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