Sunday, May 15, 2011

Outsourcing ophthalmology medical transcription

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, hairs and areas surrounding the eyes such as the lachrymal system and eyelids. The term ophthalmologist is an eye specialist for medicinal and surgical problems. Since ophthalmologists perform operations of eyes, they are considered to be both a surgical and medical specialty.

The word ophthalmology is derived from Greek roots, “ophthalmos” meaning eyes and “logos” meaning thought or discourse. Ophthalmology literally means the “Science of eyes”.  

Ophthalmology medical transcription involves the transcription of audio records dictated by ophthalmologists’ and other related healthcare professionals’ encounter with patients. Knowing that it takes a specialist to take care of specialist medical transcription needs, TransDyne has trained a team of medical transcriptionists in the language of ophthalmology.  This has enabled the medical transcriptionists to become domain specialists.

How does specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription affect accuracy levels?
Specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription helps the medical transcriptionists produce quality work from the very beginning.  The medical transcriptionists are familiar with the terminology, therapies, procedures and drugs related to ophthalmology. Due to the specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription the medical transcriptionists are able to achieve accuracy of above 99% maintaining the integrity of information captured.

How does specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription affect turnaround time?
Specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription enables the medical transcriptionists to produce high quality transcripts within the turnaround time guaranteed. Due to the familiarity with the language of ophthalmology, the medical transcriptionist need not spend much time researching difficult terms in the Internet. Due to the higher levels of accuracy the number of quality checks required are less thus reducing turnaround time.

How does specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription affect pricing?
Specialty training in ophthalmology medical transcription increases the productivity of the medical transcriptionists and decreases the time required for frequent quality checks thus bringing down the cost per line of transcription. The healthcare facility benefits from the economies of scale.
Ophthalmology medical transcription from TransDyne not only has the benefits of accuracy above 99%, turnaround time of 24 hours and reasonable prices, it has other benefits like:

  • Security: One of the main concerns that healthcare facilities have is regarding the security of data. During the medical transcription process, data is transmitted back & forth; the protection of data during this process is vital. TransDyne ensures security of data by taking on a three pronged approach, which involves security measures with regard to technology, people and processes. This ensures the confidentiality of data is protected at all stages.

  • Flexible modes of dictation: Realizing that time is a precious commodity for healthcare professionals, TransDyne has made it possible for them to retain familiar modes of dictation enabling to manage their time for maximum productivity. 

  • Benefits of advanced technology: TransDyne offers healthcare facilities the benefit of advanced technological features like automatic uploads of dictation; automatic downloads of finished transcripts, remote printing & faxing, power archiving facilities and HL7 integration etc at no extra costs.

To avail superb ophthalmology medical transcription services from TransDyne, click here. 

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