Medical Office Technologies Resources

Medical Practice Management (MPM), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Medical Transcription

Directories

• Healthcare IT Yellow Pages
• Medical Practice Management Software Directory
• Yahoo! Medical Transcription listing
• HIPAA directory for medical practices using MPM and EMR systems
• Medical Transcription Resources
• Medical Transcription Directory

Information and Publications

• Medical Economics – Publication for the business side of the medical industry
• Advance News Magazines – Resource for health information professionals
• Medical Design magazine – Medical technology news and information
• Virtual Medical Worlds – Online digest for computing in the healthcare industry
• SoundPractice.net – Podcasts (audio recordings) of interviews and articles about MPM.

Industry Associations

• American Medical Association – Resource for physicians and medical professionals to make progress towards the nation’s health
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Various health documents, statistics, and other information
• Medical Transcription Industry Association – For professionals in healthcare documentation services
• American Health Information Management Association – Helping medical practices migrate from paper to EMR systems
• Medical Group Management Association – Providing information and networking in medical practice management industry

Discussions/blogs/newsgroups

• Various EMR discussions, message boards, and blogs
• Business Know-How – Medical Transcription message boards
• Electronic Medical Records blog
• DB’s Medical Rants – Choosing an EMR
• Network for medical practice managers and medical billers