Yes, that is exactly the question a lot of us would be asking ourselves. Should we or should we not get into all the trouble to get our video files transcribed? And what is video transcription in the first place. It is the conversion of the spoken matter in your clips to text. This text can then be embedded and added as captions to your videos. About whether you need to get your videos transcribed would depend on your individual requirement.
There are quite a few benefits to add captions. For one, it would really be a boon to the hearing impaired who would otherwise not be able to listen to the spoken words on your videos. Also a lot of internet users out there may not have accessories like headphones or speakers to listen to audios. Then there are those of us, like me, who access the internet from their workplaces and cannot really play it with sound. Getting your videos embedded with captions would really be a blessing to us poor souls.
The main reason one puts up their videos on YouTube or Google videos is to get maximum viewership. While in online would give you maximum visibility, an attached text or caption on it, will make it 10 times more visible.
A lot of internet viewers use Google or other search engines to search for videos. Did you know that Google does not recognize keywords said in videos? In fact, while doing key-word searches Google spiders only search through the tags or titles you uploaded. By uploading the transcript of your video on YouTube, you are giving Google specific information on the content of your file. This ensures that when someone searches for a phrase, Google will display your video in the search results. If you created and uploaded a video about your product or service imagine the number of potential views it could receive!
But again, is it really worth to spend big bucks to get your video transcribed and captioned? Do the benefits outweigh the cost? That's a call you will have to take.
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Guest CPA Post: Year End Tax Considerations for EMR Equipment and Software Purchases
2010 Year End Tax Considerations for EMR Equipment & Software Purchases
Good Timing Can Help Practice Bottom-Lines Sooner Than Later
As many of us are in the throws of holiday preparation and party participation (say that 3 times with some eggnog ), attention still needs to be paid by medical practice owners and administrators to 2010 year end business purchases. Reason being ? Something called Section 179 depreciation. The IRS avails small businesses a great opportunity to maximize their purchasing power, especially with the increase to a maximum annual deduction of $500,000 for equipment and software purchased and placed in service in 2010 – 2012. The Small Business Jobs & Credit Act of 2010 increased the annual Section 179 depreciation deduction from $250,000 to $500,000. Because EMR systems are all about equipment and software for business purposes, EMR implementation does qualify quite nicely for the Sec 179 depreciation deduction, and related tax savings. Timed right, practices can take advantage of tax savings for 2010 that may come close or exceed the amount of payments they actually make on the equipment or software in 2010.
EMR computer equipment, software and peripherals need to be “placed in service” by 12/31/10 in order to qualify for the Section 179 deduction for the 2010 tax year.
What people need to be reminded of at this busy time of year is that they can still qualify for deducting the full cost of office, medical and computer equipment / software they purchase, so long as it is “placed in service ” by the end of the tax year they are trying to take the deduction for (in this case 2010). Even if a practice is in the earlier portion of the EMR implementation phase, it can still purchase computer equipment and peripherals (scanners, printers, faxes, etc) that they will need for their EMR system and get a deduction via Sec 179 depreciation for the full cost of the equipment in 2010. To gain the tax advantage sooner than later (2010 vs: 2011) practices just need to plug the equipment in and start utilization by 12/31/10 to constitute “placed in service”. Items purchased before 12/31/10 but left in the boxes sitting in the closet or trunk do not qualify for the Sec 179 deduction for 2010; a deduction would be able to be taken when set up and utilized in 2011.
I mention the computer equipment and peripherals as minimal time is typically needed to plug in a computer, printer, or fax machine, synchronize it and legitemately constitute ”placed in service” before 12/31/10, and legitemately qualify for the Sec 179 deduction for the 2010 tax year. EMR software on the other hand requires more set-up and modification in order to be considered “placed in service” by the practice for IRS purposes. It would be a more challenging explanation to an IRS auditor that EMR sofware purchased on 12/28/10 was set up and in use by 12/31/10. Anyone who has read John Lynn’s e-book Selecting The Right EMR knows that 3-4 days for EMR software set-up is not quite the norm.
For software to qualify for Sec 179 depreciation when put into service it must be “Off-the-Shelf” software; meaning that it isn’t custom designed and is available to the general public. If the core software is standardized, a small amount of customization is acceptable, as is done with EMR systems. As an aside, the customization factor generally holds websites ineligible for Section 179 depreciation.
Practices can qualify for the Section 179 depreciation deduction in 2010 even if the equipment and software is financed and no payments are made in 2010
A practice has multiple payment and financing choices when it comes to acquiring the equipment and software for an EMR system, and thereby achieve some sizeable tax savings through the Sec 179 deduction. Business credit card, bank financing and equipment leasing are all viable options. A practice could actually purchase computer equipment and peripherals (as mentioned above) via credit card, line of credit or bank/lender term financing and qualify for the Sec 179 deduction of the full equipment purchase price in 2010, even without having made any payment toward the items purchased in 2010 – a nice cash flow management approach.
The thing to keep in mind when leasing the equipment and software is that in order to qualify for the Sec 179 deduction the lease needs to be a capital lease and not an operating lease. Capital leases are typically either a ” $1 Buyout Lease” or a “10% Purchase Upon Termination Lease”. In either case the practice will own the equipment and/or software at the end of the lease term. With an operating lease the practice is not considered to own the equipment/software at the end of the term, and thereby can only write off the lease payments as they are paid out each year (typcially over a 3-5 year term), rather than the full cost of the equipment and software in the year of purchase as can be done with a capital lease and Sec 179 depreciation.
The obvious advantage to leasing or financing equipment and then taking the Section 179 deduction is the fact that the full amount of the equipment can be deducted without paying the full amount for the equipment in the same year. The amount saved in taxes can actually exceed the payments, making Section 179 a very bottom-line friendly deduction. Compared to stimulus funds achieved by scaling Meaningful Use hurdles, tax savings through Section 179 depreciation is like money on the table – you just need to know about it and grab it. Something to keep in mind as 2011 New Years resolutions are being formulated. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Leslie A. Thomas, CPA is a Supervisor offering 20+ years of tax and healthcare advisory experience in the Healthcare Business Services segment at Nisivoccia LLP, a multidimensional CPA firm with offices in Mt. Arlington and Newton, NJ. The firm offers traditional tax, accounting and audit services, and maintains practice specialties in sectors including health care, technology, municipal government, education, nonprofit and financial services. Contact her at lthomas@nisivoccia.com or (973)-328-1825
Thanks to http://www.healthrotate.com/guest-cpa-post-year-end-tax-considerations-for-emr-equipment-and-software-purchases/ for sharing thiss.
Good Timing Can Help Practice Bottom-Lines Sooner Than Later
As many of us are in the throws of holiday preparation and party participation (say that 3 times with some eggnog ), attention still needs to be paid by medical practice owners and administrators to 2010 year end business purchases. Reason being ? Something called Section 179 depreciation. The IRS avails small businesses a great opportunity to maximize their purchasing power, especially with the increase to a maximum annual deduction of $500,000 for equipment and software purchased and placed in service in 2010 – 2012. The Small Business Jobs & Credit Act of 2010 increased the annual Section 179 depreciation deduction from $250,000 to $500,000. Because EMR systems are all about equipment and software for business purposes, EMR implementation does qualify quite nicely for the Sec 179 depreciation deduction, and related tax savings. Timed right, practices can take advantage of tax savings for 2010 that may come close or exceed the amount of payments they actually make on the equipment or software in 2010.
EMR computer equipment, software and peripherals need to be “placed in service” by 12/31/10 in order to qualify for the Section 179 deduction for the 2010 tax year.
What people need to be reminded of at this busy time of year is that they can still qualify for deducting the full cost of office, medical and computer equipment / software they purchase, so long as it is “placed in service ” by the end of the tax year they are trying to take the deduction for (in this case 2010). Even if a practice is in the earlier portion of the EMR implementation phase, it can still purchase computer equipment and peripherals (scanners, printers, faxes, etc) that they will need for their EMR system and get a deduction via Sec 179 depreciation for the full cost of the equipment in 2010. To gain the tax advantage sooner than later (2010 vs: 2011) practices just need to plug the equipment in and start utilization by 12/31/10 to constitute “placed in service”. Items purchased before 12/31/10 but left in the boxes sitting in the closet or trunk do not qualify for the Sec 179 deduction for 2010; a deduction would be able to be taken when set up and utilized in 2011.
I mention the computer equipment and peripherals as minimal time is typically needed to plug in a computer, printer, or fax machine, synchronize it and legitemately constitute ”placed in service” before 12/31/10, and legitemately qualify for the Sec 179 deduction for the 2010 tax year. EMR software on the other hand requires more set-up and modification in order to be considered “placed in service” by the practice for IRS purposes. It would be a more challenging explanation to an IRS auditor that EMR sofware purchased on 12/28/10 was set up and in use by 12/31/10. Anyone who has read John Lynn’s e-book Selecting The Right EMR knows that 3-4 days for EMR software set-up is not quite the norm.
For software to qualify for Sec 179 depreciation when put into service it must be “Off-the-Shelf” software; meaning that it isn’t custom designed and is available to the general public. If the core software is standardized, a small amount of customization is acceptable, as is done with EMR systems. As an aside, the customization factor generally holds websites ineligible for Section 179 depreciation.
Practices can qualify for the Section 179 depreciation deduction in 2010 even if the equipment and software is financed and no payments are made in 2010
A practice has multiple payment and financing choices when it comes to acquiring the equipment and software for an EMR system, and thereby achieve some sizeable tax savings through the Sec 179 deduction. Business credit card, bank financing and equipment leasing are all viable options. A practice could actually purchase computer equipment and peripherals (as mentioned above) via credit card, line of credit or bank/lender term financing and qualify for the Sec 179 deduction of the full equipment purchase price in 2010, even without having made any payment toward the items purchased in 2010 – a nice cash flow management approach.
The thing to keep in mind when leasing the equipment and software is that in order to qualify for the Sec 179 deduction the lease needs to be a capital lease and not an operating lease. Capital leases are typically either a ” $1 Buyout Lease” or a “10% Purchase Upon Termination Lease”. In either case the practice will own the equipment and/or software at the end of the lease term. With an operating lease the practice is not considered to own the equipment/software at the end of the term, and thereby can only write off the lease payments as they are paid out each year (typcially over a 3-5 year term), rather than the full cost of the equipment and software in the year of purchase as can be done with a capital lease and Sec 179 depreciation.
The obvious advantage to leasing or financing equipment and then taking the Section 179 deduction is the fact that the full amount of the equipment can be deducted without paying the full amount for the equipment in the same year. The amount saved in taxes can actually exceed the payments, making Section 179 a very bottom-line friendly deduction. Compared to stimulus funds achieved by scaling Meaningful Use hurdles, tax savings through Section 179 depreciation is like money on the table – you just need to know about it and grab it. Something to keep in mind as 2011 New Years resolutions are being formulated. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Leslie A. Thomas, CPA is a Supervisor offering 20+ years of tax and healthcare advisory experience in the Healthcare Business Services segment at Nisivoccia LLP, a multidimensional CPA firm with offices in Mt. Arlington and Newton, NJ. The firm offers traditional tax, accounting and audit services, and maintains practice specialties in sectors including health care, technology, municipal government, education, nonprofit and financial services. Contact her at lthomas@nisivoccia.com or (973)-328-1825
Thanks to http://www.healthrotate.com/guest-cpa-post-year-end-tax-considerations-for-emr-equipment-and-software-purchases/ for sharing thiss.
Watch for EMR Company Consolidation but Not EMR Software Consolidation
I’ve regularly talked about my belief that there isn’t just one major EMR market. Instead, I firmly believe that there are a number of EMR markets that are divided by clinic size, medical specialty, and possibly even location. In fact, there’s likely even other factors. There are just far too many EHR companies for this to not be the case.
I think this was also well illustrated in this blog post on Kevin MD about the “Perfect EMR Traits.” Here’s the perfect EMR trait #1:
Perfect EMR Trait #1: The ideal medical record would be tailored to the specific needs of a clinician, only exposing them to portions of the record which are relevant to their work.
Knowledge within healthcare is rapidly changing. Possibly more so than another other industry. Techniques which were considered state-of-the-art, can change in a matter of weeks. The electronic medical record has the potential to be the tool which disseminates those changes down to the clinician, through point-of-care decision support. EMR software should facilitate the clinician decision making, rather than requiring clinicians to keep track of the latest and greatest. This individualistic attitude creates discrepancies in care, which inherently leads to imprecise care.
While it is certainly technically feasible for an EMR vendor to be able to create software that satisfies Perfect EMR Trait #1, it’s just not practically feasible for an EMR vendor to satisfy every clinic size, medical specialty, and in many cases locale. This means that we’re going to see a wide variety of EMR software that satisfies the various EMR market needs.
With this as a preface, consolidation of EMR companies is going to become a very very real thing. However, I’d caution EMR companies that choose to just directly sunset an EMR software acquisition. In some cases, this is a reasonable solution based upon the EMR company’s existing EMR software. Plus, in many cases EMR vendors will be acquiring the EMR market share for their existing EMR software. I’m sure we’ll see more of this.
My recommendation for EMR vendors acquiring EMR software, is to be more selective in the types of EMR software that you acquire. It’s definitely worth considering the idea of sustaining the EMR software development of multiple EMR products. Is it really that hard to see a large EMR company that has an ED EMR software, a General Medicine EMR software, an OB/GYN EMR software, a Pediatric EMR software, etc etc etc.
An EMR vendor making a decision to act in this manner will require them to change how they look at EMR acquisitions. The EMR acquisition targets will dramatically change. Instead of looking for failing EMR companies where they can cheaply buy more EMR market share, EMR companies with this approach should be focusing on a quality EMR software that hasn’t yet achieved the EMR market share that they deserve.
The cool part about the strategy of maintaining multiple EMR software instead of the strategy of sunsetting one or the other is that you purchase a bunch of happy EMR users instead of alienating a whole mass of EMR users that’s software is no longer supported. Of course, this will require proper communication of your goals and objectives so that current EMR users see the benefit of the acquisition and aren’t left wondering what the acquisition means to them. I’m not just talking about standard PR spin. I mean real tangible communication and interaction which demonstrates your plans for the acquired EMR going forward.
An EMR company with this method of EMR software acquisition, also needs a different set of skills. After sunsetting an acquired EMR, you need to have a strong set of integration and transition services to make the change to your EMR as smooth as possible. You also require a unique sales force that can sell the transition to your EMR over a transition to an altogether new EMR software. None of these services are needed if you continue to maintain the acquired EMR. Instead, your company must focus on other redundant services like marketing that could be leveraged across companies.
