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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
- Data Transcriber
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Medical Transcriptionist
- Certified Medical Coder
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Documentation Specialist”
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- 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.
- 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.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility 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.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Transcribing equipment
- Dictaphones
- Notebook computers
- Postage meters
- Laser facsimile machines
- Desktop transcribers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser printers
- Web browser software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- FileMaker Pro
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- SpeedType
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Spellex AccuCount
- Microsoft Word
- Data entry software
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- dBASE Plus
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Medical terminology databases
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Database software
- SpeedUp Trans
- Voice recognition software
- Word processing software
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Narratek Smartype
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Emmaus MPWord
- g-net solutions MTP
- Calendar software
- PCC EHR
- Patient billing software
- Microsoft Windows