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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”
- Answer inquiries concerning the progress of medical cases, within the limits of confidentiality laws.
- 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.
- Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
- Take dictation using shorthand, a stenotype machine, or headsets and transcribing machines.
- 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.
- Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical 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.
- Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- 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.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
Related Technology & Tools
- Postage meters
- Transcribing equipment
- Notebook computers
- Dictaphones
- Desktop transcribers
- Laser printers
- Personal computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Desktop computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- PCC EHR
- Patient billing software
- Emmaus MPWord
- Spellex AccuCount
- Database software
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Narratek Smartype
- Data entry software
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- Voice recognition software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Outlook
- FileMaker Pro
- SpeedType
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- dBASE Plus
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
- Spreadsheet software
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Email software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Excel
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Windows
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- g-net solutions MTP
- SpeedUp Trans
- Calendar software
- Microsoft Word
- Medical terminology databases