Medical Transcription is a skilled people hear dictations by physicians and typing to each word to make it into a document / record. It must, of course, a proper understanding of medical terminology and be able to understand most of the medical jargon and just can not afford to allow for any mistakes. Besides the human capacity for the transmission, there are other factors that determine the highest quality of medical transcription. There are four basic factors that determine the quality of a copy. You are
# Dictation
# Transcriptionist Qualifications
# System Management
# Components of quality assurance

An organization known as ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) is responsible for developing the Standard Guide for Quality Assurance for Medical Transcription. ASTM International is more than a century-old organization was originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials. It is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world.

There are seven ASTM standards that are very important for the medical transcription industry and for the proper documentation in the health sector. These standards can increase the accuracy, security, confidentiality and patients during the maintenance, transmission, storage, and also during the retrieval of healthcare documentation. The ASTM E2117 - 06 is a standard guide for the identification and establishment of a Quality Assurance for Medical Transcription. Then there is the new WK10383 Standard Guide for Medical Transcription Workstations and this guide will help to make informed decisions regarding the design of an efficient work environment Medical Transcription with the federal regulatory agencies. And there is also a standard guide for responding to requests for proposals for Medical Transcription services to healthcare facilities. For more information, visit the ASTM website.

With Medical Transcription Outsourcing to a common procedure today, the importance of international standards in medical transcription can not be ignored, and all the industry standards are met.

The author of this article is Ricci Mathew of Outsource Strategies International (OSI), a U.S. firm offers services in Medical Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Transcription for clients in the U.S..