Of course, this isn’t an easy task to do well. Acquisitions rarely are an easy process. However, I think this is a lesson that was recently learned by Google as well. There’s value after an acquisition to keep autonomous business units. In fact, doing so opens up a whole new set of acquisition targets in a less competitive environment.
If I were a board member at an EMR company, this is the type of stuff I’d be considering. Certainly not every EMR vendor is 1. in a position to do these things and 2. has the culture to make it happen. However, I predict that the EMR company of the future will be a conglomerate of multiple specialty specific EMR software and not just a one size fits all atrocity.
Thanks to http://www.healthrotate.com/watch-for-emr-company-consolidation-but-not-emr-software-consolidation for sharing this.
I think this was also well illustrated in this blog post on Kevin MD about the “Perfect EMR Traits.” Here’s the perfect EMR trait #1:
Perfect EMR Trait #1: The ideal medical record would be tailored to the specific needs of a clinician, only exposing them to portions of the record which are relevant to their work.
Knowledge within healthcare is rapidly changing. Possibly more so than another other industry. Techniques which were considered state-of-the-art, can change in a matter of weeks. The electronic medical record has the potential to be the tool which disseminates those changes down to the clinician, through point-of-care decision support. EMR software should facilitate the clinician decision making, rather than requiring clinicians to keep track of the latest and greatest. This individualistic attitude creates discrepancies in care, which inherently leads to imprecise care.
While it is certainly technically feasible for an EMR vendor to be able to create software that satisfies Perfect EMR Trait #1, it’s just not practically feasible for an EMR vendor to satisfy every clinic size, medical specialty, and in many cases locale. This means that we’re going to see a wide variety of EMR software that satisfies the various EMR market needs.
With this as a preface, consolidation of EMR companies is going to become a very very real thing. However, I’d caution EMR companies that choose to just directly sunset an EMR software acquisition. In some cases, this is a reasonable solution based upon the EMR company’s existing EMR software. Plus, in many cases EMR vendors will be acquiring the EMR market share for their existing EMR software. I’m sure we’ll see more of this.
My recommendation for EMR vendors acquiring EMR software, is to be more selective in the types of EMR software that you acquire. It’s definitely worth considering the idea of sustaining the EMR software development of multiple EMR products. Is it really that hard to see a large EMR company that has an ED EMR software, a General Medicine EMR software, an OB/GYN EMR software, a Pediatric EMR software, etc etc etc.
An EMR vendor making a decision to act in this manner will require them to change how they look at EMR acquisitions. The EMR acquisition targets will dramatically change. Instead of looking for failing EMR companies where they can cheaply buy more EMR market share, EMR companies with this approach should be focusing on a quality EMR software that hasn’t yet achieved the EMR market share that they deserve.
The cool part about the strategy of maintaining multiple EMR software instead of the strategy of sunsetting one or the other is that you purchase a bunch of happy EMR users instead of alienating a whole mass of EMR users that’s software is no longer supported. Of course, this will require proper communication of your goals and objectives so that current EMR users see the benefit of the acquisition and aren’t left wondering what the acquisition means to them. I’m not just talking about standard PR spin. I mean real tangible communication and interaction which demonstrates your plans for the acquired EMR going forward.
An EMR company with this method of EMR software acquisition, also needs a different set of skills. After sunsetting an acquired EMR, you need to have a strong set of integration and transition services to make the change to your EMR as smooth as possible. You also require a unique sales force that can sell the transition to your EMR over a transition to an altogether new EMR software. None of these services are needed if you continue to maintain the acquired EMR. Instead, your company must focus on other redundant services like marketing that could be leveraged across companies.
Of course, this isn’t an easy task to do well. Acquisitions rarely are an easy process. However, I think this is a lesson that was recently learned by Google as well. There’s value after an acquisition to keep autonomous business units. In fact, doing so opens up a whole new set of acquisition targets in a less competitive environment.
If I were a board member at an EMR company, this is the type of stuff I’d be considering. Certainly not every EMR vendor is 1. in a position to do these things and 2. has the culture to make it happen. However, I predict that the EMR company of the future will be a conglomerate of multiple specialty specific EMR software and not just a one size fits all atrocity.
Thanks to http://www.healthrotate.com/watch-for-emr-company-consolidation-but-not-emr-software-consolidation for sharing this.
Conventional Medical Transcription Services
Conventional medical transcription services are a tried-and-true 360 method. You can either access our toll-free number or use a handheld recorder with your current internet connection to send dictations between your office and ours.
Step 1: Dictate and Submit
You can easily dictate patient information using a digital handheld recorder or by phone using a toll-free number. Submitting your files to a secure 360 Transcription site is simple:
• If using a recorder, plug it into your PC and watch the files upload automatically.
• If using a toll-free number, hang up to send the files immediately.
Step 2: Transcribe
360 Transcription’s experience and proficiency ensures fast service and accurate medical transcription services in your preferred format.
Step 3: Audit and Review
Transcribed files are sent for 360’s transcription audit and quality review. The transcriptionist quickly completes any necessary edits, further ensuring a level of accuracy that exceeds industry standards.
Step 4: Return and Store
No later than 24 hours from the time you submit your dictations, 360’s system automatically downloads completed files to a designated folder on your office PC. At your convenience, you can retrieve the files, store, and print for your patient’s chart. For added peace of mind, 360 Transcription stores your medical transcription files in our archive system for ten years. Lost a file? Just call us!
Thanks to http://www.360transcription.com/content/medical-transcription/medical-transcription/conventional-transcription for sharing this.
Step 1: Dictate and Submit
You can easily dictate patient information using a digital handheld recorder or by phone using a toll-free number. Submitting your files to a secure 360 Transcription site is simple:
• If using a recorder, plug it into your PC and watch the files upload automatically.
• If using a toll-free number, hang up to send the files immediately.
Step 2: Transcribe
360 Transcription’s experience and proficiency ensures fast service and accurate medical transcription services in your preferred format.
Step 3: Audit and Review
Transcribed files are sent for 360’s transcription audit and quality review. The transcriptionist quickly completes any necessary edits, further ensuring a level of accuracy that exceeds industry standards.
Step 4: Return and Store
No later than 24 hours from the time you submit your dictations, 360’s system automatically downloads completed files to a designated folder on your office PC. At your convenience, you can retrieve the files, store, and print for your patient’s chart. For added peace of mind, 360 Transcription stores your medical transcription files in our archive system for ten years. Lost a file? Just call us!
Thanks to http://www.360transcription.com/content/medical-transcription/medical-transcription/conventional-transcription for sharing this.
Health Professionals Need Not “Reinvent the Wheel” for EMR/EHR Compliance
Health Professionals Need Not “Reinvent the Wheel” for EMR/EHR Compliance
Laurinburg, NC – With Electronic Medical Records (aka Electronic Health Records) becoming a requirement for health care professionals in coming years, a North Carolina company has improved an existing technology in order to make the transition less costly for affected organizations. December 13 marked a notable turning point in the healthcare debate - the Virginia Federal Courts rejected the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), declaring it as unconstitutional. While Virginia’s decision is only the most recent ruling, it sets the stage for the potential dismantling of Obamacare. Because the United States House of Representatives will transfer control to the Republicans, health care professionals have begun to question the safety of EMR/EHR funding. “The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, from which the EMR/EHR funding and incentives originates, is a different statute than the PPACA,” says Justin Barnes of the Healthcare Blog, a respected independent voice in the healthcare industry. Barnes points out that the funding for HITECH is grounded in law, and is drawn from the Medicare Trust Funds held by the US Treasury. As a result, physicians must prepare for when the EMR/EHR legislation takes effect over the next several years. Often viewed by physicians as costly and cumbersome,
this nationwide platform is dogged with potential cost increases. New EMR/EHR technologies are surfacing every day, in an effort to accommodate the rapidly changing healthcare environment. One such technology is digital transcription services, which are being adapted to use more efficient speech recognition technologies and accurate translation methods. Among the forerunners in EMR/EHR technology is Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based company that is staying ahead of the new technology mandates and requirements. “While there are many EMR/EHR software solutions on the market that are very costly, our solution actually improves existing technology while lowering overall costs,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “as a result, practices and health care providers need not invest large amounts of money in order to comply with these laws.” While the healthcare debate still has a long way to go, physicians can save time and resources by considering improved technology, not necessarily new technology, to help them adapt to pending regulations.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training. For more information, visit www.transcriptionsolutionsllc.com.
Laurinburg, NC – With Electronic Medical Records (aka Electronic Health Records) becoming a requirement for health care professionals in coming years, a North Carolina company has improved an existing technology in order to make the transition less costly for affected organizations. December 13 marked a notable turning point in the healthcare debate - the Virginia Federal Courts rejected the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), declaring it as unconstitutional. While Virginia’s decision is only the most recent ruling, it sets the stage for the potential dismantling of Obamacare. Because the United States House of Representatives will transfer control to the Republicans, health care professionals have begun to question the safety of EMR/EHR funding. “The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, from which the EMR/EHR funding and incentives originates, is a different statute than the PPACA,” says Justin Barnes of the Healthcare Blog, a respected independent voice in the healthcare industry. Barnes points out that the funding for HITECH is grounded in law, and is drawn from the Medicare Trust Funds held by the US Treasury. As a result, physicians must prepare for when the EMR/EHR legislation takes effect over the next several years. Often viewed by physicians as costly and cumbersome,
this nationwide platform is dogged with potential cost increases. New EMR/EHR technologies are surfacing every day, in an effort to accommodate the rapidly changing healthcare environment. One such technology is digital transcription services, which are being adapted to use more efficient speech recognition technologies and accurate translation methods. Among the forerunners in EMR/EHR technology is Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based company that is staying ahead of the new technology mandates and requirements. “While there are many EMR/EHR software solutions on the market that are very costly, our solution actually improves existing technology while lowering overall costs,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “as a result, practices and health care providers need not invest large amounts of money in order to comply with these laws.” While the healthcare debate still has a long way to go, physicians can save time and resources by considering improved technology, not necessarily new technology, to help them adapt to pending regulations.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training. For more information, visit www.transcriptionsolutionsllc.com.
Secure Fax Services and EMR
I’ve tried every way imaginable to get away from having to fax things and as hard as I try, it’s just really hard to replicate the beauty of a simple fax to someone. We could talk about the reasons that faxes are so effective and successful (like everyone has a unique identifier…a phone number), but suffice it say that we’re going to be stuck using faxes for a long time to come. Of course, if you read this and you’re in healthcare then you know the love hate relationship with faxing and how faxing is an essential part of every clinic.
Previously, I’ve talked about the value of a fax server in a clinic that uses an EMR. Many EMR companies are even integrating some sort of fax service into their EMR offering. This is beautiful and any EMR company that doesn’t have this service should remedy it quickly. Doctors just get far too many faxes for it not to be integrated with an EMR.
Well, I was starting to get a fair number of requests to fax things and to get some faxes. I dreaded each request since I didn’t have a dedicated fax line and so I’d have to hook up and re-hook up my fax server all the time. Plus, it was pretty unprofessional for me to tell them to call me so I could hook up the fax. As many of you know, I’ve had SFax as an advertiser on this site for quite a while. So, I asked SFax if I could have free access to their faxing service in return for a post talking about their service. I figured their service had to be better than doing what I was doing. Turns out it was 100 times better than I could have even imagined.
Sfax Review
I’m not sure why, but I had the impression that Sfax would be some website where I just uploaded a file and then I could fax it out that way (which they do have). However, one of the coolest features of SFax was their Sfax Driver. It essentially creates a printer on your computer much like a fax server creates. When you print to it, the dialog for sending a secure fax comes up and you’re able to easily fax anything that you can print.
I also wasn’t sure exactly how they’d handle the fax number. Much to my surprise, they assigned me a unique toll free (877) phone number to receive all my faxes. Most doctors office faxes are local, but for me it’s pretty nice to have a toll free number that people can use for my fax number. Obviously, in a clinic you could just forward your existing number to the toll free number and actively promote your new number for a time period. Then, after an appropriate period you can phase out the old number and save the cost of the extra line or re-purpose the line for something else.
It was kind of funny, because the Sfax support people had been reaching out to me to be sure I got the customer service that I needed to be able to use their product. I found their Sfax printer and online product so simple to use that I just emailed them back and said I didn’t need their help. Basically I’d be wasting my time talking to them because their secure faxing was so easy to use.
I will mention that I was pointed to some videos and tutorials that stepped through the process as well. I actually watched one or two of the videos and kind of laughed because the process was so simple it almost felt like the video wasn’t needed. Although, I’m sure some people will enjoy the hand holding.
The receiving a fax was a great user experience too. I got an email notifying me that the fax had arrived. Plus, the online portal gave me access to the entire history of faxes that I’d sent and received. Pretty sweet.
My only real complaints about the product was that at first some of the terminology was confusing. Sfax driver doesn’t intuitively tell me that it’s going to set up a local printer on my computer that I can use to fax out. I also wish they had a quick way to send a fax to a new phone number. Maybe there is and I just missed it, but it seemed like you needed the phone number in your “Contacts” list in order to send the fax out. Sure, a contacts list is a great feature since you often send something to the same place. However, there’s always those one off faxes where you don’t want that phone number in your contact list. You just want it for that fax.
I won’t cover all the other standard benefits of electronic faxing (ie. no printing, no scanning, no creating cover letters, etc etc etc). Suffice it to say that Sfax had those benefits as well. They also had a bunch of features like Starred Faxes, Forwarding Faxes, and Draft Faxes. I’m not exactly sure how I’d use a Starred Fax (It’s like the Starred feature in Gmail if you’ve used that), but forwarding a fax is a great idea and I’ve used Draft Fax a few times when I needed to go and get more info before sending the fax.
I also love that their online portal can be accessed from any computer I’m using. So, I can access all my faxes in one place and can even send a fax from any computer in the world. Pretty sweet.
EMR Faxing Integration
I wouldn’t be EMR and HIPAA if I didn’t talk about the possible integration of the Sfax secure faxing technology with an EMR. Sfax offers three ways to fax: Sfax Driver (Desktop), Sfax Online (Web) & Sfax API (Integrations). Of course, the API integration piece is the most interesting when it comes to EMR.
Sfax actually has provided a white label fax solution for 7 different EMR vendors and 6 other healthcare solution providers with 8-10 other healthcare software company integrations in the works. So, you might even be using Sfax and not even know it. I can’t say which companies for obvious reasons, but I can see this type of EMR integration working really well. They even mentioned some clever integrations with adding/reading barcodes and automating handling.
Here’s their comments on their faxing API:
We have great API documentation, sample code, test harness (and test account) and have had integrators faxing out from their app in 2 hours! Our delivery rates are industry leading along with error reporting through API. When the integration is done right, the document exchange(fax) part is just beautifully fitted into the natural workflow.
