Anyone knows about the home job known as medical transcription?

Question

Is the pay good? Is it true a job like this really exist? It would really help me out right now.

Answer 1

Yes, it exists and it pays great, but you have to be educated in the medical terms. If you don't know EXACTLY what the doctor is talking about, or if you don't know the exact spellings of the medical terms, you could cause a lot of problems.

Basically, after the doctor sees a patient, the doc describes the interaction into a taperecorder. You would then take the tape and type out everything the doc said, so they would have a hard record of the interaction to put in the file.

You have to do a lot of studying and most transcriptionists get certified.

Answer 2

I have been a medical transcriptionist for 15 years. I started out without any transcription classes. Most places now require some. I now work at a hospital with benefits, ins, vacation, etc. Some agencies do not have these. The big ones do. The big ones also want you experienced. As for pay, yes I make well after 15 years. BUT, just starting out with little terminology and slow speed (just because you can type fast, does not mean that you can type fast listening to medical terminology that you do not understand) you will only make money for as much as you type. It takes years to get making the big bucks. Most people stop after doing it a year or so. I have met many interested people. I invite them to listen to a test recording, and they end up changing their minds. Do not get me wrong, I love my job. I started out in a doc office so when I got home (after 5 years of in-office working) I was making enough. If you really want to do it, do not get frustruated. It will happen. If you are a single mom, I do not think it will make you enough to get by. If you are married and have support while you are learning, try it.

Answer 3

Yes it is a real job. Some places will hire you and train others require you go to school (only sixteen credits you can finish in two semesters at a technical or community college). When you get hired on you have to work at the office for a certain amount of time like 3 months and then you can work from home on your own computer. The pay is anywhere from $10 and up so not to bad. I've thought about doing this myself since I have a young son whom I do not want to put in daycare. Good luck with whatever you do! Just for reference a medical transcriptionist does a lot of insurance paper work not rewriting of what a doctor tape records. You don't have to work at a hospital either, there are a lot of independent companies that are easier to get hired on with and do their own training.

Andrea

Answer 4

A medical transcription service requires good language and listening skills. It also needs a good knowledge of medical terms, their meaning and spellings. Work is not a problem. There's a flood of medical records to be transcribed. These records include medical history and physical reports, clinical notes, office notes, consultation notes, discharge summaries, letters, psychiatric evaluations, laboratory reports, X-ray reports, pathology reports etc. The money is good, and the business can be done from home. It's ideal for an individual who does not mind listening to tapes hour after hour and transcribing them accurately.

Answer 5

you have to know medical terminology you have to find doctors who need these service & no the pay is not what you belive it is. Only so much per word, cents not dollars. Most who do this have several doctors they contract with. Plus you have to be able to understand the doctor on the tape as he speaks going from patient to patient. not to mention running back & forth to the doctors office to retrive tapes & deliver finished notes.