Everything is Big in Texas

Everything in Texas is big -- big sky, big state, big trucks, big highways, and big homes. My hosts tonight were Melinda and Bob Owen. The Owen's provided me with a Texas home cooked meal in their big home (Melinda tells me that homes in her planned community - on a big lake and big golf course - must be at minimum of 3,400 square feet) that ended with a big home made cake. Although Melinda's husband has some knowledge of healthcare, he served as a volunteer EMT, he works full time as an engineer. They have three boys and a dog.

Paradoxically, Melinda is a petite Texan, and so is her transcription company. As one of thirteen MTIA board members, Melinda claims to have the smallest transcription service on the board, where she has the opportunity to represent the interests of small transcription service providers. Her company specializes in Radiology and Cardiology documentation services. Surprisingly, even when Melinda presses her clients to adopt a speech recognition platform, with help in the transition from her MTSO, her clients beg off because they're extremely satisfied with the services they receive from her company. However, Melinda is poised to grow the business with the use of technologies. She sees the opportunity the sector has in the health information exchange debate and believes there is a bright future for transcriptionists and transcription companies willing to create new value in the documentation sector to optimize healthcare delivery.

Melinda is looking forward to attending the AHDI convention and working closer with the AHDI board and membership through the newly formed partnership. She assures me that during convention she'll be sweatin' to the oldies with Richard Simmons and already has her red dress picked out for the Red Dress Gala Awards. Thanks again to Melinda, Bob, and their sons for the BIG hospitality in Texas.

521 miles driven today
1,801 total miles driven