Monday, May 2, 2011

Medical transcription outsourcing: Improving efficiency and impact of documentation

Medical transcription services have gained an in-depth knowledge of the work life of healthcare professionals and the operations of healthcare facilities due to their long-term association with the healthcare sector. Owing to this medical transcription services have improved and evolved to anticipate the needs of the healthcare sector and have devised solutions to meet these needs. Medical transcription services have helped improve the quality of documentation and this in turn has had a positive impact on various aspects of healthcare facilities' operations.

Though medical transcription plays an important role in the healthcare process in clinical decision-making as well as other aspects, it is a process that requires a commitment in terms of time, resources and other infrastructure. As medical transcription is not part of the core activity of the healthcare facility and keeping in view the limited resources available to healthcare facilities, outsourcing medical transcription to a professional medical transcription service provider has been found to be an ideal solution.

Outsourcing medical transcription helps healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals in the following areas:

Complete documentation: The information in patient medical records play a vital role in various aspects like clinical decision making, receivables management, risk management etc. Therefore it becomes important for each patient medical record to reflect the unique patient story. Outsourced medical transcription services help capture the complete details of the patient encounter in an accurate, legible and easy to access form, aiding in all these aspects.

Timely documentation: Apart from the accuracy, legibility and accessibility of patient medical records it is equally important for the documentation process to take place on time. Outsourced medical transcription services ensure prompt and timely creation of patient medical records using a combination of the right process, the right technology and well-trained medical transcriptionists.

Expert documentation support: It is acknowledged that quality medical transcription is a process that requires expertise to be able to produce the right results. Outsourcing medical transcription ensures not only quality documentation but also provides expert documentation support in terms of dictation modes, document delivery modes and other software & tools for transcription.

Documentation support for present and future needs: The face of healthcare documentation is undergoing extreme changes. It is important for healthcare facilities to gear up to meet the future challenges faced by them. Outsourced medical transcription services provide support in this aspect too by enabling adoption of EMR/ EHR using HL7 interface, providing editing & proofreading support for speech recognition software etc.

Savings on cost and accelerating reimbursements: Another important aspect of outsourced medical transcription services is the savings on cost. Outsourcing medical transcription ensures that healthcare facilities save on both direct and indirect costs. Timely medical transcription also helps accelerate the receivables cycle.

Outsourcing medical transcription to the right service provider can help improve the efficiency of the documentation process and have a positive impact on all aspects of a healthcare facility.

TransDyne, a leader in the outsourced medical transcription industry has used their extensive background in information technology and their experience in serving the needs of the healthcare sector to provide affordable and integrated medical transcription solutions.

TransDyne offers quality medical transcription at reasonable prices, executed by experienced and qualified medical transcriptionists with a very quick turnaround time executed through secure HIPAA and HITECH compliant channels, with very high levels of accuracy and all this with technology that is advanced but easy to use!

To avail complete medical transcription services from TransDyne, click here.

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