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