The Mayans were wrong!

Life moves on, and more quickly every day.

Welcome back Dr. Ted Phillips, oral & maxillofacial surgeon from Dallas, Texas. We look forward to helping you again.

Using The Binion Group for patient documentation is easy and much more cost effective than hiring an in-house scribe or transcriptionist.

We can also help organize your office  by preparing a Policy & Procedure Manual. Contact paulettebinion@gmail.com for more information.

Voice Recognition Software versus The Human Element

Beware the "carpetbaggers" of the 21st century trying to convince you that your practice will save money by instituting their software with voice recognition (VR) technology, replacing the need for a human healthcare documentation specialist (formerly known as "medical transcriptionist).

Numerous studies recently have revealed high rates of critical errors in reports generated by VR systems versus their traditionally transcribed counterparts. While the VR reports are completed more expediently, for most of us in the healthcare industry, a report with one or more critical errors is unacceptable, not to mention dangerous to the patient and potentially damaging to the doctor/clinic's reputation.

Healthcare documentation specialists are trained not only to decipher the meaning of mumbled, garbled, warp speed dictated reports, but also to correct errors not able to be picked up by a VR program such as right versus left. With VR, what you say is what you get--whether it's right or not. 

If the doctor has to have any involvement in the process other than pressing a record button and a stop button, his/her productivity suffers. Putting hands on a keyboard versus hands on a patient (so to speak) does not save the practice money; instead, it slows the doctor down.

Outsourcing transcription is the most cost effective way for a practice to handle its healthcare documentation and to ensure 100% coverage with no down time. At the very least, those who use VR programs need to have a trained healthcare documentation specialist review the reports for accuracy before placing them in the patient's permanent record.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958938
http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/radblog/display/article/113619/1997757
http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/042312p20.shtml

Welcome, Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Specialists

The newest addition to the Binion Group family is the BR Orthopaedic Clinic. We are thrilled to be able to assist them in getting caught up with their backlog. The Binion Group does not require a clinic to sign a contract or have minimum uploads. We are happy to assist each client, no matter the size of the clinic or the amount of work.

Welcome Terrebonne General Medical Center

We are pleased to be able to assist TGMC of Houma, Louisiana with their overflow transcription needs. Thanks for your confidence in us!

And to all of our talented orthopaedic surgeons, thanks for all you do to keep us whole. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=xMYjfb_M9wM&vq=large

Welcome, Dr. Manuel La Rosa-Craig

Our newest client, Dr. Manuel La Rosa-Craig, is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Tacoma, Washington. His wife, Dr. Silvia La Rosa, a periodontist, has been our client for approximately a year. We look forward to working with Dr. La Rosa and his staff.

Welcome, Turtle Creek Surgery Center!

We welcome our newest client, Turtle Creek Surgery Center, referred to us by long-time client Tyler Oral & Facial Surgery Center. We appreciate referrals and look forward to assisting this clinic with their documentation needs.

On the grow....

Welcome to our newest client, The Heart Clinic of Louisiana. We are excited to be able to help this clinic with their overflow work. They had previously used the services of a much larger transcription company whose work force is mainly in India, but decided to bring the work "back home" to the United States.

We appreciate them giving The Binion Group a chance to improve the quality of their patient documentation!