Medical Dictation and Transcription Blog : Medical Transcription & Dictation : Emdat : Reduce Transcription Cost

Emdat has long supported the idea that dictation and transcription should be a vital element in EMR/EHR adoption, believing that a physician's time is better served practicing medicine than entering data into an EMR system. This approach not only transfers data-entry responsibilities away from physicians but also allows users to benefit from the richer narrative information and increased accuracy that medical transcription can provide. 

Recently, two stories were printed in medical journals that support our stance, reporting that physicians are largely dissatisfied with current EHR systems because of both poor usability and the reduced productivity that results. See the articles below.

• EHRs Get a Failing Grade on Usability —Internal Medicine News
• Study Finds Gap Exists Between Technology Expectations, Reality —American Academy of Family Physicians

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In a continued effort to supply high quality, reliable service to its clients, Emdat has delegated its fax services to ESKER. Emdat selected ESKER because of its extensive experience and impressive workload capabilities, required to handle the 4,000 faxes a day that Emdat's autofax system generates. With ESKER, Emdat clients can now fax internationally. Additionally, Emdat will be able to channel more energy into core development rather than delivery.

ESKER is a global fax server leader with nearly two decades of experience and over 80,000 document automation servers installed. ESKER On Demand service provides high volume capabilities, internal detailed reporting and a more stable, modern infrastructure.

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Emdat launched its new quarterly newsletter "Between the Lines" this month. Sent to current and prospective MTSO clients, the enewsletter strives to keep recipients up to date on Emdat's products and services, EMR integration, and industry news.  

To subscribe to the newsletter, please send an email to enewsletter@emdat.com

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Established in 1985 by proclamation from then President Ronald Reagan, National Medical Transcriptionist Week brings public and industry-wide attention to the role and contribution of medical transcriptionists. Emdat celebrates the critical role MTs play in the accurate capture and documentation of patient encounter information. Their interpretive, skilled knowledge remains a highly important aspect of high quality patient health care. We hope you're having a great week!

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I had the pleasure of meeting Cindy Richardson at the MTIA meeting in Daytona. Cindy has an offering to assist MTSOs with HIPAA compliance training either online of available via CD. Mitagate you liability by training all MTs to understand their responsibilities as it relates to HIPAA compliance. The name of the company is Review of Systems Expanded.

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Look for Emdat at The 21st MTIA annual conference in Daytona Beach, FL, April 28th - May 1st, 2010. CEO Randy Olver, President Steve Palmisano, VP-Technology Jeff Olver, VP-Sales Bob Haugen and Director of Business De velopment Chuck Strain will be in attendance and manning our brand new 10' x 20' booth. Stop by Booth #13 and say hi! 

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ADVANCE, provider of multiple healthcare-related publications, Web sites, and services, brought together some of the leading professionals and representatives of top companies in the field to discuss the future of transcription and how it will affect MTs—both now and down the road. Emdat CEO Randy Olver gathered with Tracy Boesch, TransTech Medical Solutions, Jay Cannon, Webmedx, Michael Clark, MedQuist, Peter Durlach, Nuance Communications, Inc, Dianna Hall, CMT, AHDI-F, Covenant Healthcare, Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F, to discuss the challenges MTs face in the changing health care environment, the impact changes will have on recruiting new MTs into the field, and whether the perceived reputation of the profession is well-deserved. Read the article here:  All Hands on Deck: ADVANCE Roundtable Discussion of the MT Profession

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Emdat has developed technology which easily adapts dictation into transcribed digital records. The purpose of this is to have technology serve man not man serve technology. The ability to populate these digital transcriptions back into the EMR makes for a winning combination of improving patient care as well as better data capture. The following article alludes to the fact that EMR implementations can be problematic if approached incorrectly and supports keeping the physcian out of the clerical business.

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