Yearly Archives: 2015

How Speech Recognition Technology Contributes to Accurate Radiology Transcription

Speech recognition technology has made radiology transcription more efficient overall. Radiologists saw a large decrease in reporting time as voice recognition software became more widely used. The software’s capacity to convert spoken words into text made it possible for radiologists … Continue reading

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Cloud-based EHR Transcription Entering New Dimensions

Table of ContentsWhat Is an EHR That Is Cloud-based?The Shift to Cloud-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) SystemsThe Role of AI and Automation in Cloud-based EHR Transcription Cloud-based medical transcription services have technically been around ever since the development of this … Continue reading

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ICD-10 Documentation for Ischemic Heart Disease

Coronary artery disease (CAD) or ischemic heart disease is the most common type of heart disease found in Americans. The key risk factor for this condition is high blood pressure, rising cholesterol levels and smoking. Proper documentation via cardiology transcription … Continue reading

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EHR Adoption Changes the Role of Medical Transcription and Transcriptionists

Patient medical records are extremely important for the smooth functioning of healthcare units. Healthcare organizations that maintain accurate, structured narrative reports and update their electronic health record system promptly can retain an edge over their competition. How are these reports … Continue reading

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Are Healthcare Units Paying Attention to Their Medical Record’s Accuracy?

Many patients believe their medical records are reviewed for accuracy but that may not always be true. Often, patient information is wrongly entered and this shows the lack of quality assurance. Formatting errors are a major problem. Frequently found errors … Continue reading

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Poor Dictation Practices – Challenges and Solutions

Poor dictation is a huge challenge for medical transcription services making the transcriptionist’s job quite difficult when they have to spend considerable time trying to figure out what the physicians are saying. Bad recordings contain too many inaudible terms and … Continue reading

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PCPs Require Enhanced Clinical Notes to Provide Quality Care

Clinical notes are notes prepared in conjunction with a physician-patient encounter and are very significant for primary care physicians (PCPs) to provide appropriate care for a specific patient. Transcribing clinical notes is an important part of family practice transcription, which … Continue reading

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Study Shows That Good EHR Use Help Improve Prescription Management in Infectious Diseases

Though antibiotic drugs greatly reduce illness and death from infectious diseases, unnecessary and prolonged use of such drugs allows infectious organisms (that were targeted to kill by the drugs) to get adapted to them and cause antibiotic-resistant infections. The most … Continue reading

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DR Screening Is Best Delayed for Children with Diabetes Mellitus, Says Study

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) refers to retinal changes, which is a complication of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and is a major cause of blindness in young adults. As this disease may not have any symptoms and affect eyesight at an … Continue reading

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Medical Documentation Tips to Address RAC Audits

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) closely scrutinizes hospitals and physicians to identify healthcare fraud and abuse. The actual target is not the quality of care, but the documentation that supports why a particular service or procedure was … Continue reading

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