Becoming a professional medical transcriptionist is today worth considering as a career especially because it is predicted that the MT profession will be in high demand for some time to come. This is chiefly because the rise in the total number of the aging population will cause the entire health care sector to experience a boom for the next ten years at least as predicted by the US Department of Labor. So as the years go by, one can expect that there will be more and more hospitals /doctors/ nurses and other health care technicians including Medical transcriptionists.
What are the basic requirements to become a good medical transcription professional? They include,
- High school level education
- Good communication skill
- Above average in spelling
- Should be good at sorting, checking verifying numerical data
- Ability to follow written instruction
- Records maintenance ability
- Good typing speed/skill
- Skill in use of computer/automation
- Good eye / hand / foot coordination
A good medical transcriptionist has to learn and have a good knowledge of basic to advanced medical terminology. The proper application of grammar and the ability to use correct punctuation are also essential to be successful as a transcriptionist.
Among the various duties of a medical transcription are,
- Transcribing patient information like Social security number/Medical record
- Maintaining references for medical terminology/ procedures
- Maintaining a transcription log book
- Collecting dictation tapes
- Distributing finished transcripts/ reports
Medical Transcription Supervisors are seniors who do all the follow ups on the physicians, take care of all the missing and /or late dictations and are responsible for the timely delivery of reports. Other duties include doing quality assurance checking, maintaining backups, ordering supplies, reports generation and reporting of problems in the infrastructure/ machinery etc.
Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is a US based medical transcription company that offers services in medical billing, medical coding and medical transcription from both domestic as well as offshore work groups.
