Top Ten Medical Transcription Articles Of MT Herald In 2009
We are at the fag end of 2009. Yet another year has passed so quickly and we are older (and wiser) by one more year! It’s time to take stock of our accomplishments last year, assess the effectivity of the already made resolutions, plan activities for the next year, and make New Year resolutions. Where [...]
HIPAA Blogs, Email Newsletters, And Useful Information Resources
We now know how HIPAA/HITECH is going to impact the medical transcription business and we know preserving and maintaining confidentiality of Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) as good as an army secret to comply with HIPAA. Okay, now where can we further get the latest information regarding HIPAA to keep updating our knowledgebase? Where [...]
HIPAA Compliance Guidelines & Tips For Medical Transcriptionists
Do you know almost all of the email messages that you send and receive travel over many networks and computers leaving copies of themselves all over the Internet? Unbelievable? Perform a trace route yourself and then believe! From your computer it takes multiple hops before the message could reach the server at the destination. So [...]
HIPAA Compliance In Medical Transcription. A Revisit Post HITECH
It’s almost 6-1/2 years we, medical transcriptionists, have been with HIPAA since April 14, 2003. How effective was HIPAA compliance in medical transcription all these days? Where do the medical transcription industry stand in terms of HIPAA pre-enactment of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act?
The truth is that HIPAA [...]
