Transcription of medical letters: Its importance and functioning

May 14
12:49

2012

Sharad Gaikwad

Sharad Gaikwad

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Medical Transcription is definitely on the rise and the reason behind that is the ability to easily transcribe and convert the data into text format for patients and doctors’.

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The transcription services are important and a necessity today as the doctors and allied health services cannot really handle the workflow singlehandedly. The transcription services today are done via outsourcing as well as via government aided firms to convert the dictated audio speeches of doctors (which contain medical records and prescriptions as well as medical letters) into text format documents. The process has been in the run for a long time and has advanced a lot in due course as well with more and more standardized and digital applications entering the market to help transcribe data effectively. As of now,Transcription of medical letters: Its importance and functioning Articles there are many companies that have encouraged this service as a form of a career for transcriptionists who wish to widen their horizon and explore the medical world as well.

Medical letters, records, autopsy reports, scan reports, analysis of disease etc requires a well documented storage and considering that the doctors don’t really get time to formulate and store it themselves, they hire transcriptionists to convert the same. All that has to be done is, to record the audio which contains the prescriptions and further convert it into text format with the help of the digitalized software and with accuracy by the transcriptionists. The MT’s have to take good care to keep the records authentic as well as safeguard it from getting leaked out; a problem that has bothered both patients and doctors over the years. Most of the leaked information has also been claimed to have been given to data base agencies to promoter health products. The transcriptionists should also see to it that they avoid silly and necessary errors to avoid losing on clients as well as putting wrong information which could prove fatal later on. Medical dictations by doctors cannot always be guaranteed that it would be 100% audible or clearly heard and this is what makes the job at ties a little challenging, not to mention the fact that it requires amazing listening skills as well. Although, today the dictation has been easy to convert due to brilliantly made software that enable the transcriptionists to hear perfectly and convert in a swift way. Nowadays, transcriptionists are also being encouraged to work from home with the sole prospect of working at a comforting ambience and earning extra money on a part time basis. The chances however aren’t that amazing and it did result in many transcriptionists giving erroneous copies after freelancing. Online medical transcription thus, is active but it is nothing when it comes to outsourcing the transcriptions.

Medical letters and prescriptions of patients are indeed a highly vital and important aspect when it comes to maintaining Medical records and giving accurate data is thus a major task of safety and needs to be monitored upon continuously. This is the reason why more and more clients prefer to approach outsourcing companies as they have a secured and professional work atmosphere.