A lot of advances have come about in the field of medical transcription since its beginning as an allied health profession concerned with reporting and keeping the medical records of the patients. Changes included huge development in the dictation/transcription equipment's with replacement of the regular cassettes and manual typewriters by digital recorders and computers and along with the revolution of the medical data digitalization and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, tremendous advances have come about in the transcription management systems and in having them integrated in the Hospital Information System (HIS) which had a deep impact on the protocols and procedures of medical transcription.

At the same time Radiology is considered to be one of the medical specialties most affected by technological advances. The tremendous advances came about in the Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and the availability of these systems to be web-based and accessible from anywhere in the world (provided having an Internet connection), have changed the radiology practice a lot and made the remote interpretation for medical images available and easy. The radiologist is no longer needed to be present in the radiology department/center where the patient was scanned and may even not be in the same state, country or continent which is the typical idea of Teleradiology that has become the magical solution for the huge shortage of qualified radiologists and for the growing thirst of health care for medical imaging.

The increase in the demand of health care providers for medical imaging produces a lot of pressure on the radiology practices to provide the best service including high-quality and accurate reports provided within very short turn around time by using the most effective and efficient support services including the Radiology Transcription Service.

Radiology Transcription service providers are specialized in transcribing radiology reports and editing the reports generated by voice recognition systems. That kind of specialization gives the radiology transcription company the chance to have its transcriptionists not only trained on the basic transcription skills but also to make that training more specialized and specifically towards the specialty of Radiology including radiological anatomy of the body regions (Musculoskeletal, Nervous, Abdomen and Pelvis, … etc), medical/radiological terminology, radiological modalities, sequences and techniques, and common lesions. Also the radiology transcriptionist should be familiar with multiple RIS systems as many dictation/transcription management systems are becoming integrated with the RIS of the radiology practice and hiring a specialized radiology transcription service saves the radiology facility's time that could be wasted in explaining and training the transcriptionists on how the system works.

In the highly competitive environment of radiology and teleradiology practice, hiring a specialized radiology transcription service providing high-quality and almost 100% accurate radiology reports within a very limited turn around time (15-30 minutes) is considered the ultimate solution to save the radiologists' time instead of wasting it in editing typed reports for any hidden mistakes especially in reports generated by voice recognition and also to increase the efficiency of the whole work flow process of the practice.

Editorial Team