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