Have you often heard the words " medical transcription" and wondered what it is all about? Here is a career you can pursue from home, build your own business by employing other transcriptionists and earn spare cash for your necessities or indulgences! We bring you the heart of the matter.
India has become one of the most popular locations for outsourcing medical transcription, a fast growing area in the field of medical care. There is great demand for medical transcription in the US where the entire medical industry is based on Insurance, and in order to process claims, detailed medical records are required. These detailed records are termed "medical transcription". The English speaking Indian population becomes an obvious choice to outsource this from.
The Heart of the Matter.
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It is an interesting and a challenging career
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It involves the process by which one has to swiftly and accurately transcribe medical records, dictated by doctors.
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It covers areas such as medical history, clinical diagnosis, reports, operation notes, discharge summaries, pathology reports, letters etc
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An MT ( medical transcriptionist) will need to have a good command over the English language and a reasonable knowledge of medical terminology
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An MT has to be computer literate
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She should also have the ability to listen well
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An MT should develop an “ear” to understand and comprehend “foreign” accents, which these reports would have been dictated in.
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He will need to transcribe, format and proof read the reports dictated orally by doctors, which are recorded on tape.
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This information is transferred through word processing, to make for credible and detailed records for easy reference at a later date.
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MTs can be a one-person home based business, can be outsourced or employed by large organizations, which employ both “on-site” and home based transcriptionists.
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To start with you may be recruited as a “trainee”. Once trained, you are quite capable of working independently out of home. |
The remuneration is lucrative. It may be low to start with, ( Rs. 5000) but as you acquire experience and speed, you can easily aim for approximately Rs. 20,000 p.m .
Interested?
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