Healthcare
Medical Transcriptionists
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.
Median salary
$37,550
Typical range
$26k – $54k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Medical Transcriptionists
Entry / Junior
$26,370
~2 yrs to advance
Medical Transcriptionists
Established
$37,550
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Medical Transcriptionists
Senior
$45,720
Key skills
A typical day
- •Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
- •Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
- •Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
- •Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
- •Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
Fields of study
Any field
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