Medical Transcriptionists

What Does a Medical Transcriptionists 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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
• 2Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
• 3Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
• 4Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
• 5Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
• 6Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
• 7Set 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.
• 8Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Allscripts healthcare automation software
• Boston Bar Systems Corporation Sonnet
• Bytescribe Development Company WavPlayer
• Calendar software
• Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
• Crescendo Systems Corporation MedRite-XL
• Crescendo Systems DigiScribe-XL
• Database software
• dBASE Plus
• eClinicalWorks EHR software

Medical Transcriptionists Salary