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Medical
Transcription Introduction
Medical Transcription is one of
the fastest growing fields in health
care. Medical Transcriptionists are in
demand in Western countries especially
in the US where the entire healthcare
industry is based on insurance and
detailed medical records are needed
for processing insurance claims.
Medical transcription could be one of
the speedy growing IT enabled service
in India also, with the rapid change
in the outlook in Indian healthcare
and privatization of the insurance
sector. India provides an ideal
location for conducting medical
transcription with the large
population of educated English
speaking people and the comparative
low cost which encourages companies
abroad to outsource their work to the
Indian Medical Transcription field.
Medical transcription is an
interesting and challenging career. It
is the process whereby one accurately
and swiftly transcribes medical
records dictated by doctors and
others, including history and physical
reports, clinic notes, office notes,
operative reports, consultation notes,
discharge summaries, letters,
psychiatric evaluations, laboratory
reports, x-ray reports and pathology
reports. M.T. or Medical
Transcriptionist is a person who
assists physicians and specialty
surgeons usually by transcribing,
formatting, and proof reading their
dictated medically oriented report of
a patient's health history. This
dictation covers pretty much
everything that takes place between
the health care provider and the
patient. Usually, the information
dictated by doctors is recorded either
into tape or onto digital voice
processing systems. The process of
medical transcription is transferring
this information using word
processing. Transcription services
range from small, one-person
home-based businesses to
sophisticated, high-tech corporations
which employ transcriptionists. Some
medical transcription services now
employ both 'on-site' and home-based
medical transcriptionists. Medical
transcription services serve client
hospitals throughout the nation and
abroad.
In India there was a boom in this
industry couple of years back with a
lot of companies and training
institutes entering this field. Most
companies except a few could not
survive due to lack of proper training
and understanding of this
comparatively new concept in India. By
improving the work standards and
quality of service, India has a wide
scope for capturing the huge clientele
in the US and provide employment
opportunities to the huge mass of
English speaking and computer literate
people in the country. The success of
the surviving companies proves that
Medical transcription can hold a vital
link in altering the Indian job
scenario.
Eligibility: It does not
require specialised IT skills but it
requires primary skills like good
listening and language skills and
knowledge of medical terms. Click
here to know more
Job prospectus and career
options: In India, lot of
companies in the metros and major
cities have ventured into the field.
Since the job requires experience,
these companies are expected to
recruit a lot of people as trainees
and then develop their skills so that
they become experts in this field. Click
here to know more
Remuneration : It is a
lucrative career with lot of benefits.
At entry level medical
transcriptionist is paid around Rs.
5000/- per month. Click
here to know more
Institutes : Click
here to get the list of institutes
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