Online Industry Resouces

AAMT: American Association for Medical Transcription, www.aamt.org. The American Association for Medical Transcription is the largest association for medical transcription in the world. The overall mission of AAMT is to lead the evolution of medical transcription, to represent and advance the profession and its practitioners.

MTIA: Medical Trancription Indistry Alliance, www.mita.com. The Medical Transcription Industry Alliance is a non-profit membership association serving the needs of medical transcription companies and health information management professionals.

CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicade Services, www.cms.hhs.gov. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Programs for which CMS is responsible include Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA, and CLIA.

White Papers, Reports, Books & Articles

Good Dictation Protocol: How to gain speed and consistency while reducing errors. (Download PDF)

Government Pushes For Electronic Medical Record Standards, by Markian Hawryluk, amednews.com. (Download PDF)

Healthcare Needs Its Own "Industrial Revolution", by Brian Ried, Health-IT World.

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth, Clayton M. Christenson, Michael E. Raynor. (Review)

A Prescription for Health Care Cost Reform. Strategy and Innovation 1, no.1(March/April 2003) Ulwick, Anthony W., Clayton M. Christensen, and Jerome H Grossman.

Events

AAMT's 26th Annual Convention and Expo. August 25th-29th, Atlanta GA. (More Information)