Article on Medical Transcription
(1) What the degree is?
Meaning of Medical Transcription:-
Medical transcription is an allied health profession, which deals in the process of transcription, or converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and/or other healthcare professionals, into text format.
Become a “Medical Transcriptionist”:-
If anyone would become a medical transcription then there is a big opportunities in this field. There are so many company offer online education in medical transcription, after completion of course company will offer job with handsome salary. After completion of the course student have a sound knowledge of medical language and grammar also. There is a two option after completion of this course, student will get the job in any company and work independent from home also. Other thing is that they start own business as well.
(2) Why someone should get that degree?
Growth of Medical Transcription:-
There is a tremendous growth opportunities in this industry. The next decade will see an increase of about 14% in the MT workforce. In raw numbers that equates to thousands of new medical transcription jobs being created to satisfy the growing demand for health care documentation. This represents a staggering number of new trained transcriptionists in its own right. However, I do not believe that these numbers accurately reflect the realities of the supply demand equation for an industry historically plagued by excess demand. For example, they fail to take into account the fact that literally thousands of the most experienced MT's will be retiring and exiting the industry in the coming decade. These people are part of the aging baby boom population whose movement into retirement promises to create one of the most significant social upheavals in US history.
As a part of the multi-trillion dollar health care industry, the trends shaping the future of medical transcription include a host of demographic, political, and legal factors. These include:
- A growing population.
- A rapidly aging population.
- An increased reliance on healthcare systems to extend life.
- A rapid increase in chronic and age related infirmities requiring acute care.
- A proliferation in the number of malpractice lawsuits - resulting in higher levels of detail in healthcare documentation.
- An increasing reliance on medical specialists resulting in multiple visits to a variety of different physicians - all requiring documentation.
- An increased reliance on electronic information documentation to increase the quality of patient care.
- An increasing ability to successfully treat conditions and prolong life in previously terminal patients.
Reasons for obtain MT degree online:-
· Students can "attend" a course at anytime, from anywhere
· Career growth
· Great earning
· Fore future prospects
· Business Opportunities
Anyone wants this degree online because of above reasons.
(3) The educational requirements for obtaining that degree.
If you are graduate in any field and have knowledge of English grammar then you will be obtain this degree online working at home. But Medical Representative has good chance for making career in this industry because of all condition is favorable in his career.
Basic Requirement of this course:-
· Above-average spelling, grammar, communication and memory skills.
· Knowledge of medical terminology.
· Basic Computer skill.
· Good to above-average typing skills.
(4) A list of jobs someone who obtains that degree can perform and the expected pay/job prospects.
Expected Salary of MT:-
In medical transcription salary of a fresher are low as 2k per month, which gradually grows with experience. Average salary of a MT with 4 years experience is 20k. And average salary of a QA is 28K. Where home transcriptionist earn more and higher expenses too. Important deciding factor is the knowledge in types of report like ortho or radio. If you are a transcriptionist and doing only orthopedic reports than your growth in salary could be limited as there are many ortho transcriptionists are in industry. Where as have if you have good knowledge and experience in dermatology then your chance of earning more than and any another transcriptionist with same experience are
List of Company they give job as a MT:-
The entire job in MT is available in this website so please see that properly for further assistance.
