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<p>Nearly twenty years ago I applied for a job in the surveillance industry not knowing what to expect but in desperate need of any employment. Once hired, I was exposed to an interesting side of life I had never seen before. Surveillance is a word in everyone's vocabulary these days. Home surveillance and business security are an essential aspect of modern day living. The surveillance camera in particular, is at the heart of it all. Back in the early 1990's, the surveillance camera industry was really taking off. Although surveillance cameras were available for many years prior, the idea of recording everyday life as a crime deterrence and as a tool in aiding conviction of criminals was spreading far and wide.<br /><br />Typically surveillance cameras of the time recorded motion in black and white. Although color cams were available, the camera and the color capable monitor were an added cost that not many individuals deemed unnecessary. The cameras themselves were housed in cases sometimes as large as a small shoebox. The lens protruded from the camera. The cameras required a power supply as well as a cable to carry the video signal to the monitor or recording equipment. Cameras placed outdoors in geographical locations susceptible to inclement weather, needed an weatherproof enclosure, which was, in most cases heated to prevent the camera and lens from freezing. The resolution and overall picture quality was neanderthal by today's standards, but a blurred or grainy sequence of activity was better than nothing at all. Recording was a chore, but we didn't realize it back then. The VTR, or video tape recorder, was an innovation like no other. It enabled those of us in the video surveillance industry to record and maintain the images captured by the cameras. This was replaced in short time by the time lapse recorder which used less tapes to record longer periods of time. We no longer needed an entire closet to store surveillance tapes, just a shelf or two. <br /><br />Times change and the technology of today leaves us wondering how we ever got by in the past. Surveillance cameras produce motion images in near high definition. Camera size and weight have been reduced dramatically thanks to innovative design and manufacture. Many cameras are available wireless totally eliminating the need for a video cable. Monitors have fallen in price and increased substantially in resolution and clarity. Recording has evolved into hard drive space and dvd media requiring far less storage space with light-years more capability than methods of yesterday. <br /><br />Interesting security and surveillance footage has become the talk of the town and the basis for many interesting television programs. The impact these cameras have made on society is incredible, the list of examples goes on and on. I'm certain the concept of filming and recording criminal activity and capturing just about anything else on video will continue to evolve in line with technology.</p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br /><p>Visit <a href="http://www.camerafanatics.com" rel="nofollow">Camera Fanatics</a> for a vintage camera photo gallery as well as information on some outdated camera types such as the Kodak disc camera and the Polaroid Instant camera. There are also <a href="http://www.camerafanatics.com/securitycameraproducts.htm" rel="nofollow">surveillance cameras</a> available for purchase.</p>

Out-sourcing Of Medical Transcription – How It Works??

Many of the medical facilities outsource transcription for various reasons. For the convenience of the physicians and hospitals, we provide a wide variety of options to send us the dictations and to receive transcriptions:
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<br>-Toll free telephone lines
<br>-Digital and cassette tape hand held recorders
<br>-Dictation servers
<br>-Transcriptions via secure e-mail, secure file transfer protocol or
<br>website data bank
<br>-Transcriptions via fax or remote internet printer
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<br>Dictation on toll free telephone lines:
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<br>This is a dedicated computerized system that allows the physicians to call in from any phone including cellular, and dictate. Once the toll free number is dialed voice prompts will guide through the process, which will enable the physicians to dictate. Each physician will be given a unique 4-digit id. Our dial-n-dictate program is very physician-friendly and prompts are given for each step. For the convenience of the physicians facilities like rewind, replay, save, abort, fast forward etc are also available. The chances of losing dictations are very remote eliminating the need for re-dictation.
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<br>Digital hand held recorders:
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<br>If the physician does not want to dial the numbers every time and do not want to be bound to a phone, digital hand held recorder is the best alternative.
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<br>A digital voice recorder is smaller or about the same size of an hand-held tape recorder and is operated like one.
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<br>Voice is recorded on internal / removable memory cards like those used in digital cameras. Each card can take up to 10 hours of dictation. It can be plugged into a computer interface and the voice can be sent to the transcription company via Internet. The voice can be saved into the computer or deleted so that the card can be reused. One can continue to record on another card if one is full. Hence waiting for the files to transfer if avoided. By keeping a few cards available, physician can record wherever and whenever required.
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<br>It is very easy and takes very little time to remove the card from the recorder, insert it into a computer interface and transfer the files via Internet.
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<br>Most important point to remember is, all the transfers should be secure and appropriate HIPAA compliant file transfer program has to be selected like secure ftp, secure email
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<br>Dictation servers
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<br>The transcription service provider can log into the hospital dictation server if the hospital is already having one.
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<br>Alternatively, inexpensive computer programs are available. Physician can directly dictate to the computer using a wireless or wired microphone. The transcription service provider can access these dictations.
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<br>Getting back the Transcriptions
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<br>Transcribed records can be received by one of the following options:
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<br>As an email attachment. However the email service should be secure and HIPAA compliant.
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<br>Transcriptions can be received via fax or remote internet printer by which docuemtns are directly printed by the transcription service provider at the physician's end.
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<br>Transcriptions can be downloaded from the secure ftp site provided by the medical transcription service provider.
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<br>Some of the transcription service providers like Vision Infonet will have online data servers. Physicians can access these servers through a browser to:
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<br>-Search, view and secure download the transcriptions anytime
<br>-Transcriptions can be edited and saved online.
<br>-Respective voice file can be played while editing
<br>-Electronic signature can be added.
<br>-Automatic faxing the transcriptions can be done
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<br>About the Author: Anil Moses is a post graduate in business administration and is associated with <a href="http://www.vinfonet.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">medical transcription</a>, <a href="http://www.vinfonet.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">medical billing services</a> and development of <a href="http://www.mdcareplus.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MDCare EMR</a> for more than 10 years.
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