October 2009 - Posts

Medical Transcription Service Provider Webmedx Reacts To Indian Black Market Medical Records Scandal
October 28, 2009 1:14 PM by Jay Vance

From PRNewswire.com comes a press release from Webmedx, fourth-largest U.S. medical transcription service provider: Atlanta-based Webmedx , the fourth largest medical transcription company in the World, cites the news of black market sales of medical Read More...

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HIPAA, HITECH And Medical Transcription, Part 4: Protecting ePHI - Technical Safeguards
October 26, 2009 5:23 AM by Jay Vance

164.312 Technical safeguards: A CE must, in accordance with the general rule: (a) Standard: Access control. Implement technical policies and procedures for electronic information systems that maintain ePHI to allow access only to those persons or software Read More...

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Offshore Medical Transcription Training In Barbados Experiences High Failure Rate
October 20, 2009 11:10 AM by Jay Vance

From the Nation News in Barbados: The majority of Barbadian workers who underwent one year of Government-sponsored training in the medical transcription field, were put on the breadline because they were performing below the required standard of work. Read More...

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New Study: Electronic Health Information Security A Problem In U.S. Too
October 20, 2009 9:37 AM by Jay Vance

From Reuters comes word of a new survey of health information technology professionals that paints a sobering portrait of the state of health information security here in the U.S.: According to the October 2009 Ponemon report, Electronic Health Information Read More...

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Potential Offshore Outsourcing Catastrophe - Medical Records For Sale In India
October 19, 2009 7:47 AM by Jay Vance

According to articles in The Economic Times and The Daily Mail , an undercover investigation by Britain's ITV1 television program "Tonight" has revealed that medical records of UK citizens are available for purchase from Indian black marketeers. Quoting Read More...

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Recap Of Webinar "Evolving Medical Transcription: Technology's Impact On Traditional Transcription Processes"
October 14, 2009 7:14 PM by Jay Vance

There was a very good turnout for the webinar, over 160 attendees, I'm told. There were a number of questions asked, and my answers appear below. The entire presentation can be accessed free of charge at this link . Please feel free to post any comments Read More...

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Free Webinar On Technology And Medical Transcription
October 12, 2009 6:47 PM by Jay Vance

On Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, I'll be one of the presenters at a free webinar hosted by FierceEMR editor Neil Versel entitled Evolving Medical Transcription: Technology's impact on traditional transcription processes. Other presenters Read More...

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HIPAA, HITECH And Medical Transcription, Part 3: Protecting ePHI - Physical Safeguards
October 9, 2009 11:26 PM by Jay Vance

Quoting from HIPAA Regulation: §164.312 A covered entity must, in accordance with § 164.306 : (a) (1) Standard: Facility access controls. Implement policies and procedures to limit physical access to its electronic information systems and the facility Read More...

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