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