Emdat CEO Randy Olver, along with over 75 fellow members of the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA), convened in Washington, DC for the organizations’ fifth-annual Advocacy Summit, March 23-25, 2010. The HITECH and subsequent proposed regulations concerning “meaningful use” of certified EHR systems have prompted the medical transcription sector to educate legislators on the significance of securing continued access by physicians to the dictation-transcription process.

Attendees met with their local state-elected officials and discussed the importance of dictation and transcription in the future of healthcare. Randy spoke with Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl (D - WI) and Wisconsin Representatives...