AAI has performed line count analysis over the years for our customers as part of our statistical productivity package. Our proverbial "average" hospital is doing about 3,000,000 lines per year in-house. These statistics are based on true sylvan or actual printable character counts including spaces. This is the most conservative line count method used in our industry.  Many other systems count bytes by doing a hex dump of the file (See IS for clarification). This line count method inflates the number of lines you are charged for and is the line count method used most often by outside services.

With your information, and some conservative assumptions about the following items, we can analyze your true cost per line of in-house transcription.

When all the numbers are computed, our analysis suggests your true cost could be more than 16 cents per line, which is comparable to the line fees charged by A+ Transcription Network for total outsourcing.

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