For those contemplating entry into the medical transcription career field and for experienced transcription practitioners alike, there are a number of outstanding publications focused on the medical transcription industry. These publications contain insightful articles about the profession and serve to keep the community up to date on trends affecting the industry. If you are serious about your career you should make it a practice to subscribe to a few of these medical transcription and healthcare documentation publications to stay abreast of changes in the industry. They also offer a great opportunity to network and become aware of job postings and opportunities. Some of the best publications include the following:

Plexus is a bi-monthly publication of AHDI, the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity. It’s readership includes medical transcriptionists, healthcare documentation and medical records professionals, business owners, MT employers, and others with an interest in the medical transcription profession. More information can be found at ahdionline.org.

Matrix is another solid bi-monthly publication offered by AHDI. It is focused specifically on the business and technology aspects of the healthcare documentation industry. Information is available at ahdionline.org.

eBrief – formerly known as Vitals is, according to AHDI, “a weekly e-newsletter designed to keep AHDI members and subscribers informed about news and trends in the industry and the strategic direction and initiatives of the association”. Information is available at ahdionline.org.

Advance for Health Information Professionals is a bi-monthly publication offered free of charge to health information professionals. Information can be obtained at health-information.advanceweb.com.

For The Record, is an informative publication for health information professionals. Information can be obtained at fortherecordmag.com.

Journal of the American Health Information Management Association (Journal of AHIMA), is the official publication of AHIMA. Subscription information is available at the AHIMA website ahima.org.

Journal of Healthcare Information Management, According to HIMSS, “JHIM is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal edited specifically for healthcare information and management systems professionals.” For more information go to: himss.org/asp/publications_jhim.asp.