Medical transcription as a career option has emerged as the result of global openings in the IT services sectors. Jobs in medical transcription are mainly offered by US-based companies in India who in reality cater to customers (doctors) in the US and in Canada. In these countries, unlike India, a medical report is considered to be a vital document with legal implications without which doctors cannot claim fees from their patients. India offers cheaper and faster transcription services due to advancements in the telecommunication system and the availability of cheap and highly skilled English-speaking, computer-literate people.
Nature of Work
Medical transcription involves preparing a medical report/document based on the doctor’s tape recorded message about the patients diagnosis and treatment. The doctors dictate into a tape recorder or telephone as they interact with the patient and the message gets tape or digitally recorded into a computer attached to the telephone. This recorded message is transcribed by a medical transcriptionist. He processes the data on a word processor in the form of a medical document.
The process involves specific procedures and editorial policy guidelines. The transcribed document goes through two or three stages of editing by professional consultants and senior experienced transcriptionists The medical report is then sent back to the doctors via satellite communications.
Work Environment
The environment is office simulated. The transcriptionists hear recorded messages on the earphone and work simultaneously on the computer. The work requires hours of concentrated work and audio, visual, manual coordination.
Personal Characteristics
The ability to sit and work for long hours in one place is required . Medical transcriptionists must have a good command over English, an ability to understand and transcribe American speech loaded with medical terminology, ability to understand diverse accents, dialectical variations and varying dictation styles in American English, dedication and total involvement . Exceptional listening skills, excellent concentration and ability to work with and attend to details is required.
Employment Avenues
The health care profession is the second largest industry in the US. As the demand for quality documentation continues to increase owing to increased specialisation in medical treatment. Jobs for transcriptionists will evolve in India due to medical insurance, medical documentation. Skills of transcription are required in the legal profession also.
Earnings
Trainees receives a stipend of Rs. 5,000 p.m. while qualified medical transcriptionists begin with a salary of Rs. 7,000 upwards.
Study and Training
Medical transcriptionists must be graduates . Knowledge of medical terminology including anatomy, physiology and clinical medicine is an asset. Candidates who have excellent written and oral communication skills in English are recruited as trainees for a period of six to eight months after qualifying in a written test.
Courses and Institutions
Regal Information Technology Pvt.Ltd.
159, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III, New Delhi-110 020
Regal Information Technology incorporated in 1999 is a member of the 44-year old Fedders Lloyd group.
Regal offers assistance in implementation of high end solutions like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relation Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Call Centers, Transcription Services etc.
For Transcription Services, they have collaboration with Cbay Systems (USA) to process the best of technology, training and operational skill set desirable by US health care institutions.
Courses - Comprehensive Training in Medical Transcription/ Legal Transcription/Medical Coding/Billing, Insurance Claim Processing/Telemedicine (all for the US health care Industry).
Duration - 6 months training (Four months classroom and two months on-the-job stipendiary training).
Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline with good understanding of spoken English, good listening and writing skills in English, perseverance, ability to work patiently, for long hours, on a computer. Selection: “Trainee Medical Transcriptionist”have to clear a 2 hr. multiple choice, aptitude test,
English comprehension and an audio test.
Registration for Training in Medical Transcription - Selected candidates are registered for a training program in Medical Transcription with Regal.
Duration - 6 months provided by trained and experienced professionals from Cbay Systems. The training is subsidized by Regal.
Placement - In-house production facility provides employment to those who qualify the Cbay certification exam.
Indo-American Academy of Medical And Legal Transcription
D-133 Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I, New Delhi-110020
The academy is run by a group of experienced faculty with multiple specialists on its panel.
Course in Medical transcription
Duration - 5 months
Eligibility - Basic Knowledge of English Language, Good listening skills, No previous computer knowledge, No age bar.
MTIIL Medical Transcription Institute India Ltd. 3rd Floor, Hermann Plaza, 2 West Patel Nagar (Main Road), New Delhi-110008 WebSite : www.mtiil.com
Medical Transcription Institute India Ltd, is promoted by Divine Group of Companies with centres in Chandigarh and Faridabad , Dhaka, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bhopal, Patna. An experienced faculty offers Total Quality Management (TQM) oriented unique training in a simulated job environment .
MTIIL is a corporate member of American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT), the apex global body in the concerned field and is technically tied up with U.S. based medical transcription companies.
Course -- Medical Transcription
Duration - 4 months
Eligibility - Housewives/students/retired persons/medical professionals/handicapped etc..
Min Educational Eligibility - XII Knowledge of Basic English , good listening and comprehension skills.
-- Advanced course
Eligibility - MT toppers, Doctors, Medical professionals and qualified persons looking to be consultants, Proof readers or Quality Analysts.
