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