Building A Sustainable Medical Transcription Industry

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Building A Sustainable Medical Transcription
Industry Peter Preziosi, PhD, CAE Executive
Director, AAMT NASSCOMs India ITES-BPO
Strategy Summit 2006 June 8, 2006
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Mission and Business Objectives

• To set and uphold standards for education and
  practice in the field of medical transcription
  that ensure the highest level of accuracy,
  privacy, and security of healthcare documentation
  for the U.S. healthcare system in order
  to protect public health, increase patient
  safety, and improve quality of care for
  healthcare consumers. 

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Nature of MT Work

• Transforms clinical data transmitted through
  secure technologies into medico-legal documents
  that tells the patient story
• Foundation of the revenue cycle
• Front line for patient safety and risk management
• Impacts continuity of care

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Overview of Industry Trends

• Move toward electronic health records
• Healthcare cost containment
• Data capture in real time
• Data exchange across facilities requires standard
  nomenclatures and vocabularies

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Improving Quality through Training,
Certification, and Standards
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Career Path Competencies
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Launch of RMT Exam with Thomson Prometric

• Eligibility Requirements
• Areas of Concentration for Testing
• Test Structure
• Test Preparation
• Benefits of RMT to candidates and employers

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Preparing for the CMT Exam

• Eligibility Requirements
• Areas of Concentration for Testing
• Test Structure
• Test Preparation
• Benefits to Candidates and Employers
• Revision in Pricing for India/APAC

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Partnership with Thomson Prometric

• Global Partners since 2001
• World-class Testing Center environment
• Secure delivery of exam to ensure integrity
• AAMT Program Marketing in India

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Testing Centers in India
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HIPAA Compliance Issues

• Overcome negative perception w/training
• Easier to control compliance on-site
• Regulate privacy and security
• Pursue mandatory credentialing
• Office for Civil Rights - Privacy Questions
  Answers http//answers.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/hhs.cfg/ph
  p/enduser/std_alp.php
• Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA Assistance
  http//www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/assist.html

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Projects Under Development

• Research initiative with Interfix Ventures LLC
  creating a universal medical transcription
  technology environment to drive best practice
  standards
• Dictation best practice toolkit
• Advanced transcription self study program for the
  electronic health record
• Global quality forum to reposition the industry

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Sponsors of this presentation