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Job Description
Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9094.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 37,150.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 54,070 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Transcriptionists”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription Supervisor
- Medical Transcription
- Medical Transcriber
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Language Specialist
- Documentation Specialist
- Clinical Medical Transcriptionist
- Transcription Specialist
- Transcription Coordinator
- Transcribing Machine Operator
- Transcriber
- Senior Medical Transcriptionist
- Registered Medical Transcriptionist
- Radiology Transcriptionist/Radiology Clerk
- Provider Scribe
- Pathology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription-Radiology
- Medical Transcription Editor
- Medical Stenographer
- Medical Record Transcriber
- Medical Coding Technician
- Medical Administrative Specialist
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- Certified Medical Coder
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Data Transcriber”
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Perform a variety of clerical and office tasks, such as handling incoming and outgoing mail, completing and submitting insurance claims, typing, filing, and operating office machines.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Set up and maintain medical files and databases, including records such as x-ray, lab, and procedure reports, medical histories, diagnostic workups, admission and discharge summaries, and clinical resumes.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Desktop transcribers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Notebook computers
- Laser printers
- Dictaphones
- Desktop computers
- Postage meters
- Transcribing equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Calendar software
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- PCC EHR
- Corel WordPerfect
- Patient billing software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- SpeedType
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Windows
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Email software
- SpeedUp Trans
- Voice recognition software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Spreadsheet software
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Microsoft Outlook
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Microsoft Word
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Medical terminology databases
- g-net solutions MTP
- Narratek Smartype
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Database software
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Web browser software
- FileMaker Pro
- Emmaus MPWord
- dBASE Plus
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Spellex AccuCount
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet