Standardization of Medical Transcription and Reports
Sunday, February 3, 2008
The AAMT line was the previously advanced standard unit of measure for medical record transcription. It was a 65-character line. But the main problem with this system is the inclusion of nonprinting characters and formatting instructions that makes it difficult to validate the line count of individual documents.
AHIMA and MTIA's Joint Task Force on Standards Development had recommended a standard unit of measure for medical transcription that can be applied to all types of medical reports and various technologies. This standard will address the issue/ confusion caused due to the use of various types of medical billing methods.
The above mentioned task force has identified that VBC or "visible black character" as the only counting method that could be easily understood, verified, and replicated by all parties in the medical transcription business processes. It is said to be the only counting method that can be easily understood, verified, and replicated by all in the medical transcription business processes.
OK, so what is the current medical transcription industry heading at with regards to standardization of reports? Providers with standards-compliant electronic medical records will be the big future winners as a result of an effort to establish interoperability specifications for common types of clinical documents. The project is called "Clinical Document Architecture for Common Document Types" (CDA4CDT). It will create implementation guides for the most common types of dictated clinical documents. The guides will use the Health Level Seven (HL7) Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), the same framework used by the ASTM/HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD) besides other projects.
Here is a list of the forthcoming AHIMA 2008 meetings that will be very useful for those in this area of the medical transcription and medical billing industry, http://www.ahima.org/meetings . Professionals in the health information management sectors must attend these meetings.
OSI (Outsource Strategies International) is a US based medical transcription company that offers professional cost effective services in medical billing, medical coding and medical transcription services to clients in all the US States, Canada or from any global location.
Medical transcription primarily is about converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and/or other healthcare professionals into text format. With so many of different types of specialties in the healthcare sector, there are a wide range of medical reports with different formats. But how is it possible to judge so diversely different areas of specalizations? There has been a growing need for a standard unit of measurement for all the different types of medical transcription reports.
The AAMT line was the previously advanced standard unit of measure for medical record transcription. It was a 65-character line. But the main problem with this system is the inclusion of nonprinting characters and formatting instructions that makes it difficult to validate the line count of individual documents.
AHIMA and MTIA's Joint Task Force on Standards Development had recommended a standard unit of measure for medical transcription that can be applied to all types of medical reports and various technologies. This standard will address the issue/ confusion caused due to the use of various types of medical billing methods.
The above mentioned task force has identified that VBC or "visible black character" as the only counting method that could be easily understood, verified, and replicated by all parties in the medical transcription business processes. It is said to be the only counting method that can be easily understood, verified, and replicated by all in the medical transcription business processes.
OK, so what is the current medical transcription industry heading at with regards to standardization of reports? Providers with standards-compliant electronic medical records will be the big future winners as a result of an effort to establish interoperability specifications for common types of clinical documents. The project is called "Clinical Document Architecture for Common Document Types" (CDA4CDT). It will create implementation guides for the most common types of dictated clinical documents. The guides will use the Health Level Seven (HL7) Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), the same framework used by the ASTM/HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD) besides other projects.
Here is a list of the forthcoming AHIMA 2008 meetings that will be very useful for those in this area of the medical transcription and medical billing industry, http://www.ahima.org/meetings . Professionals in the health information management sectors must attend these meetings.
OSI (Outsource Strategies International) is a US based medical transcription company that offers professional cost effective services in medical billing, medical coding and medical transcription services to clients in all the US States, Canada or from any global location.
Labels: AHIMA, CDA4CDT, HIPAA medical billing, medical coding, medical transcription, medical transcription technology
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Medical Transcription Errors Can be Costly
Thursday, January 24, 2008
According to a very recent study conducted by the New York based health issues researching group Commonwealth Fund one-fifth of working-age adults who seek insurance coverage are turned down. They get charged higher because of pre-existing conditions or are offered plans that exclude some types of health issues.
What are the types/causes of errors during transcription? These include,
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is an Oklahoma based company that offers professional services in medical transcription, medical billing and medical coding.
Errors in our medical records can become an expensive mistake. Experts warn that medical transcription errors along with outdated information and inadvertent omissions can put to risk our ability to secure individual health, life or disability insurance. Even if we do get insurance coverage, inaccurate data can also become the reason for us to pay much more than we should.
According to a very recent study conducted by the New York based health issues researching group Commonwealth Fund one-fifth of working-age adults who seek insurance coverage are turned down. They get charged higher because of pre-existing conditions or are offered plans that exclude some types of health issues.
