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SPi Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its medical transcription business to Acusis LLC for an undisclosed amount.

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The supposedly promising medical transcription industry in the Philippines has hit a snag with the lack of promotion aggressiveness coupled with the strengthening of the greenback to the Philippine peso.

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Nurses, medical technicians and dentists, move over. After doctors, medical transcriptionists are now the highest paid workers in the health sector, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday.

Medical transcriptionists receive an average of P10,575 in monthly wages, TUCP spokesman Alex Aguilar said, citing data from the latest occupational wages survey of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.

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Northern Transcription Works (NTW) has developed a software solely designed for medical transcription operations called En Play, which gained national recognition during the recently concluded e-Services Philippines 2007 Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition held in Manila.
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The acquisition was made possible through SPI Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT engaged in business process outsourcing (BPo).

The acquisition immediately positions SPI as the world’s third largest company in the outsourced medical transcription industry.
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The acquisition was made possible through SPI Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT engaged in business process outsourcing (BPo).

The acquisition immediately positions SPI as the world’s third largest company in the outsourced medical transcription industry.
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Something has to be done with the quality of medical transcription from the Philippines, if not, the country stands to lose this dollar-earning industry, said International School for Medical Transcription (ISMT) president Ma. Lourdes S. Go.
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UV executive vice president Dr. Jose Gullas and Medical Education Transcription Corporation representative Ranilo Maderazo yesterday finalized the agreement that the institution will include medical transcription program as part of the offered courses.
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SPi Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its medical transcription business to Acusis LLC for an undisclosed amount.

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Nurses, medical technicians and dentists, move over. After doctors, medical transcriptionists are now the highest paid workers in the health sector, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday.

Medical transcriptionists receive an average of P10,575 in monthly wages, TUCP spokesman Alex Aguilar said, citing data from the latest occupational wages survey of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.

[DatePublished] => 2007-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390824 [Title] => Medical transcription firm keen on sharing software [Summary] => Cebuano-owned medical transcription company Northern Transcription Works is planning to roll out its award-winning software to help other companies push their productivity and efficiency.

Northern Transcription Works (NTW) has developed a software solely designed for medical transcription operations called En Play, which gained national recognition during the recently concluded e-Services Philippines 2007 Global Sourcing Conference and Exhibition held in Manila.
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The acquisition was made possible through SPI Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT engaged in business process outsourcing (BPo).

The acquisition immediately positions SPI as the world’s third largest company in the outsourced medical transcription industry.
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The acquisition was made possible through SPI Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT engaged in business process outsourcing (BPo).

The acquisition immediately positions SPI as the world’s third largest company in the outsourced medical transcription industry.
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Something has to be done with the quality of medical transcription from the Philippines, if not, the country stands to lose this dollar-earning industry, said International School for Medical Transcription (ISMT) president Ma. Lourdes S. Go.
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Summit Technologies is a local medical transcription company. PHNS is a medical transcription company operating in the United States.
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UV executive vice president Dr. Jose Gullas and Medical Education Transcription Corporation representative Ranilo Maderazo yesterday finalized the agreement that the institution will include medical transcription program as part of the offered courses.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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