MedicalTranscription.com Announces Free Listings in its Onli

MedicalTranscription.com, which supports an online directory of medical transcription services, has announced that it is offering free listings at their Bronze level of service to transcriptionists and transcription services.

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Announcement: FREE listings in the MedicalTranscription.com Directory

For a limited time, we are offering FREE Bronze level listings in the Online Directory of Medical Transcriptionists on MedicalTranscription.com.

Now's your chance to get your name before thousands of physicians and medical managers who go to MedicalTranscription.com first when seeking qualified help.

To sign up, go to MedicalTranscription.com

Then check out MTBrainstorm, the official discussion forum for MedicalTranscription.com members.

Medical Transcription Jobs, Medical Coding Jobs, Medical Billing Jobs

Interested in looking at REAL jobs in medical transcription, coding or billing?

MedicalTranscription.com has added three new pages to its website just for this purpose! Just go to MedicalTranscription.com and click on "Jobs". There you can choose from transcriptionist, coders and billers jobs which are updated DAILY!

Some of the jobs are onsite, some are remote (work from home). All of them will help you learn more about the field of medical transcription, medical coding and medical billing, and the jobs that are available in each.

Check them out!

Medical Transcription Online Community at MTBrainstorm.com

MedicalTranscription.com has recently launched its new online community for medical transcriptionists and those who are considering medical transcription as a career.

MTBrainstorm replaces the old discussion forums located at MedicalTranscription.com and features improved functionality and flexibility. Ask a question, post an answer.

But we're not all work and no play... plenty of room for bragging, venting, and general diversion from the work that lies before us.

So come to MT Brainstorm to learn about the career of medical transcription, learn new words and formats, make new friends, and teach others!

How to Get Started in Medical Transcription as a Transcriptionist

How to Get Started in Medical Transcription
Part 2

Acquire the Skill

Almost no one is able to "jump" into medical transcription unless they are already deeply involved in the medical profession, and even those whose terminology skills are excellent are often surprised to find transcription very difficult. One must acquire the skill, either through practice or training. If you already know medical terminology and have good grammar skills, you are more than halfway there. Sometimes we recommend to these people obtaining practice tapes to measure their skill, and some are pleased to find that after a while they are moving along just fine. Others find that they did not know as much terminology as they thought, and for them we recommend taking a course either at a community college or via home study. Course listings and some tips on selecting a course are located on our MT Schools page. It is our belief that once one has acquired the basic skills and is ready for entry level, the best route is to work within a medical practice or facility for at least 6 to 12 months more to acquire not only additional skills, but the confidence to "take it home". There is of course the added plus of being paid. Some training courses include a period of internship working with real dictated notes, which is highly recommended.

In addition to training, one should have an extensive library of reference books such as medical dictionaries and word books. The training never actually stops, but continues throughout one's career.

This article to be continued. Read more at MedicalTranscription.com

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How to Get Started in Medical Transcription as a Transcriptionist

How to Get Started in Medical Transcription
Part 1

What is Medical Transcription?

Medical Transcription is the keyboarding (into a typewriter or computer) of reports from dictation recorded by a doctor or health professional pertaining to medical information. History and physicals, admission notes, office visit notes, operations, hospital discharge reports and consultations are just a few of the (work) types of reports that are created by the medical transcriptionist. Dictation is performed in a number of ways, including audiocassette, phone-in recording to an analog system, or recording into a digital system that enables one to send a sound file just as one would send any other type of computer file.

Medical Transcriptionists work in hospitals, doctors offices and other medical facilities, and many work from home. They are hired by the physician or a transcription company, but many who work from home do so as independent contractors, setting their own rates of pay, hours and operating procedures, and hiring on additional help as their work load expands.

Is Medical Transcription for Me?

Maybe, maybe not. Medical transcription is not easy. It takes time to become a medical transcriptionist, but it also takes dedication to excellence and a thirst to learn new medical terminology as it emerges. As with any job, you are not finished until you are finished, and for those who work at home this can create conflicts with others who think you are staying home "for them". Did you pay attention in high school English? If your grammar skills aren't up to par you'd better sharpen them, because no doctor likes a report that states "His' illness effected there business"... a poorly written report reflects poorly on the physician who signs it, and the transcriptionist who typed it will not be employed for long.

--- more at MedicalTranscription.com.