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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
- Radiology Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcription Supervisor
- Medical Transcription
- Medical Transcriber
- Medical Secretary
- Medical Language Specialist
- Documentation Specialist
- Clinical Medical Transcriptionist
- 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 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 “Transcriptionist”
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient 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.
- Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- 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.
- Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- 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.
- 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.
- Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
- 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.
- 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
- Laser printers
- Desktop transcribers
- Notebook computers
- Dictaphones
- Postage meters
- Desktop computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Transcribing equipment
- Medical terminology databases
- Patient billing software
- MedQuist DocQment Enterprise Platform
- Word processing software
- Web browser software
- Electronic medical record EMR systems
- Microsoft Outlook
- Email software
- Allscripts Misys Healthcare Systems
- Microsoft Word
- Integrated Systems Management OmniMD
- Spreadsheet software
- Sylvan Software Complete Medical Pharmaceutical Spell Checker
- FileMaker Pro
- Microsoft Windows
- Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical
- Microsoft Excel
- Precision Data Solutions VoicePower
- Voice recognition software
- Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
- Sylvan Software ShortCut
- Calendar software
- Spellex AccuCount
- SpectraMedi EasyFlow
- SpeedUp Trans
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
- Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
- dBASE Plus
- Sylvan Software DropChute Pro
- g-net solutions MTP
- Emmaus MPWord
- PCC EHR
- Database software
- Corel WordPerfect
- SpeedType
- Narratek Smartype
- Data entry software
- Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer