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What is a Medical
Transcriptionist?
Medical transcriptionists perform an
important service to physicians and patients by
transcribing dictated information from the physicians
about the patients medical report to document the
patient’s medical care and condition.
Documentation is very important for insurance purposes
and for the fact that the patients medical record is a
legal document which might be used in a legal hearing
if some irregularity should arise. Certainly it would
be necessary to have an accurate report about the
medical history of the patient in either case. This is
the work that medical transcriptionists does.
Some medical
reports include chart notes, history and physical
examinations, consultations, letters, memos, admission
notes, emergency department notes, operative reports,
discharge summaries, and many laboratory tests and
diagnostic studies. A medical transcriptionist
transcribes these reports for many different
specialties.
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The importance of HIPAA compliance
Medical transcriptionists are
required to implement safeguards designed to protect
the privacy and security of personal health information
(PHI).
Medical transcriptionists are
subject to the business associate requirement set forth
under HIPAA's privacy rule. They are subject to this
requirement because the transcriptionist performs a
function on behalf of health care providers that
includes the use and disclosure of PHI.
MedXsecure was
designed as a complete electronic communication system
and can establish
Private
Domains branded to the client.
MedXsecure
provides a way for medical transcriptionists to
exchange and track personally identifiable health
information in an easy to understand format. Our system
takes the worry out of HIPAA compliance issues and
fulfills a great need in the medical industry. But most
importantly our system ensures the privacy of the
patients, who are affected the most when personal
health information is not securely transmitted from one
party to another.
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