Best Practice Standards

MTIA is actively engaged in the development of standards in healthcare documentation that will have a positive impact on the documentation workflow process from start to finish as well as the development of best practices in the arena of medical transcription service provision and management. MTIA works in partnership with other industry organizations (AHDI, AHIMA, ASTM, and HL7) to shape those best practices and standards that are in the best interests of the health data capture and documentation sector.

Statement on Credentialing for Healthcare Documentation Workers: Both the evolving complexity of healthcare documentation in the EHR and the need to promote the role of a highly skilled knowledge worker in the face of enabling data capture technologies prompted the Medical Transcription Industry Association to release a strong statement in support of professional credentialing. The statement outlines the Association's official position on the need to transition its workforce to a credentialed status, urging MTSO employers to adopt hiring practices that give preference to employment candidates with RMT and CMT credentials, depending on role and work setting.

Transcription Turnaround Time for Common Document Types (TAT4CDT): This comprehensive white paper developed and released jointly by MTIA and AHIMA in 2008 addresses industry trends, practices, expectations, and key considerations when establishing turnaround times for clinical documentation for the private practice, clinic, and acute care sectors.

Standards Development Flow Chart - A resource document highlighting all standards in health data capture and documentation that have been developed or are currently under development through the joint efforts of AHDI, MTIA, AHIMA, ASTM, and HL7.

A Standard Unit of Measure for Transcribed Reports - Released in 2007, this collaborative effort between MTIA and AHIMA focuses on the need for a credible, verifiable unit of measure for transcription billing and makes the recommendation for adoption of the visual black character (VBC) unit of measure for transcribed reports.