Medical transcripts - a vital part of the medical process

Oct 26
12:27

2012

Sharad Gaikwad

Sharad Gaikwad

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Health professionals often cater to a huge number of patients. Especially when you consider a country like India with its huge population, there are many cases bound to come up.

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Every medical procedure starts with a medical dictation that includes the doctor's dictation of a patient's details into medical dictation software. The dictation software stores the audio files of the doctor in a systematic manner. After that medical transcripts come in. Let us look at what medical transcripts are before moving on to its importance and growth in the medical field today.

Medical transcription is basically the typing out of the dictated recordings by health professionals. We say health professionals today because it is not restricted to only doctors and physicians anymore. Any health care expert in the medical field needs medical transcripts of the patients or clients they cater to. It includes documentation of treatments,Medical transcripts - a vital part of the medical process Articles procedures, tests, reports etc. All of this then goes into a patient's permanent medical record. Now, one must take care to see to it that all this is done in a legible and accurate fashion. Health professionals dictate information either in a digital or analog recorder. They sometimes even use a phone dictation system.

Transcriptionists then transcribe this information into a typed document. Those documents are known as medical transcripts. These transcripts are then forwarded to the doctor for review and signature so that everything can be verified and errors can be corrected. These medical transcripts can include summaries, history and physicals, admission summaries, reports, operation details, clinic visits, diagnosis, consultations, etc. 

To understand and accurately transcribe the Medical Dictations into a document a medical transcriptionist must have an in-depth understanding of the medical field. This includes terminology, physiology, procedures, and treatment. The Transcriptionist must also be able to translate abbreviations. He should be able to look up reference terms through research materials. He must also be highly proficient in English in terms of punctuation and grammar. A transcriptionist must also have knowledge of the appropriate format or style that is required for the transcription document. 

Today Medical transcription is popular all over the world. It offers a lot of opportunities in terms of employment in the health care sector. People can work full time or even part time. Working at home also allows hospitals to cut off expenses using your home as an office. With new technologies cropping up, this field is seeing a lot of growth. You even have online transcription software’s now. The stringent health and insurance guidelines force health professionals to follow the method of transcriptions. In our country where the aging population is high we need more transcriptionists to fulfill the need of documents. There are transcription positions still available in hospitals, clinics, doctor offices, etc. 

All in all, this is an amazing employment opportunity. With discipline and rigorous training you can easily reach new heights. You can work independently and earn a lot too. You can even start a home business based on this field. Health care sector is surely on an upward trend from here on.