Making a Career out of Medical Transcription

Whilst it may seem like a fairly uninteresting career choice, working in the field of medical transcription is a fairly interesting field. Previously, people who worked in the field of medical transcription had the daunting task of converting a healthcare professional’s handwritten notes into a digital or type written format. Modern medical transcription executives generally work with voice recorded records and convert them into a digital format for storage in a database of medical records. Medical transcription is a field that has changed dramatically over the last fifty years. It is sure to change even more of the next fifty. As it stands – it will be a profession where there is always something new to learn. This is why it is an interesting field in which to work.

To work in the field of medical transcription you will be required to have a sound knowledge of medical terms and an eye and ear for detail. Training as a medical transcription can last for eighteen months to two years. In order to become a Certified Medical Transcription executive you will have to sit an exam that is set by Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity. This is important as you will be transcribing records that have impact on the health of patients. If you get a number wrong as it applies to the amount of medication that a patient must receive then you may find yourself responsible for an unnecessarily ill (or worse) patient.

Of course, if you become a Certified Medical Transcription executive you will not only have to work in a job as a medical transcription executive forever. There are other uses for medical transcription. Because of your knowledge of advanced medical terminology and medical protocol you will be an invaluable asset to the hospital service and can work servicing records in a professional environment.

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