Webmedx Is Lauded by Healthcare Industry Peers as the 2010 AHDI Employer of the Year for Medical Transcription

ATLANTA, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ --  Webmedx, the third largest medical transcription service provider in the U.S. and a premier supplier of speech recognition and quality analytics technology, is proud to announce its receipt of the prestigious Association of Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) award as the 2010 Employer of the Year. As a member association for the medical transcription industry, AHDI honored Webmedx for the company's demonstration of its commitment to employee professional development, credentialing, a safe and productive work environment as well as strong support of AHDI programs, initiatives and standards.

Having won this award in 2006 and 2008 in addition to this year, Webmedx is the only three-time winner to be named AHDI Employer of the Year. Other accolades for Webmedx during the Austin event include its booth and on-site team being named the "Show Stopper of the Year". In addition, the company's medical transcription education subsidiary, MTEC, was also honored with two awards for "Educator of the Year" and "2010 AHDI Rising Star Award."

"We are extremely proud of our awards because they represent the dedication, professionalism and achievements of each individual in the company," says Jay Cannon, President and COO, Webmedx. "The recognition that we have received from our industry is reflective of our commitment to workforce development and the value we place upon medical language specialists in the delivery of clinical documentation, now and in the future.  Furthermore, this acknowledgement reinforces that our model of 100% U.S. based services backed by flexible technology options is the most effective approach to providing quality clinical documentation to healthcare providers."

Webmedx provides additional value in clinical documentation through their technology platform, Enterprise5. The system includes speech-driven documentation options for physicians alongside discrete data mining capabilities for CIOs. With PhysicianChoice™, doctors use front-end speech recognition to create and self-edit resulting in a 70% cost savings as compared to traditional transcription rates. QualityAnalytics™, the company's data mining solution, combines customized queries with Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract structured data in support of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) initiatives, Core Measure reporting, Meaningful Use requirements and RAC risk mitigation.  

About Webmedx

Webmedx, Inc. is the 3rd largest supplier of medical transcription services and clinical documentation technology for hospitals and clinics nationally. Recently named 2009 Best in KLAS for Outsourced Transcription according to the 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report, December 2009, the company designs and implements customer-centric documentation solutions using the most credentialed domestic workforce in the industry and its own enterprise-class, intelligent speech recognition and clinical data mining technology platforms.  For more information, go to www.webmedx.com, email [email protected], or call 877-846-1200.

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