The Advocacy Summit is a week away and there is a final push to submit letters to our legislators. Your voice with your perspective is extremely important right now. We need you to ask the federal government to acknowledge the medical transcription sector as a vital contributor to quality of care, patient safety, and successful EHR adoption.
About 5 months ago I adopted a dog from a rescue group. He’s a Pomeranian/American Eskimo mix. And what a handful! So, I asked the vet to recommend a trainer. She gave me several names and I hired one. Sammy, that’s the dog, and I have now been in training for 4 months. Honestly, it is mostly me in training. Sammy appears to be much smarter than I am!
Over and over Laura, my trainer, tells me, you have to be consistent in what you tell him and how you do …
Lois Camp, CMT, passed away in March 2009. At 70 years old, Lois never considered retiring. She was a quiet, but highly-respected professional. She had a career that spanned over 50 years, which included being a service owner, educator, acute-care MT, QA supervisor, SRT editor, working with domestic and off-shore team members, mentored externs and participated in the AHDI e-mentoring program. Her passion was life-long learning, the need to provide perfect documentation, and held this expectation for those who worked with her. She was an active …
Karen Fox-Acosta, CMT, AHDI-F
AHDI Board Partner to AHDI-West
I learned to type in 8th grade because my penmanship was awful. I’m sure turning in typed reports raised my grades all through high school. I began my transcription career while at Butte Community College in Northern California. I was on my third major, and after 7 years, I had finally found the career that fit for me, medical transcription; helping people and blending the science of medicine with my love of language and an ability to work my way around a keyboard. …
By Kat King, AHDI-F
Re-print from OAMT Newsletter, Spring 2006 ~ 4 years later and still relevant.
ad•vo•ca•cy (n.) The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea, or policy; active support.
It’s 2 a.m. and I know I’m asleep, but I hear a voice nearby…someone gently saying, “I’m going to blow your brains out.” I’m so tired, but the voice inside me is telling me to wake up…you need to wake up…I know you have been up for 72 hours, but WAKE UP!!! I …
Terri Wakefield, CMT
AHDI-West Secretary & Delegate
I have been an MT since 1980, having gone to school to be a medical secretary. Interestingly, the instructor “discouraged” us from doing the boring job of medical transcription and always promoted being the medical “secretary.” Nevertheless, even with that bias instilled, I ended up being a medical transcription as it incorporated my love for language with my love for typing. I then grew to love medicine and the medical language. Voila! A match made in heaven…
I worked in hospitals …
By: Jacque Taylor
As of February 18, 2010, there are 52 registered for the Advocacy Summit to be held March 23 through 25, 2010, in Washington DC. Registration is at approximately the same point as was in 2009, and we eventually registered approximately 75; however, we are hoping with the help of MTIA partners that we will be able to reach the 100 registrant mark this year!
To help in the registration process, AHDI is offering the “deal of the month” of $15 off registration for this event. The “Early …
