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I have to admit when I saw the title of the latest blog at the AHDI Lounge blog, I was intrigued – so they get points for an interesting title.
Is the medical transcription profession doomed?
Just reading the title, I thought maybe AHDI was finally going to take off the rosie-colored glasses they wear in public. [...]

This all started with a query at MT Chat, which asked (in part):
Can anyone tell me if it makes a difference which online program you use? I’ve heard that potential employers look for someone that’s been trained by an AHDI approved program. But when I asked Future MT, a non-approved program, they said that their [...]

Just in case you didn’t know, we are in the “healthcare documentation sector.” We still do medical transcription and we’re still called medical transcriptionists, but only because there’s no organized group <ahem> that’s been able to either decide what else to call us and/or make it stick.
However, medical transcriptionists everywhere can rejoice, knowing that AHDI [...]

Here we go roundabout with the credentialing discussion – again.
I realized during the discussion on the Plexus social networking article that the article is approved for continuing education credits (CECs) for those who are credentialed CMTs. In my opinion, this takes the discussion to a completely new level.
First, indulge me while I talk (again!) about [...]

In today’s ironic category, Nae Priest sent me an article from the AHDI Plexus publication (which I no longer get because I’m not a member). Diving into the Social Networking World strikes my funny irony bone because it’s written by Lea Sims, director of communications and marketing for AHDI.
If there’s something AHDI hasn’t really mastered, [...]