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