If I was an EMR vendor and didn’t have an integrated faxing service yet, I’d be on the phone to Sfax to talk about leveraging their API so I could worry about other EMR features.
Digital Signatures
Sfax offers a built in set of features for digital signatures. I had a lot of questions about digital signatures and adoption of digital signatures in healthcare and so I’ve asked Sfax to do a future guest post on the topic. So, watch for that.
Fax Security
All of the Sfax online faxing portal uses https 128 bit encryption. Yes, that’s the level of encryption that’s used by the best SaaS based EMR software and all the other e-Commerce sites you might use online. Turns out my first fax was filled with my social security number and other personal info. So, this level of encryption was absolutely necessary for me. Plus, is a requirement for HIPAA if you plan on faxing any PHI.
Secure Fax Pricing
You can check out all the Sfax details including plans and pricing on their web page. They just launched a $24/year plan for people like me that do a pretty low volume of faxing. Then, they have monthly plans from $15/month to $199/month depending on the number of fax pages per month, toll free numbers, API access needs, importing contacts, tailored cover pages, etc. You can also sign up for a 14 day free trial to test it out yourself.
Summary
I honestly wasn’t sure how well Sfax had done at taking the headache out of faxing. Turns out, now I don’t blink an eye when someone asks me if they can fax me something or if I can fax them something. It’s as easy as sending an email now. I just fax away.
Needless to say it’s a lot cheaper and easier to use Sfax than a $10+ per month extra phone line, a $50+ fax machine. Not to mention the paper, tonor and desk space the fax machine requires.
Thank you to http://www.healthrotate.com/secure-fax-services-and-emr/ for sharing this.
Previously, I’ve talked about the value of a fax server in a clinic that uses an EMR. Many EMR companies are even integrating some sort of fax service into their EMR offering. This is beautiful and any EMR company that doesn’t have this service should remedy it quickly. Doctors just get far too many faxes for it not to be integrated with an EMR.
Well, I was starting to get a fair number of requests to fax things and to get some faxes. I dreaded each request since I didn’t have a dedicated fax line and so I’d have to hook up and re-hook up my fax server all the time. Plus, it was pretty unprofessional for me to tell them to call me so I could hook up the fax. As many of you know, I’ve had SFax as an advertiser on this site for quite a while. So, I asked SFax if I could have free access to their faxing service in return for a post talking about their service. I figured their service had to be better than doing what I was doing. Turns out it was 100 times better than I could have even imagined.
Sfax Review
I’m not sure why, but I had the impression that Sfax would be some website where I just uploaded a file and then I could fax it out that way (which they do have). However, one of the coolest features of SFax was their Sfax Driver. It essentially creates a printer on your computer much like a fax server creates. When you print to it, the dialog for sending a secure fax comes up and you’re able to easily fax anything that you can print.
I also wasn’t sure exactly how they’d handle the fax number. Much to my surprise, they assigned me a unique toll free (877) phone number to receive all my faxes. Most doctors office faxes are local, but for me it’s pretty nice to have a toll free number that people can use for my fax number. Obviously, in a clinic you could just forward your existing number to the toll free number and actively promote your new number for a time period. Then, after an appropriate period you can phase out the old number and save the cost of the extra line or re-purpose the line for something else.
It was kind of funny, because the Sfax support people had been reaching out to me to be sure I got the customer service that I needed to be able to use their product. I found their Sfax printer and online product so simple to use that I just emailed them back and said I didn’t need their help. Basically I’d be wasting my time talking to them because their secure faxing was so easy to use.
I will mention that I was pointed to some videos and tutorials that stepped through the process as well. I actually watched one or two of the videos and kind of laughed because the process was so simple it almost felt like the video wasn’t needed. Although, I’m sure some people will enjoy the hand holding.
The receiving a fax was a great user experience too. I got an email notifying me that the fax had arrived. Plus, the online portal gave me access to the entire history of faxes that I’d sent and received. Pretty sweet.
My only real complaints about the product was that at first some of the terminology was confusing. Sfax driver doesn’t intuitively tell me that it’s going to set up a local printer on my computer that I can use to fax out. I also wish they had a quick way to send a fax to a new phone number. Maybe there is and I just missed it, but it seemed like you needed the phone number in your “Contacts” list in order to send the fax out. Sure, a contacts list is a great feature since you often send something to the same place. However, there’s always those one off faxes where you don’t want that phone number in your contact list. You just want it for that fax.
I won’t cover all the other standard benefits of electronic faxing (ie. no printing, no scanning, no creating cover letters, etc etc etc). Suffice it to say that Sfax had those benefits as well. They also had a bunch of features like Starred Faxes, Forwarding Faxes, and Draft Faxes. I’m not exactly sure how I’d use a Starred Fax (It’s like the Starred feature in Gmail if you’ve used that), but forwarding a fax is a great idea and I’ve used Draft Fax a few times when I needed to go and get more info before sending the fax.
I also love that their online portal can be accessed from any computer I’m using. So, I can access all my faxes in one place and can even send a fax from any computer in the world. Pretty sweet.
EMR Faxing Integration
I wouldn’t be EMR and HIPAA if I didn’t talk about the possible integration of the Sfax secure faxing technology with an EMR. Sfax offers three ways to fax: Sfax Driver (Desktop), Sfax Online (Web) & Sfax API (Integrations). Of course, the API integration piece is the most interesting when it comes to EMR.
Sfax actually has provided a white label fax solution for 7 different EMR vendors and 6 other healthcare solution providers with 8-10 other healthcare software company integrations in the works. So, you might even be using Sfax and not even know it. I can’t say which companies for obvious reasons, but I can see this type of EMR integration working really well. They even mentioned some clever integrations with adding/reading barcodes and automating handling.
Here’s their comments on their faxing API:
We have great API documentation, sample code, test harness (and test account) and have had integrators faxing out from their app in 2 hours! Our delivery rates are industry leading along with error reporting through API. When the integration is done right, the document exchange(fax) part is just beautifully fitted into the natural workflow.
If I was an EMR vendor and didn’t have an integrated faxing service yet, I’d be on the phone to Sfax to talk about leveraging their API so I could worry about other EMR features.
Digital Signatures
Sfax offers a built in set of features for digital signatures. I had a lot of questions about digital signatures and adoption of digital signatures in healthcare and so I’ve asked Sfax to do a future guest post on the topic. So, watch for that.
Fax Security
All of the Sfax online faxing portal uses https 128 bit encryption. Yes, that’s the level of encryption that’s used by the best SaaS based EMR software and all the other e-Commerce sites you might use online. Turns out my first fax was filled with my social security number and other personal info. So, this level of encryption was absolutely necessary for me. Plus, is a requirement for HIPAA if you plan on faxing any PHI.
Secure Fax Pricing
You can check out all the Sfax details including plans and pricing on their web page. They just launched a $24/year plan for people like me that do a pretty low volume of faxing. Then, they have monthly plans from $15/month to $199/month depending on the number of fax pages per month, toll free numbers, API access needs, importing contacts, tailored cover pages, etc. You can also sign up for a 14 day free trial to test it out yourself.
Summary
I honestly wasn’t sure how well Sfax had done at taking the headache out of faxing. Turns out, now I don’t blink an eye when someone asks me if they can fax me something or if I can fax them something. It’s as easy as sending an email now. I just fax away.
Needless to say it’s a lot cheaper and easier to use Sfax than a $10+ per month extra phone line, a $50+ fax machine. Not to mention the paper, tonor and desk space the fax machine requires.
Thank you to http://www.healthrotate.com/secure-fax-services-and-emr/ for sharing this.
Voice Transcription - Is it a Cakewalk For an Audio Typist?
Certainly not! The method of transcribing voice to text is termed as voice transcription. Though, it looks like an audio typist can comfortably perform it, the truth is far behind it. It requires a pool of talents in addition to the skills possessed by an audio typist.
Who is an audio typist?
The job of an audio typist is, listening to the recording and obviously typing whatever it is, in the tape. S/he doesn't have to proof read the document or care about the sentence structure in the document. Transcription doesn't stop with mere conversion of voice to text. There are additional factors that are quite vital from a client's point of view. A perfectly transcribed document requires a complete proof reading, editing and proper punctuation. It is not anyone's job, only a transcribers will fit for the purpose.
Who is a transcriptionist?
A transcriptionist is a person who performs the transcribing process. Apart from transcribing the voice, s/he should be unassailable in listening, typing, proof reading, punctuating, handling software and hardware and surfing in internet work. Transcriptionist makes use of the transcribing software with a foot pedal and a clear earphone which has a noise cancellation facility associated with it, to perform a perfect transcribing process. On putting all the pieces together, a transcriptionist should be self-disciplined and professional in whatever s/he does.
On using the transcriptionist in a proper way, clients can pull better results. By informing the transcriptionist prior to the transcribing process, about desired file format of the transcribed document and kind of transcription like verbatim or intelligence verbatim, a perfect and error free document can be obtained in a quick turnaround time.
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Who is an audio typist?
The job of an audio typist is, listening to the recording and obviously typing whatever it is, in the tape. S/he doesn't have to proof read the document or care about the sentence structure in the document. Transcription doesn't stop with mere conversion of voice to text. There are additional factors that are quite vital from a client's point of view. A perfectly transcribed document requires a complete proof reading, editing and proper punctuation. It is not anyone's job, only a transcribers will fit for the purpose.
Who is a transcriptionist?
A transcriptionist is a person who performs the transcribing process. Apart from transcribing the voice, s/he should be unassailable in listening, typing, proof reading, punctuating, handling software and hardware and surfing in internet work. Transcriptionist makes use of the transcribing software with a foot pedal and a clear earphone which has a noise cancellation facility associated with it, to perform a perfect transcribing process. On putting all the pieces together, a transcriptionist should be self-disciplined and professional in whatever s/he does.
On using the transcriptionist in a proper way, clients can pull better results. By informing the transcriptionist prior to the transcribing process, about desired file format of the transcribed document and kind of transcription like verbatim or intelligence verbatim, a perfect and error free document can be obtained in a quick turnaround time.
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Evolution of Transcription
Transcription, believed to be a tedious process once, has now become a fascinating and expeditious field. In the older days, people used to type or write the record which was presented in the form of speech. They faced many problems while doing so. It took more time for them to type the record and editing it.
Later on, people preferred tape recorders to record the real time events, so that they could convert them to text while they got leisure time. It was a time consuming process too. Only advantage is, they were able to control the speed of the tape recorders by pausing, rewinding, forwarding and playing the recording while converting them to text.
After some years, shorthand was used a tool to copy down the real time interviews and speeches. Short hand is not an easy method and it needed necessary training to become an expert in it. It was one of the drawbacks connected with the shorthand technique.
Much awaited solution came in the form of transcription. To solve their business needs businessmen hired in-house transcribers, to perform the task as there was no globalization at that point. The pay offered to them is large and due to the external disturbances produced in the working environment, the in-house transcribers found it difficult to prepare an error free document.
After the countries are globalized, outsourcing services started their campaign. As the charge offered by outsourcing service providers are considerably low, most countries prefer them. Now days, many outsourcing companies provide a perfect and error free document with a quick interval of time which is quite convenient for the clients and these companies show a great deal of flexibility and commitment too.
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Later on, people preferred tape recorders to record the real time events, so that they could convert them to text while they got leisure time. It was a time consuming process too. Only advantage is, they were able to control the speed of the tape recorders by pausing, rewinding, forwarding and playing the recording while converting them to text.
After some years, shorthand was used a tool to copy down the real time interviews and speeches. Short hand is not an easy method and it needed necessary training to become an expert in it. It was one of the drawbacks connected with the shorthand technique.
Much awaited solution came in the form of transcription. To solve their business needs businessmen hired in-house transcribers, to perform the task as there was no globalization at that point. The pay offered to them is large and due to the external disturbances produced in the working environment, the in-house transcribers found it difficult to prepare an error free document.
After the countries are globalized, outsourcing services started their campaign. As the charge offered by outsourcing service providers are considerably low, most countries prefer them. Now days, many outsourcing companies provide a perfect and error free document with a quick interval of time which is quite convenient for the clients and these companies show a great deal of flexibility and commitment too.
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Code Accurately to Reduce Denial of Claims
What is coding?:
In short, the process of coding the documents of physicians in their office or clinics is termed medical coding. The definition is quite simple, but the process of coding isn't that simple. It requires a pool of talents to become a perfect medical coder. No physician's clinic or office will be without medical coders because they are compulsory for the improvement of their business.
Role of coders:
A coder is a trained professional with stupendous knowledge of medical terms. Coders code the document of the physicians based on the disease and treatment noted for the patients. They analyze the record scrupulously to grab the exact details from the document to furnish an accurate and perfect coding. It is with the help of the coding performed by coders, the claims are evaluated by the insurance companies and exact fee is rendered to the health care sectors.
Coding and billing:
A mess up in coding leads to denial of claims by insurance companies. An accurate coding may speed up the claims process and helps the physicians to get the exact fee for his treatment. Often people get confused with medical billing and coding. Both function differently. The billers submit claims to the insurance companies based on the coding performed by the medical coders.
Coding updates and career:
The medical field procedures and rules for coding tend to change often. The coders have to update the changes that occur in medical field, in order to furnish a well accomplished coding. The coding performed by coders is based on CPT and ICD-9 manuals. The coding denotes the disease and treatment given by the physicians. Coding is a lucrative career for many aspirants who look for a demanding career full of challenges. Many institutions offer certifications for medical coding to meet the growing demand in the future.
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In short, the process of coding the documents of physicians in their office or clinics is termed medical coding. The definition is quite simple, but the process of coding isn't that simple. It requires a pool of talents to become a perfect medical coder. No physician's clinic or office will be without medical coders because they are compulsory for the improvement of their business.
Role of coders:
A coder is a trained professional with stupendous knowledge of medical terms. Coders code the document of the physicians based on the disease and treatment noted for the patients. They analyze the record scrupulously to grab the exact details from the document to furnish an accurate and perfect coding. It is with the help of the coding performed by coders, the claims are evaluated by the insurance companies and exact fee is rendered to the health care sectors.
Coding and billing:
A mess up in coding leads to denial of claims by insurance companies. An accurate coding may speed up the claims process and helps the physicians to get the exact fee for his treatment. Often people get confused with medical billing and coding. Both function differently. The billers submit claims to the insurance companies based on the coding performed by the medical coders.
Coding updates and career:
The medical field procedures and rules for coding tend to change often. The coders have to update the changes that occur in medical field, in order to furnish a well accomplished coding. The coding performed by coders is based on CPT and ICD-9 manuals. The coding denotes the disease and treatment given by the physicians. Coding is a lucrative career for many aspirants who look for a demanding career full of challenges. Many institutions offer certifications for medical coding to meet the growing demand in the future.
