Why Choosing Home Based Medical Transcription Can Be Risky

Why Choosing

Home Based Medical Transcription Can Be Risky

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With increase in the demand for medical transcription services, there has been a corresponding increase in the number of providers. This job is performed in three modes - in-house medical transcription, outsourced services

from

medical

transcription

companies,

and

freelance

transcription which is mostly home-based. Of these three options, homebased medical transcription services can be risky in many ways: 

Lack of quality assurance is the main drawback of home-based medical documentation service. As there are no additional levels of validation of the transcribed reports, the transcribed reports would lack the top levels of accuracy that professional services can ensure. Physicians will have to spend time on the verification process.



HIPAA

compliance

is

crucial

when

it

comes

to

healthcare

documentation. With home-based service, it may not be possible to ensure the safe handling of protected health information. Professional service providers have various measures in place to ensure HIPAA compliance, including workplace security measures and the safe transfer of files over the Internet. 

Home-based transcription service may not ensure delivery of the transcribed files within the specified turnaround time due to many reasons: -

Distractions at home can affect the workflow

-

It is quite human to procrastinate when there is no supervision, which would affect the preset work schedule

-

Some interruptions are common in a home-based environment and this would affect the pace of work and turnaround time

-

Accuracy would be compromised if work is speeded up to make up for lost time.

Even when a freelance medical transcription professional working from home is completely devoted to their work, choosing them could be really risky considering lack of quality assurance and HIPAA compliance.

In-house transcription also comes with increased responsibilities and need for additional investments.

In this context, the ideal option for physician practice is to partner with

a

professional

medical

transcription company. In addition to

comprehensive

leading

companies

narratives, can

provide

edits for voice-based dictation as well as feeds for EHRs. Benefits would include multilevel quality assurance, medical

HIPAA-compliant

transcription

round-the-clock integration,

free

affordable rates.

services,

support,

HL7

trials,

and