Providers and MTSOs who use Emdat can now populate EMRs with information entered by transcriptionists rather than physicians, allowing doctors to focus on patient care and potentially leading to significant cost savings. By relieving physicians of this time-consuming data entry responsibility, which ultimately reduces the average number of patients he or she can see in a day, DaRT eliminates what has been a major challenge to the successful adoption of electronic records. "For some time, electronic medical records have promised to improve patient care and lower costs,” said Randy Olver, chief executive officer of Emdat. "By enabling physicians to use these systems without sacrificing the time they can spend with patients, the DaRT solution helps providers turn that hope into a reality.”

Doctors can continue to create notes or dictations using their preferred method and send them to a medical transcriptionist, who enters the information into an electronic form. The contents are then uploaded to an EMR as...

Look for Emdat at The 21st MTIA annual conference in Daytona Beach, FL, April 28th - May 1st, 2010. CEO Randy Olver, President Steve Palmisano, VP-Technology Jeff Olver, VP-Sales Bob Haugen and Director of Business De velopment Chuck Strain will be in attendance and manning our brand new 10' x 20' booth. Stop by Booth #13 and say hi! 

ADVANCE, provider of multiple healthcare-related publications, Web sites, and services, brought together some of the leading professionals and representatives of top companies in the field to discuss the future of transcription and how it will affect MTs—both now and down the road. Emdat CEO Randy Olver gathered with Tracy Boesch, TransTech Medical Solutions, Jay Cannon, Webmedx, Michael Clark, MedQuist, Peter Durlach, Nuance Communications, Inc, Dianna Hall, CMT, AHDI-F, Covenant Healthcare, Barb Marques, CMT, AHDI-F, to discuss the challenges MTs face in the changing health care environment, the impact changes will have on recruiting new MTs into the field, and whether the perceived reputation of the profession is well-deserved. Read the article here:  All Hands on Deck: ADVANCE Roundtable Discussion of the MT Profession