As is true with the rest of the world healthcare and healthcare documentation are going through major changes to keep up with changing needs and evolving technologies. As a service associated with healthcare documentation, medical transcription is also constantly changing to meet the challenges presented by the changing demands of the healthcare industry.
In fact medical transcription services have always strived to modify their services as per the changing needs of the healthcare industry from the very beginning. Case in point for this is the evolution of medical transcription as a service that can operate independently from the healthcare facility even from a remote location resulting in substantial savings on cost of transcription for healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities.
Given below are some of the examples of how medical transcription services have changed to meet the challenges and needs of the healthcare sector:
The dictation challenge: Dictation is the starting point of the process for healthcare documentation. Medical transcription companies have accepted the challenge of configuring different modes of dictation as per the convenience of the healthcare professionals into the transcription interface. This has enabled healthcare professionals to dictate as per their convenience using devices of their choice. The audio files are automatically transcribed for transcription.
The turnaround time challenge: Depending on the need of the situation healthcare professionals need patient medical records transmitted to them within varied turnaround times. Medical transcription companies have risen to this challenge by providing varied turnaround time options, which can be specified by the healthcare professional as per their specific needs.
The HIPAA and HITECH challenge: Securing confidential patient information is both a legal and moral requirement. Medical transcription companies have risen to the challenge of protecting this information through all the stages of transcription by securing technology, people, processes and infrastructure.
The technology challenge: The life of healthcare professionals is very hectic requiring them to manage their time judiciously and using technology that is complicated can be a challenge. Realizing this medical transcription companies have used technology for medical transcription that provide maximum benefits while still being easy to use.
The EMR/ EHR and speech recognition software challenge: With the current move towards EMR/ EHR the challenge faced by medical transcription companies is to enable adoption with minimum disruption to the work life of healthcare professionals. Medical transcription companies have dealt with this challenge by providing editing & proofreading services for speech recognition software and HL7 interface for EMR/ EHR adoption.
The document delivery challenge: Once the transcription process it is imperative that the transcripts are delivered to healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities through the modes specified by them. Medical transcription companies have provided various convenient options for document delivery to choose from like delivery to a specific folder, delivery to more than one healthcare professional, automatic printing & faxing etc. Apart from this medical transcription companies also provide an interface for healthcare facility staff to keep track of transcription work.
It can be concluded that medical transcription services are constantly changing and improving services to meet the challenges of healthcare documentation without compromising on quality.
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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