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Medical Transcription Career
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Medical Transcription Job and Resume Assistance will come with your medical transcription course.
There are many links / pages to visit on this site to give you even further information about Medical Transcription
as a work at home career that will be useful to you.
As baby-boomers age and require increasing health care services, all medical fields will experience an
unprecedented demand.
In medical transcription, this situation is already creating serious problems. There has always been a shortage of
medical transcriptionist, due in part to the fact that it's one of those "hidden" careers people outside the
medical field rarely realize to exist. However, what used to be an inconvenience is quickly becoming a crisis. In
some parts of the country, there is such a severe shortage of MTs that over 60% of the work is done by MTs out of
their home offices that are living several states away from the doctor they work for.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, by 2010 the demand for medical transcription will have increased by 63%.
They expect it to increase dramatically more by 2014.
The American Hospital Association says that "medical transcription is one of the fastest-growing fields," and Pat
Forbis, past president of the AAMT states, "It's easy to get accounts if you know the jargon. It isn't easy is to
get talent to service those accounts."
Over half of all medical transcriptionist work at home, and with the rising interest in telecommuting, medical
transcription is gaining more attention. Community colleges that never heard of medical transcription several years
ago rushed to establish a curriculum, and the Internet offers a multitude of training courses.
This is unlikely to have much effect. It is estimated that 20% of students never complete the training of some
courses, due in part to unrealistic expectations. The typical student with no background in health care demands a
course with proper training, but is then unwilling to devote the time and effort necessary to master the material
. This is why we encourage everyone to research the career field before committing to any career training
course to make sure it is something you want to invest your time and money into.
Unfortunately, many courses turn out students who can recite the names of cellular organelles, but who are
unfamiliar with professional tools, don't own digital transcribers, and can't transcribe more than 100 lines per
hour. Prospective students ask questions such as, "Do you teach by body systems?" when they ought to ask, “Will you
teach me the skills necessary to get a job?" You will be happy to know that we are not like some of the other
courses that do not give job advice or training. We give Job Assistance after completion of our course.
While there are jobs out there for New MTs with no prior medical background other than the Medical Transcription
Course, these jobs require organization, self-motivation, and high accuracy of the work which is done. Of course
there are many tools out on the market to assist you with your accuracy; we have some extra tools / software in our
course that will assist with accuracy.
Some places ask the Medical Transcriptionist to work at their location for a short period to learn proper skills
and develop a trust between the company and the New MT, however not many New MTs are willing to devote a short time
period of work outside of their home even when the payoff would mean years of working in their home setting. These
are the companies that are near where the MT lives. In situations where the MT lives far away they may ask to take
a transcription test online; on the other hand, even do so much work at a lower rate on a temporary basis. Once
they are happy with your work, then they would take your pay up to normal pay basis.
With Digital Medical Transcription, you can work for a doctor which is thousands of miles away through your
computer so the possibilities are endless of how much you can advance your career.
There are not many courses that focus on building transcription skills beyond providing practice dictation or that
provides training in the use thousands of dollars instead of keeping the focus on what is important to learn
as an MT. Consequently, no matter how many students actually graduate, it is unlikely to make a dent in the
demand of professional tools. We know how important it is to learn more than just terminology, and yet to not
over stuff the course with materials that only a Doctor would need to learn. It is sad, but true fact that some
courses put extra material in their program that is not needed in their course materials just so they can
raise their course prices into the thousands.
More than half of all medical transcriptionist are Independent Contractors (ICs). Medical transcription is unusual
in that many companies provide full benefits for ICs, including paid vacation and sick leave, health insurance,
retirement plans, and even sign-on bonuses. In addition, there is no mandatory retirement age for medical
transcriptionist.
Independent Contractors usually commit to either x number of lines, or x hours of dictation per week. Six hours are
considered a full day for most medical transcriptionist, and many work less. Earnings are high enough that
competent MTs can make a very good living working a 30 hour week.
