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Jan 06, 2007
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Dictation Best Practices!

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Infoscribe India has now grown to be one of the largest MT
production house in Eastern India. We require Senior Medical
transcriptionists and Quality analyzers for our two production
Units in Kolkata. Salaries for Quality analyzers 15000k-21000k.
Medical transcriptionists 6000k-8000k.

Please apply in full confidence to
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227, AJC Bose road,
Anandlok building - 2nd floor
Minto Park, Kolkata - 700020
Phone- 033- 22892471/72
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Dear Friends,

Considering that the industry has seen time and again (see case
below as an example) that physicians fail to acknowledge that the
integrity of the transcript is dependent on the integrity of the
dictation, it becomes more important that we take proactive steps
when possible to impress on the same.

MedQuist has sponsored the production and distribution of the
"Dictation Best Practices Tool Kit" to address the impact of
problem dictation as it relates to documentation errors and
critical flaws affecting patient safety, the potential for sentinel
events, the effects on turnaround time, and the resulting increased
cost.

The Dictation Best Practices Tool Kit is designed to assist
facilities with the adoption and implementation of policies and
training practices that will promote high quality dictation and
ensure the best documentation outcomes. This kit includes Dictation
Best Practices: A Guide for Physicians, a self-running audiovisual
presentation, as well as a PowerPoint presentation with handouts
for a live seminar. In addition, the kit includes the rationale for
promoting better dictation practices and Dictation 101,
recommendations for instructing dictators in good dictation habits.
Visual aids include "Q" Cards, a Tip Sheet, and a Documentation
Workflow poster.

The Kit is available for free download at the AAMT site:
http://www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/DBP.cfm

Cheers!

Dr Amit Chatterjee, SM
Strategist / Founder ~ mailto:amit@...
MT India ~ www.mtindia.org
"The Community of MT Professionals"

"It takes years to become an overnight success! Inch by inch, it's
a cinch."

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NEWS AND VIEWS :
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1) Catching the eye

Your child is not fiercely ambitious about studies, and is headed,
you worry, towards the bottom rung of the education ladder. Is it
the end of the road for such youngsters, in today's competitive
world? We may not be able to give a categorical answer. But the
good news is that some doors are opening to such people too -
provided they are strong in their core subjects, the courses they
opted for.

Employers looking to hire feel that if the job seeker's foundation
is strong, he or she will be able to learn the finer details, but
not so when their knowledge of the core subject is vague.

Take Kavitha, for instance, who made no effort to improve her
academic record. She opted for a three-year course in Literature
more out of lack of choice than interest. Her parents were worried
but as luck would have it, she managed to prove her strength in the
English language and got placed in a medical transcription company.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2007/01/01/stories/2007010100050100.htm

2) Scripting a success story

Though the job of a transcriptionist is supposedly quite
mechanical, I decided to accept the offer because there was good
money involved, almost thrice as much as I was earning at the
hospital. I underwent training that involved understanding the
various styles of American accents and spellings of medical terms
that differ from British English. In fact, this is what keeps many
Maharashtrians away from this field. The American accents can get
quite confusing and differ from area to area; a tough call, unless
you're really conversant with English. No wonder then that out of
80 transcriptionists, you would find only 15 Maharashtrians.
However, a few weeks of night duties, travelling 20 km from home
took a toll, and I began to look for a new company

That is when Crossover happened. It allowed me to work as a
proofreader in the morning and practise as a homoeopath in the
evening. The job requires me to check if the copies documented from
audio files containing the records of patients in American
hospitals are medically sound. Eventually, circumstances compelled
me to work from home and I began working as a transcriptionist, a
person who documents the audio recordings, because the required
software for proof reading cannot be installed in a home PC.
Initially, I was restless, because I was not used to sitting at
home, but then several things worked out to my advantage. For
starters, I save on the commutation time. The money is good. I also
get to learn about exciting new technology .

A lot of medicos keep away from transcription, because they
consider it boring, even demeaning. I beg to differ. It keeps me
updated, through the interesting medium of case studies. Every
patient's record tells a new story. My horizons of study have
broadened. How else would a homoeopath get to know so much about
scans and transplants? The field is going from strength to strength
every day, if you consider the fact that there are over 70 medical
transcription companies in the city. The fear that someday USA
might decide to stop sending us these records and thereby make us
redundant doesn't bother me much. I have other professional
qualifications, remember? But for the moment, the money is good,
the prospects are great, and it's a whole new world.

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=215476

3) MTIAPI conducts seminar on medical transcription

The Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines,
Inc. (MTIAPI) successfully conducted its first Capability Building
Seminar on Medical Transcription. Aptly titled as Making your MT
Business Work-Employing the Best MT Practices to Maximize Business
and Profit, was organized by MTIAPI through the assistance of the
Board of Investments and the Philippine Trade Training Center, both
under the Department of Trade and Industry.

Relevant topics in the areas of quality assurance, pricing, Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),
recruitment/training, marketing and an outlook of the US medical
transcription industry were discussed during the whole-day
activity. The topics proved relevant and helpful especially for
start-up companies needing some hand-holding by more established
members. It provided helpful insights, tools and valuable
information that would indeed help small-scale businesses maximize
their operations' efficiency and guide them in dealing with the
clients. The industry leaders and members continuously commit to
jointly work together in promoting the country as a global choice
for quality medical transcription outsourcing by US clients.

In a related development, all systems go as MTIAPI gears up for its
seminar on Setting Up a Medical Transcription Business-Laying out
the foundation of a complicated outsourcing business on January 25
and 26, 2007 at the Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City.
The seminar aims to provide its participants with a clearer
perspective on the important facets of the business with the
acknowledged experts of the Philippine MT Industry as resource
speakers.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/dec/31/yehey/mt/20061231MT1.html

4) The Six Best Jobs for Working At Home

Some people tell me, "I don't anything about these jobs." THAT'S
OKAY. Many of these jobs don't require a formal education and some
have entry-level positions. Further, several of these jobs pay very
well. As long as you're willing to learn and work hard, there are
companies ready to hire you.

Transcription - The most common form of transcription jobs I find
are in medical transcription and usually ask for at least two years
experience. However, legal and business transcription is a growing
market. People doing teleseminars are also hiring transcribers to
transcribe their talks. Then there is the growing captioning field,
which are the transcribers who type for the closed captioning on
your television. You can learn medical and legal transcription
through correspondence courses. Or become a general transcriber or
captioner by teaching yourself and practicing to improve your speed
and accuracy.

http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=010407_earn-six-figure-income-working-at-home-\
business.htm

5) Dr. Siebert Accepts Sanctions?

Charles Siebert says he's hoping to speed up the investigation
process and save money. In November of 2004, Siebert approved a
report that indicated a Calhoun County woman who died during a
tornado, had male organs. Siebert said it was simply a
typographical error made when transferring written records with
limited light shortly after the storm. "It's not like I saw testes
on this person - that's ridiculous. It was just transcription
error where it was transposed from prior report that I missed
proofreading."

However, missed proofreading was just one mistake that prompted the
Florida Medical Commission to recommend disciplinary action against
Siebert.

Last May, Attorney General Charlie Crist sent a letter requesting a
panel review past autopsies following Siebert's controversial
conclusion of the death of a teenager who died hours after entering
the boot camp.

In February of 2005, Siebert announced "the cause of death of
Martin Lee Anderson is complications of sickle cell trait." A
second autopsy found Anderson died from being suffocated by boot
camp guards. Those guards and a nurse have since been charged with
aggravated manslaughter.

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le&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192471044&path=!news!archives

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