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There are so many "hot button" issues surrounding the medical transcription industry these days, it was difficult to narrow down the focus for our first-ever forum. But we wanted to get a feel for the current state of the industry, so we let some of the big questions fly.
Read on to get some interesting opinions and perspectives on everything from offshore transcription to mandatory certification for MTs. And, is there really a shortage of qualified MTs? Most of our panel members agreed with a resounding, "Yes!"
Meet the Forum Panelists
Terry Cameron is the senior vice president, marketing and business development at MedQuist, Mt. Laurel, NJ. He brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, including new product planning, market research, alliance development and acquisition activities.
Leigh Anne Frame is transcription manager at BryanLGH Medical Center in Lincoln, NB. She has more than 25 years' experience in the medical transcription profession. She serves as an advisor to the BryanLGH College of Health Sciences School of Allied Health's Medical Transcription Program, where she administers and oversees the self-study course and provides guidance and mentoring to the MT students. She is a member of the American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) and the ASTM E31.22 standards committee.
Marilyn Grebin has been the CEO and president of Silent Type, Fort Lee, NJ, for 23 years. Web site: www.silenttype.com.
Jefferson Howe, MSA, CMT, is the practicing manager of transcription at Maine Medical Center, in Portland, overseeing 30 employees at this 606-bed teaching hospital. He has been an MT since 1984, a CMT since 1989 and holds an MS in Administration from St. Michael's College. He is most recently involved with the implementation of a back-end speech recognition product that advocates medical transcriptionists as documentation editors. Howe is also the immediate-past president of AAMT.
David Iwinski Jr. is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Acusis, an outsourced medical transcription company with more than 600 associates in the United States and India. They are headquartered in Pittsburgh. Web site: www.acusis.com.
Sherry L. Martin, CMT, is currently employed by a national transcription provider headquartered in Florida. She is also an independent contractor for a small medical transcription service organization (MTSO) in Jacksonville, FL. She has been an MT for 17 years and a certified medical transcriptionist (CMT) since 2002. She is currently involved in the Greater Jacksonville Chapter of AAMT and the association's hospitality chairman this year.Â
Rae McMann, CMT, FAAMT, has been an MT since 1980 and is currently employed as the transcription education coordinator with Orlando Regional Healthcare. She has been a CMT since 2003 and recently received her FAAMT designation in 2005. She is currently serving on the Florida Association for Medical Transcription Executive Board as the 2005 President-Elect.
Rebecca A. McSwain, PhD, CMT, is currently working as a production MT for a national service. She has worked as an MT supervisor, business owner, instructor and QA manager. She's a member of AAMT and the American Medical Writers Association. She has a PhD in anthropology and continues to work on anthro-related writing projects in her spare time.
Scott Minor is the CEO and president of Speech Vantage Inc., Conshohocken, PA. They provide speech automation services and technology to many health care organizations. Web site: www.speechvantage.com.
Steven E. Simpson is the president and chief executive officer of Spheris, a global outsource provider of medical transcription technology and services headquartered in Franklin, TN. Web site: www.spheris.com.
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