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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”
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing 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.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
Related Technology & Tools
- Notebook computers
- Postage meters
- Desktop transcribers
- Desktop computers
- Laser printers
- Dictaphones
- Transcribing equipment
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- g-net solutions MTP
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient billing software
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Spreadsheet software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- FileMaker Pro
- Corel WordPerfect
- Database software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Microsoft Word
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Emmaus MPWord
- PCC EHR
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Word processing software
- dBASE Plus
- Narratek Smartype
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Data entry software
- SpeedType
- Email software
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Calendar software
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Spellex AccuCount
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Voice recognition software
- Medical terminology databases
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Outlook
- SpeedUp Trans