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Medical Transcriptionists

Also called: Medical Scribe, Medical Transcriptionist, Radiology Transcriptionist, Transcriptionist

What they do:

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.

On the job, you would:
  • Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
  • Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
  • Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
On the job, you'll need:

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Business

  • administrative services

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Health

  • medicine and dentistry

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

  • order or arrange things
  • group things in different ways

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Cooperation
  • Persistence

Medical software

  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS

Video creation and editing software

  • YouTube

Word processing software

  • Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
  • Microsoft Word

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Below Average.

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $34,730

Education

Certificate after high school or some college is usually needed.