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Electronic Medical Billing System - Merits and Demerits
Medical billing has become an essential factor for health sectors. The medical billing companies help the physicians to get the exact reimbursement. Every invention has an other side and the medical billing process isn't an exception. Medical billing does possess some demerits that can't be neglected.
The medical billers make use of the electronic billing system for submitting the claim to the insurance companies. It does work fast, accurate, saves time and reduces paper cost. As the medical field is changing continuously, programs have to be updated frequently. At times, there may be bugs along with the updated programs.
When you try to submit the claims, the bugs associated with any program can corrupt the data and you mayn't be able to submit the claims until the bugs are eliminated from the system. It may take days or weeks to fix the problem. Another problem occurs, during transmission of data. If any noise is spotted on your phone line connected to the modem, the data transmission may not work properly. Part of the data may get corrupted during transmission. It may lead to rejection of claims as well.
Anyway, the electronic billing system works swiftly for submitting claims as well as clearing them. They have minimized the denial of claims and resubmission claims is made quite easily. Maintaining the record of each and every patient has become easy because of the electronic billing system. It helps to track the record of any patient's bill with quick interval of time. The arrival of electronic billing system has sped up the submission and clearing of claims.
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The medical billers make use of the electronic billing system for submitting the claim to the insurance companies. It does work fast, accurate, saves time and reduces paper cost. As the medical field is changing continuously, programs have to be updated frequently. At times, there may be bugs along with the updated programs.
When you try to submit the claims, the bugs associated with any program can corrupt the data and you mayn't be able to submit the claims until the bugs are eliminated from the system. It may take days or weeks to fix the problem. Another problem occurs, during transmission of data. If any noise is spotted on your phone line connected to the modem, the data transmission may not work properly. Part of the data may get corrupted during transmission. It may lead to rejection of claims as well.
Anyway, the electronic billing system works swiftly for submitting claims as well as clearing them. They have minimized the denial of claims and resubmission claims is made quite easily. Maintaining the record of each and every patient has become easy because of the electronic billing system. It helps to track the record of any patient's bill with quick interval of time. The arrival of electronic billing system has sped up the submission and clearing of claims.
Billing Paradise offers medical billing and medical coding services to small, medium and large clinics, call toll free 1-877-323-4707 for documentations which include electronic filing of medical insurance claims.
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Can Voice Recognition Automate Transcription Service?
The companies that have built voice recognition software claim "Yes", but professional users are saying "No", they maintain that voice recognition is fine if it is limited to documenting a couple of minutes of audio. When large file size audio recordings have to be converted into text, the software falters and fails to deliver. The voice recognition has a long way to go, for it to be used to automate transcription service, according to professional users of the software.
Many television companies which started using voice recognition for transcribing digital voice recordings of the program are disappointed, because of the low accuracy levels and the time it takes to transcribe the audio. These companies use the transcripts for adding captions to television programs, and for the captions to sync with the audio, the accuracy of the transcripts required is 100%. This system disappointingly fails on this account.
The recorded data used by researchers from interviews and focus groups also have experimented with speech recognition and some of them appeared to be satisfied with the performance of the software. They maintain that the application has to be trained for speech recognition and it is very convenient for transcribing short notes. However for large size recordings they still depend on transcription companies to document recorded data. There are inherent deficiencies in the application which have to be figured out before large scale use of the application becomes possible.
An attorney working for a legal company tried the voice recognition for transcribing recordings of court-room proceedings, but the end results were disastrous according to him. The voice recognition failed to transcribe a couple of minutes of the proceedings, legal terms were mispronounced and finally he had to call his regular transcription company for documenting the proceedings. The attorney did not want to use the application at all, even for the transcription of short notes.
The commonality of views expressed by different professionals does indicate that commercial use of voice recognition software in not possible, there are limitations of what it can do and what it cannot. The transcription services for the moment shall remain in the human domain, and automation will have to wait until the technology is mastered for commercial use.
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Many television companies which started using voice recognition for transcribing digital voice recordings of the program are disappointed, because of the low accuracy levels and the time it takes to transcribe the audio. These companies use the transcripts for adding captions to television programs, and for the captions to sync with the audio, the accuracy of the transcripts required is 100%. This system disappointingly fails on this account.
The recorded data used by researchers from interviews and focus groups also have experimented with speech recognition and some of them appeared to be satisfied with the performance of the software. They maintain that the application has to be trained for speech recognition and it is very convenient for transcribing short notes. However for large size recordings they still depend on transcription companies to document recorded data. There are inherent deficiencies in the application which have to be figured out before large scale use of the application becomes possible.
An attorney working for a legal company tried the voice recognition for transcribing recordings of court-room proceedings, but the end results were disastrous according to him. The voice recognition failed to transcribe a couple of minutes of the proceedings, legal terms were mispronounced and finally he had to call his regular transcription company for documenting the proceedings. The attorney did not want to use the application at all, even for the transcription of short notes.
The commonality of views expressed by different professionals does indicate that commercial use of voice recognition software in not possible, there are limitations of what it can do and what it cannot. The transcription services for the moment shall remain in the human domain, and automation will have to wait until the technology is mastered for commercial use.
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Audio Transcription - Giving Words to Your Voice
Gone are the days when we used to write using a pen and paper. In this electronic age, one has actually forgotten the subtle art of writing things down or taking notes on a notebook and by notebook, I mean a notebook with pages not the 'Apple' variety. Things have gotten so bad that many of us feel handicapped when asked to fill some customary form with ink. One finds typing on a keyboard much easier and faster than writing using an old fashioned pen. Nowadays, no one bothers to take notes any more during a meeting, interview or lecture. Students or journalists prefer to record the lecture or interview on a tape recorder or digital recorder and later get it transcribed. This also ensures that you don't miss out a single word uttered by the speakers.
Transcribing an audio recording on your own takes up a lot of time and effort. It is indeed a tedious process to listen to the recording repeatedly, decipher the words said correctly and then to type it out accurately. This new age trend has given rise to a whole new industry for transcriptions. An audio transcription company is one that can get your audio files converted to text. Most transcription companies have state of the art technologies and sophisticated equipments to repeatedly listen to audio files and get it transcribed accurately. They usually also have a team of editors that will ensure quality and that the final product is typed and presented in a way that you require. The rates for these services vary from company to company and go up if any special services are requested. Some companies even outsource the work to low-wage countries which enable them to reduce the rates.
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Transcribing an audio recording on your own takes up a lot of time and effort. It is indeed a tedious process to listen to the recording repeatedly, decipher the words said correctly and then to type it out accurately. This new age trend has given rise to a whole new industry for transcriptions. An audio transcription company is one that can get your audio files converted to text. Most transcription companies have state of the art technologies and sophisticated equipments to repeatedly listen to audio files and get it transcribed accurately. They usually also have a team of editors that will ensure quality and that the final product is typed and presented in a way that you require. The rates for these services vary from company to company and go up if any special services are requested. Some companies even outsource the work to low-wage countries which enable them to reduce the rates.
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Video Transcriptions - To Do Or Not to Do
Yes, that is exactly the question a lot of us would be asking ourselves. Should we or should we not get into all the trouble to get our video files transcribed? And what is video transcription in the first place. It is the conversion of the spoken matter in your clips to text. This text can then be embedded and added as captions to your videos. About whether you need to get your videos transcribed would depend on your individual requirement.
There are quite a few benefits to add captions. For one, it would really be a boon to the hearing impaired who would otherwise not be able to listen to the spoken words on your videos. Also a lot of internet users out there may not have accessories like headphones or speakers to listen to audios. Then there are those of us, like me, who access the internet from their workplaces and cannot really play it with sound. Getting your videos embedded with captions would really be a blessing to us poor souls.
The main reason one puts up their videos on YouTube or Google videos is to get maximum viewership. While in online would give you maximum visibility, an attached text or caption on it, will make it 10 times more visible.
A lot of internet viewers use Google or other search engines to search for videos. Did you know that Google does not recognize keywords said in videos? In fact, while doing key-word searches Google spiders only search through the tags or titles you uploaded. By uploading the transcript of your video on YouTube, you are giving Google specific information on the content of your file. This ensures that when someone searches for a phrase, Google will display your video in the search results. If you created and uploaded a video about your product or service imagine the number of potential views it could receive!
But again, is it really worth to spend big bucks to get your video transcribed and captioned? Do the benefits outweigh the cost? That's a call you will have to take.
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There are quite a few benefits to add captions. For one, it would really be a boon to the hearing impaired who would otherwise not be able to listen to the spoken words on your videos. Also a lot of internet users out there may not have accessories like headphones or speakers to listen to audios. Then there are those of us, like me, who access the internet from their workplaces and cannot really play it with sound. Getting your videos embedded with captions would really be a blessing to us poor souls.
The main reason one puts up their videos on YouTube or Google videos is to get maximum viewership. While in online would give you maximum visibility, an attached text or caption on it, will make it 10 times more visible.
A lot of internet viewers use Google or other search engines to search for videos. Did you know that Google does not recognize keywords said in videos? In fact, while doing key-word searches Google spiders only search through the tags or titles you uploaded. By uploading the transcript of your video on YouTube, you are giving Google specific information on the content of your file. This ensures that when someone searches for a phrase, Google will display your video in the search results. If you created and uploaded a video about your product or service imagine the number of potential views it could receive!
But again, is it really worth to spend big bucks to get your video transcribed and captioned? Do the benefits outweigh the cost? That's a call you will have to take.
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American and British Accents and Its Effect on Transcription
Famous Linguistic J. C. Wells described Accent as a pattern of pronunciation used by a speaker for whom English is the native language or more generally, by the community or social grouping to which he or she belongs. Accent is an important aspect of speech variation. The British and American accents are the two major English accents in the world and they both differ in terms of pitch, diction and phonetics. British English is spoken throughout the British Commonwealth of 54 countries, some of the most notable being the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. American English is spoken in the USA, Canada and other Pacific countries where America has wielded an influence.
British speakers possess much steeper pitch accent than American speakers. American speakers on the other hand tend to speak lower in final words of sentences. Even speakers from the Commonwealth who generally speak British English tend to speak in different dialects within themselves. Local cultures play a huge role in defining a native accent. In fact there are different dialects in play in London itself. The accent variations are noted among the American speakers as well. Many states in the US pronounce words in the British way while some pronounce it with the typical American pronunciations whereas some southern states have the barely understandable drawl to their accent.
But how do these affect transcriptions?
Transcription is the process of converting any spoken matter into text. It can be the conversion of audio or video matter into a document format. The transcription process involves a transcriptionist listening to an audio file repeatedly, understanding and deciphering the spoken words correctly and then typing it out into text. The difference in accent and punctuations affects the transcriptionist's ability to decipher the spoken matter correctly. An inability to understand the accent correctly will cause the transcription quality to be poor and will require repeated editing to get it correct.
So what is the solution?
To avoid this kind of waste of time and effort, transcription companies now provide intense training to their transcriptionists. Transcriptionists are extensively trained in different accents and dialects which enable them to transcribe audios correctly. With so many transcription companies in the market, it is always advisable to go for a company that has a lot of experience transcribing different accents and dialects. This will ensure that you don't have to spend any more time on your transcripts for re-editing.
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British speakers possess much steeper pitch accent than American speakers. American speakers on the other hand tend to speak lower in final words of sentences. Even speakers from the Commonwealth who generally speak British English tend to speak in different dialects within themselves. Local cultures play a huge role in defining a native accent. In fact there are different dialects in play in London itself. The accent variations are noted among the American speakers as well. Many states in the US pronounce words in the British way while some pronounce it with the typical American pronunciations whereas some southern states have the barely understandable drawl to their accent.
But how do these affect transcriptions?
Transcription is the process of converting any spoken matter into text. It can be the conversion of audio or video matter into a document format. The transcription process involves a transcriptionist listening to an audio file repeatedly, understanding and deciphering the spoken words correctly and then typing it out into text. The difference in accent and punctuations affects the transcriptionist's ability to decipher the spoken matter correctly. An inability to understand the accent correctly will cause the transcription quality to be poor and will require repeated editing to get it correct.
So what is the solution?
To avoid this kind of waste of time and effort, transcription companies now provide intense training to their transcriptionists. Transcriptionists are extensively trained in different accents and dialects which enable them to transcribe audios correctly. With so many transcription companies in the market, it is always advisable to go for a company that has a lot of experience transcribing different accents and dialects. This will ensure that you don't have to spend any more time on your transcripts for re-editing.
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Transcripts of Focus Group - Earning Call Or Conferences - How Useful Are These to Businesses?
Invaluable will be an understatement - because the wealth of information that focus groups or conferences generate would otherwise be lost if these were not documented. The audio recordings have limited utility value, but when the audio is documented or converted into text, the reference value of the transcripts becomes manifold. The teleconference of an earning call for instance may not allow all investors an opportunity for participating in it, these are web cast, but if an investor requests for a transcription, it is mandatory for the public company to make the financial results available to the investor, either as a hard copy or as a downloadable document.
If audio recordings have a stamp of authenticity on them, the transcripts give it a stamp of legality. Likewise before hiring employees a company holds interview sessions that are recorded, and after the completion of the selection process the audio recordings are documented and attested by the selected applicants. There was a time when products or services were not well organized on the internet, but there is a remarkable improvement now, especially where services are concerned, for instance professional transcription services are being offered on the web, and companies that earlier hired expensive labor for in-house documentations are soliciting it now from web-based service providers.
The web-based companies provide transcription services for as low as $60 to $65 for an hour of audio, and doing it in-house cost companies anywhere from $90 to $100, the huge cost difference has resulted in many companies soliciting business transcriptions from the web. The audio recordings are sent to the service provider as email attachments and the transcribers of the company document it send it back in 48 hours, all of which is done on the web. The services are paid for either through PayPal, Google Checkout or Credit Cards, including bank transfers.
The ease of availability of the service is not limited to business transcriptions, even multimedia companies are soliciting it online, especially radio and television companies that require transcripts for different production processes, such as adding captions to television programs.
If audio recordings have a stamp of authenticity on them, the transcripts give it a stamp of legality. Likewise before hiring employees a company holds interview sessions that are recorded, and after the completion of the selection process the audio recordings are documented and attested by the selected applicants. There was a time when products or services were not well organized on the internet, but there is a remarkable improvement now, especially where services are concerned, for instance professional transcription services are being offered on the web, and companies that earlier hired expensive labor for in-house documentations are soliciting it now from web-based service providers.
The web-based companies provide transcription services for as low as $60 to $65 for an hour of audio, and doing it in-house cost companies anywhere from $90 to $100, the huge cost difference has resulted in many companies soliciting business transcriptions from the web. The audio recordings are sent to the service provider as email attachments and the transcribers of the company document it send it back in 48 hours, all of which is done on the web. The services are paid for either through PayPal, Google Checkout or Credit Cards, including bank transfers.
