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May 05, 2007
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Connecting Continents: A Tale of Two Transcriptionists....

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A leading Training Unit also engaged in the field of Medical
Transcription requires Faculty in Medical Language who will impart
medicine and language training - Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology,
Diagnosis, treatment, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic and Imaging
Procedures, Pharmacology, Medical terminology, and related topics
tailored to the needs of the Medical Transcription Industry.

Young and proactive medical language specialists with teaching
experience, preferably in Language of Medicine in the MT Industry
will be given preference. Compensation commensurate with profile.
All openings are at present in Hyderabad, Vijaywada and
Vishakhapatnam.

Contact 040-66787771/72 or email contactus@... (Subject:
Faculty)

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Dear Friends,

Here are some interesting excerpts, from an editorial in the
ADVANCE by Lori Marchand and Rodella "Deng" Perez. This article is
a first person account, demonstrating how medical transcriptionists
can build bridges to work with new peers in far away lands.

<Many U.S. medical language specialists are afraid of work being
outsourced offshore, yet the reality is there is more than enough
work to go around. In fact, most service providers are drowning in
work in the U.S. due to the volume of documents regularly being
produced and the lack of trained workers to handle it. Teams from
the Philippines and India are highly trained, highly skilled
workers who are adaptive to current trends. After reading Thomas L.
Friedman's national bestseller, The World Is Flat, it is easy to
understand how the Internet, technology and e-mail are bridging the
gap between continents and eliminating the unknown.

This story is about two MTs who bridged the gap and are flattening
the world of medical transcription. Lori and Deng come from
different parts of the globe - one who works from home in the U.S.
and the other from SPi's facility in the Philippines-but have
identical missions. Lori and Deng work together to provide U.S.
hospitals with high quality, accurate and timely clinical reports.
And they've learned a few new skills along the way! >

To read the entire feature, go to:
http://health-information.advanceweb.com/common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=8757\
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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) Acusis Acquires Digital Records Corporation Adding Capabilities
for Significant Growth

Acusis announced the acquisition of Digital Records Corporation
(DRC) of Santa Clara, CA. This acquisition positions Acusis as a
major industry leader with increased size, capabilities and
nationwide market presence for further accelerated growth. Acusis,
which developed India based transcription to the highest level, now
adds high quality U.S. based transcription. This fits the Acusis
mission of delivering world-class customer satisfaction with Higher
Standards(SM) of quality, turn around time delivery and pricing
with our commitment to superior business processes and technology
utilization. "DRC's great reputation for quality, integrity, and
long term consistent service to its loyal customer base is a
perfect match adding greatly to Acusis' capabilities," said David
Iwinski Jr., Acusis CEO.

An integration period of what will be the best synthesis of Acusis
and DRC is planned to be accomplished within 100 days while keeping
unbreakable separation between U.S. and India transcription.
Immediate activities will focus on meeting the needs and servicing
of existing hospital, clinic and physician groups and ensuring the
larger organization of approximately 1000 people are performing
effectively. Core values of trust, candor, team initiatives
achievement, progress measurement and accountability will guide the
combined cultures driving for higher customer satisfaction
partnerships.

"Offering more Acusis choices and flexibility to provider
healthcare information management is our strategic growth focus,"
said Iwinski. Additionally he stated, "Hybrid US and India
production choices along with continued AcuSuite platform software
enhancements and appropriate speech recognition technology, will
let Acusis grow this year and beyond. We will expand our workforce
in both the U.S. and India to meet customer needs. Further
acquisitions, as appropriate, will be a key part of our future
business development." The Acusis services solution strategy is
focusing on the emerging market trends of reduced cost, shorter
turn around times, on-going globalization and accelerated use of
applied technology.

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ne\
wsId=20070417005261&newsLang=en

2) CDOD to re-examine agreement with DTS

The Carlsbad Department of Development voted to re-examine the
conditions of its job creation agreement with the company DTS
America at Thursday morning's board meeting. Under the agreement,
DTS America, a medical transcription facility, essentially agreed
to employ a certain number of individuals, eventually at a certain
pay rate, in exchange for financial incentives.

But DTS currently has a staff of 57 Carlsbad employees, which means
it is not meeting a contract requirement to have 100 employees by
today - the 18-month anniversary of the job creation agreement.

"We're coming up on these dates, (and) what we want to do is extend
those dates," said CDOD Board President Valerie Murrill at
Thursday's meeting. Murrill said she did not want to impose strict
penalties and possibly throw DTS out of business. Imposing
penalties on DTS could put the jobs of the 57 Carlsbad employees at
risk, she said. "Out of $1.5 million poured into that company, they
have more than poured that back just in base wages," she said.

