1、Designation: E 2502 06An American National StandardStandard Guide forMedical Transcription Workstations1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 2502; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last re
2、vision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope1.1 This guide identifies ways to improve the medicaltranscription workstation, including, but not limited to, thework environme
3、nt, which encompasses ergonomics and secu-rity issues, equipment, references, and tools.1.2 This guide will assist healthcare managers, vendors,medical transcription service owners, and individual medicaltranscriptionists to make informed decisions related to thedesign of an efficient medical transc
4、ription work environmentcompliant with federal regulatory agencies.1.3 This guide does not address the medical transcriptionprocess or training.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standa
5、rd to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E 1130 Test Method for Objective Measurement of SpeechPrivacy in Open Offices Using Articulation IndexE 1869 Guide for Confident
6、iality, Privacy,Access, and DataSecurity Principles for Health Information Including Elec-tronic Health RecordsE 1902 Specification for Management of the Confidentialityand Security of Dictation, Transcription, and TranscribedHealth RecordsE 1988 Guide for Training of Persons who have Access toHealt
7、h InformationE2117 Guide for Identification and Establishment of aQuality Assurance Program for Medical Transcription2.2 Ergonomic Resources:Office Ergonomics Training: www.office-3National Institutes of HealthDivision of OccupationalHealth and Safety: http:/dohs.ors.od.nih.gov/ergo_computers.html4h
8、ttp:/dohs.ors.od.nih.gov/ergonomics_home.html4Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters forDisease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/ergonomics/compergo.html5B: 7Occupational Safety and Health Administration:www.osha.gov8Cornell University Ergonomics: http:/ergo.human.cornell.edu/CUVD
9、Tchecklist.html92.3 HIPAA Resources:Public Law 104-191 Health Insurance Portability and Ac-countability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)American Association for Medical Transcription, HIPAAfor MTs, July 2005Guide to HIPAA Privacy Rule, Lippincott Williams ergonomics; HIPAA; medical transcrip-tion; medical transc
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