Wisconsin offers four-year HIM degrees online

MADISON, WI – A consortium of four University of Wisconsin campuses is offering a new online Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and Technology (HIMT) in an effort to address the state’s shortage of four-year degree holders in this field. Students can receive their degrees through UW-Green Bay, UW-Parkside, and UW-Stevens Point. In addition, [...]

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Increase 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 [...]

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Making 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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The Difference Between Court Reporting and Legal Transcription

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Choosing Court Reporter as a Career

Article from U. S. News : Money : Careers Court Reporter was selected as one of the 50 best careers of 2010, and should continue to show strong growth over the next decade. The rundown: Known as “guardians of the record,” court reporters are charged with recording every word that’s spoken during a deposition or [...]

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Still Transcribing Tapes?

If you feel you’ve been beating-around-the-bush when considering digital recording technology to capture your content – you probably are! Digital recording is here to stay so why wait any longer? If you think you have to start all over again to learn to record digitally, the good news is that nearly all of the recording [...]

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VIP Care – Installation, Setup, Training and More

TranscriptionGear.Com, sponsor of this blog, has launched a brand new service called VIP Care. This service provides above and beyond what has been available before. Available in one a month (30 days) or as a 1-year plan, VIP Care provides click-by-click assistance in installation, setup and using your covered purchase from TranscriptionGear.Com Get the most [...]

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TRSi Offers “Tough Times” Tuition Accommodation for Online Medical Transcription Training

SHREWSBURY, Mass. –(Business Wire)– TRS Institute (TRSi), the nation’s leading provider of AHDI-approved online medical transcription training and speech recognition training programs, announces a limited-time seasonal pricing structure that will allow students to complete the full medical transcription training course at an accelerated pace with a substantial savings on tuition. The “Tough Times” pricing will [...]

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Managing transcription in the e-revolution: cost considerations for outsourcing vs. in-house

From article published in Executive Healthcare Management Magazine Everyone understands the importance of accurate transcription that meets quality standards and how important those standards are to quality patient care. With pressure to reduce costs within health care facilities, in-house transcription departments present well-known challenges for health care administrators – recruiting, training, retention difficulties; work flow [...]

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Finding A Reliable Online Medical Transcription Training Program

By Michele MillerSimplistic Solutions Online home study courses have allowed many people to study for a new career in the comfort of their own home, and the amount of training programs available is quite extensive, compared to several years ago, when such technology wasn’t available. Nowadays, a lot of people choose this route for the [...]

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