The ease of availability of the service is not limited to business transcriptions, even multimedia companies are soliciting it online, especially radio and television companies that require transcripts for different production processes, such as adding captions to television programs.
Outsourcing Business Transcriptions - The Success Mantra For Cost Effective Businesses
Finance is the lifeblood of any business. No matter how good your product or service is, without proper cost management, the business cannot reach expected heights.
Conducting cost effectiveness analysis is crucial to any business as it determines whether the money spent could be used effectively or if the resulting productivity could have been gained through less financial outlay. Projects, processes, operations, all benefit from cost management which leads to overall business performance improvement.
Henry Kissinger, ex-secretary of state said, "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." This statement correctly denotes the importance of time in a business. Time and money are correlated and each is as important as the other. Businesses must correctly evaluate the importance of time and money for complete cost management to enhance production.
Outsourcing is the new-age trend for reducing costs which started gaining popularity in the 90's. Outsourcing basically means acquiring a product or service rather than producing it in-house. Transcriptions are one of the important business functions that can easily be outsourced with minimum complications. Transcription is, very simply put, the process of converting spoken matter into text. Any recordings made at business meetings, interviews, market research, teleconferences, seminars, employee trainings etc can now be converted into documents.
Earlier these activities were conducted in-house and it was the job of secretaries to convert speech to text. But it is a tedious process that requires a lot of man-hours. Also, the employee handling transcriptions would have to be given proper training which again consumes man-hours and add on to the cost. Technological advancement has introduced various equipments which simplifies the transcription process. Again, investing and maintaining these equipments and products increases the expenditure.
All these expenses can be done away with by entrusting your business transcription requirements to a good transcription company. By outsourcing, companies are saving on one of the biggest expenditure in any organization - manpower. The cost of maintaining and training personnel for transcription can be saved and companies can concentrate on their core businesses. By outsourcing non-core business functions, employees can be put to proper use which will increase the productivity of core activities.
Most transcription companies hire qualified staff to do their transcriptions, editing and proofreading. Extensive training is provided to staff to correctly understand and transcribe different accents and dialects. Most transcription companies also use state-of-the-art equipment which simplifies the transcription process and enables them to churn out transcriptions at remarkable speed. Faster turnaround time for transcriptions means that you will now be able to meet deadlines and make faster deliveries to your customers. By choosing the right transcription partner for your business, you can enjoy quality product with all the benefits of outsourcing and save on all those unnecessary expenses and run a cost-efficient business.
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Conducting cost effectiveness analysis is crucial to any business as it determines whether the money spent could be used effectively or if the resulting productivity could have been gained through less financial outlay. Projects, processes, operations, all benefit from cost management which leads to overall business performance improvement.
Henry Kissinger, ex-secretary of state said, "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." This statement correctly denotes the importance of time in a business. Time and money are correlated and each is as important as the other. Businesses must correctly evaluate the importance of time and money for complete cost management to enhance production.
Outsourcing is the new-age trend for reducing costs which started gaining popularity in the 90's. Outsourcing basically means acquiring a product or service rather than producing it in-house. Transcriptions are one of the important business functions that can easily be outsourced with minimum complications. Transcription is, very simply put, the process of converting spoken matter into text. Any recordings made at business meetings, interviews, market research, teleconferences, seminars, employee trainings etc can now be converted into documents.
Earlier these activities were conducted in-house and it was the job of secretaries to convert speech to text. But it is a tedious process that requires a lot of man-hours. Also, the employee handling transcriptions would have to be given proper training which again consumes man-hours and add on to the cost. Technological advancement has introduced various equipments which simplifies the transcription process. Again, investing and maintaining these equipments and products increases the expenditure.
All these expenses can be done away with by entrusting your business transcription requirements to a good transcription company. By outsourcing, companies are saving on one of the biggest expenditure in any organization - manpower. The cost of maintaining and training personnel for transcription can be saved and companies can concentrate on their core businesses. By outsourcing non-core business functions, employees can be put to proper use which will increase the productivity of core activities.
Most transcription companies hire qualified staff to do their transcriptions, editing and proofreading. Extensive training is provided to staff to correctly understand and transcribe different accents and dialects. Most transcription companies also use state-of-the-art equipment which simplifies the transcription process and enables them to churn out transcriptions at remarkable speed. Faster turnaround time for transcriptions means that you will now be able to meet deadlines and make faster deliveries to your customers. By choosing the right transcription partner for your business, you can enjoy quality product with all the benefits of outsourcing and save on all those unnecessary expenses and run a cost-efficient business.
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Why Digital Recordings Are Most Preferred For Audio Transcriptions
In this new age technological era, more and more people prefer digital recordings because of its ease of recording, storage and data transfer. Digital voice recording equipment converts the physical properties of original sound to a sequence of numbers, which can be stored and later read back for reproduction. They record sounds as data-bits the same way as a computer stores information. The sounds recorded in a digital recorder have a higher signal-to-noise ratio. Noise in this case refers to all background noises that can cause distortions in the recording. Analog recorders such as a tape cassette recorder, record sounds as waveforms. This ultimately reduces the quality of the analog recording when compared to a digital recording.
Transcription companies that provide audio transcription services have different rates based on the quality of the audio. Transcription is not an easy process. A transcriptionist has to repeatedly listen to an audio to accurately transcribe the audio to text. If the audio quality is poor, the effort of the transcriptionist is more and this will ultimately reflect in the prices charged by the transcription provider.
Digital recordings are also easier to copy and manipulate as compared to analog recordings. Also in case of tape recordings, the sound quality deteriorates with each subsequent copy made. But the digital audio recording can be duplicated as many times as required without any change in quality.
Digital audio is also advisable if you need to transcribe only part of an audio. For instance if you need only 20 minutes of an hour long audio file to be transcribed, you can just remove the unnecessary parts of the audio from your digital recording and send only the required sound clip to your transcriber for transcription.
When an audio is recorded using a Digital recorder, the audio file can be compressed to reduce the file size. It can also directly be uploaded on your computer and directly sent to your transcription provider. Digital recordings can be saved in a variety of formats like MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, AVI etc.
MPEG-1 Audio Level 3 or MP3 as it is commonly known is the most popular digital recording format used for transcriptions. MP3 files compress and filter out the sounds that human ear cannot hear, eventually reducing the file size. MP3 is also well compatible with most of the portable digital audio players and many DVD players.
Normally transcription companies are able to transcribe audio faster when they are in the MP3 format. This is because they do not have to spend any time converting the audio file into MP3. This will lower the turnaround time and to a certain extent, the prices.
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Transcription companies that provide audio transcription services have different rates based on the quality of the audio. Transcription is not an easy process. A transcriptionist has to repeatedly listen to an audio to accurately transcribe the audio to text. If the audio quality is poor, the effort of the transcriptionist is more and this will ultimately reflect in the prices charged by the transcription provider.
Digital recordings are also easier to copy and manipulate as compared to analog recordings. Also in case of tape recordings, the sound quality deteriorates with each subsequent copy made. But the digital audio recording can be duplicated as many times as required without any change in quality.
Digital audio is also advisable if you need to transcribe only part of an audio. For instance if you need only 20 minutes of an hour long audio file to be transcribed, you can just remove the unnecessary parts of the audio from your digital recording and send only the required sound clip to your transcriber for transcription.
When an audio is recorded using a Digital recorder, the audio file can be compressed to reduce the file size. It can also directly be uploaded on your computer and directly sent to your transcription provider. Digital recordings can be saved in a variety of formats like MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, AVI etc.
MPEG-1 Audio Level 3 or MP3 as it is commonly known is the most popular digital recording format used for transcriptions. MP3 files compress and filter out the sounds that human ear cannot hear, eventually reducing the file size. MP3 is also well compatible with most of the portable digital audio players and many DVD players.
Normally transcription companies are able to transcribe audio faster when they are in the MP3 format. This is because they do not have to spend any time converting the audio file into MP3. This will lower the turnaround time and to a certain extent, the prices.
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Making Video & Audio on the Website Hearing Impaired Friendly
The visitor traffic on websites that feature video and audio has increased fourfold, but many of these websites are not accessible to the hearing impaired, because no captions or sub-titles have been added to the content that features on these websites. It is estimated that nearly two hundred thousand people that are hearing impaired access the net everyday, and for them text transcripts of the audio or captions in a video is something that they would be looking forward to.
There was this incident about a hearing impaired person named Michael who was keen on setting up a website that was oriented towards internet marketing, after searching many pages he came across a tutorial on a website that explained steps for setting up a profitable Internet marketing website, but the tutorial was through a podcast and these were available on a pay-and use download. Assuming that text content would be available, the podcast was downloaded, but it contained only MP3 files and no text transcripts were included.
Search Engines cache audio/video transcriptions We all know that search engines for the cache memory only crawl on text content of a website. If text transcripts are available on the website, the search engines will index them and in the process the website traffic gets a boost. The transcript in a website that has video/audio features increases the value of the pages as landing pages for the visitors. It has a potential to draw a better and meaningful traffic on the website. The audio transcription and video captioning are important elements of multimedia resources. These should be considered as standalone content on a website, and time and attention spent on adding these features add value to a website.
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There was this incident about a hearing impaired person named Michael who was keen on setting up a website that was oriented towards internet marketing, after searching many pages he came across a tutorial on a website that explained steps for setting up a profitable Internet marketing website, but the tutorial was through a podcast and these were available on a pay-and use download. Assuming that text content would be available, the podcast was downloaded, but it contained only MP3 files and no text transcripts were included.
Search Engines cache audio/video transcriptions We all know that search engines for the cache memory only crawl on text content of a website. If text transcripts are available on the website, the search engines will index them and in the process the website traffic gets a boost. The transcript in a website that has video/audio features increases the value of the pages as landing pages for the visitors. It has a potential to draw a better and meaningful traffic on the website. The audio transcription and video captioning are important elements of multimedia resources. These should be considered as standalone content on a website, and time and attention spent on adding these features add value to a website.
Speech To Text, Deaf transcription services Transcripts for the deaf and hearing impaired, call TranscriptionsService on toll free number 1-877-323-4707 for pod cast transcripts or sermon transcripts
Documenting Physician Narrations Within an EMR Application, Now Offered by MT Companies
The technical team of the company in coordination with the IT staff of the clinic enables the secure HIPAA compliant VPN connectivity, and using a secure password the medical transcribers can login and document the physician narrations read into the centralized voice recording system.
If the EMR application that is in use by a health care facility allows for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity, the transcription companies set it up in a similar manner as the VPN. The EMR applications that are web-based, meaning a browser based login are amongst the least complicated, in as so far as the technicalities are concerned. The medical transcribers log into the EMR application website and access the physician dictations to document them.
There are in numerous EMR applications available to health care facilities, some of which are specialty specific, and consist of forms or templates that are relevant to the practice. The transcription companies have trained medical transcribers that are able to document the specialty reports using the forms or templates built within these applications.
In most of the EMR applications the built-in voice recognition software has been a big disappointment, because physicians do not want to loose their valuable time in training the software to recognize their voice, even after the training process some physicians have quality issues, such as misspells of medical terms and procedures, in the automated reports.
Many health care facilities are in fact are keen to partner with medical transcription companies that are able to provide the service through VPN, LAN or Web-Based log in. The high costs of running an in-house transcription division is one of the main reasons, health-care facilities are looking at other alternatives. Each in-house medical transcriber costs the health care facility $ 14 to $ 15 an hour, and added to that are other overheads such as transcription hardware/software, and this cost the clinics 35¢ to 38¢ for documenting a 65 character line.
The medical transcription companies on the other hand are able to provide the service at just 8.5¢ to 9.5¢, so the difference in costs is one of the major reasons for the facilities to look for viable alternatives, after all the health care reforms are all about lowering costs in the health care industry.
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If the EMR application that is in use by a health care facility allows for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity, the transcription companies set it up in a similar manner as the VPN. The EMR applications that are web-based, meaning a browser based login are amongst the least complicated, in as so far as the technicalities are concerned. The medical transcribers log into the EMR application website and access the physician dictations to document them.
There are in numerous EMR applications available to health care facilities, some of which are specialty specific, and consist of forms or templates that are relevant to the practice. The transcription companies have trained medical transcribers that are able to document the specialty reports using the forms or templates built within these applications.
In most of the EMR applications the built-in voice recognition software has been a big disappointment, because physicians do not want to loose their valuable time in training the software to recognize their voice, even after the training process some physicians have quality issues, such as misspells of medical terms and procedures, in the automated reports.
Many health care facilities are in fact are keen to partner with medical transcription companies that are able to provide the service through VPN, LAN or Web-Based log in. The high costs of running an in-house transcription division is one of the main reasons, health-care facilities are looking at other alternatives. Each in-house medical transcriber costs the health care facility $ 14 to $ 15 an hour, and added to that are other overheads such as transcription hardware/software, and this cost the clinics 35¢ to 38¢ for documenting a 65 character line.
The medical transcription companies on the other hand are able to provide the service at just 8.5¢ to 9.5¢, so the difference in costs is one of the major reasons for the facilities to look for viable alternatives, after all the health care reforms are all about lowering costs in the health care industry.
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What is a Transcript?
A common misnomer about transcripts that people have is that any printed reading material is a transcript, which is not the case. It represents a spoken word rather than a written word and because of this distinction, it's important to know the different kinds of transcripts that vendor's process, based on the needs of the clients.
Verbatim Transcripts: This format is an unedited or an exact version of what is documented by a transcriber based on what has been recorded, it consists of false starts, grammatical errors and unfinished sentences.
Corrected Transcripts: The opposite of the verbatim is the edited or corrected transcript. This format allows a transcriber a liberty to eliminate "ums" "uhs" or words that are irrelevant to the gist of the script. If an interview has some utterances that add 'flavor' to the narrations, they are unedited and new text added to the transcript makes it more interesting for the reader.
Revised transcript: This format offers the transcriber the freedom to create an enjoyable narrative, without changing the gist of the narration or its meaning and intent. The transcriber may reorganize the paragraphs for maintaining the similarity of the topic and arrange them in a chronological order. At times, an interview recording done on multiple cassettes has portions of a story narrated in non-chronological order, and the transcriber arranges it in order to maintain the story's continuity. The transcribers change the style of Q & A sessions to make them appear as stories. The transcript has sidebar information added for including historical references.
Between the three styles of the transcripts, verbatim is the most preferred format.
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Verbatim Transcripts: This format is an unedited or an exact version of what is documented by a transcriber based on what has been recorded, it consists of false starts, grammatical errors and unfinished sentences.
