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