TASP and Medical Transcription

TASP stands for Transcription Application Service Providers.

Medical Transcription is not a cottage industry anymore as it used to be a few years ago. Digitization in this sector has changed the scenario and work environment. Earlier, I remember the days when Medical Transcriptionists (MT) had to take trips every week to their client offices for audio tape pickups and delivery of their work. Today there are many web based application service provider platforms that caters to different types of large, medium, small and also individual home based MTSOs (Medical Transcription Service Organizations).

The TASP type of files routing system is very efficient. It manages the entire process or life cycle of the document, right from the time of dictation at the hospital / physician's location to sending it for transcription/editing to the MT and back to the medical professional. This type of system does save a lot of time and money when compared to the earlier transcription methods. There are dial in systems that take dictations. Playback happens when the residing codec (analog to digital converter) creates a digital sound file that the medical transcriptionist can playback and transcribe.

What are the benefits of going for such a digital technology for these transcription companies? Well it includes,

• Encrypted document
• No capital investment
• Lower telephone costs
• Better work distribution
• Fully functional work pool module
• Prompt feedback
• Higher accuracy
• Prompt feedback
• Shorter turnaround time
• High security of documents
• Hassle-free document delivery

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Medical Transcription Software

As of today, medical transcription is still preferred to be done manually but a lot of effort and research is going on to develop a software program and make transcription a totally automatic process. With our present day technology medical transcription software and other tools can be of great help to the professional medical transcriptionists. It can greatly reduce the work time and also increase the work productivity and efficiency. But the actual transcription and voice recognition has not been perfected, and thus cannot be totally depended upon.. One cannot yet expect the software to recognize words and use logic like a human being to perfectly come up with the right word all the time. However this is a dynamically evolving area and over the years perfection in automated transcription could become a reality.

So how is it that the present day medical transcriptionists use these software products? When audio dictations from doctors and healthcare professionals are recorded and sent to the transcriber the software is used to create a first draft which is then quickly reviewed by the transcriptionist and edited.

Some of the features / functions of MT software include,

• Capture of the voice
• Speech processing
• Speech recognition
• Document formatting
• Support wide range of audio/video formats
• Remote control /keyboard short cuts
• Quick editing
• Electronic signature
• Document distribution
• Support /manage different time frame rates
• Create time codes and navigate to any specific timeline
• Customize media appearance
• Audio playback possible
• Import data with different settings in text or XML
• Integrates with other healthcare systems
• Easy printing
• Exports / insertions made possible

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