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Ohio Bans Offshore Outsourcing - And India is ticked off

Posted: Sep 18, 2010

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Ohio-Ban-on-Offshore-Outsourcing-Raises-More-Ire-from-Asia-527136/

hopefully some other states... - anon

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...will follow suit.

BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO...HOPE IT GOES NATIONWIDE (sm) - Yochana

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Those of us in other states than Ohio should write - our senators and say we want it, too.

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Good for Ohio - RLee

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This news would be most beneficial if it would make national news or headlines. I honestly believe the public does not realilze where some of their medical records are typed. They just assume the good ol' USA. While the public is privy to some jobs being offshored/outsourced, I do not think they know to what extent of how many industries this affects including the medical transcription industry. Patient's should have to sign an authorization at their doctor's office just like a HIPAA form stating they agree and/or acknowledge that their medical records may be typed in a foreign country by people who cannot speak ENGLISH.

i wish he was our gov. in california! all we have is - "AAHHH-nold". :(

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California does not allow offshoring either - sm

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Despite having ahh-nold for our gov, at least California bans the offshoring of medical records also. This was implemented in the aftermath of an offshore transcriptionist who contacted a client hospital (because she hadn't been paid by her contractor) and threatened to post all of the patient medical records on the internet if she wasn't paid.

So far, I think that California and Ohio are the only states that have banned offshoring. But hopefully more states will start doing this too. It's just not safe to have our private medical records going over into other countries.

I guess that's why there are few MTSOs based in - Cali. Still, I know for a fact that - sm

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the clinic my PCP works for outsources most of their transcription, and the company they outsource to offshores. I'm sure The Pigs have found ways to get around that little detail, just like they do with everything else.

They may not be based here but - travelinMT

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they have contracts with hospitals in Cali, and since they offshore there is no way to prove they are not sending it to India. I worked for a big Medical Care System in No. Cal and they booted all the transcriptionists out and they were offered jobs with the MTSO that took their jobs. That MTSO is one of the most loved (Not) MTSO's you read about on here that does offshore to India.

So they are getting around the supposed law somehow.

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