Tag Archives: Medical Transcription Companies

Do Electronic Health Records Pose Risk of Wrong Patient Orders?

Transcribing patient orders is one of the many documentation tasks that medical transcription companies help physicians with. Today, computerized physician order entry (CPOE) allows providers to transmit orders quickly via the electronic health record (EHR). While EHRs are designed to optimize … Continue reading

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Tips for Medical Transcriptionists to Improve Their Skills

Even though technological advances and EHR have changed the way medical transcription is done today, it is critical for medical transcriptionists to work on improving their skills to provide accurate transcripts. Medical transcription companies are often required to deliver accurate … Continue reading

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Infectious Disease Specialist Shortage: a Looming Crisis

We must hurry. Superbugs are coming for us. We need experts who know how to treat them – Matt McCarthy, MD, in an open-ed for the New York Times. Experienced medical transcription companies know just how important it is to … Continue reading

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Strategies to Retain Nurses in the Workplace

Nurses make up the largest proportion of healthcare workers in the US.  Nurses are involved in almost all aspects of care, including monitoring and assessing patients, bedside and medication management, assistance with surgeries, data collection/reporting, etc. In fact, a large … Continue reading

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What Makes the Emergency Room Vital for All Hospitals

An emergency room or ER is a medical treatment facility for critically ill patients when they have had some type of accident or emergency. The severity of their condition and the treatment is determined through a process called triage, which … Continue reading

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7 Tactics to Improve Medical Practice Efficiency and Revenue

In order to maintain error-free patient records, most healthcare organizations in the US outsource their transcription tasks to medical transcription companies. Outsourcing is a more cost-effective option than handling the documentation task in-house. In addition to this, there are many … Continue reading

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CMS makes Documentation Changes and other Reforms to Promote Patient-centered Care

Patient-centric solutions have been at the core of healthcare for decades. However, there are many challenges to the attainment of true patient-centered care. The 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) renews the … Continue reading

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Medical Transcription Service Market to Witness Growth through 2019

The arrival of the EHR may not after all, spell the doom of the medical transcription services industry. This is what the market analysis figures seem to suggest. Traditionally, physicians have been utilizing reliable transcription solutions to lighten their documentation … Continue reading

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EHRs contributing to Pediatric Medication Errors, finds Study

Table of ContentsEHR Usability Issues: What Studies FoundClinician Stress leading to EHR Documentation Errors Electronic health records (EHRs) are designed to enable physicians to efficiently manage and access comprehensive patient information digitally. EHRs provide a centralized platform for storing medical … Continue reading

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Reports Say Hospitals Are Investing More on Medical Transcription Tools

Technological advancements in the healthcare industry have resulted in innovative solutions including the Electronic Health Record or EHR. Good quality medical records are essential to proper ongoing care of patients and are paramount for effective communication between healthcare professionals. Professional … Continue reading

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