The board voted unanimously to extend DTS' upcoming performance
evaluation date from today to July 31. During that time, a newly
negotiated version of the job creation agreement will be proposed.
The CDOD board will have to approve any changes other than moving
the deadline.

Murrill also read a letter from DTS announcing Andrew Miller Jr. as
the company's new president and chief executive officer. The goal,
wrote DTS Vice President Jeffrey McNeese, is to establish DTS
America as one of the top five medical transcription service
providers.

"It is no secret that the first year of operations in Carlsbad has
been fraught with flawed assumptions, contractual and operational
challenges and marginal financial success. However, the board of
directors of DTS America and members of the executive committee
strongly believe that this is not indicative of future performance
and through modifications to the current business model significant
financial and operational success can be achieved."

DTS, in turn, has several performance obligations listed in the
agreement. The company, in the contract, was expected to have at
least 100 jobs within 18 months of the agreement's signing. DTS
also agreed to have at least 200 jobs within 30 month. The average
employee salary, after two years of working with DTS, will be at
least $31,200, according to the contract.

Under the original contract, if DTS defaults within two years of
the creation of the agreement, and if the CDOD terminates the
agreement as a result, DTS has to repay all cash incentive funds
received.

http://www.currentargus.com/ci_5813654

3) Bhutan gears up to share the MT pie

While a batch of 65 students is training in medical transcription -
a first in Bhutan - at least 150 more are undergoing rigorous
computer and English training classes to be a part of what would be
the country's maiden call centre tipped for an August 2007 launch.

These initiatives are underway in conjunction with experts from
India. Bhutan already has a $70 million market in hand.

To create new job avenues for its youth, Thimphu-based Bhutan
Business Solutions has inked an agreement with India to train its
youngsters in the intricacies of medical transcription to prepare
them for US clients. And, with an assured monthly stipend of Rs
3,000, the first batch of trainees is lapping it up.

"I want to build up my career in more appropriate way in terms of
both money and job satisfaction. It's going to be a very big thing
but it will definitely take some time because this is new thing in
Bhutan and we Bhutanese are not actually into all this, we are not
into working late hours," said Sarina Kafe, Trainee.

However, training is an uphill task. The biggest hurdles are below
average english proficiency and negligible computer awareness.

A Mumbai-based firm is training the youngsters for over six months
in spoken and written english, comprehension, computer short-cuts
and scientific typing and more specifically medicine. At least 500
young Bhutanese would be trained here over the next few months.

"In India, the challenge we face very little is medicine because
medicine is something we generally have knowledge about. But here
in Bhutan medicine as such is a taboo, people don't specialize in
medicine," said Alex Fernandes, Chief Training Coordinator.

"Second is English. What they speak is not technically correct
English so it is like they have to unlearn and learn. Learning is
as such not a problem but unlearning and learning is a major
problem," Fernandes added.

http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/storybusinessnew.asp?template=&whichstory=n&i\
d=37935

4) MedQuist Releases Version 1.1 of Ovation Voice Capture Platform

MedQuist Inc. announced the release of version 1.1 of its voice
capture platform, DocQment(TM) Ovation. This latest software
release gives HIM professionals superior management of their
medical documentation when using outsourced transcription service
providers.

"Ovation has been very successful for us thus far. We signed 20
customers within the first six months of launching this Web-based,
enterprise digital voice capture and transport solution last year.
As they complete their implementations, customers are experiencing
improved turnaround times with new workflow tools such as Quality
Control and ADT backfill. Version 1.1 will add to these
capabilities with enhanced reporting capabilities and management
options that will help provide better control of the document from
dictation through signature," says Scott Bennett, MedQuist senior
vice president of Sales and Marketing.

http://www.sys-con.com/read/370748.htm

5) Separate welfare boards for STs, De-notified Tribes on cards

The State Government will set up separate welfare boards for
Scheduled Tribes and De-notified Tribes. Replying to a debate on
the demands of her Ministry, Adi Davidar and Tribal Welfare
Minister A. Tamilarasi told the Assembly on Wednesday that the idea
was to improve socio-economic and educational condition of the
communities, who were entitled to all benefits and concessions
given to members of other welfare boards.

To provide more employment opportunities for Dalit/tribal youth,
the Department, in coordination with the Tamilnadu Adi Dravidar
Housing and Development Corporation (TAHDCO), was offering
employment-oriented training.

To enable students to improve their English speaking skills, about
5000 students would be given training at a cost of Rs. 2 crore.
Five hundred students would be trained to take up jobs in BPOs/call
centres and another 500 in medical transcription.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/19/stories/2007041903960600.htm

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