What are the types/causes of errors during transcription? These include,
- Difficult voice recordings
- Lack of judgment of transcriptionist
- Not clear audio
- Speed of dictation
- Dictation accent
- Omission of process step
- Knowledge errors
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is an Oklahoma based company that offers professional services in medical transcription, medical billing and medical coding.
Labels: HIPAA medical billing, medical coding, medical transcription errors, Medical Transcriptionist, transcription and insurance
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How to become a Certified Medical Transcription (CMT) Professional?
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The CMT exam has both medical transcription-related knowledge items and transcription performance items inclusive of transcribing dictation, editing, and proofreading. It can be taken world wide at selected Thomson Prometric test centers. Results can be seen immediately after the exam is taken. The certification is valid for three years. Recertification is can also be after paying the fee and earning a minimum of 30 continuing education credits.
For more details see http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/chub.cfm
The candidate details are available at , http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/Downloads/CMTCandidateGuide.pdf
CMT exam FAQ is at http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/examfaq.cfm
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is a US based medical transcription company that offers professional medical transcription outsourcing services in all the different MT specialties, medical billing and advanced medical coding.
CMT is a voluntary certification exam for medical transcription and is conducted by the AHDI (Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity) formerly known as American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) and was established in 1978. The objective of such a certification is indeed to have a high professional and ethical standard in the MT industry. CMT designation is given after successfully passing the AHDI certification exam for MT professionals who must have a minimal 2 years of experience in acute care / equivalent setting.
The CMT exam has both medical transcription-related knowledge items and transcription performance items inclusive of transcribing dictation, editing, and proofreading. It can be taken world wide at selected Thomson Prometric test centers. Results can be seen immediately after the exam is taken. The certification is valid for three years. Recertification is can also be after paying the fee and earning a minimum of 30 continuing education credits.
For more details see http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/chub.cfm
The candidate details are available at , http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/Downloads/CMTCandidateGuide.pdf
CMT exam FAQ is at http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/examfaq.cfm
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is a US based medical transcription company that offers professional medical transcription outsourcing services in all the different MT specialties, medical billing and advanced medical coding.
Labels: AAMT, AHDI, Certified Medical Transcriptionist, CMT EXAM, coding, HIPAA medical billing
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New HIPAA Information Center Launched by Document-Shredding.org
Sunday, November 4, 2007
The web site http://www.document-shredding.org/, an online information center that list businesses in the document destruction industry has recently added a new resource on HIPAA compliance.
"We find that health care providers are looking for document shredding companies so that their company can meet government laws and regulations regarding the secure disposal of certain types of documents" says Glen Johnson, an editor at the site.
"So, in addition to having a large list of document destruction companies, we also wanted to make it a place where people can get more information about the actual laws they're trying to comply with."
Frequently misread as 'HIPPA', HIPAA is U.S. Public Law 104-191, titled the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Congress passed the Act to progress the health care offered by the nation's various health plans and providers. The new part of the document-shredding.org site has links and descriptions to dozens of HIPAA related resources including:
* The HIPAA act,
*The HIPAA edi (electronic data interchange)
* HIPAA laws
* HIPAA regulations
* HIPAA privacy manuals
* HIPAA medical billing software
* HIPAA training
* HIPAA consultants
"The HIPAA act is a complicated set of laws, and there are many web sites and documents on the internet with information. What we've tried to do is search out links to the top resources and put them in one convenient place."
For health care organizations and businesses across the USA looking to become HIPAA compliant, there is a new source of information.
The web site http://www.document-shredding.org/, an online information center that list businesses in the document destruction industry has recently added a new resource on HIPAA compliance.
"We find that health care providers are looking for document shredding companies so that their company can meet government laws and regulations regarding the secure disposal of certain types of documents" says Glen Johnson, an editor at the site.
"So, in addition to having a large list of document destruction companies, we also wanted to make it a place where people can get more information about the actual laws they're trying to comply with."
Frequently misread as 'HIPPA', HIPAA is U.S. Public Law 104-191, titled the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
Congress passed the Act to progress the health care offered by the nation's various health plans and providers. The new part of the document-shredding.org site has links and descriptions to dozens of HIPAA related resources including:
* The HIPAA act,
*The HIPAA edi (electronic data interchange)
* HIPAA laws
* HIPAA regulations
* HIPAA privacy manuals
* HIPAA medical billing software
* HIPAA training
* HIPAA consultants
"The HIPAA act is a complicated set of laws, and there are many web sites and documents on the internet with information. What we've tried to do is search out links to the top resources and put them in one convenient place."
Labels: health care provider, HIPAA act, HIPAA compliant, HIPAA medical billing
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