MT outsourcing countries
Among outsourcing countries, the Philippines has recently attracted increased amounts of Medical Transcription outsourcing from the United States due to high literacy in the English language and perhaps, the capability of average Filipino to understand American idioms, colloquialism, and slang used in medical transcription. This is very concerning to the US MTs. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) governs outsourcing of MT work. Stricter policies in compliance with HIPAA are implemented in such companies to enable security and confidentiality of work involved in such practices.
The other country is India. As many of the MTs in India are qualified with University degree as their education.
