Feature

Updated/New

Editions

Comments

Brighter Work Environment

All

User can customize palette

Vertical Ruler

All

Creates Word Documents

All

Opens and displays in MS Word identically to how it appears in MPWord.

Built-in Medical Spell Check

All

2500 medical words added, for 130,000 medical terms, and 140,000 English words

Option for Spell-As-I-Type

Can Install Stedman's

All

"The Best Words in Medicine"
www.Stedmans.com

Abbreviation Expander

All

No limit on length of the expanded form.

No limit on number of abbreviations.

All formatting features supported.

Can select abbreviation from list (prompted)

Can contain limited codewords, and navigational symbol.

Utilities to convert from MS Word, Shortcut and Shorhand.

Always inserted with current font.

Facility-specific abbreviations. (Can use same short form for different facilities and get different results.)

Import Data

All

Including patient databases, addresses, dictators, facility registrations, formatting templates.

No need to restart program after importation.

Import Transcribed Reports

MTSO

Creates PDF Files

All

Zip or Unzip Files

All

Zips and applies password protection

Unzips even password protected files

New levels of encryption, and dialogs

Selection from Lists: Patients, Dictators, Addressees

All

Facility Registration

Not in Team

The underpinning of the program.

In Registration you specify the settings you need for a client, and the program executes accordingly.

Set Session

All

Formatting Templates

All

Easily created, no awkward named fields, just codewords (eg. Last* is replaced with the patient's last name)

Facility-specific, presented in list

Customizes Template for the Dictation

All

Replaces codewords with up to 60 bits of information

Built-in Document Properties

All

Creates self-documenting file for easy importation into databases

View history, print history for HIPAA compliance

Patient Editor

Not in Team

Edit, add or delete patients.

Auto Patient Age and Sex

All

Auto Address / Envelope

All

Auto Naming / Saving

All

Creates the filename to the pattern you specified in Facility Registration.

Production List

All

Every note completed becomes listed in the production list, with details, and a running tally of the MTs total lines and income. (Many MTs have told us they love this feature, for it spurs them on to meet their daily goals.)

Open Last Note on Current Patient

All

Locator for Previous Notes

All

Mark Proofing Needs

All

A file marked with proofing needs will not import into MTSO until corrected by QA.

Import History

MTSO

Alternate means of looking up previous work, by import month, patient, dictator, etc

Keystrokes to Insert Last Name, First, Errata Mark

All

Keyboard Shortcuts

Any menu item can be assigned to keystroke of choice.

Auto Line Count

All

Multiple counting methods. The one used for the facility is the one specified in Facility Registration.

Specify Different Counting Method for MT and Client

MTSO

Auto Invoicing

All

Specify facility/client, and the date range.

Empty Dual Folders

All

Remote MTs generally find it easier to have a Dual Save folder specified in Facility Registration. The program puts copies of all the work they do not only in the Transcription folder, but also here. At the end of the day, they then have one folder to send back to the office. After FTPing or emailing, Empty Dual Folders will clear it of the files.

Production Reports

MTSO

Reports what an MT produced for a day or range.

Reports what the Agency did for a day or range.

Invoice all facilities at once.

Compare MT line count vs Billing line count.

Setup Remote MT

MTSO

Emails or FTPs data for importation into MPWord

Parse ADTs

MTSO

Takes the hospital Admit / Discharge / Transfer report, or a census or a clinic patient list and imports the information in the form used by MPWord.

Allows your MTs to work with accurate, current information.

Dispatch Folder

Professional

MTSO

Emails or faxes to Facility, Dictator, or all CC'd a whole folder at a time. Uses the specifications in Facility Registration for who is to get the documents, and the method used to send them. Sends one fax or one email to each, with one or multiple documents.

Manual FTP

All

In addition to the FTP folder feature, this new feature allows the MT to select files from multiple folders, and to select the facility it is going to. She can also log into the GET folder, and select what she wishes to download. Unlike free or commercial FTP programs, the MT has no ability to navigate to any other folder except for the two specified in facility registration (GET and SEND). She has no ability to delete files, only copy.

Manual Email

All

In addition to

   With Current Document | Email, or

   Dispatch Folder

this new feature allows the MT to select files from multiple folders and to select one or more email recipients. The files will be encrypted and password protected to meet HIPAA guidelines. Some agencies will probably use this method as the preferred method of receiving work from their MTs.

Manual Fax

Professional

MTSO

In addition to

   With Current Document | Fax, or

   Dispatch Folder

this new feature allows the MT to select files from multiple folders and to select one or more fax recipients.

Also new is the ability to receive faxes via MPWord.

Detailed File Sent History

All

Every file FTP'd, emailed or faxed becomes listed in the detailed history. This gives abundent information about the transfer: the method, to whom, when, if in a zip or pfd (and if so the password used), the filename of the file sent, the folder it was in, etc.

New Assistant: MT's Notes

All

Permanently docked at the bottom of the screen (along with SpellCheck, SmartWords, Production List, and Addresses) this new tab has fields for the MT's

   Daily Notes

   Permanent Notes

   Office Notes (not displayed in Professional)

Only MTSO can create Office Notes, and they will be automatically included when Setup MT is used. The office could use this as reminders for sending in an invoice, or an upcoming meeting.

Also on this tab the MT is informed of any unsent (queued) emails or ftps.

MPSentinel

MTSO

Complete, round-the-clock, 24/7 automation for all file moving tasks.