Let’s talk a bit about voice recognition (VR) versus the standard transcription from a voice files or tapes. I recently read an article in Transcription Gear that stated the following: “As the healthcare system rapidly moves toward adoption of EMRs and ultimately the EHR, widespread attention has now turned toward speech recognition, yet vendors consistently…
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The health care bill and offshore transcription.
I found this tidbit on another site today addressing an amendment to the health care bill. See below: “The HITECH bill would also hold business associates — such as billing and medical transcription services — to equal security and privacy standards as the controllers of health care data. The new bill gets rid of the many loopholes…
EMR and the smaller physician’s office.
I have done a bit of research on some of the electronic medical records (EMR) software that is out there today and some of it is staggering. Imagine, this software can store your patient’s office visits, provide a medication list and categorize reports in just about any fashion you desire! However, the cost of these…
EMR, EHR and the Health Care Bill.
I just finished reading a few articles about the Health Care bill and some of the provisions for reimbursing physicians who adopt electronic health records (EHR) and it is pretty confusing. From what I can gather a physician can indeed apply for some reimbursement for converting to EHR starting around 2010; however, there seems to…
N1H1, why so scary?
I did some research on the N1H1 virus because I was a bit concerned as to why there seemed to be such a panic about this virus and here is what I learned. Most people have been vaccinated or have antibodies already against the two common strains of flu. These two types seem to be…