Archive for September, 2010
admin on September 27th, 2010
Neurology refers to treatment of disease in nervous system including blood vessels, tissue and muscles. Neurology transcription involves decoding the treatments of brain and converting them to electronic files or digital formats. All data related to the diagnosis, treatment and cure of brain related diseases are stored by a neurological transcriptionist.
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Neurological transcription mainly involves neurological medical coding and billing. Today, there is innumerable neurology Medical Transcription Services available right from a home based single unit to a corporate company specializing on this. The offers given by them are lucrative but you should be careful while choosing your company. The first and foremost thing would be to get a quote from the company for their various neurology medical transcription services. Meanwhile it will be good to analyze the previous works of the company to see if the samples match your requirements.
Qualities Required
Neurology transcription requires correct spelling of words and orderly arrangement of primary data, correct terminology of medical words and above all accuracy in compiling data. Foreign accent and poor speech habits could hamper the ease of transcription and cause problems in software recognition. There is no formal training required to be a medical transcriptionist even though certain online courses and other diploma courses are available. The basic skills required are adequate knowledge of medial terminology, good language skills, knowledge of bodily functions, accuracy in transcribing words and numbers etc.
Advancement in technology
Neurology is a branch that involves complexities in words as well as processes. Hence achieving accuracy of more than 99% is very difficult unless you give enough attention. There are lots of softwares available today to aid in easy Medical Transcription. Electronic Medical Record Solution, Record conversion and Migration help in improving their performance.HL7 integration and Smart upload are other features that enable faster and quicker services.
Source : http://www.lonad.com/2010/08/27/neurology-medical-transcription/
admin on September 20th, 2010
The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) originated in the United States which has great importance for health insurances and outsourcing of Medical Transcription works. It was established in 1996. In general, the Act protects the privacy of an individual’s health information and also takes care of the way certain health care providers collect and maintain information on health.
The Act
The HIPAA Medical Transcription Act seeks to establish security and confidentiality of all health care related data, standardized formats for all patient health data, unique identifiers for each individual and security mechanisms to ensure data integrity. A separate section on how a patient can claim his/her rights are included which is a vital part upholding the constitutional rights of the patient. Complaints can be filed under this section if the patient feels his/her rights have been violated.
HIPAA compliance
All the services offered by any medical agency or any institution that governs health sectors need to comply with the rules of HIPAA. It is basically the legal system of the entire health related services. There are various rules regarding the running of a health care setup as well as the related functionalities. When it comes to medical transcription, you need to comply with all the rules of HIPAA Medical Transcription Services. You need to comply with all of them when you run an agency and if you don’t, action can be taken against you.
How to file a complaint
If any of the entities covered by the HIPAA Medical Transcription is found violating the privacy and security of their subject, complaints can be filed against them. Complains in this regard can be filed by anyone who feels violated. The complaint can be filed in writing or via email. It needs to be submitted to the OCR manager of any region. You need to give all the details of your health packages in the complaint. You need to also mention the details of the violation that has occurred. Make a note to file it atleast within 180 days of the violation as that is the maximum period up to which the matter can be extended to. HIPAA Medical Transcription rules help in safeguarding the rights of the patients.
Source : http://www.lonad.com/2010/08/27/hipaa-medical-transcription-services/
admin on September 13th, 2010
Medical transcription support is now available online for different EMR application software’s in use by healthcare facilities, the service is offered for Medent, e-MDs, Synamed, iKnowMed and OmniMD etc.
Medical Transcription Services, the company that provides this service sets up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with the EMR application software in use by a healthcare facility, the HL-7 standard integration complies with mandatory HIPAA regulations. After the setup is enabled, the medical transcriber from the company log into the healthcare facility’s EMR to document the physician’s narrations.
The company provides the Medical Transcription Services to different specialty practices such as Cardiology, Critical care medicine, Dermatology, Emergency medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology, Hepatology, Infectious diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Sleep medicine. The specialty practice applications are provided with web-based transcription support by the company across United States.
The medical reports are available to physicians in 12 hours after they are dictated into the centralized system. The company also processes STAT reports, which is available to the physicians in two to four hours, the 24 x 7 customer support can be accessed on a toll free number for receiving updates on the work-flow of the assignments.
Source : http://emrdailynews.com/2010/03/30/online-medical-transcription-support-to-healthcare-facilities-customized-emr-application-software/
admin on September 1st, 2010
The Medical Transcription Education Center (M-TEC), a highly-respected and ACCP-approved online medical transcription training program, is concluding National Medical Transcriptionist Week by announcing recent student successes and program accomplishments.
Since its introduction, over 500 medical transcriptionists (MTs) have completed M-TEC’s CMT-RMT Review webinar series. Overall, nearly 2,500 MTs have graduated from M-TEC and now serve as medical transcription and clinical documentation professionals. The program reports additional success with their HIPAA Compliance Webinar Series, Increasing Productivity Through Technology Webinar Series, and soon-to-be-announced inclusion of Speech Recognition Editing.
“The importance of medical transcriptionists (MTs) and clinical documentation editors has never been greater as hospitals continue to report increases in physician dictation volumes alongside, not replaced by, EHR growth,” mentions Kim Buchanan, CMT, AHDI-F, Director of Instructor Development and Industry Relations for M-TEC. Even in the most technologically advanced hospitals, 62% of physician reports are created using dictation and medical transcription.
Source : http://emrdailynews.com/2010/05/25/m-tec-endorses-importance-of-medical-transcription-and-clinical-documentation-industry/
