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