Yesterday, I read the Nov. 23 article on HISTalk about a multi-group practice that went electronic, and then turned its defunct chart storage room into useful office space. The ''before and after'' photos were particularly striking. Pre-scanning, the room is lined with overflowing shelves; post-scanning, it's a cavernous space with a ...

I do not recall where this story originated, but I would like to share it here. A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his ...

[This post was written by Charlie Wong, from the Nuance HIM Team] Last week we noted that one of the goals posted on our ''What's Your Goal?'' wall at AHIMA was ''to see a working electronic health record (EHR) deployed before I retire!'' This simple statement speaks to the mountain of complexity involved with deploying an EHR: not ...

A blog post last week by Lea Sims, Director of Professional Programs for the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), credits advocacy efforts by members of AHDI and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) in persuading Rep. Virginia Foxx to withdraw her amendment to House Resolution 3854: ''Last week, AHDI and ...

From a press release from MD-IT, one of the charter members of the Medical Transcription Service Consortium, with some interesting tidbits highlighted: The Medical Transcription Service Consortium (MTSC) – formed by ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) – will develop ...

In a move reported by Reuters and other sources, a newly formed industry group called the Medical Transcription Service Consortium has announced plans to create ''a new IT platform for the secure exchange of digitized transcriptions of physician-dictated patient notes.'' Creation of the MTSC was spearheaded by the Medical ...

Interesting read from For The Record magazine featuring Jay Cannon, president and chief information officer of Webmedx; Ethan Cohen, president of SPi’s healthcare division; and Peter Durlach, senior vice president of marketing and product strategy at Nuance Healthcare. The interview covers such topics as documentation standards, the likely ...

From Na Vijayashankar (''Naavi'') at www.naavi.org comes a strong response to the Indian black market medical records scandal in general and the resulting comments by Webmedx CEO Sean Carroll in particular (emphases mine): ''To put the incident in the proper perspective, we can recall the many data breach incidents that have occurred in the U.S. ...

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 records in India as further proof that the Webmedx's 100% domestic workforce is the most ...

I am just getting back from the PA-AHDI Educational Conference in Lancaster, PA. What a great meeting! We had more than 100 attendees from 12 states, a dozen exhibitors, and four generous sponsors. It was apparent that attendees, exhibitors and speakers were eager to share, educate, network and have fun in the process. While much of our ...