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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
- 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 “Transcribing Machine Operator”
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Transcribing equipment
- Postage meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Desktop transcribers
- Notebook computers
- Dictaphones
- Laser printers
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft Outlook
- Database software
- g-net solutions MTP
- Medical terminology databases
- FileMaker Pro
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Narratek Smartype
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Microsoft Excel
- Web browser software
- Corel WordPerfect
- dBASE Plus
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- SpeedType
- Microsoft Word
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Spellex AccuCount
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Voice recognition software
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Data entry software
- Patient billing software
- Email software
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Calendar software
- SpeedUp Trans
- PCC EHR
- Microsoft Windows
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Spreadsheet software
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Emmaus MPWord
- Word processing software