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How to Get Started in Medical Transcription
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What is Medical Transcription?
Medical Transcription is the keyboarding (into a typewriter or computer) of
reports from dictation recorded by a doctor or health professional pertaining to
medical information. History and physicals, admission notes, office visit
notes, operations, hospital discharge reports and consultations are just a few
of the (work) types of reports that are created by the medical transcriptionist.
Dictation is performed in a number of ways, including audiocassette, phone-in
recording to an analog system, or recording into a digital system that enables
one to send a sound file just as one would send any other type of computer file.
Medical Transcriptionists work in hospitals, doctors offices and other
medical facilities, and many work from home. They are hired by the
physician or a transcription company, but many who work from home do so as
independent contractors, setting their own rates of pay, hours and operating
procedures, and hiring on additional help as their work load expands.
Is Medical Transcription for Me?
Maybe, maybe not. Medical transcription is not easy. It takes time to become a medical transcriptionist,
but it also takes dedication to excellence and a thirst to learn new medical
terminology as it emerges. As with any job, you are not finished until you
are finished, and for those who work at home this can create conflicts with
others who think you are staying home "for them". Did you pay attention in
high school English? If your grammar skills aren't up to par you'd better sharpen
them, because no doctor likes a report that states "His' illness effected there
business"... a poorly written report reflects poorly on the physician who
signs it, and the transcriptionist who typed it will not be employed for long.
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