Power of 10
Did you ever feel like little fish in a big ocean? Do you feel like your one voice cannot make a difference in the rapidly changing field of healthcare documentation? Are you feeling our industry will be left behind when the EHR is integrated throughout our country? Are you worried the EHR will not serve the patient well with a point and click framework? Is the current economy adding to your fears of job security? Do you keep your thoughts to yourself or just among your MT peers? Now is your opportunity to take part in the Power of 10 Campaign and make a difference.
AHDI (Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity) launched a new initiative at ACE in Nashville, the Power of 10 Campaign. This is a specific campaign to fund a lobbying firm in Washington, DC. AHDI and MTIA (Medical Transcription Industry Association) have contracted with a lobbying firm to lobby on behalf of the medical transcription industry at this critical juncture of the EHR to, among other things, assure that we play a role in the EHR and to have complete documentation for the patient, a goal MTs can help facilitate. The lobby firm will benefit not only AHDI/MTIA members but medical transcriptionists at large, small business owners, documentation specialists, editors, etc., as they bring our concerns and solutions to our legislators and policymakers responsible for healthcare reform, EHR systems, and workforce development.
All MTs are encouraged to take part in the Power of 10 Campaign. Please consider donating $10 to the Power of 10 Campaign, marking your check with this specific title and mailing to AHDI at 4230 Kiernan Avenue, Suite 130, Modesto, CA 95356, and be assured that your contribution will be targeted directly to this advocacy effort. As Napoleon Bonaparte said so well, "Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who remain silent."