The Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription (JAAMT) keeps medical transcriptionists up-to-date on the trends and challenges affecting medical transcription. The journal has a frequency of 6 issues per year. The information in JAAMT is vital to all who pursue excellence in medical transcription and is useful to both students and the working professionals. The journal has been dedicated to the advancement of medical transcription through the education and development of medical transcriptionists for over 20 years. The JAAMT site is at [http://www.jaamtonline.com]

Members of the American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) can access content published in JAAMT by completing their login through the association’s website at http://www.AAMT.org. Non members and non subscribers can choose to set up a one time guest account for purchase of online articles.

What are the benefits to the health information management professionals? The magazine promotes a new clinical medicine theme for each issue. JAAMT also offers a fresh, relevant look at the hottest and latest issues facing the industry today. Some of the industry topics discussed includes,

• The evolution of EHR (Electronic Health Record)

• Speech recognition technologies,

• Billing and compensation,

• Outsourcing

• Legislative advocacy

Health Matrix (formerly JAAMT) is a bimonthly business and technology journal that is packed with content that addresses the evolving trends and emerging technologies of today’s healthcare documentation marketplace as well as legislative advocacy, cutting-edge clinical medicine, and professional practice issues.