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 do you want to be financially and career wise the same time next year?  Proper planning and execution takes you well ahead of others in your career.

It’s also time to look back and take count of last year’s accomplishments here at MT Herald.  How did the posts fare and which were the top hits? Here is a list of those top ten medical transcription articles at MT Herald in 2009 for those newbies who might have missed them.  The posts are stacked in the descending order with relation to the hits they got, with the highest one at the top.

Free Medical Spell Checker For Microsoft Word, Custom Dictionary
A super duper success.  With no other such reliable free medical spell checker available on the Internet, this article received warm welcome and is still receiving good hits consistently for the queries free medical transcription software, free medical spell checker etc.

The Future And Other Side Of Outsourcing And Offshoring To India
With HIPAA tightening its grip, there exists a doubt in the air about the future of outsourcing healthcare services abroad from the US.  In this article, we tried to get some clues about the future of outsourcing trend and had a look at the other side of the coin of outsourcing and offshoring.

How EMR Is Going To Affect Medical Transcription Industry?
With the new healthcare reforms under process in the US, a question naturally arises in every transcriptionist’s mind – Will EMR take over the job of transcription from transcriptionists? (Similar to the fear at the turn of this decade when SRT was predicted to replace transcriptionists!)  Though doctors still prefer transcriptionists, in this article, we were trying to get a definite answer from the industry stalwarts about the future of medical transcription post HITECH as more emphasis has been given to EMR in the healthcare reforms by President Obama.

How Twitter Can Help You Find A Medical Transcription Job?
Social media is not just there to pass time or for hobby or for networking.  How about using social media networking, especially Twitter, to find your dream job?  In this article we were trying to take advantage of social media networking to our advantage in finding a job with the precedence we saw in other fields.

Free Auto Text Word Expander Softwares For Medical Transcription
Speed, speed, speed!  The mantra of increasing productivity for medical transcriptionists.  So if you have free text expanders for that purpose, it is double joy.  In this post, we tried to find some of the free text expander softwares available on the Internet.

Tips & Techniques To Minimize Distractions In Home Transcription
Umpteen distractions creep in while we work at home.  How to tackle or minimize those distractions?  While trying to find answers for those troubles, we got some new ideas from readers too!

Which Medical Transcription Educational Course Should I Join?
Troubling question for anybody willing to get into medical transcription career, whether to join an online course or a course conducted at a school and so on.  In this article, we were trying to get answer for all such questions.

Free Voice File Player Downloads Compatible With All Foot Pedals
In our endeavor in trying to find a list of free voice file players that could be used for medical transcription, we were able to find a few.  Check out if any of those could be useful for you and worth adding to your kitty of medical transcription software.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Medical Transcription Career
A complete guide with answers for all the common questions a medical transcription career aspirant wants to know before foraying into medical transcription.

HIPAA Compliance Guidelines & Tips For Medical Transcriptionists
With HIPAA getting more powers with the enactment of HITECH, it is better to brush up our knowledge on HIPAA and our duties with relation to HIPAA.

Though posts like SiCKO got good response, they are not included here being off topic.

With that we come to the end of 2009.  I wish the readers of MT Herald a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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