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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”
- Receive and screen telephone calls and visitors.
- 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.
- 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.
- Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
- 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.
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- 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.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dictaphones
- Desktop transcribers
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Desktop computers
- Transcribing equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers
- Postage meters
- Multi-line telephone systems
- SpeedUp Trans
- dBASE Plus
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Excel
- Email software
- Spreadsheet software
- Database software
- SpeedType
- Word processing software
- PCC EHR
- Medical terminology databases
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Spellex AccuCount
- Microsoft Outlook
- g-net solutions MTP
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- FileMaker Pro
- Patient billing software
- Web browser software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Microsoft Word
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Corel WordPerfect
- Data entry software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Narratek Smartype
- Calendar software
- Emmaus MPWord
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Voice recognition software
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL