subject: A Wonderful Career in Medical Transcription [print this page] A Wonderful Career in Medical Transcription
Before starting my article I will like to say a few words about health.
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."
"He, who has health, has hope. And he, who has hope, has everything."
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
Since the 1950's medical transcription has been used to keep records of patients by people like you who have the training to make money and also help the doctors as they don't have the time. If you have the proper training and equipment necessary, you can do it as there are a lot of medical transcription companies outsourcing their services.
You can join any institution that follows the syllabus designed by American Association of Medical Transcription (AAMT) to qualify. You can also learn online if you don't have the time to go to school. The important things that you have to learn are medical terminologies so that you can transcribe the various reports and notes. You should make sure that your job is error free or the doctor will cancel your service and get someone better to do the job.
The two countries that have been doing quite well in this field are India and Philippines for the good English and the cheap labor costs. Some of the transcriptions offered are cardiology, chiropractic, emergency room, gastroenterology, general Surgery, internal Medicine, maxillofacial surgery, physical medicine, plastic surgery, radiology and surgery.
The equipments you would need are a toll free number, digital recorders, computers, a server and dictation systems. A secure line of communication is necessary to protect the details of the patient as there have been a lot of identity thefts. This can be done when a HIPAA compliant is secured with 256 bit AES encryption. You can be successful if you provide the client with error free and timely work. If you can't do it yourself, you can start your own company and train others or hire trained people to work for you.
Experts say that although software programs, that can be used by the doctors to program data of the patients, exists, they will have to deal with medical transcription and it will be around for more than 50 years.
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