Corrected Transcripts: The opposite of the verbatim is the edited or corrected transcript. This format allows a transcriber a liberty to eliminate "ums" "uhs" or words that are irrelevant to the gist of the script. If an interview has some utterances that add 'flavor' to the narrations, they are unedited and new text added to the transcript makes it more interesting for the reader.
Revised transcript: This format offers the transcriber the freedom to create an enjoyable narrative, without changing the gist of the narration or its meaning and intent. The transcriber may reorganize the paragraphs for maintaining the similarity of the topic and arrange them in a chronological order. At times, an interview recording done on multiple cassettes has portions of a story narrated in non-chronological order, and the transcriber arranges it in order to maintain the story's continuity. The transcribers change the style of Q & A sessions to make them appear as stories. The transcript has sidebar information added for including historical references.
Between the three styles of the transcripts, verbatim is the most preferred format.
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What Practitioners Need to Look For in a Medical Billing Company
The basic services that a medical billing company should be able to offer:
Claim Generation: The process involves entering patient demographic details plus insurance and encounter information into the medical billing software.
Claim Submission: This process relates to the claim submissions sent through a clearinghouse if it is in a digital format. If it is on paper, the documents are sent by mail.
Quality Assurance: The quality assurance applies to electronic claim submission and paper claim submissions. The premium medical billing software programs have in-built quality assurance check features called 'Scrubbers' that enable the billers to track any mismatch of procedural codes and diagnosis. The quality assurance for claim submissions documented on paper is manually checked.
Following-up of claims with carriers: The billing company's ability of follow-up on the claims submitted should come into sharp focus, because reimbursements and revenue collections of a practice have a bearing on the kind of follow-up provided by the service provider. It is only through a follow-up, the medical billing companies get to know about partially paid or unpaid claims. The billing service company in coordination with the provider and the carrier must ensure that edited or resubmitted claims are accurate and without errors.
Workers compensation claims: These secondary or tertiary claims require additional documentations and deft handling. The service provider has to be experienced in documenting these unique claims, because it entails entering many details into the documents.
Reporting & Analyzing: billing software's have a report generating feature and as part of medical billing service, regular reports provide practices in-depth information that will help increase profitability, save costs and provide the practice the direction towards growth. The medical billing company should provide monthly reports, with recommendations that will assist practices in enhancing profitability.
Patient Invoicing: This detail-oriented process if done professionally enhances the revenue of the practice. The process requires balancing accounts, printing statements, stuffing envelopes and applying postage. The billing company will also need to take care of queries that patients may raise after they receive the statement. The billing company that has good infrastructure and customer support will eventually reflect the quality of your practice.
HIPAA compliance: The billing company's awareness of HIPAA regulations also needs a look-in, apart from health care providers these regulations apply to any agency that has access to patient information.
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Claim Generation: The process involves entering patient demographic details plus insurance and encounter information into the medical billing software.
Claim Submission: This process relates to the claim submissions sent through a clearinghouse if it is in a digital format. If it is on paper, the documents are sent by mail.
Quality Assurance: The quality assurance applies to electronic claim submission and paper claim submissions. The premium medical billing software programs have in-built quality assurance check features called 'Scrubbers' that enable the billers to track any mismatch of procedural codes and diagnosis. The quality assurance for claim submissions documented on paper is manually checked.
Following-up of claims with carriers: The billing company's ability of follow-up on the claims submitted should come into sharp focus, because reimbursements and revenue collections of a practice have a bearing on the kind of follow-up provided by the service provider. It is only through a follow-up, the medical billing companies get to know about partially paid or unpaid claims. The billing service company in coordination with the provider and the carrier must ensure that edited or resubmitted claims are accurate and without errors.
Workers compensation claims: These secondary or tertiary claims require additional documentations and deft handling. The service provider has to be experienced in documenting these unique claims, because it entails entering many details into the documents.
Reporting & Analyzing: billing software's have a report generating feature and as part of medical billing service, regular reports provide practices in-depth information that will help increase profitability, save costs and provide the practice the direction towards growth. The medical billing company should provide monthly reports, with recommendations that will assist practices in enhancing profitability.
Patient Invoicing: This detail-oriented process if done professionally enhances the revenue of the practice. The process requires balancing accounts, printing statements, stuffing envelopes and applying postage. The billing company will also need to take care of queries that patients may raise after they receive the statement. The billing company that has good infrastructure and customer support will eventually reflect the quality of your practice.
HIPAA compliance: The billing company's awareness of HIPAA regulations also needs a look-in, apart from health care providers these regulations apply to any agency that has access to patient information.
Billing Paradise offers Online EMR Medical Billing and Medical Coding services to small, medium and large clinics, call toll free 1-877-323-4707 for documentations which include electronic filing of medical insurance claims.
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Documenting Physician Narrations Within an EMR Application, Now Offered by MT Companies
The technical team of the company in coordination with the IT staff of the clinic enables the secure HIPAA compliant VPN connectivity, and using a secure password the medical transcribers can login and document the physician narrations read into the centralized voice recording system.
If the EMR application that is in use by a health care facility allows for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity, the transcription companies set it up in a similar manner as the VPN. The EMR applications that are web-based, meaning a browser based login are amongst the least complicated, in as so far as the technicalities are concerned. The medical transcribers log into the EMR application website and access the physician dictations to document them.
There are in numerous EMR applications available to health care facilities, some of which are specialty specific, and consist of forms or templates that are relevant to the practice. The transcription companies have trained medical transcribers that are able to document the specialty reports using the forms or templates built within these applications.
In most of the EMR applications the built-in voice recognition software has been a big disappointment, because physicians do not want to loose their valuable time in training the software to recognize their voice, even after the training process some physicians have quality issues, such as misspells of medical terms and procedures, in the automated reports.
Many health care facilities are in fact are keen to partner with medical transcription companies that are able to provide the service through VPN, LAN or Web-Based log in. The high costs of running an in-house transcription division is one of the main reasons, health-care facilities are looking at other alternatives. Each in-house medical transcriber costs the health care facility $ 14 to $ 15 an hour, and added to that are other overheads such as transcription hardware/software, and this cost the clinics 35¢ to 38¢ for documenting a 65 character line.
The medical transcription companies on the other hand are able to provide the service at just 8.5¢ to 9.5¢, so the difference in costs is one of the major reasons for the facilities to look for viable alternatives, after all the health care reforms are all about lowering costs in the health care industry.
Dial 1-877-323-4707 for medical transcription services exclusively for Allscripts EHR application, through an enabled VPN/web-based connectivity, at line cost of 9.5¢.
We transcribe into a health care facility's existing EMR, our 24 x 7 service is available for a variety of EMRs in use, call 1-877-323-4707 Medical Transcription Service.
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If the EMR application that is in use by a health care facility allows for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity, the transcription companies set it up in a similar manner as the VPN. The EMR applications that are web-based, meaning a browser based login are amongst the least complicated, in as so far as the technicalities are concerned. The medical transcribers log into the EMR application website and access the physician dictations to document them.
There are in numerous EMR applications available to health care facilities, some of which are specialty specific, and consist of forms or templates that are relevant to the practice. The transcription companies have trained medical transcribers that are able to document the specialty reports using the forms or templates built within these applications.
In most of the EMR applications the built-in voice recognition software has been a big disappointment, because physicians do not want to loose their valuable time in training the software to recognize their voice, even after the training process some physicians have quality issues, such as misspells of medical terms and procedures, in the automated reports.
Many health care facilities are in fact are keen to partner with medical transcription companies that are able to provide the service through VPN, LAN or Web-Based log in. The high costs of running an in-house transcription division is one of the main reasons, health-care facilities are looking at other alternatives. Each in-house medical transcriber costs the health care facility $ 14 to $ 15 an hour, and added to that are other overheads such as transcription hardware/software, and this cost the clinics 35¢ to 38¢ for documenting a 65 character line.
The medical transcription companies on the other hand are able to provide the service at just 8.5¢ to 9.5¢, so the difference in costs is one of the major reasons for the facilities to look for viable alternatives, after all the health care reforms are all about lowering costs in the health care industry.
Dial 1-877-323-4707 for medical transcription services exclusively for Allscripts EHR application, through an enabled VPN/web-based connectivity, at line cost of 9.5¢.
We transcribe into a health care facility's existing EMR, our 24 x 7 service is available for a variety of EMRs in use, call 1-877-323-4707 Medical Transcription Service.
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Electronic Health Records - A Pain Point for Physicians
Laurinburg, NC - A North Carolina Transcription Services company is providing improved technology to assist medical professionals more quickly adopt Electronic Medical Records. In 2004, the Bush administration called for improved healthcare delivery and transparency by pushing for EHR/EMR to be available to all by 2014. In addition, new health care legislation makes $27 billion available over the next decade to promote Electronic Health/Medical Records. However, many physicians are reluctant to adopt EHR due to expected increases in labor costs and lack of technical expertise that such systems will require.
Their concerns include that use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is cumbersome, lengthy, and in some cases, an even dangerous process. In the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, Drs. Eugenia Siegler and Ronald Adelman addressed one major hazard of EHR charting: the copy-and-paste function. While this process may be more efficient, as a result, symptom lists may get repeated with only a cursory glance by the health professional at the patient’s evolving condition. In addition, many EHR systems have inherent errors in their transcription processes, and when medical staff cut-and-paste each other’s notes, each iteration may reinforce the error. Copy-and-pasting EHR records also slowly deteriorates the patient’s narrative that is naturally recorded with physicians’ dictations, clouds clinical thinking, and limits proper coding.
To satisfy the demands of increasing EHR systems, Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based transcription services provider, returns the traditional and important narrative back into the hands of the medical professional. A new technology called Speech Understanding makes narrative dictation more accurate and requires less editing, thus allowing physicians to become more efficient with igital record creation. In contrast to other EHR systems, this new platform enables report distribution to be seamlessly delivered into existing EMR systems electronically. Other delivery options include e-fax, email, as well as direct printer output for referrals. The resulting automation cuts down on administrative labor and error while cutting costs where physicians need it most. “The patient narrative is also preserved, which not only puts record keeping back in the hands of the physician,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “but the increased efficiency gives the doctors more face time with patients. We feel that is most important for preserving quality care.” With the help of improved speech understanding technologies entering the medical field, Electronic Medical Record adoption may not have such a high hurdle to jump.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering Page 1/2 PR Log - Global Press Release Distribution a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training. For more information, visit www.transcriptionsolutionsllc.com.
Transcription Solutions was established in 1999 as a medical transcription services organization, concentrating on manual medical transcription in order to serve as an intermediary between health care organizations and medical transcriptionists.
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Their concerns include that use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is cumbersome, lengthy, and in some cases, an even dangerous process. In the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, Drs. Eugenia Siegler and Ronald Adelman addressed one major hazard of EHR charting: the copy-and-paste function. While this process may be more efficient, as a result, symptom lists may get repeated with only a cursory glance by the health professional at the patient’s evolving condition. In addition, many EHR systems have inherent errors in their transcription processes, and when medical staff cut-and-paste each other’s notes, each iteration may reinforce the error. Copy-and-pasting EHR records also slowly deteriorates the patient’s narrative that is naturally recorded with physicians’ dictations, clouds clinical thinking, and limits proper coding.
To satisfy the demands of increasing EHR systems, Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based transcription services provider, returns the traditional and important narrative back into the hands of the medical professional. A new technology called Speech Understanding makes narrative dictation more accurate and requires less editing, thus allowing physicians to become more efficient with igital record creation. In contrast to other EHR systems, this new platform enables report distribution to be seamlessly delivered into existing EMR systems electronically. Other delivery options include e-fax, email, as well as direct printer output for referrals. The resulting automation cuts down on administrative labor and error while cutting costs where physicians need it most. “The patient narrative is also preserved, which not only puts record keeping back in the hands of the physician,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “but the increased efficiency gives the doctors more face time with patients. We feel that is most important for preserving quality care.” With the help of improved speech understanding technologies entering the medical field, Electronic Medical Record adoption may not have such a high hurdle to jump.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering Page 1/2 PR Log - Global Press Release Distribution a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training. For more information, visit www.transcriptionsolutionsllc.com.
Transcription Solutions was established in 1999 as a medical transcription services organization, concentrating on manual medical transcription in order to serve as an intermediary between health care organizations and medical transcriptionists.
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United States Government Invests in Nation’s Electronic Health Records
In an effort to digitize the health care industry, the government recently revealed .2 billion in federal grants for health care providers to transition to electronic health records systems, according to The Washington Post. This is the first wave of funding under a health care reform plan that is aimed at cutting costs and improving overall care in the future. This new reform plan has encouraged health care providers, physicians, and technology companies who will provide support for such a transition.
The new push for implementing electronic health records systems is a crucial step in overhauling the nation’s increasingly expensive health care system. An additional billion in landmark stimulus legislation will be allocated to generate adoption of the equipment by doctors and hospitals as well as the networks that will link them together. Half of the grant will help establish 70 technology-extension centers that will assist the hospitals and other health care providers in implementing the electronic health records systems. Doctors, hospitals and other health care providers will also receive reimbursements for the equipment they purchase before 2015. According to the Obama Administration, the universal adoption of electronic health technology could save more than billion a year.
The goal of universally digitizing doctors’ offices will hinge on how well small-office physician practices transition to digital records. Accordingly to NYTimes.com, three-fourths of the nation’s physicians practice medicine in offices with 10 or fewer doctors. The challenge is lessened by technology companies’ push to bring electronic health records into small practices. These small practices can benefit financially because of reduced paperwork and automated billing provided by electronic health records. They can also receive up to ,000 per doctor in reimbursements for demonstrating “meaningful use” of a “certified” electronic health records system. The incentive payments are intended to reimburse doctors for much of the initial investment in electronic health records.
Simplifying and improving the health care system is one of the most critical and dynamic situations the nation faces in the immediate future. Too many facilities have been resistant to change and their patients are suffering the consequences. It is time to update your facility’s medical records system to meet the needs of society and its technologies.
The e-MDs electronic medical records system is 2006, 2007 and 2008 CCHIT Certified and designed by physicians aiming to improve care, reduce errors and simplify business so that time spent with patients is time billed and coded properly. Its features work with staff to make the transition to an electronic medical records system as smooth as possible. With e-MDs, medical practices can visit, code and bill with a single application. If your facility is looking to implement an electronic medical records system, look no further than e-MDs for a robust, cost-effective EHR system.
For more information about a reliable electronic health record system, contact e-MDs, a leader in electronic medical record software provision. e-MDs offers a host of affordable solutions for physicians and facilities looking to modernize or enhance their services with the latest EHR/EMR technology. e-MDs is committed to providing affordable and integrated EHR and Practice Management Software solutions, including clinical, financial and document management modules designed to automate medical practice processes and chart management – delivering the clinical tools needed to succeed in today’s healthcare environment.
