On the Road Again: Destination China

As part of the People-to-People Ambassador Program, I’m leading a delegation of industry professionals to China for a program on Healthcare Documentation and Data Capture. The delegation consists of three medical transcriptionists, two MT business owners, two transcription managers, an MT educator, and an administrator of an ambulatory specialty center. We also have four guests who have come along for the cultural opportunities. The delegation is from eight U.S. states and Canada. I’m writing this initial blog in the Los Angeles International Airport close to midnight. We arrive in Beijing through Hong Kong.

We have professional meetings scheduled with the Chinese Medical Records Association, several healthcare facilities in urban and rural areas, and a school for health information management. We’ll exchange ideas and discuss trends in healthcare documentation and data capture related to emerging technologies, information exchange, and educational efforts to address the growing complexity of clinical documentation. The delegation will also go to historical cultural sites and spend some time learning about the Chinese people and their culture. We hope you follow along as we provide the citizens of China information on the medical transcription profession in the U.S. and the essential role transcriptionists play in quality patient care delivery.