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