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30 Aug 2003
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Indian ITES-BPO Business Delegation visit to US

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Dear Friends,

NASSCOM has identified marketing of the India Inc. brand, as a key
enabler for the growth of the Indian ITES-BPO industry, and
participation at international trade fairs and organising business
conferences is an important means of doing this. This marketing
initiative of NASSCOM will be complimented by the India Pavilion @
DMA Annual Conference and Exhibition, which is being held at
Orlando, Florida from 12-15 October 2003.

NASSCOM in association with a professional event management company
is organising the business conferences at New York and Dallas, 16th
to 21st October 2003

NASSCOM expects over 100 decision-makers to participate at the
conference, including customers', influencers, analyst community
and academia etc. Endeavors will be to ensure high-level
participation from customers who are looking to outsource to India.

The program at each location will be a one-day event. It will
consist of presentations on case studies from customer perspective,
legal issues related to outsourcing, analyst viewpoint on country
competitiveness, reality check on infrastructure and facilities
available in India and networking meeting with the conference
attendees.

Members desirous of participating at the above event must fill
apply to NASSCOM latest by 10 September 2003. For further details
contact shahab@....

The delegation will be limited to 15-20 only. NASSCOM recommends
that companies desirous of participating at the event to nominate
their representative based in United States. Only one participant
from each company is allowed to participate at each city. NASSCOM
will invite customers to participate with strong qualification
criteria. However, vendor's participation from US will be
restricted to provide greater customers presence at the business
conference.

Cheers!!!

Maj (Dr.) Amit Chatterjee, SM
Strategist / Founder ~ mailto:amit@...
MT India ~ www.mtindia.org
"The Community of MT Professionals"
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"Medical Transcription Made Easy" by Alok Jha & Priyanka Arora
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NEWS AND VIEWS :
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1) Healthcare Providers Reap Benefits of IT Outsourcing

The fact that the healthcare system is ripe for restructured
processes and new technology isn't new - the concept of full
information technology (IT) outsourcing to transform the business
or process is.

It is common for hospitals to outsource processes like medical
records, transcription and registration to separate vendors,
however using one vendor to handle all of these processes is a
pattern that is expected to grow. According to the Gartner's
Spending and Staffing Survey, more than 58 percent of integrated
delivery systems have outsourced at least one Information
Technology function. This is up from 52 percent in 2000, and 47
percent in 1999. (Gartner Research Note, "Outsourcing Experiences
Vary for Healthcare Providers", J Gabler, 07 June 2002).

http://www.csc.com/features/2002/69.shtml

2) Gov't creating standard for medical transcription

The Center for International Trade Exhibitions and Missions (CITEM)
is working with the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) to develop a standard for medical transcription
(MT) training courses for schools.

In a press interview, Ma. Josephine B. Gonzalez, CITEM IT Services
and Electronics division chief said yesterday that the agency is
now standardizing MT training skills for schools.

"We're hoping that we can finalize the standard in MT skills this
year. There's an increasing demand of health information management
in US while there's a problem in the supply of the quality
workers," Ms. Gonzales said. She said that six MT companies will
participate in the MT Conference in Chicago, US on August 26 to 28
this year.

Ms. Gonzales said that CITEM is also working out to form a MT
organization in the country.

http://itmatters.com.ph/news/news_07172003e.html

3) Acusis Announces Support for the MTIA Billing Method Principles

After some time in compliance with MTIA's customer-based guidelines
and protocols, Acusis has also developed a set of internal
principled billing parameters. AcuCount, the Company's solution to
straightforward and automated line pricing, has a clearly defined
methodology and auditable invoice detail, in line with those
principles set forth by MTIA.

Acusis and MTIA are committed to preserving the creativity and
diversity in the medical transcription industry. MTIA's Billing
Principles are designed with companies like Acusis in mind --
companies who create their own processes but respect the billing
fundamentals set forth by an industry-respected organization like
MTIA. According to MTIA's Executive Director, Molly Malone, "Our
organization is vigilant in promoting best practice billing
situations in the medical transcription industry which are clear,
fair and understandable to our clients -- the doctors, hospitals
and clinics who have a lot at stake and need accurate and reliable
service across the board."

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.
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4) MedQuist Names Tim Stack New Chief Executive Officer

MedQuist Inc. announced that R. Timothy Stack will join the company
as President and Chief Executive Officer on October 1, 2003. He
succeeds David Cohen, who retired as President and CEO on July 6,
2003.

Mr. Stack joins the company from Piedmont Medical Center, where he
served most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer. He
has served on MedQuist's Board of Directors from 1997 through 2000.
MedQuist is a member of the Philips Group of Companies.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.
082703/232395065&directory=/google&header_file=header.htm&footer_fi
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5) Stedman's Introduces New Smartype Software for Accurate
Speedtyping

Lippincott Williams & Williams recently announced the release of
Stedman's Smartype(R), the latest software to join the Stedman's
brand of medical resources. Stedman's Smartype brings accuracy and
speed together in a single integrated tool for medical
transcription.

After joining forces with Smartype, the transcription industry's
leading speedtyping software, Stedman's re-worked and enhanced the
product with its own extensive medical terminology to offer a
built-in vocabulary of more than 80,000 words, compared to 36,000
for the former product.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.
081903/232315569&directory=/google&header_file=header.htm&footer_fi
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