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The new push for implementing electronic health records systems is a crucial step in overhauling the nation’s increasingly expensive health care system. An additional billion in landmark stimulus legislation will be allocated to generate adoption of the equipment by doctors and hospitals as well as the networks that will link them together. Half of the grant will help establish 70 technology-extension centers that will assist the hospitals and other health care providers in implementing the electronic health records systems. Doctors, hospitals and other health care providers will also receive reimbursements for the equipment they purchase before 2015. According to the Obama Administration, the universal adoption of electronic health technology could save more than billion a year.
The goal of universally digitizing doctors’ offices will hinge on how well small-office physician practices transition to digital records. Accordingly to NYTimes.com, three-fourths of the nation’s physicians practice medicine in offices with 10 or fewer doctors. The challenge is lessened by technology companies’ push to bring electronic health records into small practices. These small practices can benefit financially because of reduced paperwork and automated billing provided by electronic health records. They can also receive up to ,000 per doctor in reimbursements for demonstrating “meaningful use” of a “certified” electronic health records system. The incentive payments are intended to reimburse doctors for much of the initial investment in electronic health records.
Simplifying and improving the health care system is one of the most critical and dynamic situations the nation faces in the immediate future. Too many facilities have been resistant to change and their patients are suffering the consequences. It is time to update your facility’s medical records system to meet the needs of society and its technologies.
The e-MDs electronic medical records system is 2006, 2007 and 2008 CCHIT Certified and designed by physicians aiming to improve care, reduce errors and simplify business so that time spent with patients is time billed and coded properly. Its features work with staff to make the transition to an electronic medical records system as smooth as possible. With e-MDs, medical practices can visit, code and bill with a single application. If your facility is looking to implement an electronic medical records system, look no further than e-MDs for a robust, cost-effective EHR system.
For more information about a reliable electronic health record system, contact e-MDs, a leader in electronic medical record software provision. e-MDs offers a host of affordable solutions for physicians and facilities looking to modernize or enhance their services with the latest EHR/EMR technology. e-MDs is committed to providing affordable and integrated EHR and Practice Management Software solutions, including clinical, financial and document management modules designed to automate medical practice processes and chart management – delivering the clinical tools needed to succeed in today’s healthcare environment.
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Medical Transcription Services - Why Is It Important?
Medical transcription has been a part of the healthcare process creating patient records by converting the dictation of the patient- healthcare professional encounter into text format. These services have adapted themselves to the changing needs of healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities adopting newer processes and technology. The role of this services has expanded from that of merely being a typing service to being an important part of health information management.
In recent times there have been many doubts about the need for transcription services due to the advent of technology like speech recognition and EMR. In spite of these developments the importance of the role played by them is undeniable.
Given below are some of the reasons that highlight the importance of these services:
The basis of the healthcare process is the sanctity of the patient- healthcare professional relationship. Availing specialized services from a transcription vendor helps preserve this by letting the healthcare professional concentrate on the treatment process: allowing him/ her to dictate his/her notes using flexible modes of dictation, instead of capturing the information at the point of care by entering the data themselves.
Quality healthcare requires a quality patient record capturing the narrative of the patient complaint along with all the details. All the details of the patient complaint are captured along with the background information provided by the patient as accurately as possible, which helps the treatment process.
Detailed patient records improve the communication between healthcare professionals. This is very useful when the patient has to be referred to a specialist for further treatment/ tests/ procedures.
This method of documentation ensures that all the details of the patient encounter including treatment history are captured accurately. This acts as a valuable evidence in case of litigation
Encouraging dictation as a means of capturing all the patient- healthcare professional encounter adds to the convenience. The process of narrating the encounter helps in the diagnostic process.
Patient records are created with maximum details under this method ensuring that the healthcare professional has a reference for future patient visits.
This process creates transcripts capturing maximum details with accuracy and speed. Speedy medical transcription speeds up the reimbursement process and accurately capturing the details supports the claim for payment.
Medical transcription has an important role to play in the healthcare process whether it is by creating patient records from the dictation provided by healthcare professionals, or by providing editing facilities for speech recognition transcribed transcripts or adopting EMR through HL7 interface.
Outsourcing this process has been found to be the most effective, efficient and economical fix to ensure accurate, speedy, secure and cost effective creation of patient records.
The expertise of the medical transcription service provider needs to be evaluated on the following criteria:
Team - Quality services require the right team to ensure accuracy and turnaround time. The expertise of the service provider can be evaluated on the basis of their recruiting and training processes. This would ensure that the service provider has a pool of manpower to draw from as per the transcription requirements
Process - The expertise of the vendor can be judged by the processes in place to ensure accuracy, turnaround time and security. A service provider with the right expertise would ensure that none of the criteria for quality medical transcription are compromised by having the correct process in place.
Technology - The expertise of the transcription vendor can be evaluated based on the technology used by them to ensure speedy and secure services. The technology used by the service provider would ensure maximum benefits with ease of use.
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In recent times there have been many doubts about the need for transcription services due to the advent of technology like speech recognition and EMR. In spite of these developments the importance of the role played by them is undeniable.
Given below are some of the reasons that highlight the importance of these services:
The basis of the healthcare process is the sanctity of the patient- healthcare professional relationship. Availing specialized services from a transcription vendor helps preserve this by letting the healthcare professional concentrate on the treatment process: allowing him/ her to dictate his/her notes using flexible modes of dictation, instead of capturing the information at the point of care by entering the data themselves.
Quality healthcare requires a quality patient record capturing the narrative of the patient complaint along with all the details. All the details of the patient complaint are captured along with the background information provided by the patient as accurately as possible, which helps the treatment process.
Detailed patient records improve the communication between healthcare professionals. This is very useful when the patient has to be referred to a specialist for further treatment/ tests/ procedures.
This method of documentation ensures that all the details of the patient encounter including treatment history are captured accurately. This acts as a valuable evidence in case of litigation
Encouraging dictation as a means of capturing all the patient- healthcare professional encounter adds to the convenience. The process of narrating the encounter helps in the diagnostic process.
Patient records are created with maximum details under this method ensuring that the healthcare professional has a reference for future patient visits.
This process creates transcripts capturing maximum details with accuracy and speed. Speedy medical transcription speeds up the reimbursement process and accurately capturing the details supports the claim for payment.
Medical transcription has an important role to play in the healthcare process whether it is by creating patient records from the dictation provided by healthcare professionals, or by providing editing facilities for speech recognition transcribed transcripts or adopting EMR through HL7 interface.
Outsourcing this process has been found to be the most effective, efficient and economical fix to ensure accurate, speedy, secure and cost effective creation of patient records.
The expertise of the medical transcription service provider needs to be evaluated on the following criteria:
Team - Quality services require the right team to ensure accuracy and turnaround time. The expertise of the service provider can be evaluated on the basis of their recruiting and training processes. This would ensure that the service provider has a pool of manpower to draw from as per the transcription requirements
Process - The expertise of the vendor can be judged by the processes in place to ensure accuracy, turnaround time and security. A service provider with the right expertise would ensure that none of the criteria for quality medical transcription are compromised by having the correct process in place.
Technology - The expertise of the transcription vendor can be evaluated based on the technology used by them to ensure speedy and secure services. The technology used by the service provider would ensure maximum benefits with ease of use.
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Electronic Medical Records Improve Health Care
What Are Electronic Medical Records and Why Are They Important?
An electronic medical record is a digital document used by an organization that delivers patient care, such as a hospital, a doctor’s office or a clinic. Electronic medical records are usually part of a health information system that allows storage, retrieval and manipulation of records.
Patient care organizations usually decide to switch from paper records to digital records for a number of reasons:
1. Speed and ease of access;
2. Nearly immediate updates of charts and records;
3. Complete records, including xray images, scans and other test information;
4. Ease of consultation on difficult cases;
5. Easier, faster billing processes;
6. Lower cost of record storage;
7. Facilitate the collection of data for disease studies and drug tests.
Many doctors feel that they are able to provide better, more well-coordinated care to their patients, particularly in emergency situations, because they have immediate access to charts, medication records, test results and other vital information via their wireless devices, no matter where they are.
Are Electronic Medical Record Secure?
One of the major concerns that most patients have regarding electronic medical records is privacy and security. Financial institutions paved the way for secure transactions systems in the mid 2000’s, so the hard work of security and privacy has already been done and proven. EMR systems can make use of the policies, guidelines and monitoring systems that have been proven in the financial arena to ensure patients’ privacy in the medical arena.
With additional Federal funding being funneled into the establishment of EMR infrastructure (device, network and applications) companies in the United States will be able to provide secure EMR systems and help drive the over-haul of the United States Health System.
How Do Patient Provider Institutions Get Started in EMR?
The first stage in converting any paper medical system to EMR is to scan the archived patient records and prepare them for inclusion in the electronic medical record system. Generally, this work is done by outsourcing to a qualified medical scanning service bureau. A qualified medical scanning service bureau will meet all HIPPA guidelines for the conversion of paper files to digital files.
The service bureau should be capable of scanning:
• Patient Records
• Medical Charts
• Health Service Provider Notes
• Insurance Bills
• Explanation of Benefits (EOBs)
• Ambulance Call Reports
• Fetal Traces
• Technical Reports
In addition, for medical institutions that have archive files of X-Ray film, they should choose a scanning service bureau with experience in X-Ray film scanning. Generally speaking, anyone who offers X-Ray film scanning services should be able to:
• scan up to 14 x 17″ film and recognize down to a 44mm Spot size;
• support any Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) system;
• directly support DICOM, as well as emerging standards from LizardTech offers up to 50-1 image compression in order to reduce bottle-necks during image sharing;
• provide a viewing system, technology and process that can eliminate most or all network and traffic problems when you consider a PACS system;
• provide custom applications for radiologist needs, and review / clinical conferences.
Conclusion
Electronic medical records can contribute to better, faster, cheaper medical care. The technology exists to keep EMR secure and private. The first step to EMR is scanning and digitizing medical records and X-ray film.
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An electronic medical record is a digital document used by an organization that delivers patient care, such as a hospital, a doctor’s office or a clinic. Electronic medical records are usually part of a health information system that allows storage, retrieval and manipulation of records.
Patient care organizations usually decide to switch from paper records to digital records for a number of reasons:
1. Speed and ease of access;
2. Nearly immediate updates of charts and records;
3. Complete records, including xray images, scans and other test information;
4. Ease of consultation on difficult cases;
5. Easier, faster billing processes;
6. Lower cost of record storage;
7. Facilitate the collection of data for disease studies and drug tests.
Many doctors feel that they are able to provide better, more well-coordinated care to their patients, particularly in emergency situations, because they have immediate access to charts, medication records, test results and other vital information via their wireless devices, no matter where they are.
Are Electronic Medical Record Secure?
One of the major concerns that most patients have regarding electronic medical records is privacy and security. Financial institutions paved the way for secure transactions systems in the mid 2000’s, so the hard work of security and privacy has already been done and proven. EMR systems can make use of the policies, guidelines and monitoring systems that have been proven in the financial arena to ensure patients’ privacy in the medical arena.
With additional Federal funding being funneled into the establishment of EMR infrastructure (device, network and applications) companies in the United States will be able to provide secure EMR systems and help drive the over-haul of the United States Health System.
How Do Patient Provider Institutions Get Started in EMR?
The first stage in converting any paper medical system to EMR is to scan the archived patient records and prepare them for inclusion in the electronic medical record system. Generally, this work is done by outsourcing to a qualified medical scanning service bureau. A qualified medical scanning service bureau will meet all HIPPA guidelines for the conversion of paper files to digital files.
The service bureau should be capable of scanning:
• Patient Records
• Medical Charts
• Health Service Provider Notes
• Insurance Bills
• Explanation of Benefits (EOBs)
• Ambulance Call Reports
• Fetal Traces
• Technical Reports
In addition, for medical institutions that have archive files of X-Ray film, they should choose a scanning service bureau with experience in X-Ray film scanning. Generally speaking, anyone who offers X-Ray film scanning services should be able to:
• scan up to 14 x 17″ film and recognize down to a 44mm Spot size;
• support any Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) system;
• directly support DICOM, as well as emerging standards from LizardTech offers up to 50-1 image compression in order to reduce bottle-necks during image sharing;
• provide a viewing system, technology and process that can eliminate most or all network and traffic problems when you consider a PACS system;
• provide custom applications for radiologist needs, and review / clinical conferences.
Conclusion
Electronic medical records can contribute to better, faster, cheaper medical care. The technology exists to keep EMR secure and private. The first step to EMR is scanning and digitizing medical records and X-ray film.
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Electronic Health Records - A Pain Point for Physicians
Laurinburg, NC - A North Carolina Transcription Services company is providing improved technology to assist medical professionals more quickly adopt Electronic Medical Records. In 2004, the Bush administration called for improved healthcare delivery and transparency by pushing for EHR/EMR to be available to all by 2014. In addition, new health care legislation makes $27 billion available over the next decade to promote Electronic Health/Medical Records. However, many physicians are reluctant to adopt EHR due to expected increases in labor costs and lack of technical expertise that such systems will require. Their concerns include that use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is cumbersome, lengthy, and in some cases, an even dangerous process. In the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, Drs. Eugenia Siegler and Ronald Adelman addressed one major hazard of EHR charting: the copy-and-paste function. While this process may be more efficient, as a result, symptom lists may get repeated with only a cursory glance by the health professional at the patient’s evolving condition. In addition, many EHR systems have inherent errors in their transcription processes, and when medical staff cut-and-paste each other’s notes, each iteration may reinforce the error. Copy-and-pasting EHR records also slowly deteriorates the patient’s narrative that is naturally recorded with physicians’ dictations, clouds clinical thinking, and limits proper coding.
To satisfy the demands of increasing EHR systems, Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based transcription services provider, returns the traditional and important narrative back into the hands of the medical professional. A new technology called Speech Understanding makes narrative dictation more accurate and requires less editing, thus allowing physicians to become more efficient with digital record creation. In contrast to other EHR systems, this new platform enables report distribution to be seamlessly delivered into existing EMR systems electronically. Other delivery options include e-fax, email, as well as direct printer output for referrals. The resulting automation cuts down on administrative labor and error while cutting costs where physicians need it most. “The patient narrative is also preserved, which not only puts record keeping back in the hands of the physician,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “but the increased efficiency gives the doctors more face time with patients. We feel that is most important for preserving quality care.” With the help of improved speech understanding technologies entering the medical field, Electronic Medical Record adoption may not have such a high hurdle to jump.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training.
