Medical transcription company should possess tools and resources that can support HL based transmissions which are the underlying foundation for medical transcription.

1. What is HL7?
As an important factor in medical transcription, HL7 transcription or Health Level
7 adheres to recognized healthcare standards. Accredited by the American National
Standards or ANSI, HL7 renders standards define, communicate and represent the
norms related to healthcare data. Medical transcription company should possess
tools and resources that can support HL based transmissions which are the
underlying foundation for medical transcription. While the process of medical
transcription involves transmission of patient records audio files into computer
files to preserve the safety of record keeping, HL7 forms the basis of a necessary
interface that caters to the availability of critical healthcare information to various
types of sources.
While outsourcing medical transcription to medical transcription services
providers, healthcare organizations should ensure that they adhere to quick TAT,
accuracy, competitive pricing and data security. Adding to these criteria, the
service provider has to integrate the crucial aspect of HL7 as an interface to
network with other EMR systems with ease. Another factor that the service
provider should have is the resources to seamlessly blend with HL7 based ADT or
Abstract Data Types/order transmissions through TCP or Transmission Control
Protocol/IP or Internet Protocol, HTTPS or HyperText Transfer Protocol Server
and/or VPN (Virtual Private Network). Customized ADT messages can be
rendered with ADT feeds for demographic information and patient scheduling. The
transmission of transcribed reports would then be transmitted back by embedding
in multiple ORU modules in a single Health level 7 messages through rich text or
text format. With no additional costs for the client, Health Level 7 messages can be
delivered so the interface can take place and configured accurately with EMR
reports.