Medical transcription outsourcing: Physical therapy

Physical therapy is a healthcare profession that provides treatment to individual to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and function throughout life. This includes providing treatment in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by aging, injury, disease or environmental factors. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention, habilitation and rehabilitation. This encompasses physical, psychological, emotional, and social well-being. It involves the interaction between physical therapist (PT), patients/clients, other health professionals, families, caregivers, and communities in a process where movement potential is assessed and goals are agreed upon, using knowledge and skills unique to physical therapists

Physical therapists use an individual’s history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and when necessary incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies.

Physical therapy medical transcription involves the transcription of audio records dictated by physical therapists’ and other related healthcare professionals’ encounter with patients. To be able to provide medical transcription services of optimum accuracy and turnaround time, the medical transcriptionists working on the audio files need to be familiar with the procedures, terminology and drugs used in Physical therapy.

Acknowledging that medicine is a vast field having numerous specialties, and the transcription of each specialty requires a familiarity with the language associated with this specialty, TransDyne has decided to create specialty medical transcriptionists. This means that medical transcriptionists are trained in the transcription of one or two specialties enabling them to serve the transcription needs of the specialists better.

How does specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription affect accuracy levels?

Specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription helps the medical transcriptionists produce quality work from the very beginning.  The medical transcriptionists are familiar with the terminology, tests, procedures and drugs related to Physical therapy. Due to the specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription the medical transcriptionists are able to achieve accuracy of above 99% maintaining the integrity of information captured.

How does specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription affect turnaround time?

Specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription enables the medical transcriptionists to produce high quality transcripts within the turnaround time guaranteed. Due to the familiarity with the language of Physical therapy, the medical transcriptionist need not spend much time researching difficult terms in the Internet. Due to the higher levels of accuracy the number of quality checks required are less thus reducing turnaround time.

How does specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription affect pricing?

Specialty training in Physical therapy medical transcription increases the productivity of the medical transcriptionists and decreases the time required for frequent quality checks thus bringing down the cost per line of transcription. The healthcare facility benefits from the economies of scale.

Physical therapy medical transcription from TransDyne not only has the benefits of accuracy above 99%, turnaround time of 24 hours and reasonable prices, it has other benefits like:

• Security: One of the main concerns that healthcare facilities have is regarding the security of data. During the medical transcription process, data is transmitted back & forth; the protection of data during this process is vital. TransDyne ensures security of data by taking on a three pronged approach, which involves security measures with regard to technology, people and processes. This ensures the confidentiality of data is protected at all stages.

• Flexible modes of dictation: Realizing that time is a precious commodity for healthcare professionals, TransDyne has made it possible for them to retain familiar modes of dictation enabling to manage their time for maximum productivity. 

• Benefits of advanced technology: TransDyne offers healthcare facilities the benefit of advanced technological features like automatic uploads of dictation; automatic downloads of finished transcripts, remote printing & faxing, power archiving facilities and HL7 integration etc at no extra costs. 

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