Month: September 2011

Speech Recognition is here…

If your office is entertaining SRT, let us help!

It is important to understand the difference between front-end Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and backend speech recognition. Front-end speech recognition generates text in real-time as you dictate, requiring full editing and finalization of the documents, oftentimes very time consuming for the physician and/or resulting in many errors. Front-end ASR should be coupled
with “a quality-focused and accountable [back end] solution powered by credentialed MTs.” Back-end speech recognition is a system that works behind the scenes with editing and proofing by credentialed documentation specialists, not observed or transparent to the dictator in the creation process. There are strong data supporting the effectiveness of the partnership between smart and accountable MTs (credentialed documentation specialists)
and busy clinicians. This particular article references errors in SRT when proper editing is not enforced. SPEECH RECOGNITION ERRORS. If you are going to use SRT, make sure you do not compromise the narrative history of the patients who have entrusted their care to you for so many years. Let us help. Who better, than those who have managed your dictation and medical record documentation for years?

AHDI Approves

After rigorous self-study of our medical transcriptionist/editor curriculum and educational program, MDS of Kansas submitted application in July 2011 for approval by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI).  Final complete approval was awarded on September 28, 2011.
In AHDI’s words:
The medical transcription program approval process was instituted by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) to encourage compliance with AHDI’s Model Curriculum for Medical Transcription, maintain sound educational programming, produce competent entry-level medical transcriptionists, and assure consistency and high-quality outcomes for medical transcription education.
Programs must comply with specific educational and institutional criteria as established by AHDI.  There is no formal accreditation process for medical transcription programs, but AHDI program approval is regarded by industry employers as an emerging benchmark for job-ready workforce candidates.

Medical Language Specialists are a vital link in the healthcare documentation industry.

They must be well educated in medical language, theory and practical skills as they provide a critical link in the transference of a clinician’s thoughts to the official patient health record.
Core areas of study for Medical Language Specialists are medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, human diseases, laboratory medicine, pharmacology, and medical science.

Knowledge gained in these areas prepare a specialist for three different career paths in our educational program:
  • Medical transcriptionist/editor
  • Coding/HIM technician
  • Clinical Information Managers/Medical Scribes

Medical transcriptionists,  HIM technicians and scribes must have an extensive base of medical knowledge, but must also be competent in English mechanics, technology, healthcare documentation, professional practice, pharmacology, HIPAA privacy/security issues, and medical ethics.