Tag Archives: Medical Transcription Outsourcing

Strategies to Reduce Communication Barriers and Improve Patient Handoffs

Keeping accurate, up-to-date patient records is a professional requirement and crucial to deliver excellent and safe patient care. U.S. based medical transcription companies play a key role in helping physicians across all specialties maintain accurate healthcare documentation. Up-to-date information about … Continue reading

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Advantages of Interface between the Laboratory Information System and the Electronic Health Record

Pathology comprises many laboratory functions related to disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The goal of pathology is to provide accurate diagnosis so that the treating physician can develop an optimal treatment plan. Pathology transcription services play a key role in … Continue reading

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Study: Fitbit Data can Improve Influenza Surveillance and Estimation

The flu season in the US usually runs from October to May and peaks in February. As healthcare providers grapple with feverish patients and take extra precautions to prevent the spread of flu, medical transcription outsourcing helps them maintain complete … Continue reading

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Study: Fitbit Data can Improve Influenza Surveillance and Estimation

The flu season in the US usually runs from October to May and peaks in February. As healthcare providers grapple with feverish patients and take extra precautions to prevent the spread of flu, medical transcription outsourcing helps them maintain complete … Continue reading

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New Study Highlights Need for Appropriate Documentation for Antibiotic Prescribing

With the continual emergence of new disease-causing viruses, bacteria and other infections, infectious disease specialists face numerous challenges for patient diagnosis and treatment. Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics have made illnesses that were once easily treatable with antibiotics untreatable, … Continue reading

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Online Reviews driving Older Adults’ Choice of Physicians, finds New Poll

People are increasingly researching online before buying a product or service, and healthcare is no exception, according to recent reports. Several factors influence a person’s choice of a healthcare provider. Many physicians rely on medical transcription outsourcing to maintain complete … Continue reading

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Impact of Medical Terminology on Patient Care

Medical terminology is the standardized language that allows healthcare providers, HIM professionals and medical transcription service companies to communicate on a patient’s condition and medical needs. This specific language is used to discuss everything from human anatomy and physiology, to … Continue reading

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Integrated EHR will not support Interoperability, says HIT Consultant Report

More than 95 percent of hospitals and nearly 90% of office-based physicians have adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). EHRs are designed to provide access to complete and accurate … Continue reading

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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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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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