We received a briefing the other day from the AHDI-MTIA partnership and it looks like they have been hard at work since they partnered in May 2007. Here’s a glimpse of some of the current initiatives:
TROTTS, also known as Transcribed Report Optimum Turnaround Time, revolves around a study of both HIM directors/supervisors and MTSO managers/supervisors to measure their experiences with turnaround times (TAT), whether or not that time meets their needs and to help understand medical transcription industry challenges, financial impacts, as well as the impact of offshore medical transcription and Electronic Health Records (EHR). This group will publish a White Paper that will establish defininitions and standards for TAT and will demonstrate how both the use of specific standards and turnaround time affect clinical decision-making.
ASRT (Automated Speech Recognition Technology Workgroup) is currently working on a type of “buyer’s guide to speech recognition technology,” which is scheduled to be completed in August 2008.
CDA4CDT, or the Clinical Document Architecture for Common Document Types brought together a large group of medical transcription industry stakeholders to help establish a common document architecture to preserve the narrative report component of histories, consultations, etc. Within a year, the CDA4CDT group plans to make five mayor reports available: H&P, Consultations, Discharge Summary, Op Note and Imaging.
A QA Best Practices document is being put together which includes official verification of methods and sampling and still offers a methose to define errors in documentation in a numerical point system and also looks at the impact of time and cost involved with achieving quality assurance. In addition, CEO Preziosi will eventually seek endorsement from The Joint Commission with a fully endorsed paper to follow in the fall.
Again, PRN Funding is excited about the partnership between MTIA and AHDI and the progress that it has made for the medical transcription industry during its first year is amazing. We look forward to hearing more good news from them in the future.
