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Power of 10 August 10, 2009 7:47 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: 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 Read More...
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AHDI Career Title Survey July 15, 2009 5:43 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: At the suggestion of the US Department of Labor, the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) is collecting data via a Career Title Survey to reflect the true scope of our work and skill requirements. This survey is not only for AHDI Read More...
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Internet Job Hunting July 9, 2009 10:29 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: With the current unemployment rate, it is likely you or someone you know fall into the group of job seeker. As a teacher, I interface with many nontraditional students looking for a career change. We have seen how difficult the job market is for laid-off Read More...
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Google Voice July 6, 2009 7:17 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: I came across a blog from the NY Times today, "Pushing the Limits of Google's Speech Recognition," that I enjoyed and thought you would too. Medical transcriptionists have known for quite some time that speech recognition technology is not always quite Read More...
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Please Pass the Kleenex! July 1, 2009 11:12 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: I have been to many continuing education opportunities over the years. Some touch your heart as well as your brain, as much medical information is not just information, it is the story of someone's life and how disease or drugs or accidents have changed Read More...
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Focus on Your Talents! June 10, 2009 9:20 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: A few weeks ago I attended the Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association 71 st Annual Meeting in State College, PA. One of the speakers, Paula Lawlor, RHIT, spoke about discovering our strengths and learning how and why to develop those strengths Read More...
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Mini Medical School 2009 May 12, 2009 2:54 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: When I was in college a small part of me thought maybe I would attend medical school. Maybe it was my roommate's goal that I swept myself into, but I went along and took the MCATs, never following through on applying to actual schools. When I later worked Read More...
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Free Education! May 1, 2009 10:18 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: Oftentimes when I teach I use YouTube for a change of pace. Sometimes I just find something fun and entertaining, which I put up before class while I get myself organized for the evening's lecture. This includes things such as jugglers, nostalgic items, Read More...
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April: National Volunteer Month April 15, 2009 11:42 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: What do you think when you hear or read "We need volunteers for ...." Do you immediately start figuring whether you could help or do you run the other way? Sometimes we do have to say "no" but more often than not we probably could, and should, volunteer. Read More...
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YOU Can Go to College April 3, 2009 11:58 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: I am going to wear my teacher hat today and offer my 2 cents on education in the health care realm. I saw a few segments on the news in the past week about the availability, or lack of, college loans in the current economic climate. One expert actually Read More...
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CYA – Cover Your Assets! February 23, 2009 9:41 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: The health care industry in general is one work environment that is slightly less susceptible to the recession in regards to layoffs ... or is it? The medical transcription niche has a mix of factors influencing job stability, among which the economy Read More...
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Life Turns on a Dime February 17, 2009 2:16 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: Like many of you, I woke up Friday to the horrible news of Continental Air Flight 3407, which landed on a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing all 49 passengers and 1 on the ground. It was especially alarming to me as both my husband and I grew Read More...
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I Listen, but Do I Hear? December 23, 2008 7:54 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: I am a medical transcriptionist, so you can imagine how much listening I do in a day. In order to do the job well, you have to listen carefully, interpret, and transcribe it as close to the actual spoken word as possible. I know I am certainly not perfect Read More...
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School's Out!! December 19, 2008 11:57 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: The fall semester has come to an end! It's hard to believe 16 weeks have gone by! We met once a week for 3 hours and we certainly fit a lot into those hours. This year we covered 17 chapters in one terminology book and portions of a supplemental disease Read More...
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Medical Tourism December 11, 2008 7:39 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F: Every week I try to incorporate some web videos or podcasts in my medical terminology lecture. I love the ability to "look around" the Internet for something relatively current to use each week. In the process, I inevitably find things I wasn't looking Read More...
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