Under Obamacare program, doctor visits would become data points
Article in Washington Post April 23, 2013 A new nonprofit is putting millions of Obamacare dollars towards an effort to turn routine doctor visits into a treasure trove of data on what medical treatments work best. The Affordable Care Act created the Patient Centered Research Outcomes Institute (PCORI) to support comparative effectiveness research, studies that [...]
Read moreThe Face of Future Health Care
From New York Times Article – March 20, 2013 OAKLAND, Calif. — When people talk about the future of health care, Kaiser Permanente is often the model they have in mind. The organization, which combines a nonprofit insurance plan with its own hospitals and clinics, is the kind of holistic health system that President Obama’s [...]
Read moreThe Doctor Is In (Well, Logged In)
From March 19, 2013 Article in the New York Times Surfing the Web in his all-white Dumbo loft, Dr. Jay Parkinson, 37, looks like any other young tech visionary. He has a trim beard and thick-framed glasses. He wears slim-fitting black outfits and jaunty scarves. He speaks with a measured, “This American Life”-like cadence. And [...]
Read moreCan Twitter help predict epidemics?
From article posted in The Salt Lake Tribune – March 6, 2013 Twitter users send around 500 million tweets a day, an endless fire hose of information about how people feel, what they’re doing, what they know and where they are. For epidemiologists and public health officials, it’s a potential gold mine of data, [...]
Read moreCan the Cleveland Clinic Save American Health Care?
Salaried doctors. Great care. The administration used them as a model and a goal for Obamacare. But will it work outside of Cleveland? From Story by Megan McArdle featured in The Daily Beast February 26, 2013 “The best doctors are not motivated by money.” It’s a common sentiment (this particular example comes from the comments [...]
Read moreThe Role and Relevance of Medical Transcription to EMR Adoption
Ambulatory EMR adoption is an endemic national concern. According to a survey conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine only 4% of respondents have a fully functional EMR (with order-entry and clinical-decision support capabilities) and 13% have a basic system. Article by George Catuogno posted on ExecutiveHealthcare.com The U.S. healthcare system initiative to develop [...]
Read moreThe All Important Medical Transcription Resume
Resume creation is a vital part of getting a job in any field. When applying for medical transcription positions, this is the case as well. When a hiring employer sees your resume, it is their first impression of you and you want that to be a good one. There are specific ways to make your [...]
Read moreIncrease Your Typing Speed and Efficiency
Original article posted on MTWorld.com Typing speed and efficiency is one of the most crucial aspects of many careers such as medical transcription – where every keystroke counts – literally. It turns out that typing form can be one of the most important determinants of ultimate typing speed and efficiency. Most of us are aware [...]
Read moreMedical Transcriptionist, A Great Career Choice
If you’ve read much about medical transcription as a career, you have probably figured out that choosing the right place to learn is important. There are a lot of options out there for learning, on-line courses, community colleges or specialty schools. Lots of ways for you to learn, but have you really thought about how [...]
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 [...]
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