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Free Text Expander Roundup
July 2, 2009 7:55 AM by Jay Vance

Fellow blogger Raj over at MT Herald has put together a very useful list of free Windows text expanders . These are all available online free of charge, and in these economically challenging times, free is good! Having said that, of course, you'll need Read More...

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MT Service Publishes Dictation Tips for Physicians
June 25, 2009 1:36 PM by Jay Vance

In a June 25, 2009 press release , medical transcription service company MxSecure, Inc. has announced the release of a white paper entitled, " Top 10 Tips For Successful Dictation " for physicians. From the document: The quality of your dictation affects Read More...

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Riding Across America for a Worthy Cause
June 24, 2009 10:35 AM by Jay Vance

For 12 years, Jeannie Benton has dreamed of cycling across the United States, not just for the personal satisfaction, but in support of a worthy cause. For the next 7 weeks, that dream will become a reality for Jeannie, as she treks from Astoria, OR, Read More...

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Bits and Pieces
June 15, 2009 2:35 PM by Jay Vance

Here are some of the happenings in the world of medical transcription as of late: MedQuist/AHDI Settlement Update According to the AHDI website , the free program offerings for eligible members of the MedQuist settlement class are anticipated to become Read More...

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A Call for Plug-and-Play EHRs
May 22, 2009 10:37 AM by Jay Vance

Nothing like great timing. In my last blog post, I suggested that electronic health record (EHR) and personal health record (PHR) technology needs to become more like an iPhone in order to achieve widespread acceptance from technology-shy physicians and Read More...

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Lessons from an iPhone
May 19, 2009 8:33 AM by Jay Vance

I admit it, I was suffering from iPhone envy. As an unabashed technophile (i.e., hard-core geek), I couldn't help but be intrigued by all the cool things the iPhone was supposedly capable of doing. When one of your colleagues says something to the effect Read More...

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Medical Transcription: "Specialized Secretarial Work?"
May 12, 2009 9:00 AM by Jay Vance

My colleague and fellow blogger Julie Weight has had a lively discussion going on at her MTExchange.com site regarding mandatory credentialing for medical transcriptionists, an issue recently reported on by ADVANCE 's Lynn Jusinski. Julie, in her latest Read More...

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National Verbatim Transcription Day
May 4, 2009 6:12 PM by Jay Vance

What do you suppose it would take for the health care field, not to mention politicians and the general public, to truly understand and appreciate the value medical transcriptionists bring to the healthcare documentation process? I've thought about this Read More...

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Beth Israel/Google Health Fiasco--Is Technology Really the Problem?
April 28, 2009 7:55 AM by Jay Vance

Recently the Boston Globe has been reporting on problems arising when Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sent insurance claims data (i.e., billing codes) to Google Health PHR as a means of summarizing patients' medical condition. As it turned out, this Read More...

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HHS Provides Guidance on Protecting PHI
April 21, 2009 8:24 AM by Jay Vance

When you see a document with a title such as Guidance Specifying the Technologies and Methodologies That Render Protected Health Information Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable to Unauthorized Individuals for Purposes of the Breach Notification Requirements Read More...

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The End of Capitalism?
April 13, 2009 1:25 PM by Jay Vance

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. - John Adams This has always been one of my favorite quotes from the Founding Fathers, and it seems to me to be more apropos than Read More...

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A New Use for Speech Recognition
April 1, 2009 11:01 AM by Jay Vance

I came across a great new product I'd like to give to every physician who mispronounces or slurs words while dictating. It's the BuzzWord Speech Recognition Wristband . This handy gadget allows you to program words into its memory and when the wearer Read More...

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New Organization Formed For U.S.-Based Transcription Providers
March 23, 2009 1:46 PM by Jay Vance

A new membership organization aimed at U.S.-based medical transcriptionists and companies has been formed. The American Transcription Association (ATA) was founded by Donna M. Littrell, who identifies herself as the Executive Director of organization. Read More...

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Is Speech Rec Wrecked?
March 9, 2009 1:25 PM by Jay Vance

In response to my fellow HIM Insider blogger Jeanne Johnston's post entitled " Speech Wreck ," I'd like to offer my own perspective on the use of speech recognition technology (SRT) in medical transcription. I have a fair amount of experience with back-end Read More...

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HITECH Makes Business Associates Liable Under HIPAA
March 2, 2009 11:14 AM by Jay Vance

Medical transcription providers should be educating themselves on how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill, is changing Read More...

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