Medical Transcription Trends

What are the three expectations the medical transcription profession has of you? If you cannot answer that, you are definitely not ready for the profession.

OK, I am digressing. And yet I should tell you that you should learn as much about the profession as possible before making a commitment to it. Now, coming back to the question I asked, the three expectations are:

• Delivery of medical records on time
• Highest quality of records
• and Confidentiality and security of data

While the first two expectations are considered individual expectations, the third one is often taken as the medical transcription company’s responsibility. While it is OK to think so, it is important the medical transcriptionist understands his/her individual responsibility too.

One needs to pay attention to the security of medical information irrespective of whether one works in a medical transcription company or as a home-based transcriptionist. How? Here’s a list of things you must take care of.

• Keep the medical data you are working on out of reach of anyone other than you.
• Use passwords to protect the medical transcription work on the computer.
• Make sure your anti-virus software is updated regularly.
• Make sure your firewall is on whenever you are connected to a network.
• When sending files to clients, make sure the files are transmitted over a secure FTP network.
• Ensure that the FTP site is protected with a password.
• Encrypt e–mails that contain queries and information on the medical records.
• Remember to backup the medical transcription work periodically on an external drive.

Keep watching this space for more information and practical tips on medical transcription.

Trackback URI | Comments RSS