CEC Webinar Open for Registration: Keyboarding Techniques for Fast and Efficient SRT Editing

Presenter: Laura Bryan, CMT, AHDI-F
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 11 AM PDT / 12 PM MDT / 1 PM CDT / 2 PM EDT
CEC Given: 1 TW or 1 MTT
Registration Close: October 18, 2010

This presentation will cover keyboard shortcuts in MS Word and Word-based speech recognition editing platforms. Learn little-known keystrokes and techniques that will make editing effortless and efficient, including tips on creating editing macros and remapping shortcut keys that will supercharge your keyboard. Increase productivity, efficiency, and your income with these fun, clever approaches to editing.

Laura has worked in healthcare over 20 years. She has authored Technology for the Medical Transcriptionist and the recently published MS Word for Healthcare Documentation (previously published as Stedman’s MTs Guide to MS Word). Laura is the owner of MedEDocs, a transcription software and services company, and MTWerks, a technology consulting business. She conducts on-site training and online classes specifically for MTs using MS Word and Windows with a focus on productivity with accuracy.

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Dictation Best Practices Tool Kit—Newly Revised and Adopted by AHIMA!

AHDI and AHIMA are taking a collaborative step forward in support of documentation quality. Recognizing that quality documentation outcomes begin with high-integrity dictation, the associations have jointly released the latest edition of the Dictation Best Practices Tool Kit as a resource for managers, supervisors, HIM directors, and practice coordinators for training and preparing dictators to generate high quality dictation and be better prepared for migration to speech recognition. If you are charged with orienting/training dictators for your facility, we encourage you to download this tool kit as part of your strategy for new provider training and SRT "readiness" training.

Just Released! Speech Recognition Adoption Guide

With a growing segment of the healthcare documentation sector moving toward a back-end SRT delivery method, purchasers and adopters of the technology have long needed a best practices resource for integration of SRT in a way that facilitates high-integrity documentation outcomes and measurable return on investment. In response to this need, MTIA has developed the Speech Recognition Adoption Guide to assist the sector in making purchasing and adoption decisions, to address the relevance of speech recognition technology as an evolving method of clinical documentation, and to present operational and fiscal implications for technology adoption. The guide is designed to help consumers understand adoption-related issues, impact, terminology, standards, and metrics. In addition, the guide presents unified perspectives of the varying stakeholder groups concerning issues such as documentation quality and risk management. To read the just-issued press release about the guide, click here.

Online Speech Recognition Editing Course - Registration ends 1/25/10!

This course is a 100% online, self-study SRT course designed to be completed at the student’s individual pace within an approximate 8 to 12-week timeframe starting February 1, 2010. It offers the student the opportunity for ample hands-on practice on 3M’s ChartScript.com platform using authentically speech recognized drafts from genuine physicians.

Content Areas

• History and Development of SRT


• Basic Scientific Terms Relating to SRT


• Differences between front-end and back-end SRT


• Productivity and Quality Issues


• The Role of SRT in the Electronic Health Record


• Implications of SRT on the Future of the Medical Transcription Industry

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Speech Recognition Editing Online Course—NEW!

When used in conjunction with properly trained medical transcription editors, speech recognition technology (SRT) has proven its worth by lowering healthcare costs and providing faster turn-around times. The technology serves as a bridge to the electronic health record by offering a familiar and efficient method of data entry to the medical community. The need for qualified SRT editors is expected to increase in correlation with the growing healthcare demands of an aging population.

In partnership with TRSi and 3M, and with the contributions of a volunteer workgroup comprised of SRT developers, MT managers and supervisors, educators and practicing medical transcription professionals from around the country, the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) has developed the first of its kind speech recognition editing course which will:

* Assist the practicing MT to confidently make the transition from standard transcription production worker to successful SRT knowledge-based worker.
* Provide medical transcription schools and programs an option to broaden their curriculum.
* Offer employers an excellent training opportunity for their workforce.

Click here for more information and to enroll in the next open session.

"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.

AHDI Annual Convention & Expo 2009

The AHDI Board of Directors and Staff invite you to join us in Nashville, Tennessee, for AHDI’s 31st Annual Convention and Expo. In a season of economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever for professionals to stay connected to the information and resources that will keep them relevant to the future of our economy. With President Obama's stimulus bill comes a huge opportunity for everyone in the health IT sector, including documentation specialists. What does this strong push for EHR adoption mean to you as an MT or editor? What skills and credentials will you need in this evolving technology-driven picture? This will be the focus of our 31st annual meeting - helping to position documentation professionals for relevance and impact in the future of healthcare delivery. Career pathing, advanced training, new documentation roles, and orientation to enabling technologies will be among the key topics for this conference. You won't want to miss it! We're planning another spectacular show for 2009 that you don't want to miss, so please join us at the 31st Annual Convention & Expo this summer in Nashville.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 thru Saturday, August 1, 2009
Location: Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN

Visit the official AHDI 31st Annual Convention & Expo page to find out more, download a registration form, or register online.