Discrete Reportable Transcription: Saves Time & Money with EHRs
Email ArticleDiscrete Reportable Transcription (DRT) is a technology that enables transcribed information to directly populate into Electronic Health Records (EHRs). A substantial benefit of utilizing DRT with EHRs is that narrative dictation - often physicians’ preferred documentation method - is maintained while seamlessly integrated into the specific sections within the EHR. Using DRT with EHRs, the charting quality is improved as the time documenting patient encounters is greatly reduced.
Since dictation is used for EHR note entry, large time savings are realized. DRT greatly reduces the need for typing, point-and-click, and EHR-template entries. Besides the improved usability of EHRs, DRT enables a practice to implement an EHR and continue the established operational workflow.
Using a transcription service that supports DRT technology is highly recommended for those practices that have not implemented an EHR yet. DRT will create structured documents that can be imported into the future EHR.
Reduced clinical documentation costs are a positive side effect of DRT use. In an AC Group study, there was a 38% drop in transcription costs at the outset of implementing DRT with EHR's. Those same costs on a follow-up visit decreased 82%. In addition, 80% of discrete data was captured with 18% of the effort. All of this is accomplished without a change in workflow for the physicians.
Combining an operational workflow that preserves the preferred method of documentation by physicians, with the quick turnaround time and accuracy of DRT-enabled EHR entry, means more time is afforded for quality patient care, not record keeping. DRT reduces the time spent documenting encounters and expedites EHR note entry.
