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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”
- 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.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- 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.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Desktop computers
- Transcribing equipment
- Desktop transcribers
- Postage meters
- Personal computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers
- Dictaphones
- Notebook computers
- Microsoft Windows
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- SpeedUp Trans
- Patient billing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Email software
- Database software
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- PCC EHR
- SpeedType
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Microsoft Word
- Spellex AccuCount
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Web browser software
- Word processing software
- Emmaus MPWord
- Data entry software
- Narratek Smartype
- Calendar software
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Microsoft Outlook
- FileMaker Pro
- Medical terminology databases
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- dBASE Plus
- Spreadsheet software
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Corel WordPerfect
- Voice recognition software
- g-net solutions MTP