title: Creative staffing models in medical transcription.
abstract: This article is a summary of staffing alternatives for medical transcription developed over the years and proven successful in certain hospital facilities. Creative approaches to staffing the medical transcription unit have proved to be effective tools in the maintenance and even expansion of transcription services on a cost-effective basis in a changing marketplace.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005845:Georgia; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006748:Hospital Departments; D007318:Inservice Training; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000379:methods*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D000078329:Workforce