As a medical transcription company with years of experience in the industry, we are well aware of the problem of physician burnout. In addition to affecting physicians, burnout is linked to lower quality of care, lower patient satisfaction, increased risks … Continue reading
Read MoreAs a medical transcription company with years of experience, we keep close track of the latest developments in the healthcare industry. Recent reports indicate that home-based primary care is gaining traction with increasing numbers of elderly Americans opting to stay … Continue reading
Read MoreThis is an update on the July 11, 2016 blog “Study links Physician Burnout to EHR Data Entry.” In July 2016, our medical transcription company had reported on a study led by Mayo Clinic that linked physician burnout to electronic … Continue reading
Read MoreThis blog is an update for our January 30, 2014 blog post “Crowdsourcing for Medical Transcription“. In 2014, we published a report on how crowdsourcing was becoming a popular strategy in the U.S. medical transcription industry. Crowdsourcing allowed healthcare providers … Continue reading
Read MoreSummer is the time of year when emergency medical specialists see a spike in office visits. The reason is that the warm weather and outdoor activities come with certain risks such as heat-related ailments and injuries. Outsourcing medical transcription is … Continue reading
Read MoreElectronic Health Record (EHR) implementation has increased the documentation burden for physicians, which is essentially a concern during the patient visit. With the introduction of EHR physicians are forced to spend more time typing and documenting medical details rather than … Continue reading
Read MoreThe language of medicine is filled with many abbreviated references to diseases and medical slang. A medical transcriptionist will have to handle diverse medical specialties, and emergency room transcription is among the toughest. Compared to other types of medical transcription, ER documentation is … Continue reading
Read MoreWhile emergency room (ER) physicians are experts in diagnosing and managing acute conditions, they face many challenges such as difficult-to-manage patients, higher stress levels, and documentation difficulties. Recent reports indicate that drug overdose cases are putting great stress on ER … Continue reading
Read MoreA recent report in Urology Times provides clear evidence of how urologists benefit from clinical documentation support. Electronic medical record (EMR) documentation is a burden for most physicians and many urologists are relying on scribes to help with the burden … Continue reading
Read MorePhysician burnout affects patient safety, quality of care, and medical costs, and is a threat to the U.S. health care system. Medical transcription outsourcing helps alleviate the problem to some extent. However, according to a recent report in EHR Intelligence, … Continue reading
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