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TranscriptionGear.Com Introduces the 3rd Generation Glimmer Professional Stereo Transcription Headset
TranscriptionGear.Com today introduced the new 3rd generation Glimmer Professional Stereo Headset, the world’s only pink transcription headset intended to help raise awareness of breast cancer initiatives, showcasing a unique and ultra-durable nylon cord, 10% weight reduction and enhanced sound quality with new speakers and revised wiring specifically designed and engineered for transcription. . Glimmer™, made [...]
Read moreTranscriptionGear integrates Philips SpeechExec Mobile software for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry Smartphones into Dictation Workflow
TranscriptionGeartoday announced that the Philips SpeechExec Mobile software for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry smartphones has been integrated with their dictation workflow solutions. This provides a wireless dictation tool that securely sends dictation over a network or Internet connection. TranscriptionGear’s dictation workflow solutions include Atom Dictation for workgroups such as law firms, health clinics and physician [...]
Read moreAHDI’s OWNN is Looking for a Few Good Writers!
AHDI ACE – August 18-21, 2011, Phoenix, AZ AHDI’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo (ACE) is only days away! AHDI’s Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking (OWNN) is looking for bloggers to share their experiences and stories from this year’s convention. Whether you’ve got informational, educational, or just plain fun stories, they want to hear [...]
Read moreHIPAA Audit Program Details Emerge
KPMG Wins Contract; 150 On-Site Audits Anticipated The long-overdue HITECH-Act mandated HIPAA compliance audit program will begin soon, with about 150 on-site audits of covered entities and business associates anticipated by the end of 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $9.2 million contract to the consulting firm KPMG to develop [...]
Read moreAHDI Annual Convention and Expo
August 18-21, 2011, Phoenix, AZ AHDI’s 2011 Annual Convention and Expo (ACE) is only a month away! This convention attracts hundreds of the industry’s top professionals and decision makers and is a great place to meet or reconnect with industry peers. If you have never attended AHDI’s ACE, click this link to read the 11 [...]
Read moreThe Evolution of Dictation
Written by Florian Schwiecker for Peer to Peer, The quarterly magazine of ILTA “Please take a memo.” Ever since that phrase was first uttered, dictation has been an indelible part of the legal landscape. Over the years, changes in technology have made the legal dictation process faster and easier — from steno pads and typewriters [...]
Read moreMT Week May 16-22, 2011 – Capturing America’s Healthcare Story
Originally written for AHDI. To read the article at AHDI or get more links and information, click here. Every American citizen has a health story. And we can’t afford to lose it. It is more than a database of care statistics. It is the chronicle of every care encounter, treatment decision, clinical conversation, and health [...]
Read moreCapturing America’s Healthcare Story
Transcriptionists must get involved and advocate for every patient. By Karen Fox-Acosta, CMT, AHDI-F, Written for Advance Everyone likes a well-told story. Stories pass through the ages, sometimes through voice, sometimes through text, but not necessarily through bits and pieces of compartmentalized data. I believe we all can agree that computerized data is extremely useful, [...]
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