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To satisfy the demands of increasing EHR systems, Transcription Solutions, a Laurinburg, NC, based transcription services provider, returns the traditional and important narrative back into the hands of the medical professional. A new technology called Speech Understanding makes narrative dictation more accurate and requires less editing, thus allowing physicians to become more efficient with digital record creation. In contrast to other EHR systems, this new platform enables report distribution to be seamlessly delivered into existing EMR systems electronically. Other delivery options include e-fax, email, as well as direct printer output for referrals. The resulting automation cuts down on administrative labor and error while cutting costs where physicians need it most. “The patient narrative is also preserved, which not only puts record keeping back in the hands of the physician,” states Brent Sexton, president of Transcription Solutions, “but the increased efficiency gives the doctors more face time with patients. We feel that is most important for preserving quality care.” With the help of improved speech understanding technologies entering the medical field, Electronic Medical Record adoption may not have such a high hurdle to jump.
Transcription Solutions is an all USA based transcription technology and services company located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, that offers health care professionals with turn-key digital transcription based on advanced M*Modal Speech Understanding™ technology. This superior technology utilizes a simple hand-held recording device to transcribe conversational speech into precise digital written notes, delivering a much more accurate result with little or no editing required. Transcription Solutions offers health care professionals several options for transcription, including total turn-key service, or practice software and training.
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Why EHR EMR over?
EMR:
In an era when time ticks faster than ever, speed and information with the push of a button is a necessity. The present practice of storing health information is an EMR [Electronic Medical Records], which is a repository of data established in an organization that provides health services, such as a hospital or clinic. REM allows the storage, retrieval and manipulation of data. In the fourth medical office in the United States that use EMR Software, only less than 10% have a complete EMR system that includes all the 4 basic functions, ie, orders, electronic prescriptions, computerized orders for tests, Reports test results and notes from your doctor.
HME and everything about it:
The dawn of a new era is here. With the advent of EHR [History of Health], the accuracy of transcribed reports will reach new levels. HME has an advantage over EMR, as in being a set of electronic health records, the information accumulated over time, information that is able to transfer and access within the healthcare organization. These records will provide all relevant medical history and allergy medications, immunization status, laboratory tests, radiology images and information on billing status of an individual or a population, which in turn improve the patient - the treatment and care . Not to mention avoiding the hassle of keeping documents and reports, ensuring easy storage and retrieval of health records at any given time. An added advantage is that information can be shared and updated between attending professionals and health organizations with ease. HME is bound to become one of the means to carry medical transcription services to new heights.
Legal certainty:
safety data from these health records are protected under data protection legislation. Based on the laws and ethics, an EHR Software is created and is maintained by the creator and custodian of the records, as medical practice or facility. Physical medical records remain the property of the health care provider and can not be altered in any way. However, in accordance with HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act], the patient has the information and content of the records, and is legally entitled to see the originals and copies of them.
How soon?
It has officially declared that all doctors and other health professionals have to use CCHIT [Certification Commission for Health Information Technology] Certified EHR 2011. Those who do not comply will be punished and those who change, as will soon be recognized with incentives, etc. The latest statistics on adoption and use of electronic health records are based on the report of the government-sponsored survey published by the magazine New England Journal of Medicine. It is reported that only 9% of medical practices with fewer than 3 doctors have opted for HME. On the other hand, practices with 50 or more physicians have shown a 50% usage HME. Medical transcription companies will be able to give more, longitudinal reports more detailed and organized for patients, which may remain as long-term document that can be produced and referred to whenever necessary.
SpectraMedi and You:
SpectraMedi medical transcription is a U.S. based Company, founded in 1999. A decade in the business has resulted in the acquisition of more than 400 trusted clients. We cater to the needs of various health organizations and professionals, providing efficient medical transcription services. The emergence of HME has brought the opportunity to submit medical reports transcribed more rapidly and almost 100% error-free reports, which can be accessed easily. SpectraMedi plans in providing the means to generate CCHIT Certified EMR System electronic health record [EHR] to health professionals, hospitals and clinics throughout the medical transcription industry in the near future. This is true to ensure a consistent workflow and a more rapid achievement of the objectives due to the arrangement easier and organized from above and data storage. Our team of medical transcriptionists to transcribe efficiently and load data in a short period of time. The future of medical transcription services will be electronically brighter and better.
EHR
Posted by EMR Software | EHR Software Blog at 11:52 PM
Labels: CCHIT Certified 2011 EMR, CCHIT Certified EMR Software, CCHIT Certified EMR System, Electronic Medical Record Software
Thanks to http://medcomsys2010.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-ehr-emr-over.html for sharing this.
In an era when time ticks faster than ever, speed and information with the push of a button is a necessity. The present practice of storing health information is an EMR [Electronic Medical Records], which is a repository of data established in an organization that provides health services, such as a hospital or clinic. REM allows the storage, retrieval and manipulation of data. In the fourth medical office in the United States that use EMR Software, only less than 10% have a complete EMR system that includes all the 4 basic functions, ie, orders, electronic prescriptions, computerized orders for tests, Reports test results and notes from your doctor.
HME and everything about it:
The dawn of a new era is here. With the advent of EHR [History of Health], the accuracy of transcribed reports will reach new levels. HME has an advantage over EMR, as in being a set of electronic health records, the information accumulated over time, information that is able to transfer and access within the healthcare organization. These records will provide all relevant medical history and allergy medications, immunization status, laboratory tests, radiology images and information on billing status of an individual or a population, which in turn improve the patient - the treatment and care . Not to mention avoiding the hassle of keeping documents and reports, ensuring easy storage and retrieval of health records at any given time. An added advantage is that information can be shared and updated between attending professionals and health organizations with ease. HME is bound to become one of the means to carry medical transcription services to new heights.
Legal certainty:
safety data from these health records are protected under data protection legislation. Based on the laws and ethics, an EHR Software is created and is maintained by the creator and custodian of the records, as medical practice or facility. Physical medical records remain the property of the health care provider and can not be altered in any way. However, in accordance with HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act], the patient has the information and content of the records, and is legally entitled to see the originals and copies of them.
How soon?
It has officially declared that all doctors and other health professionals have to use CCHIT [Certification Commission for Health Information Technology] Certified EHR 2011. Those who do not comply will be punished and those who change, as will soon be recognized with incentives, etc. The latest statistics on adoption and use of electronic health records are based on the report of the government-sponsored survey published by the magazine New England Journal of Medicine. It is reported that only 9% of medical practices with fewer than 3 doctors have opted for HME. On the other hand, practices with 50 or more physicians have shown a 50% usage HME. Medical transcription companies will be able to give more, longitudinal reports more detailed and organized for patients, which may remain as long-term document that can be produced and referred to whenever necessary.
SpectraMedi and You:
SpectraMedi medical transcription is a U.S. based Company, founded in 1999. A decade in the business has resulted in the acquisition of more than 400 trusted clients. We cater to the needs of various health organizations and professionals, providing efficient medical transcription services. The emergence of HME has brought the opportunity to submit medical reports transcribed more rapidly and almost 100% error-free reports, which can be accessed easily. SpectraMedi plans in providing the means to generate CCHIT Certified EMR System electronic health record [EHR] to health professionals, hospitals and clinics throughout the medical transcription industry in the near future. This is true to ensure a consistent workflow and a more rapid achievement of the objectives due to the arrangement easier and organized from above and data storage. Our team of medical transcriptionists to transcribe efficiently and load data in a short period of time. The future of medical transcription services will be electronically brighter and better.
EHR
Posted by EMR Software | EHR Software Blog at 11:52 PM
Labels: CCHIT Certified 2011 EMR, CCHIT Certified EMR Software, CCHIT Certified EMR System, Electronic Medical Record Software
Thanks to http://medcomsys2010.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-ehr-emr-over.html for sharing this.
We Can Integrate and Import Medical Transcription Records with Any EMR-EHR Software System
Clear Choice can integrate and import medical transcriptions into any EMR/EHR software system. This creates a complete and unified, electronic patient health records system that improves patient care, billing processes, insurance claims, practice-wide communications and feedback to referring physicians. It also results in operational efficiencies and profitability for your practice or clinic.
Benefits of Integrating and Importing Medical Transcription Records Into EMR-EHR Software Systems
• Creates a practice-wide electronic records system for patient health information
• Enhances quality reporting
• Reduces risks for claims
• Creates fast and accurate records
• Cuts billing cycles in half
Promotes referrals through better communication with referring physicians
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Benefits of Integrating and Importing Medical Transcription Records Into EMR-EHR Software Systems
• Creates a practice-wide electronic records system for patient health information
• Enhances quality reporting
• Reduces risks for claims
• Creates fast and accurate records
• Cuts billing cycles in half
Promotes referrals through better communication with referring physicians
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Medical Transcription Outsourcing - Helps in Improvement and Expansion of Services
The healthcare business is a complex process requiring the healthcare facilities to juggle various tasks like providing quality healthcare to patients, managing paperwork and dealing with complex administrative tasks. Healthcare facilities not only have to provide quality healthcare to patients but also have to deal with payers and regulatory authorities to be successful and profitable. Considering the complexities of successfully running a healthcare facility, it is important that the healthcare facility focus their time and resources on the core business and outsource the rest.
Outsourcing non-core tasks would help the healthcare facilities improve their services and save on resources. Medical transcription is one such activity that is not part of the core business of healthcare in spite of being an important contributor to the process of providing quality healthcare and quickening the reimbursement process. Outsourcing this process can help healthcare facilities in improvement and expansion of services.
How does outsourcing transcription help in improvement and expansion of services?
Medical transcription is the process of creating patient records by converting the dictation of the patient- healthcare professional encounter into text format. Patient records form the basis of further care decisions, reimbursements and are a component of risk management. Outsourcing helps in improvement and expansion of services by providing the following:
Simple solution - The solutions provided by transcription vendors are simple in the sense that it simplifies the way the healthcare professionals and support staff work, by letting them gain maximum benefits from the technology used by the service provider, while still remaining easy to use. The doctors/nurses/support staff can continue to use their preferred modes of capturing the details of the patient- healthcare professional encounter. The uploading of audio files and modes of document delivery would be programmed to minimize the efforts of the support staff.
Lowering costs - Availing services from an ethical and professional vendor helps the healthcare facility to save on cost of transcription. Outsourcing brings a direct saving of 40% to 50% on the cost per line of transcription and also results in indirect savings on overheads, infrastructure, cost of supervision and management of transcription in-house, resulting in better utilization of resources.
Maximize resources - By availing services from the third-party vendor the space, the equipment, the furniture, the information technology resources used for the process of creating patient medical records can be put to good use for developing the core business of the healthcare facility.
Streamlining the flow of information - It also helps streamline the flow of information by making sure that transcripts are prompt and delivered to the healthcare professionals via the modes specified by them. Options like delivery of transcripts to more than one person, remote faxing/ printing, delivery to specified folders ensures that the flow of information is streamlined.
Accelerating revenue flow - Patient records are the basis on which the coding and billing process takes place, leading to reimbursements. Ensuring that patient records are created on time helps quicken the reimbursement process and accelerates the revenue flow.
Better time management - By outsourcing medical transcription the hospital/ clinic is essentially outsourcing the recruitment of transcriptionists, training, work allocation, monitoring accuracy levels, collection & distribution of transcripts, the information technology requirements, providing for HIPAA/ HITECH compliance during transcription to the service provider. This enables the administrative and management staff of the healthcare facility to manage their time better.
Easy transition to EMR - Outsourcing medical transcription also eases the process of transition to EMR by providing HL7 interface. This has the benefit of adopting EMR without making many changes in the way the healthcare professional captures information of the patient encounter. Dictation has been found to be the preferred choice of capturing information, as it allows the healthcare professional to provide maximum details.
Outsourcing to the right medical transcription service provider can help the healthcare facilities improve and expand on their services.
Thanks to http://ezinearticles.com/?Medical-Transcription-Outsourcing---Helps-in-Improvement-and-Expansion-of-Services&id=5474357 for sharing this.
Outsourcing non-core tasks would help the healthcare facilities improve their services and save on resources. Medical transcription is one such activity that is not part of the core business of healthcare in spite of being an important contributor to the process of providing quality healthcare and quickening the reimbursement process. Outsourcing this process can help healthcare facilities in improvement and expansion of services.
How does outsourcing transcription help in improvement and expansion of services?
Medical transcription is the process of creating patient records by converting the dictation of the patient- healthcare professional encounter into text format. Patient records form the basis of further care decisions, reimbursements and are a component of risk management. Outsourcing helps in improvement and expansion of services by providing the following:
Simple solution - The solutions provided by transcription vendors are simple in the sense that it simplifies the way the healthcare professionals and support staff work, by letting them gain maximum benefits from the technology used by the service provider, while still remaining easy to use. The doctors/nurses/support staff can continue to use their preferred modes of capturing the details of the patient- healthcare professional encounter. The uploading of audio files and modes of document delivery would be programmed to minimize the efforts of the support staff.
Lowering costs - Availing services from an ethical and professional vendor helps the healthcare facility to save on cost of transcription. Outsourcing brings a direct saving of 40% to 50% on the cost per line of transcription and also results in indirect savings on overheads, infrastructure, cost of supervision and management of transcription in-house, resulting in better utilization of resources.
Maximize resources - By availing services from the third-party vendor the space, the equipment, the furniture, the information technology resources used for the process of creating patient medical records can be put to good use for developing the core business of the healthcare facility.
Streamlining the flow of information - It also helps streamline the flow of information by making sure that transcripts are prompt and delivered to the healthcare professionals via the modes specified by them. Options like delivery of transcripts to more than one person, remote faxing/ printing, delivery to specified folders ensures that the flow of information is streamlined.
Accelerating revenue flow - Patient records are the basis on which the coding and billing process takes place, leading to reimbursements. Ensuring that patient records are created on time helps quicken the reimbursement process and accelerates the revenue flow.
Better time management - By outsourcing medical transcription the hospital/ clinic is essentially outsourcing the recruitment of transcriptionists, training, work allocation, monitoring accuracy levels, collection & distribution of transcripts, the information technology requirements, providing for HIPAA/ HITECH compliance during transcription to the service provider. This enables the administrative and management staff of the healthcare facility to manage their time better.
Easy transition to EMR - Outsourcing medical transcription also eases the process of transition to EMR by providing HL7 interface. This has the benefit of adopting EMR without making many changes in the way the healthcare professional captures information of the patient encounter. Dictation has been found to be the preferred choice of capturing information, as it allows the healthcare professional to provide maximum details.
Outsourcing to the right medical transcription service provider can help the healthcare facilities improve and expand on their services.
Thanks to http://ezinearticles.com/?Medical-Transcription-Outsourcing---Helps-in-Improvement-and-Expansion-of-Services&id=5474357 for sharing this.
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