Medical transcription is the process of creating patient records by converting the audio narration of the patient- healthcare professional encounter into text format. Though this is an accurate definition, this definition does not cover the full scope of these services. Though patient medical records play an important role in the smooth running of healthcare facilities it is not part of the core business of the healthcare facility.
Moreover the process of creating patient medical records requires a combination of the right ream, the right process and the right technology to be efficient and economical, which would require substantial investment, time and efforts. The easy fix to ensure that patient medical records are created with accuracy, within turnaround time, securely and in a cost effective manner is to outsource to a professional service provider.
Medical transcription has evolved from being just a service of creating accurate, timely, cost effective and secure patient medical records to a service that aids healthcare using software and tools to ease the working life of healthcare professional and healthcare facilities administrators.
Outsourced service providers have used technology to provide services that:
· Helps improve quality of care: Software and technology used in this process have improved the working life of healthcare professionals by helping them conserve on their limited time resources and allowing them to concentrate a major portion of their time towards providing quality healthcare, by providing the following benefits:
1. Allowing them to retain familiar modes of dictation
2. Creating a system for automating this process
3. Enabling different modes of document delivery as per the preference of the doctor/ nurse/ support staff who is dictating
4. Allowing healthcare professionals to retain the familiar mode of dictation- transcription for patient record creation, still enabling information to be interfaced with EMR through HL7 interface.
· Curb wastage of resources: The technology used in this process helps curb wastage of time, money and resources towards managing the entire process
· Better coordination of healthcare service: Technology used for transcription provides an organized system, which helps keep track of dictation, work in progress and transcripts.
· Helps with healthcare decision making: Using the services of a professional transcription vendor create timely and accurate patient medical records which aid in decision making during the healthcare process.
· Provide information for research and preventive medicine: Creation of detailed, accurate and timely patient transcripts lead to accumulation of data, which helps in devising preventive health programs, and also aids in research.
· Curb costs and accelerate reimbursements: This ensures that direct and indirect costs towards transcription are curbed and the reimbursement process is quickened. This helps improve the cash flow of the healthcare facility.
Outsourcing medical transcription to a vendor, who uses the right blend of software & tools and personnel can help healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals perform more efficiently.
Author Resource:
Renee Kelly has written numerous articles on services provided by medical transcription companies , which has served as an amazing resource for healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals seeking information regarding transcription service .
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