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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 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 “Medical Stenographer”
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- 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.
- 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.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- 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.
- 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.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- 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.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Transcribing equipment
- Personal computers
- Laser printers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Dictaphones
- Notebook computers
- Postage meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Desktop computers
- Desktop transcribers
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Email software
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Spreadsheet software
- Medical terminology databases
- Web browser software
- Voice recognition software
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Narratek Smartype
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Outlook
- dBASE Plus
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Windows
- Spellex AccuCount
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Calendar software
- SpeedType
- Emmaus MPWord
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- PCC EHR
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Database software
- Patient billing software
- g-net solutions MTP
- Corel WordPerfect
- FileMaker Pro
- Microsoft Excel
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- SpeedUp Trans
- Microsoft Word
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker