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