| The health care industry is growing at a rapid | | | | record can be easily retrieved and sent to multiple |
| pace. As a result the hospitals and health centers | | | | destinations through internet. This all is done is |
| need better infrastructure and more trained staff | | | | highly secure manner through a system of |
| to efficiently manage patient health records. The | | | | encrypted files and passwords. |
| documentation process should be such that all the | | | | - The transcribed reports are available to users in |
| medical records are created and stored in safe | | | | rapid turn around time. The full fledged |
| and secure manner, and retrieved conveniently | | | | infrastructure and skilled manpower make it |
| whenever the need arises. | | | | possible to cut drastically the process time and at |
| To do this efficiently, the hospitals should to have | | | | same time maintain high level of accuracy by |
| in-house transcription center, which has | | | | adopting quality audits on a regular basis. |
| state-of-art computer systems, transcribing | | | | - The transcription service provider takes care of |
| machines and highly skilled transcriptionists. This | | | | documentation process through an in built |
| additional setup is quite expensive and reduces | | | | communication system with the client through |
| overall efficiency and productivity of the health | | | | fax, emails, tracking reports, quality control |
| facility. The medical transcription outsourcing | | | | feedback and billing to maintain a seamless |
| provides the right solutions by offering many | | | | connectivity and ensure that there is no |
| benefits to the heath care facilities and they are: | | | | communication gap, which slows down the whole |
| - The transcription service providers take care of | | | | process. |
| all the transcription needs of the hospitals. This | | | | - The electronic exchange and storage, of the |
| means that the hospitals do not have to spend | | | | patient health information is kept highly confidential |
| money on the costly transcription infrastructure. | | | | by adhering to HIPAA norms. The transcription |
| - The Human resources department of the health | | | | service has in built safety mechanisms, which |
| facility does not have to allocate time, effort and | | | | ensure that all the health data processed is safe |
| resources on the transcriptionists. This reduces | | | | and secure, and in no way creates liabilities for the |
| the manpower overheads. | | | | hospitals in form of lawsuits or fines for |
| - The transcription service providers are generally | | | | non-compliance of HIPAA norms. |
| HIPAA compliant and it becomes easy for the | | | | Thus, medical transcription outsourcing, eliminates |
| health organization to outsource the medical | | | | the burden of medical documentation on hospitals |
| transcription to them at a cheaper price, without | | | | and allows them to allocate their precious time |
| compromising the quality standards of the | | | | and resources to other critical areas. This helps |
| transcribed reports. | | | | them to achieve the desired levels of excellence |
| - The transcribed reports remain available on the | | | | in providing patient care. |
| providers' server for two years. Any old medical | | | | |