Tag Archives: Medical Transcription Services

Are Healthcare Units Paying Attention to Their Medical Record’s Accuracy?

Many patients believe their medical records are reviewed for accuracy but that may not always be true. Often, patient information is wrongly entered and this shows the lack of quality assurance. Formatting errors are a major problem. Frequently found errors … Continue reading

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Poor Dictation Practices – Challenges and Solutions

Poor dictation is a huge challenge for medical transcription services making the transcriptionist’s job quite difficult when they have to spend considerable time trying to figure out what the physicians are saying. Bad recordings contain too many inaudible terms and … Continue reading

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Global Medical Transcription Market to Grow At CAGR of 6% during 2015-2019

Healthcare documentation has become more efficient with professional medical transcription, and the industry is growing. Research by TechNavio indicates that the global medical transcription market is set to grow at a CAGR of about 6% over the period 2015-2019. The … Continue reading

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Why EHR-integrated Documentation Is the Need of the Hour

EHR-integrated medical transcription and documentation can serve the needs of physicians and practices by enhancing their efficiency and improving patient care. EHR-integrated Medical Documentation The electronic health record was introduced to improve the medical documentation process, and make it more … Continue reading

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Pediatric Documentation for ICD-10

Being a specialty that already has a low financial margin, pediatric practices must ensure increased specificity in the documentation of their findings to avoid financial setback just after ICD-10 implementation. If pediatricians continue to follow the same documentation practice they have been … Continue reading

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Better Discharge Summaries to Reduce Hospital Readmission Risk

Discharging patients from the hospital is a complex and challenging process.  Every year, over 35 million hospital discharges occur in the United States. When a patient moves from an acute care setting to other levels of care such as a … Continue reading

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How to Properly Document Medical Decision Making (MDM)

Medical Decision Making (MDM) documentation is as significant as the other two components of documentation (History and Exam) in assigning an evaluation and management (E/M) service level. The end result of MDM is complexity level or severity of presenting complaint. MDM … Continue reading

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The Versatility of Medical Transcription

The medical transcription industry owes much of its success to its versatility. The industry has adapted well to ever-evolving technologies and health care documentation policies. One of the primary reasons for the huge success of this health care domain is … Continue reading

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PDCA Quality Principles for Clinical Documentation

As the healthcare system in the U.S is shifting from paper-based to electronic health records (EHRs), it has become very important to focus on the quality of patients’ records for improved and consistent patient safety outcomes. This has made the … Continue reading

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How the Combined Efforts of MTs and MTSO Can Assure Quality Documentation

Healthcare reform and advancements in health IT have transformed clinical practices and processes. With electronic health records, it has become even more critical to ensure high quality reporting and healthcare documentation to enhance care, assure patient safety and take care … Continue reading

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