In addition, ICs can choose to work for transcription services located in those regions that pay the highest rates.
For example, the Pacific Northwest pays twice the rate of some southern states. It's as easy for an IC with digital
equipment to work for a company located over thousands of miles away as one located in the next town.
After gaining some experience, it is easy for MTs to acquire their own accounts with local physicians and clinics,
which usually results in doubling one's income.
In addition to physicians and hospitals, medical transcriptionist can work for dentists, psychologists, medical
examiners, even veterinarians. One MT we know works for a popular author, proofing his medical thrillers for
accuracy while transcribing dictated novels!
Medical Transcription is not for everyone, however if you are one that likes the study of medicine, and are
self-disciplined then this may be for you.
Be sure to read all our links on our web page for Full information about a Medical Transcription Career & if it
is for you!
Are you searching for a well-paying, secure job, working from home?
Medical transcription isn't for everyone, but for people who enjoy typing and are interested in health and
medicine; medical transcription offers a secure and lucrative opportunity to work at home.
The work is fascinating. You won't get bored with medical transcription because you're always learning about
the fascinating field of medicine and the human organism. New discoveries, medicines, techniques and understanding
are a daily occurrence in this exciting field. An important side benefit is that you become more conscious and
knowledgeable about your own health, and that of your family.
The income is excellent. There is a wide range of potential earnings in medical transcription and all of them
are good. You can work part-time and earn as much as many full-time employees who have college degrees. You can
work full-time and reach an upper-middle class income. You can open your own home-based medical transcription
service, outsourcing transcription to other home workers, and earn an income that qualifies as
"affluent."
Job security is high. There is a severe shortage of qualified medical transcriptionist, a circumstance that is
expected to escalate as our aging society demands increasing healthcare services. The U.S. Bureau of Labor expects
the need for medical transcriptionist will have increased 63% by the year 2010. According to the American Hospital
Association, "medical transcription is one of the fastest-growing fields." Pat Forbis, past president of the AAMT,
says, "It's easy to get accounts in this business if you know the language. What isn't easy is to find talent to
service those accounts."
Telecommuting is an established tradition. Medical transcriptionist were working at home long before the term
"telecommuting" was coined. More than half of all Medical transcriptionist work at home and the numbers
are increasing fast. In some parts of the country, there is such a shortage of MTs that an estimated 60% of medical
transcription work is done by MTs residing in another state. Many MTs work for doctors that are several
states away from their home office. This is done by having Internet access to transfer the files digitally.
Emerging mega-services hire MTs across the nation. Many small services are home-based and outsource work to
other home workers.
Many companies offer excellent benefits. Although many telecommuting MTs are actually independent contractors,
they are still offered excellent benefits, including health and life insurance, paid vacation and sick days,
retirement plans - even sign-on bonuses!
Entry requirements are low. Few industries offer this level of compensation to workers without college
degrees. Many people with a master's degree don't earn this kind of money or enjoy these kinds of benefits. But
medical transcription training can be accomplished in as little as six months of study.
In fact, most courses don't even require a high school diploma! Anyone with normal intelligence and the drive to
excel can become a medical transcriptionist.
Medical transcriptionist are respected. This is one field that is dominated by women whose work product is
respected. While nurses and other female healthcare providers typically complain that their training is not
respected in the work place, MTs enjoy respect not only from their peers and employers, but from the doctors they
transcribe for. Even the family physician takes on a new attitude when the MT speaks to him in his own
language!
Few careers offer so much, especially to those of us who did not have the opportunity to become software engineers
after six years of training, or lawyers after seven years, or doctors after eight years. As a comparison, the
median income for female doctors is $85,000. Many top MTs earn over $60,000 and those who own home- based
transcription services earn considerably more!
We hope that we have answered most of your questions here, however if you still have questions about our course,
company, etc. please feel free to call our office.
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