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