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