Welcome to AHDI-WA, your professional state medical documentation component association! * New * NLP and MTSOs: Is natural language processing the key to the future of MTSOs? By Lynn Jusinski *************** MTIA Releases Supportive Position on Workforce Credentialing Department of Labor Statistics for Medical Transcriptionists by Patricia “PJ” James, CMT Bentley College 2007 Medical Transcriptionist Survey Success Starts With Solid Education: We all need to do our part to address the severe work force shortage of qualified MTs By Kim Buchanan, CMT, AHDI-F

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Free Credentialing Study Group Now Forming

Have you thought about becoming a registered medical transcriptionist (RMT) or certified medical transcriptionist (CMT)? AHDI-WA would like to invite you to an online study group to prep for the exam. We will be using the RMT and CMT prep guides. More...

AHDI-WA Seeks Delegate to AHDI House of Delegates
for 2009

AHDI-WA is currently seeking applications and/or nominations of individuals interested in serving as delegate to AHDI House of Delegates. This is a one year term (January to December 2009) in order to complete the 2008-2009 term of our previous delegate. The HOD meets three times a year via webinar and once a year face-to-face meeting, which will be held July 28, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee. More....

Credentialing Cup Study Group Formation

If you would like to become a credentialed MT (either RMT or CMT) before the new year, here’s just the opportunity for you! AHDI-WA is currently in the process of forming a free study group team to work together, encourage, and support one another for six weeks beginning Saturday, November 1, 2008, and continuing until December 13. The idea is to have a flexible structure with communication by e-mail, so it doesn’t matter where you live. More...

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Coming events...

AHDI-WA Board Retreat January TBA, 2009, location TBA

NWCP Leadership Conference February 7, 2009, location TBA

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MTIA releases supportive position on workforce credentialing. ...more

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Both the industry and the association are facing a workforce development and recruitment challenge that will soon become a crisis issue for healthcare delivery. With the impending retirement of our sustaining Baby Boomer workforce, our industry

will soon reach a critical point of disconnect with the demands of an evolving healthcare delivery system... read more about this important issue