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AHDI and MTIA present the fifth annual Advocacy Summit event from March 23-25, 2010!  Make your arrangements now to come to Washington, DC to advocate on behalf of your profession at a critical time for the medical transcription sector.   In past years, we have had nearly 100 attendees, and we look forward to an even greater presence on Capitol Hill in 2010.

Registration

Details to be announced.

Timeline of Events

Tuesday, March 23 begins with an AHDI Board of Directors meeting at the hotel. Registration packets can be picked up after the board meeting. Registration is followed by a reception (food provided) and briefing/orientation.  To close out the evening, attendees will have an opportunity to meet with their state delegations and prepare for their day on Capitol Hill.

Wednesday, March 24 will be spent meeting with Representatives, Senators, and their aides. Attendees will then meet back at the hotel for a reception (food provided) and debriefing where they can share their experiences on the Hill.

Thursday, March 25 Additional activities to be announced.

Official Advocacy Summit Hotel

Details to be announced.

Educational Resources

AHDI and MTIA have created the following resources that members can use to educate themselves, fellow members of the profession, government decision-makers and others on important issues facing the sector.  Also, these resources will provide you with a preview of the types of messages we will be sharing with legislators at Advocacy Summit.

  1. Abstract: Improving the Accuracy of Narrative Patient Notes: This document discusses how healthcare documentation professionals support physicians in the use of electronic medical records by ensuring the accuracy of patient health information.
  2. Overview of Challenges and Opportunities for Medical Transcription Sector: This document outlines the technological and economic challenges facing the medical transcription sector and how the sector can strategically position itself to turn those challenges into opportunities that will provide a viable and successful future for the industry.  
  3. White Paper: Medical Transcription-Proven Accelerator of EHR Adoption: The white paper outlines how MTSOs and healthcare documentation professionals are well positioned to help the Obama Administration achieve its goal of wide-scale EHR adoption and use.  
  4. MTIA/AHDI Comment on Meaningful Use: On June 26, 2009, MTIA and AHDI submitted their official comment on the HIT Policy Committee’s draft description of “meaningful use.”  The comment focused on how healthcare documentation professionals and structured narrative reports contribute to quality documentation and the need for certified EHR systems to be able to accept interfaced data from the dictation-transcription process.  
  5. Sample Narrative Chart Note with XML: This sample note demonstrates how information in a narrative report can be tagged so that it is reportable.  
  6. Video on Discrete Reportable Transcription (DRT): Mark Anderson, CEO of AC Group, Inc., discusses the challenges of EHR adoption and how discrete reportable transcription( DRT) addresses these issues.  

Contact Us 

Questions about the Advocacy Summit? Contact AHDI/MTIA staff member Greg Doggett, JD, who can assist you further.
Greg Doggett
Email: gdoggett@ahdionline.org
Direct: 859-512-3284
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