Transcriptionists being outsourced at their best

Many of the medical Transcriptionists are themselves medically affiliated i.e. they are qualified in the medical field. The nature of their work is that they listen to recordings on a headset, using a foot pedal to pause the recording whenever required, and type the text into a personal computer or word processor, editing with keen focus here becomes compulsory for grammar and clarity.

The documents or the reports that they make include discharge summaries, medical history and physical examination reports, operative reports, consultation reports, autopsy reports, progress notes, and referral letters. These professional return transcribed documents to the physicians or other healthcare experts who appointed them for review and mark or rectification. The reports become part of patients' permanent files with the regarding institute or the hospital. For flawlessly understanding and transcribing the dictated reports, medical Transcriptionists must be aware of and understand medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, pharmacology, and treatment assessments, they ought to be able to decode medical jargon and abbreviations into their extended forms to improve the level of accuracy in the final reports.

The medical transcription companies provide accurate, reliable, superior quality and cost effective services to the clients and for this they have a team of experts who have the proficiency in handling transcription requirements. India is a developing country with many changes in the IT sector has now become a destination for outsourcing medical jobs. Quite a number of the medical firms from different countries are offering their jobs to India. Medical transcription Outsourcing in India has many benefits like –

• The information regarding the person’s medical history is kept confidential and safe.
• India solves the problem of high labour of other countries as the labour out here is cost-effective and in their budget.
• The main factor for India being outsourced is that the people work here around the clock and it becomes very easy for a physician to get the required reports in a short period of time.
• One more add up factor here is that Indian people are rich in their English speaking skills which makes the process much faster and rapid.

Because of these few reason transcription in India has become the job of the hour and many people increasingly are opting for it. If at all, healthcare institutes and clinics would try to set up their personal in-house transcription service they would undergo more losses than true benefits. The first drawback would be training. So outsourcing is a great option.

Many medical Transcriptionists who work in physicians' offices also have other office duties, such as receiving patients, scheduling appointments, answering the telephone and checking mails. The majority of these professional are employed in comfortable settings, such as hospitals, physicians' offices, transcription service offices, clinics, laboratories, medical libraries, government medical facilities, or their own homes. Many medical transcriptionists telecommute from home-based offices. And outsourcing their services makes it easy as it saves the foreign companies on infrastructure also. So next time you think of selecting a good profession getting into transcription is a good option.