Medical Transcription Industry Celebrates Health IT Week

As health information managers and professionals across the country celebrate the health information & technology industry this week, the Association for Health Care DocumentationIntegrity (AHDI) and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) announced their support for a healthcare reform package that improves electronic health records (EHRs) as well as patient safety.

"Medical transcriptionists represent a workforce that is critical to the accurate and safe transition to the EHR that will improve patient safety,ensure the accuracy of health records, and free up doctors to do what they do best - attend to their patients' needs," said Susan Lucci, President of AHDI.

"We look forward to continuing to work with Congress, the Administration, and with healthcare professionals to implement reforms that will lead to a smooth transition to the EHR with a focus on patient safety first."

Today, MTIA, in conjunction with ICSA labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, announced the formation of the Medical Transcription Service Consortium (MTSC) to drive improved coordination of care and digital record exchange among hospitals, physician offices, and healthcare clinics through an effective framework, and secure and private IT platform.

According to MTIA, currently 8% of physician-patient encounters are documented via electronic medical records; by comparison, more than 80% employ the dictation-transcription process for this purpose. MTIA estimates that over 1.2 billion patient notes are dictated and transcribed annually, and currently the majority of those records cannot be imported into electronic medical records in digitally useful formats.

Working with Verizon Business, the consortium plans to offer an industry solution for medical transcription service providers to exchange medical records in digitally useful form. Verizon Business expects the platform to be available later this year.

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Need for Outsourcing Legal Transcription Service

In recent years, more and more legal entities have become aware of the need for outsourcing legal transcription service. Understanding this ever increasing demand for legal transcription, reliable transcription service providers now offer transcription services for law firms, legal attorneys, legal prosecutors and legal court reporters.

Legal transcription is the process of transcribing the dictations of practicing attorneys, arbitrators and officials into text format. These legal reports include letters, briefs, depositions, subpoenas, notes, motions, legal examinations, sworn statements, summons, client tapes, court tapes, telephone conversations, interviews, memoranda, legal pleadings, examinations under oath, court transcripts and jury instruction.

Proven Expertise, State-of-the-art Technology

Legal transcription firms support computer dictations, toll free numbers and digital recorders. The information recorded on tape in various formats is also accepted. The transcribed output is provided in a wide variety of formats including JPG, GIF, XML, PageMaker, XML, PDF, HTML, TIFF, FrameMaker, QuarkXpress, Word and Excel. Files are transferred through FTP or browser based 256 bit AES encryption protocol.

Legal transcription companies have professionals including transcriptionists, quality analysts and proofreaders to provide fast, reliable and efficient legal transcription solutions. These experts make use of today’s innovative technology to secure data and ensure 99% accuracy.

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MedQuist Signs Transcription and Editing Services

a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, today announced that it has been awarded a Transcription Services Agreement by HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG), one of the industry's largest group purchasing organizations. As a result of the award, all of the more than 1,400 hospitals and healthcare organizations participating in HPG's network will be able to purchase MedQuist's full array of integrated transcription and speech recognition technology and services. This announcement is being made in connection with the opening of AHIMA in Grapevine, Texas.

The company will utilize its robust DocQment Enterprise Platform with embedded speech recognition and a global workforce to manage the scale and complexity of such a large network of hospitals. MedQuist's suite of solutions provides options to HPG's hospitals, clinics, and physician practices to help them deliver timely quality documentation and accelerate the achievement of
clinical and operational excellence goals.

In addition, the contract offers incentives to HPG's integrated delivery networks to aggregate transcription volume among their peer institutions. This combined volume can produce significant financial benefits as well as the operational benefits resulting from standardization.

Peter Masanotti, MedQuist's CEO, stated, "HealthTrust Purchasing Group is one of the leaders in the group purchasing arena, and we are pleased that we have met the rigorous award criteria for participation in HPG's program. This contract further validates the important role that technology-enabled transcription services play in the range of clinical documentation solutions
deployed in healthcare organizations today. We look forward to providing significant value to the membership."

Medical Transcription Services Provider

MxSecure, Inc., the nation's leading provider of medical transcription services to solo practitioners, group practices, multi-specialty clinics and community health centers, announced today the addition of Mark McLaughlin to its management team, an industry authority on healthcare IT.

In his position of Chief Technology Officer, McLaughlin will oversee the enhancement of MxSecure's existing products, including the popular MxTranscribe EHR™, an internet-based medical transcription document and workflow management system. Mark will also spearhead the company's introduction of new products, including an innovative, high-quality speech recognition solution that gives physicians accurate, instant-turnaround of dictated medical notes. Plus, he'll lead the company's development of a comprehensive electronic health records system that promises to make medical practices more productive from day one. This EHR product, currently in early adopter tests with select MxSecure customers, will help physician practices, medical clinics and community health centers successfully transition to fully electronic health records and to participate in upcoming stimulus reimbursement from the federal government.

McLaughlin has extensive electronic healthcare experience, and has been active in key industry groups. He has received numerous awards from organizations like the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), where he also served on the board, and the Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions. (AFEHCT)

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