National Health Information Exchange: Why The Delay?
From November 5, 2012 article on InformationWeek.com Hurricane Sandy took many lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. But so does a healthcare system that still refuses to embrace interoperability. There’s nothing like a common enemy or problem to bring people together. In the days since Hurricane Sandy, we’ve witnessed countless acts of heroism [...]
Read moreAHDI 2012 Wrap-up
Ryan and I are finally back in the office from our visit to Indianapolis for AHDI’s Annual Convention, ACE365. This year it was held at the exquisite JW Marriott Indianapolis, and trust me, it was a very nice hotel. Our experiences at this trade show have always been rather favorable, and this year didn’t disappoint. [...]
Read moreMaking the Correct Medical Transcription Training Decision
Original article posted on MTWorld Blog A few words should be written about the state of the medical transcription industry today with respect to training. The industry has gone from one offering virtually no formal training options a couple of decades ago, to one that has attracted an increasing number of participants – not all [...]
Read more2011 AHDI Annual Convention & Expo: Watch. Listen. Learn! – Lea M. Sims
Visit ACE365.org to watch video interviews with speakers from this year’s Annual Convention & Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. 2011 is the year for renewed professional growth and success at the premier event for today’s healthcare documentation professional. The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) is the world’s largest professional society representing the clinical documentation sector [...]
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 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 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 moreHappy New Decade & Holidays! <3
I just wanted to take this chance to post my final blog of this decade with style! I wanted to thank everyone who has helped make this wonderful journey possible. We here at TranscriptionGear.Com have some of the best jobs on this planet. We love getting the chance to work with so many interesting and [...]
Read moreNew Medical Transcription QA Best Practices Guidelines Include New Error Category
One of the more significant announcements to come out of the 2010 AHDI Annual Convention and Expo was the release of the newly revised Healthcare Documentation Quality Assessment and Management Best Practices (PDF) document jointly prepared by AHDI, MTIA and AHIMA. This guide contains some noteworthy changes to the way quality assurance is performed within [...]
Read moreAHDI Wrap-Up
So I was sent to Texas for the ACE365 tradeshow this year and let me tell you, it was a blast! To start with, what a great location to hold the show. Yes, Austin may be too hot for some but the culture there is thick. The sights and sounds of this busy city are [...]
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