There are many challenges on the horizon. Electronic medical records are being adopted in offices and health care institutions across the country and internationally. Voice recognition software is rapidly improving with greater accuracy and is becoming more popular. Medical offices and hospitals are being squeezed financially and are trying to improve the bottom line by cutting medical transcription costs.

VAHDI is committed to help you thrive amidst these changes.

We can work together to grow and flourish in this technological age by learning new ways to use technology. We need to know how to get our documentation into EMRs quickly and smoothly. We can provide data entry, editing and proofreading services to physicians and other health care professionals. We can find ways to make it easier for physicians to communicate with each other and with patients while maintaining records of those interactions. We can help patients create digital copies of their office records to carry with them to other medical offices and hospital emergency rooms. Medical transcription professionals should be on the forefront of these changes, making the plans and creating the changes.

The key is working together. In order for VAHDI to have a strong voice and to be involved in participating in these advances, we need your membership and support. By the same token, we can provide great support for you as well as you strive in this ever changing world of health care. We need each other to survive.

VAHDI is your organization committed to providing the best resources for you that we possibly can to help you prosper in this exciting, interesting and progressive career that you've chosen for your profession. Support us. Help us grow, and we can all prosper and flourish and be a strong voice together, joining with others along the path of better medical documentation through innovative thinking and technology.

If you are already a member of AHDI and if you live in Virginia, then you are automatically a member of VAHDI. If you are not yet a member of AHDI, please consider joining now. We would love to have you in our organization.