(This sponsored blog was written by Lee Ann Bryant, associate product manager, HealthStream.) Many think ICD-10 is only a coding problem, but the true challenge of ICD-10 is the need for increasing specificity and granularity in documentation in order to receive optimal reimbursement, meet all reporting requirements, and most accurately reflect ...

(Editor’s note: This guest blog was written by Russ Reese, AS, a development manager for M*Modal.) Fifty years ago, when a transcriber sat at a typewriter and created a document from a blank sheet of paper, it made perfect sense to charge for that service by the line. With the advent of the PC, transcribers have been able to create shortcuts and ...

Fast Facts:The average medical school graduate is in $161,000 debt. The now unchallenged Obama-care model creates a 63,000 physician shortage by 2015. Forty-six percent of physicians would NOT choose medicine again as a career.As we move into these unprecedented times in health care, our physicians need our support more than ever. It's hard to ...

  (Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA 2012 by Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, who is AHIMA director of HIM solutions.) The goal of Meaningful Use Stage 2 is improved data reuse through standardized, structured, and interoperable exchange of discrete and timely patient information designed to improve the ...

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the April 27 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that 30 percent of U.S. workers (approximately 40.6 million people) reported that they sleep six hours or less a night.Among all workers, those who usually worked the night shift had a much higher prevalence of short ...

Medical transcriptionists play an important role in the integrity of healthcare information. To recognize your continuous efforts in ensuring patient safety, National Medical Transcriptionist Week will be celebrated across the country May 20-26. For this year's celebration, we'd like to lighten things up a bit! In our popular column ''Say ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog is written byTeresa Sarich, a medical transcriptionist from the Twin Cities area.) I am a medical transcriptionist and work on-site for a prominent hospital in the Twin Cities with an hourly wage and benefits. We are evaluated monthly for productivity and accuracy, with very high standards we have to meet. None of ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Julianne Weight, who has been in the medical transcription industry for more than 20 years. During that time, she has worked at a hospital, for other services, run her own business and taught medical terminology classes. She has participated in the online community since the ...

The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and the Clinical Documentation Industry Association (CDIA), representative organizations for the clinical documentation and transcription service sector, announced yesterday that Nancy Brighindi, PhD, MBA, CAE, has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) for both associations. ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), a laboratory manager in northern Maine.) When a new manager is hired, grumbling ensues. ''Now we have to break in another one!'' Your new boss is worried about motivating you and your coworkers, but the opposite is also true. How do you get a stranger to do things your way? ...