Hospitals and other healthcare providers are now increasingly using outsourced medical transcription services to bring more efficiency and clarity to their documentation.

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Significance of Accurate Medical Terminology in
HealthCare
Hospitals and other healthcare providers are now increasingly using
outsourced medical transcription services to bring more efficiency and clarity
to their documentation.
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Medical terminology is the standardized means of communication within the healthcare
industry and accurate medical data entry is therefore of prime importance. Fluency and
accuracy in medical terminology applies to all hospital professionals and it eases clinical
proceedings and helps everyone involved in the process of treatment and care to
perform more efficiently for the patient’s benefit. Medical terms are used to describe the
condition of the patient and decide the treatments that he or she needs. The treatments
and procedures mentioned in the doctors’ notes are significant from the point of view of
medical reimbursement for physicians. When clinicians dictate their patient notes, these
need to be correctly transcribed and this transcription is best done by a professional
service provider experienced in offering medical transcription services.
Advantages of Using Accurate Medical Terminology
Medical coders and billers rely on codebooks, medical dictionaries and other resources to
assign codes accurately. Without proper training an ordinary person will not be able to
make much sense of the coding system. Errors in medical coding lead to erratic medical
billing that can cause denial of medical claims. Use of accurate medical terminology
improves patient care and provides the following benefits also:
 Better communication with healthcare professionals: Use of correct medical
terminology helps healthcare professionals to understand the patient’s condition,
decipher complex information and provide accurate diagnosis.
 Quick and easy documentation: Medical terminology contains a lot of
abbreviations that cannot be translated or explained in plain English. Medical
professionals deal with many patients and are required to make quick
documentation. A good medical transcriptionist knows to use the right medical
terms and standard abbreviations that all medical practitioners understand.
 Avoid medical errors: Use of proper medical terms helps avoid errorsin
communication and medical documentation. Accurate medical terms helps in
describing the medical history of a patient and helps other healthcare
professionals to diagnose accurately and provide the right treatment.
Without a grounding in medical terminology, medical billers and medical coders cannot
provide accurate medical transcription.
Medical Errors Are the Third Leading Cause Of Death In US
According to a BMJ report, medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the
United States, which highlights the importance of ensuring extra care in medical
documentation. Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine says that medical errors includes everything like poor doctor

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performance, systemic issues, poor medical documentation and communication
breakdowns when patients are handed off from one department to another. The
researchers say that most of the medical errors weren’t due to inherently bad doctors
but due to poorly coordinated care, fragmented insurance network, drastic variation in
physicians practice pattern that lack accountability.
Medical errors arising from poorly coordinated care and other issues can be avoided if
the data entered into the records is accurate. It helps healthcare workers to
communicate better and provide better care. Hospitals and other healthcare providers
are now increasingly using outsourced medical transcription services to bring more
efficiency and clarity to their documentation.