Obstetrics and Gynecology are two medical specialties that have seen tremendous growth and change over the years. These two specialties are often merged as a single specialty and are called in different abbreviated terms such as OB/GYN, OBG, O&G, etc. Though obstetrics and gynecology are often mentioned as a single medical specialty, obstetrics deals with pregnant care whereas gynecology is an umbrella term that encompasses any disease or disorder in the female reproductive system.
But what is common in both the fields is that it deals with both physical as well as emotional issues for a patient and any tiny error in the patient record can lead to major misunderstandings. As both obstetrics and gynecology deal with subjects that a layperson has little or no knowledge of, the onus is on the physician to produce accurate medical records that are unambiguous and structured.
To streamline the smooth documentation workflow of an Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics are turning to professional medical transcription providers. And to cut costs most of the major obstetrics and gynecology clinics and hospitals outsource their medical transcription and documentation work to developing countries like India. In house transcribers can be very expensive and due to the increase in newer and advanced medical treatments such in-vitro fertilization, the test tube method and several more, the volume of the workload of a gynac or obstetrician has increased manifold. This leads to missed deadlines, high operational costs and delayed patient care.
Which is why off shore destinations like India are the undisputed choice of physicians and hospitals. The online transcription module followed by most medical transcription companies, seamlessly integrates with almost all the EMR, EHR available in the market. The rates of all these Obstetrics and Gynecology transcription services are also very cheap. They charge a reasonable 10 ¢ to document a single line of 65 characters. This low price amount helps in enhancing the revenue cycle of a clinic. The in-house on the other hand charge an expensive amount of, $35 to $38 to document the same line and leads to piling up of overheads.
Hence the hospitals, clinics soliciting the service of the OB - Gyn transcription providers get cost-effective accurate Obstetrics - Gynecology medical transcription service within a turnaround time of 12 hours. Moreover they are given the STAT options of 2/4/6/8hrs.
To assess their accuracy and quality standards almost the major companies provide a 7 day free trial. With so many reasons favouring outsourcing medical transcription services it is no wonder that it is the fastest growing field in the whole world.
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