A drop in the ocean of medical field-transcriptionists

 The medical transcription job gives you the opportunity to work in the health care field, since it is constantly looking for new hires across the globe and imagine all this is done without struggling yourself to the stress or discomfort of examining patients or handling the dirty laboratory samples. Medical transcription takes place in all of the health clinics, hospitals, medical universities, in military hospitals, in dental clinics, in dispensaries and even at home of the doctors.

The transcription profession is very worthwhile and challenging. Transcription is the process of listening to what someone dictates in a recorder and typing it into a text editor or word processing application, such as Word. The completed transcript is then returned to the dictator or the company the dictator works for. They have to be flawless as the further medical treatment of any patient is solely dependant on the way the report is interpreted.

With the growth of the medical industry in recent years and the importance that medical transcription has received! No wonder that more and more people are opting for jobs in this segment of the medical field. Recent results of medical transcription outsourcing have proven extremely beneficial and increasing hospitals are now starting to outsource this work to India. This has caused the western country like India to develop relations with many other countries. Transcription in India is done with many experts and skilled personnel taking part in the process.

Transcription is outsourced in this country due to many benefits that the foreign companies get like the labor offered here is cheap; the turnaround of the reports is also very quick and also because the people here have a good command over their English language. With all these reasons it also saves the companies from wasting the infrastructure in creating a separate department for this but is solved this way much faster and of high quality ensured.

For the skilled job of being a medical Transcriptionist, the person has to have knowledge of the proper medical language the terms used and also the medical jargon, which are very essential so that he/she can transcribe the report without any glitches and give an exact and accurate result. Few of the basic but important skills and responsibilities of a Transcriptionist include-

1. High on Computer skill
2. Good communicational and organizational skills
3. Should meet deadlines on time
4. Good at using reference material
5. Being a good editor along with patience has to be his/her virtue.
6. And also up to the mark with speed typing on keyboard or typing skills.

Remuneration is attractive in the transcription industry and you can reach the heights at a very young age. Compensation for transcription service can range from hourly wages to payment for number of lines transcribed and also according to the output of the medical professional. This job can also be done sitting in your own house, all you have to do is to be licensed and then you can freelance your work.