Did You Know?

Are you looking for a resource tool to empower you to be accurate, fast, and compliant? Benchmark KB is a web-based portal that will do just that. As an AHDI Individual Professional, Postgraduate or Sustaining member, you may purchase Benchmark KB at the discounted rate of $174 (that's $25 off!). Corporate and Educational members should contact InterFix, LLC, for information on discounted rates and bulk pricing. Visit the Benchmark KB web page to learn more about this service.

Membership Tip of the Month

Are you looking for a resource tool to empower you to be accurate, fast, and compliant? Benchmark KB is a web-based portal that will do just that. As an AHDI Individual Professional, Postgraduate or Sustaining member, you may purchase Benchmark KB at the discounted rate of $174 (that's $25 off!). Corporate and Educational members should contact InterFix, LLC, for information on discounted rates and bulk pricing. Visit the Benchmark KB web page to learn more about this service.

Membership Tip of the Month

As an AHDI Individual Professional, Postgraduate or Sustaining member, you can get BenchMark KB for only $174.00! That's $25 off the retail price. Learn more about Benchmark KB and how it can help you be accurate, fast, and compliant!

KB Adoption by Industry Leader Sets the Bar for Quality

As part of its "First Time Right" quality service initiative, MedQuist Inc., the nation’s largest employer of healthcare documentation specialists, will begin offering BenchMark KB to its U.S. and global employees and partners, comprising 8,000+ users, during quarter two of 2010. BenchMark KB, developed by InterFix LLC in partnership with AHDI, is a comprehensive HIM knowledge base and information portal that provides real-time access to the most up-to-date clinical information and health information management resources critical to the accurate capture of healthcare encounters documented by MTs and editors every day. This investment in the development of its workforce demonstrates MedQuist’s ongoing commitment to industry leadership in the area of quality. Read the full story at SmartBrief.

Registration Ends Tomorrow: Benchmark KB Demonstration Webinar

Date: April 12
Presenter: Jerry Simmons
Time: 2 PM PST / 5 PM EST
Registration Close: April 7
CEC Given: N/A

How much do you invest each year in dictionaries, specialty word books, and resources that assist you with documentation research? How many hours do you spend chasing down new terms, trying to find the name and address of an unknown physician, or looking for the right expression for something you need to transcribe? The need to have accurate, up-to-date clinical information at your fingertips is more critical now than ever before. In response to this need in our professional marketplace, AHDI and InterFix, LLC, are proud to introduce you to Benchmark KB—a subscription-based, online resource that delivers a wide array of research tools via one user interface. If you want a reliable, one-stop resource for the things you look for every day, then join Jerry Simmons of InterFix for a walk through the KB and a peek at what you’re missing!

Register Now!

New Webinar Open for Registration--Benchmark KB Demonstration (FREE)

Date: April 12, 2010
Presenter: Jerry Simmons
Time: 2 PM PST / 3 PM MST / 4 PM CST / 5 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: April 7, 2010
Cost: FREE
CE Given: n/a


How much do you invest each year in dictionaries, specialty word books, and resources that assist you with documentation research? How many hours do you spend chasing down new terms, trying to find the name and address of an unknown physician, or looking for the right expression for something you need to transcribe? The need to have accurate, up-to-date clinical information at your fingertips is more critical now than ever before. In response to this need in our professional marketplace, AHDI and InterFix LLC are proud to introduce you to Benchmark KB - a subscription-based, online resource that delivers a wide array of research tools via one user interface. If you want a reliable, one-stop resource for the things you look for every day, then join Jerry Simmons of InterFix for a walk through the KB and a peek at what you're missing!


Register Now!

Live Green. Work Green.

Did you know? In support of AHDI’s initiative to "go green" this year at ACE’09, InterFix will be offering attendees a special trade-in discount for new KB subscriptions. ACE’09 attendees can earn $10 off the annual KB subscription price ($199 nonmembers, $174 members) for every MT reference book they drop off in the recycle bin at the InterFix booth in Nashville (up to 5 books for a $50 discount). Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to green your workspace by transitioning from print resources to the best online resource toolkit available for the working MT—Benchmark KB!

"Knowledge is Everything" for National Medical Transcriptionist Week (May 18-24, 2009)

Every year in May, AHDI celebrates the critical role that healthcare documentation specialists play in the accurate capture and documentation of patient encounter information. In light of our shifting economy, the evolution of enabling technologies (like the EHR and SRT), and the workforce challenges our sector is facing, AHDI is urging all stakeholders in our sector to acknowledge the critical role that an interpretive, skilled knowledge worker will continue to play in the electronic future of healthcare delivery. As we celebrate the impact MTs and editors have on the accurate capture of clinical data, AHDI is calling all healthcare documentation workers to prepare for the future of our industry and be ready to step in to the new roles that will emerge in the EHR. It is the interpretive clinical knowledge of this skilled worker that will continue to make the difference between risk and quality in healthcare documentation.

To that end, AHDI is promoting our MT Week theme - Knowledge is Everything - calling all students, postgraduates, and working MTs in the industry to embrace the path of greatest potential relevance in the future:

• Graduate from an ACCP-approved school
• Earn your RMT credential upon graduating from your MT program
• Adopt Benchmark KB to stay on the cutting edge of clinical information
• Become an AHDI member and get engaged in professional development and lifelong learning
• Embrace level II credentialing through the CMT exam

We believe this will be the path to success in the future of healthcare. Are you ready? Find out more at the AHDI MT Week page.

Get Connected to the AHDI Student Alliance

AHDI student members and Benchmark KB student members are encouraged to get connected to the AHDI Student Alliance, an association special interest group run by students for students in the industry. Getting hooked up to the right information, connected to the right resources, and heading in the right direction are more important than ever. If you are a student in a healthcare documentation program, don't stay isolated! Networking and personal resourcing will make the difference between early success and long-term struggle. The Student Alliance offers:

• Forums/Networking
• Peer Mentoring Program
• Resources Link
• Student Webinars

There is something for everyone!

Come join us-registration is FREE! Find out more at the AHDI Student Alliance Website.