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Difficult Words and Terms in Legal Transcription

By Beth Worthy for GMR Transcription No doubt, one of the things that makes legal language so difficult are the unusual words and terms. Some legal terms such as-judge, court, interrogation etc. are relatively well known, where others are a complete mystery …

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Posted on April 23, 2018 by Transcription Gear — 1 Comment

Saving for Retirement When You Work From Home & Have Unpredictable Income

By Sarah Landrum for The Work at Home Woman The work-from-home life is the best and also the worst. On one hand, you have a somewhat flexible schedule, a cozy environment, a private supply of coffee, and no one physically breathing down your …

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Posted on March 27, 2018 by Transcription Gear

At what rates are legal, general and medical transcription changing?

By Tyler Marshall for Allegis Transcription Discover your safest option with career-growth potential If you are an experienced transcriptionist, you may wonder what the future holds for your occupation. After all, new speech recognition technology is changing the industry. In fact, “the …

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Posted on March 27, 2018 by Transcription Gear

How To Speed Up Your Transcription Turnaround Time (TAT)

By Tracy Theodoroff for Allegis Transcription One of the more common myths about transcription turnaround times is that typing speed is the biggest factor in how fast you transcribe. Sure, being a hunt and peck typist isn’t going to help you. And …

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Posted on November 7, 2017 by Transcription Gear

Primary Care Doctors Spending 6 Hours Daily on EHR Data Entry

By Kate Monica for EHR Intelligence September 12, 2017-A new study by the University of Wisconsin and the American Medical Association (AMA) found primary care physicians spend almost six hours on EHR data entry during a typical 11.4 hour workday. Research by Arndt et al.published in …

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Posted on October 26, 2017 by Transcription Gear

9 tax tips for the self-employed

Source: USA Today According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were some 815,000 self-employed Americans at the end of 2014. One of the biggest perks of the job is the self-determination that comes from being your own boss. But one of …

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Posted on March 26, 2015 by Traci Miller

Under Obamacare program, doctor visits would become data points

Article in Washington Post April 23, 2013 A new nonprofit is putting millions of Obamacare dollars towards an effort to turn routine doctor visits into a treasure trove of data on what medical treatments work best. The Affordable Care Act created the …

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Posted on May 2, 2013 by Traci Miller

Cleveland Clinic app helps connect patients, doctors, trials

Posted on MibiHealthNews April 15, 2013 Cleveland Clinic has built an app to help both physicians and patients find cancer clinical trials. The app, available for free from the iOS AppStore and the Google Play store, allows users to search the Cleveland …

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Posted on April 18, 2013 by Traci Miller

HIMSS: Should Healthcare Be More Like Airline Industry?

From March 5, 2013 article on InformationWeek Healthcare Such a comparison says not only that the healthcare industry must change, but also that those changes will be dramatic and gut wrenching. The boldest thing I heard at my first day at HIMSS …

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Posted on April 4, 2013 by Traci Miller

Transcription Outsourcing Leads to Woman’s Death, $140M Settlement

The family of Sharon Juno, 59 at the time of her death, was awarded the largest civil wrongful death judgment in Baldwin County’s history. A Baldwin County, Alabama, jury returned the $140 million dollar settlement to Sharon Juno’s family following her death …

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Posted on February 13, 2013 by Traci Miller