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  • I found this very interesting indeed...sm - Country MT
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. doctors increasingly have access to computers to look up information on their patients, but more than half still don't have digital health records or the ability to write electronic prescriptions, a study released on Wednesday found.

Twenty-two percent of doctors surveyed by the Center for Studying Health System Change last year had access to electronic prescription tools compared with 11 percent in 2001.

About half can use computers to access notes on their patients or exchange data with other doctors, up from about 37 percent and 41 percent, respectively, four years earlier.

"Despite substantial growth rates ... many physicians still lack access to practice-based clinical information technology (IT)," said study co-author Marie Reed, who manages data for the independent policy research group.

Overall, a higher percentage of doctors said last year they could use technology to find out about recommended treatments and patients' medications, as well as share information with other physicians.

The study comes as a U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee prepares to consider legislation on Wednesday that would create guidelines to help hospitals, doctors and the government share patient records.

All Americans are supposed to have electronic health records by 2014 under a goal set by

His administration has funded the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology but has otherwise relied on private industry to spur wider use of information technology in the health sector.

Some critics say the federal government should take a greater role, offering tax breaks and other incentives as well as requiring U.S. agencies to make greater use of electronic health data.

"In general, major barriers to physician adoption of clinical IT include start-up and maintenance costs, as well as the significant effort and costs of changing workflow to effectively use IT," the study said.

Researchers surveyed more than 6,600 doctors in 2005 and about 12,000 in 2001. The did not ask doctors whether they actually used the technology in their everyday practice.

About 65 percent of doctors last year said they could look up information on treatment guidelines compared with 53 percent in 2001. Twenty-nine percent said they used technology for reminders about preventive treatments for patients, compared with just under 24 percent in 2001.

The Center for Studying Health System Change, which receives most of its funds from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation philanthropy, said promoting digital health data may encourage more doctors to go high-tech.

Until then, the slow adoption rates "suggest that physicians as a group have not yet reached a tipping point in the adoption of IT for most clinical activities," it said.

I check the Craigslist website quite often, and on a whim I clicked on India and then jobs.  SO MANY POSTINGS FOR JOBS AVAILABLE FOR U.S. BASED COMPANIES - customer service, call centers, computer techs, and yes even MTs.  There was even one posting a few weeks ago from a "company" that would set you up with a U.S. based physical address, phone number, fax number so that you could have your business "based" in the U.S., obviously to actually be in another country and get the U.S. tax break.  Sickening

most of these are old but the CBay post is fairly new...even the MTs in India do not seem to be treated fairly...I imagine there is a lot of abuse over there also. 

Too bad we could not unionize them and us together...would that ever be possible you think? 

a check for around $100.

I thought too it was just for folks who had typed on DQS, but not so!

So, the mystery continues.

I did go to your link and found out it is KForce.  I looked at their jobs and they do have positions for traveling transcriptionists (also for traveling coders).  It looks like the MTs are needed in Pittsburgh and somewhere in Oregon.  Also looks like the pay is $20/hour. 

That would be fun to do.

But don't you think a hospital would send out work to a service rather than have a temp come in to do their work?

I'll have to try that.

I have been setting up one row the way I want and then doing just a Ctrl-C and pasting it into the next row. Once I get a few rows built up, I copy the block of rows and paste a block at a time.

Fortunately I have decided to let this account go so I won't have to do this much longer. If there are any radiology MTs out there looking for pretty much all the work you can handle and then some, click on the link below. It's a good account, but I have two other part-time accounts that provide enough income and I just don't need the stress.

I was just checking out that site for filesanywhere.com - I gave them a call - they said they are a "webfolder" and I am checking into that - it sounds like a possibility, but any other ideas still appreciated. 

Have you ever used filesanywhere or know if it works well for anyone?  Thanks

So you put your phrases first, and your words second in the phrase side?  How do you do this?  I am horrible at reading comprehension and have read the book that came with Instant Text a million times but I still get confused on some things.  I have been putting things like "anticoagulant therapy" as "anth" on the phrase side as well.  Can all of these smaller entries be moved down to the bottom of the list?  Any help or suggestions is welcomed. 

I'm going to have to think about and process this.  It makes total sense.  It also takes away the time you would spend proofing your own document. 

I'm stuck at my lph right now.  I'm going to try this a little and see what happens.

Thanks!

I know many transcriptionists whose facilities have gone to EMR and still do traditional transcription, myself included.  I think what you are referring to is that your physicians are going to EMR with possibly some type of templates or point-and-click system, etc.  EMR in and of itself is not a template or point-and-click system, it simply means electronic medical record.  Having electronic medical records is better for patient care.  Whether transcription is affected by implentation of EMR depends on the specific facility.  I hope MTs will go and research what exactly EMR is and how it may or may not affect transcription.  I feel we have been left behind as far as knowledge of technology is concerned.  The more I research myself and read comments on MT sites, the more embarrassed I become at how far behind we are.