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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 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 Editor”
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- 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.
- 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.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- 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.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient 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.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- 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
- Laser facsimile machines
- Notebook computers
- Dictaphones
- Desktop transcribers
- Desktop computers
- Laser printers
- Transcribing equipment
- Personal computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Postage meters
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Web browser software
- Database software
- SpeedType
- Microsoft Outlook
- Spellex AccuCount
- FileMaker Pro
- Voice recognition software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- PCC EHR
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Microsoft Excel
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Narratek Smartype
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Medical terminology databases
- Word processing software
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Patient billing software
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Microsoft Word
- Data entry software
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Email software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- SpeedUp Trans
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Calendar software
- Microsoft Windows
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- dBASE Plus
- g-net solutions MTP
- Corel WordPerfect
- Emmaus MPWord
- Spreadsheet software
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker