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HIM Transitions Go to Source I attended my first AAPC local chapter meeting last week. The meeting was an informal session on the daily duties of a coder. Coders shared their stories on a typical day at the office. Some people had a dual role of office manager/coder and others functioned…(read more)

The XY Files in an MT World Go to Source Nothing like great timing. In my last blog post, I suggested that electronic health record (EHR) and personal health record (PHR) technology needs to become more like an iPhone in order to achieve widespread acceptance from technology-shy physicians and…(read more)

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source Around this time last year, I was schlepping clothes, photos and a hodgepodge of kitchenware from my college house to my mom’s place, an hour away. I was in that weird place between incredible relief that classes were over and immense grief as I said…(read more)

MT Connections Go to Source May 18th to May 24th marks the 24th annual National Medical Transcriptionist Week, first established by proclamation in 1985 from then President Ronald Reagan to bring public and industry-wide attention to the role and contribution of medical transcriptionists…(read more)

The XY Files in an MT World Go to Source I admit it, I was suffering from iPhone envy. As an unabashed technophile (i.e., hard-core geek), I couldn’t help but be intrigued by all the cool things the iPhone was supposedly capable of doing. When one of your colleagues says something to the effect…(read more)

Passage Go to Source I am beat. Spent the last week being thrown into the deep end of the pool without swimming lessons (well, I had them, but that was almost 10 months ago and I forgot most of it) and am just now feeling like I’m starting to learn how to float again. I [...]

The Daily Grind: Wife, Mommy and MT Student Go to Source The first thing that came into my mind the other morning when I woke up was how happy I was that it was Friday and that this week is coming to a close. My husband’s grandmother had surgery this past Wednesday for an intestinal [...]

HIM Transitions Go to Source The major news outlets have done stories on actress Farrah Fawcett’s battle with cancer. I watched part of her documentary and felt compassion for someone going through a horrible illness in public. The price of fame comes with a high cost. In addition…(read more)

Medical Transcription: What’s in it for you? Go to Source Dictated: This is Dr. _____ dictating a progress note on patient name ______, date _____.SR transcribed: Nipride. The patient. I am shampoo unchanged, crying on insurance date in June. Dictated: Clinical indication: Altered level of awareness.SR transcribed: Clinical indication: Altered level of where it is. [...]

ADVANCE Perspective: HIM Go to Source I suppose it was only a matter of time, really, before the phrase “meaningful use” landed its own Web site . After all, the term’s earning rock star status in the HIT realm lately, as everyone wonders just what will constitute meaningful use of an EHR…(read more)