a viable strategy to convert recorded physician’s dictated notes into text format for inclusion in the electronic … Continue reading
Read MorePhysicians’ electronic health record (EHR) documentation processes are a subject of much debate. Physicians’ focus on EHR charting during the office visit is believed affect provider-patient communication and also clinical outcomes. Moreover, EHR data entry is associated with physician stress … Continue reading
Read MoreCharting is a necessary element of nurses’ daily tasks. In addition to charting, nurses have numerous roles and responsibilities and outsourcing medical transcription is a practical strategy to maintain error-free EHR documentation. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), clear … Continue reading
Read MoreMedical records are a combination of both self-reported patient information and the physician’s notes on diagnosis, care and treatment given to the patient. Complete and accurate patient record documentation is necessary to promote quality and continuity of care. It also … Continue reading
Read MorePatient-centered care is an adage that has been always upheld by healthcare providers. Today, it is growing in prominence with patients turning into consumers and the move from the fee-for-service to the fee-for-performance reimbursement models. Medical transcription outsourcing plays a … Continue reading
Read MoreEven with the availability of advanced technologies such as voice recognition software that assist the transcription industry, manual editing and review provided by professional medical transcription services has its own relevance, proves a recent JAMA study. Speech-recognition software such as … Continue reading
Read MoreA patient’s medical appointment with a physician is valuable time. Many providers rely on medical transcription outsourcing to create complete and accurate electronic medical records that tell the patient’s story and meet all legal, regulatory and auditing requirements. Physicians strive … Continue reading
Read MoreAccurate and timely medical notes, as every medical transcription company knows, ensure systematic documentation of a patient’s medical history, diagnosis, treatment and care. Experienced medical transcriptionists convert the physician’s dictation into error-free input for the electronic medical record (EMR). However, … Continue reading
Read MoreRecognizing the importance and convenience of electronic health records (EHRs), most physician practices are looking for ways to get more customizable and integrated EHRs, with practice management and revenue cycle management capabilities. According to the latest Black Book Survey of … Continue reading
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