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Medical Transcription - A Glamorous
Lucrative Career By Arun S Shanmugasundaram What is medical transcription?
The process of transcribing doctor-dictated dictations for the purposes
of documentation as a medical record is simply termed as medical transcription.
The person who transcribes the dictations into a document is a medical transcriptionist
or a medical transcription professional. The process originated in the West.
The person who did this job used to be called as a medical assistant who
used to be with the doctor at the hospital writing down notes instructed
by him. Advancement of this process is electronic conversion of the dictations.
Why and who?For insurance purposes and maintenance of medical records. The
major player outsourcing medical transcription work is USA. Canada, UK,
and Australia have some. The outsourced countries include India, Philippines,
Indonesia to name a few among others. The medical transcription professional
needs a wide knowledge of medical terminology, American English, and critical
thinking skills that may help him/her to interpret what is dictated to produce
accurate documents. The dictator speaks over a hand-held device called a
Dictaphone or a electronic recorder or a device which has a 1-button solution
to upload his voice into the server.
The transcriber downloads them at his location through a server that is
provided to him by the organization he works for. He then transcribes the
dictations into medico legal document.Why outsourcing?Medical transcription
happens to be one of the earliest BPO jobs outsourced to India. Indians
have strong English communicating skills due to the curriculum followed
from the days pre-independence. The time difference of 12 hours between
India and USA makes it easier for the doctors/clinics to have their reports
on their table at their next visit to the clinic.Click
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