Healthcare documentation is poised for a major change due to the increased emphasis on the need to establish a nationwide electronic system to encourage better access to information, improved outcome and reduced costs. To this end all the entities involved in the healthcare documentation scenario like medical transcription companies, speech recognition software vendors and EMR/ EHR vendors are aiming to provide solutions that help healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities meet all these criteria.
While accuracy, turnaround time, cost and security are important considerations while evaluating the suitability of these healthcare documentation solutions it is also important to choose a service that naturally aligns itself with the healthcare process without any intrusion. Though each method of documentation has its own merits and demerits, medical transcription the process of creating patient medical records from the dictation of the healthcare professional detailing the patient encounter has proven to be the most convenient and non-intrusive method of documentation.
Given below are some of the areas in which medical transcription services provide quality support without intruding on the care process:
Collection of information: One of the main advantages of medical transcription services is that these services encourage the healthcare professionals to concentrate on the care process rather than documentation. Medical transcription companies encourage healthcare professionals to dictate notes regarding the patient encounter once the visit is over, using modes of their choice. This encourages healthcare professionals to concentrate on the actual process rather than the computer, helps them conserve on time and enhances productivity.
Editing and quality: Healthcare professionals who are documenting the care process themselves using speech recognition software or point & click templates are forced to take the time to check on the accuracy of the data captured, which intrudes on the limited time available to them. Whereas medical transcription companies ensure that transcripts are delivered to healthcare professionals on time after checking for quality and ensuring maximum accuracy. Medical transcription companies ensure the accuracy/ quality of transcripts without compromising on turnaround time requirements of healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals
Delivery: Once the transcription process is over, medical transcription companies also ensure delivery of transcripts in a non-intrusive manner through the modes specified by healthcare professionals. This ensures that healthcare professionals, support staff and other personnel can have easy access to patient medical records when required.
Adopting new technology: Not only do medical transcription companies ensure non-intrusive medical transcription services for existing needs, they also help in adopting new technology like EMR/ EHR, speech recognition software using technology like discrete reportable transcription and HL7 interface.
In conclusion we can say that partnering with the right medical transcription company ensures non-intrusive services with maximum benefits. The benefits of outsourcing medical transcription to the right service provider includes savings on cost, access to the right resources (medical transcriptionists, technology etc) and easy transition to changing healthcare documentation requirements.
TransDyne, a leader in the outsourced medical transcription industry has used their extensive background in information technology and their experience in serving the needs of the healthcare sector to provide affordable and integrated medical transcription solutions.
TransDyne offers quality medical transcription at reasonable prices, executed by experienced and qualified medical transcriptionists with a very quick turnaround time executed through secure HIPAA and HITECH compliant channels, with very high levels of accuracy and all this with technology that is advanced but easy to use!
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