Medical
Transcription -A Profession Whose Time
has Come by Carol BenkmanMedical Transcription is the process of interpreting
and transcribing the dictation made by healthcare professionals, such
as doctors, regarding patient satus,eatment procedures, prognoses, diagnoses
etc.The Medical
Transcriptionistmay also edit the text that
is produced by voice recognition software, and requires extensive knowledge
of medical pharmacological and anatomical terms
Medical Transcriptionists in the past would listen to dictations and type
it themselves, but with voice recognition software this has become mostly
unnecessary. Today the medical transcriptionist usually just edits the
output of the software which can range from a few corrections to major
changes, because voice recognition software still has not been perfected.
The purpose of medical transcription and the medical transcriptionist
remains the same as it was in earlier times, to keep a record of a patient's
medical status and treatment. Ancient medical transcription has been noted
as writing on ancient cave walls and in documents ofNot until the late
20th century was Medical Transcription recognized as a profession.
Prior to that those that did Medical Transcription were given menial labels
such as typists, medical secretaries, dictating machine operator orssors.those
who practice medical transcription, this was and is a highly unjustified
job title since the profession requires a wide knowledge of highly technical
medical terms. Thus, in 1999, MedicalTranscription was assigned its own
job classification and those practicing it were officially called Medical
Transcriptionists.The profession of Medical Transcription has basically
been underground, and most people have not heard about it. Nonetheless,
Medical Transcription is essential in the ever growing health care industry.Health
care staff do not have the time to write every single bit of information
they gather from patients. As a result,
the demand for qualified Medical
Transcriptionist professionals is rapidly growing, in addition to the
fact of the increasing numbers of new medical procedures coming into the
mainstream, doctors simply don't have the time to personally transcribe
all their findings.The profession of Medical Transcription is very versatile
as well. After a few years of education, Medical Transcriptionistsclick
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