The Role of the Healthcare Documentation
The Role of the Healthcare Documentation Specialist
By: Quala Jones
There were times when some of us have always thought of healthcare specialists as typists, and some of us have always know healthcare documentation specialists to be more than typists. But they have always done more than one thing. Their coworkers have always thought that they sat a desk all day and type what they heard. What their coworkers didn’t realize was that they were also proofreading, analyzing, and etc. Formally known as medical transcriptionists or a medical documentation editor, their roles are to listen to voice recording made by doctors or other health professionals. They also either transcribe the information, or they review or edit a version produced by a speech recognition technology software program for the record.
When proofreading, they review and make corrections while listening to the voice recordings, which are of the doctor’s or other healthcare professionals. They have to make sure they have all the words spell correctly, the diagnoses are written out correctly/neatly. Mostly they have to make sure that the report matches the doctor’s voice recordings. Again, proofreading while listening to the voice recordings is not very easy to do.
Analyzing is another role of the healthcare documentation specialist. They are known to analyze the reports by examining the reports carefully in detail to identify causes, key factors, possible results, and so forth. Analyzing is important because they have to make sure the medical reports are in detail and are readable for other doctors and or other healthcare professionals. Analyzing medical reports is not as hard as proofreading reports.
Editing or transcribing medical reports is yet another role that is highly detailed work that requires patience, focus, and attention to detail. When editing a medical report it is very important that you pay close attention to all the details while you
By: Quala Jones
There were times when some of us have always thought of healthcare specialists as typists, and some of us have always know healthcare documentation specialists to be more than typists. But they have always done more than one thing. Their coworkers have always thought that they sat a desk all day and type what they heard. What their coworkers didn’t realize was that they were also proofreading, analyzing, and etc. Formally known as medical transcriptionists or a medical documentation editor, their roles are to listen to voice recording made by doctors or other health professionals. They also either transcribe the information, or they review or edit a version produced by a speech recognition technology software program for the record.
When proofreading, they review and make corrections while listening to the voice recordings, which are of the doctor’s or other healthcare professionals. They have to make sure they have all the words spell correctly, the diagnoses are written out correctly/neatly. Mostly they have to make sure that the report matches the doctor’s voice recordings. Again, proofreading while listening to the voice recordings is not very easy to do.
Analyzing is another role of the healthcare documentation specialist. They are known to analyze the reports by examining the reports carefully in detail to identify causes, key factors, possible results, and so forth. Analyzing is important because they have to make sure the medical reports are in detail and are readable for other doctors and or other healthcare professionals. Analyzing medical reports is not as hard as proofreading reports.
Editing or transcribing medical reports is yet another role that is highly detailed work that requires patience, focus, and attention to detail. When editing a medical report it is very important that you pay close attention to all the details while you