.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 status, treatment procedures, prognoses,
diagnoses etc.The Medical Transcriptionist may 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 of lost civilizations..
Not 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
operators, or word processors.For 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.t.
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
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