Emdat a Promoter of Health Story Project

Emdat, a world leader in online-based medical transcription software, is taking on a leadership role with the Health Story Project. Health Story develops and promotes standards that support the flow of information between narrative documents and electronic medical record systems (EMR ).

“As a provider of transcription software and data storage to thousands of medical transcription companies and healthcare providers around the globe, Emdat is well situated to provide meaningful insights for the critical work Health Story is doing,” said Randy Olver, Emdat CEO.

As part of advancing Health Story goals, Emdat leaders will provide strategic direction for the project, speak at industry events, serve as media spokespeople and continue sculpting its technologies in accordance with the project's standards.

“Emdat’s direct commitment to Health Story supports further development of specifications for the transfer of information from narrative document types directly to EMR systems,” said Health Story executive committee member Nick van Terheyden, MD, Chief Medical Officer of M*Modal.  “The efforts of companies like Emdat are further evidence of the industry's readiness to make interoperability a fact of life and to support providers in achieving federal meaningful use requirements.”

Emdat developers work with EMR providers to ensure transcribed data is fluidly incorporated.  Its mission is to provide medical transcription service organizations (MTSOs) and healthcare providers a fully managed software suite to collect, store and move data with no up-front software costs or maintenance fees.