In what would be one of the first instances of adoption of global certification standards for training by the BPO industry in India, American Association of Medical Transcription (AAMT) and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), are together launching two certification exams — the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) and the Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) here.
While the Philippines may not be as a huge an offshore provider of web and software services as India, it holds great promise in the customer service industry. Although India does charge lower than the Philippinesfor data encoding work, India charges around $4 (U.S.) versus $10 in the Philippinesmore multinationals are choosing the Philippines because of the high quality of work. Moreover, Filipinos make good customer service agents not only because they are fluent in American English but also because of their helpful and friendly nature.
Spheris this week received 'first honors' in the medical transcription category at the 2006 Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) Awards. The awards were announced May 22 at the TEPR Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Nearly 200 healthcare companies from the United States and Canada exhibit at the conference every year.
As per the Report “The US Medical Transcription Industry: Perspective on Outsourcing and Offshoring” the latest release by ValueNotes, medical transcription offshoring from India currently generates US$195 million in revenues; and is expected to reach US$647 million by 2010.
The MT Industry in India has come of age and is now ready for growth. It currently employs around 20-30,000 people. The size of the business generated by the MT industry annually in India is estimated at $250 million that is a fraction of the global MT industry's business volume of $12 billion. In India, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi are prominent centres for the MT industry but now the business is seen shifting to smaller cities too
Whether an organization begins investigating outsourcing as a way to handle overflow, balance staffing needs, centralize transcription services, or as a cost-savings measure, outsourcing can be a great solution when medical transcription volumes vary. Outsourcing allows the HIM director to minimize the staff’s idle time during slow periods, avoid stress and overtime during peak periods, tackle seasonal fluctuations, and account for vacation coverage.
Worldtech USA, a leader in Business Process Outsourcing specializing in Medical Transcription Services and Electronic Medical Records, today announced the decision to utilize the Dragon MT Workflow System for its primary backend platform for transcription workflow, speech recognition, and reporting interface.
MxSecure, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of medical transcription services to health care clinics, today announced the addition of a Director of Client Services to its senior management team. Bonnie Crow joins MxSecure in this newly created position and will be responsible for the company’s customer care and client implementation functions.
As previously announced, the Company received an administrative HIPAA subpoena for documents from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts on December 17, 2004. The subpoena sought information primarily about the Company's provision of medical transcription services to governmental and non-governmental customers. The information was requested in connection with a government investigation into whether MedQuist and others violated federal laws in connection with the provision of medical transcription services. MedQuist continues to cooperate fully with the Department of Justice.
Medical transcriptionists around the country will celebrate May 14-20, 2006, acknowledging the importance of careful documentation and the skill and knowledge required to meet the demands of our chosen profession. AAMT invites you to become part of that celebration and to share it with everyone you know.
Spheris, a leading global provider of medical transcription technology and services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Vianeta Communications, a leading developer and supplier of enterprise-wide clinical documentation technology for hospitals, health systems and group practices.
AAI has developed a proprietary word processor and tools for medical transcription along with custom work flow solutions that meet a particular need in the industry, allow for outsourcing while remaining HIPAA compliant,” management told WRAL Local Tech Wire in a recent Q&A, “and delivering products and services over the Internet for ease of deployment, support and use by physicians, nurses, clinicians and medical transcriptionists.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist (Pink Sheets: MEDQ - News) is pleased to announce that KLAS Enterprises has ranked the company's SpeechQ for Radiology(TM) product as the top solution in the Speech Recognition Dictation and Transcription market segment.