Monday 6 June 2011

Medical transcription outsourcing: Providing perfect solutions


In recent times demand for healthcare services have escalated due to the aging population and the increasingly stressful lifestyle of modern people. Combined with the escalating demand for healthcare services, the pressures on the healthcare sector to comply with statutory regulations has also increased. Healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities rely on information support to cope with the increasing demands to deliver services as well as deal with compliance issues. Therefore documenting the care process in detail becomes essential to the survival of healthcare facilities as this provides support not only in clinical decision making but also plays an important role in commercial and compliance related matters

The need of the hour is to have complete documentation without hindering the care process or the workflow of healthcare professionals and support personnel. Outsourced medical transcription services provide a perfect solution to fulfill this need

How do outsourced medical transcription services provide perfect solutions?

Medical transcription services have been a part of the healthcare process since the very beginning though the role played by these services has evolved from basic note taking to sophisticated services that provide seamless and unobtrusive services that aid in improving the operations of the healthcare facilities. Outsourced medical transcription service providers have accumulated an understanding of the needs of healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities with regard to documenting the care process and have devised the perfect solutions for these needs

Some of the solutions provided by outsourced medical transcription service providers are
·                     Remote services: By removing the medical transcriptionist team and the actual medical transcription department from the healthcare facility premises, medical transcription service providers have provided the following advantages:
1.                    Saving on costs
2.                    Saving on overheads
3.                    Mitigating staffing concerns
4.                    Increasing focus on core business
5.                    Reducing investment and up-gradation costs for transcription technology
·                     Supporting dictation: Over the years healthcare professionals have shown a marked preference for dictation as a method of documenting the patient encounter. This method of dictation-to- medical transcription has proven to have many advantages including retaining the narrative, allowing the doctor to reflect on the treatment process, providing a distinctive identity to each patient and providing important support in case of litigation. Outsourced medical transcription service providers not only support dictation but also allow healthcare professionals to use dictation modes of their choice.
·                     Document delivery: Using the right technology, outsourced medical transcription service providers have provided convenient, speedy and secure document delivery options to healthcare professionals. This aids the healthcare facility and healthcare professionals in several aspects
·                     Software and tools: Outsourced medical transcription service providers have always strived to use the latest technology for medical transcription to ensure that healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities reap maximum benefits. They have also strived to ensure that the software and tools used for medical transcription remain essentially easy to use to ensure that healthcare professionals enjoy the benefits without having to go through rigorous training. Outsourced medical transcription service providers have also adapted their services to include editing and proofreading services for transcripts generated by speech recognition software and HL7 interface for adoption of EMR/HER

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