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