Differences in Physician EHR Documentation Practices can affect Patient Care
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) stores patient health information in digital format and provides physicians and other authorized users with the medical and treatment history of the patient. EHR adoption rates in the US have been on the rise and up to 79.7% of
What Are the Different Types of Medical Transcription Reports?
Medical transcription is a process that functions at the periphery of the healthcare industry. It is the process of converting dictations of the healthcare professionals into well-formatted text documents. It plays a vital role in creating the patient’s medical history which is used for
Study: Peer Comparisons Can Improve Oncology EHR Documentation
Proper and complete documentation of care for cancer patients is critical as their providers require a need a clear record to make informed treatment decisions and for information transfer with patients. Outsourcing medical transcription can ensure timely and accurate documentation of providers’ narrations of
Patient Access to Medical Records Could Improve Medical Record Accuracy
The primary role of healthcare organizations is to provide quality patient care and any minor error can lead to severe patient injury or death of the patient. These errors could cause huge financial loss like penalty ranging from thousands to billions of dollars, along
Effective Tools to Reduce the EHR Documentation Burden: Scribes and Transcription Services
It’s no secret that electronic health records (EHRs), despite their many benefits, can create an overload of documentation and clerical responsibilities for physicians. Medical transcription services and scribe support are popular solutions to increase clinicians’ documentation efficiency and improve quality of care. Both medical
