Today medical transcription has become an established and essential process for the health care sector and a profession that is well accepted and respected with increasing demands. There are many colleges and universities that provide medical transcription education and training programs at various levels. When we refer to the medical transcription approval process we are mentioning about the approval of such MT educational programs by the concerned authorities.
It was the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) that instituted the medical transcription program approval process. The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) is the accreditation organization of AHIMA. The approval process was done to make sure that compliance with the AHDI Model Curriculum is maintained by different educational bodies so that it provides,
- Produce competent entry-level transcription professionals
- Good educational programming
- Good quality assurance
- Consistent education
Take a look at the Model Curriculum at,
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/Downloads/ModelCurriculum.pdf
List of approved programs can be seen at, http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtapproved.cfm
The AHDI along with AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) has established a certifying committee for the approval of medical transcription programs called the ACCP (Approval Committee for Certificate Programs). The ACCP approval is an ongoing process and must not be confused with a guarantee as there is no formal accreditation process for medical transcription programs.
More details are available at, http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/eduprogramapproval.cfm
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is an Oklahoma based medical transcription company that offers professional outsourcing services in medical billing, medical coding and medical transcription to clients in the US and also globally.
2 comments:
Professional medical transcriptionists can also get certification from the right governing body. with the right training, I'm sure that even newbies in the field can get that certification.
Since there are a lot of medical transcription training online nowadays, they do need to check if the provider they plan to get the course with is approved/accepted in your state.
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