Medical Transcription CareerA medical transcription career is a great choice for the people who prefer to work at their own pace;since they prefer clean quiet working environments and sit and type for long period of time. Those who choose a medical transcription career transcribe recorded notes from physicians and other health care specialists, type them in proscribed format and provide reports to the employer.
A medical transcription career is one which requires knowledge of common medical and pharmacological terms, as well as slang, or abbreviated forms of such terms whether written or spoken. The spoken or handwritten notes which are received are transcribed and corrected, then returned to the employer for further review and revision before being entered into the patient’s permanent record.
Forms such as intake records, release summaries, patient history, operations reports and many others are commonly prepared by those following a medical transcription career.
Experienced transcriptionists review the work and make needed corrections, both grammatically and in the medical terminology employed. It is vitally important that actions taken and diagnoses made be correct; otherwise life and death decisions may be improperly made based on incorrect information.
The salary range for a medical transcription career ranges from $15.00 upward, depending upon experience and job location. Many medical transcriptionists choose to work at home and contract their time. Those in a supervisory capacity in medical transcription can make $30-35 hourly. Job outlook for a medical transcription career is extremely good, and expected to remain so for at least the next 7-10 years.
Additional information may be found at the following website.
American Association for Medical Transcription, 3460 Oakdale Rd., Suite M, Modesto, CA 95355-9690. Internet: http://www.aamt.org |
