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