As with all other medical specialties, complete, accurate, and timely documentation is crucial in physical therapy to ensure that patients receive appropriate, efficient, individualized, and high-quality healthcare services. Physical therapists (PTs) also need to keep proper clinical records for defending a medical negligence claim
Medical record keeping has evolved over the years. Formerly, physicians dictated their notes and got the spoken reports converted into hand-written or typed notes by a medical transcription service company. With the advent of EHRs, the role of medical transcriptionists changed and they now
To generate accurate radiology reports, most practices are now considering radiology transcription services from reliable companies. Radiology reports mostly include chronic incidental findings, the diagnosis or differential diagnosis, the clinical implications of radiologic findings, and any chronic findings that need additional workup or surgical intervention,
Medical transcription involves converting voice or verbal notes given by medical professionals, into predefined text or digital transcripts. Medical practices can now rely on various transcription options, ranging from automatic speech recognition (ASR) software to professional human transcribers. Professional medical transcription companies provide the
Telehealth originated several decades ago and over the years, became a viable alternative to make care accessible to people living in remote locations. The internet changed everything, allowing healthcare professionals to connect with patients using digital information and communication technologies such as computers, tablets