MT Services @ Transcriptionstar

What is medical transcription?
The process of conversion of a dictated medical report into soft copy format by entering the dictated data into a computer using any word processing program is known as medical transcription.

Why do you need one?
The entire health care industry today is based on insurance and detailed medical records form the basis for processing insurance claims. Medical practice too is bound by a very strict code of ethics and statutes. These statutes have to be adhered to very strictly since mistakes can lead to multi million dollar lawsuits.
Therefore detailed & extensive documentation is carried out at every stage of medical examination and tests. These documentation can consume up to 40-50% of the doctor’s time. Since Doctors are very highly paid and busy professionals with
very little time to spare, they usually dictate their medically oriented reports into computers or other voice-recording device. These dictated reports are heard and converted into soft copy format by entering them on computer.

What is a medical transcriptionist?

A Medical Transcriptionist, or "MT" is a person who assists physicians and specialty surgeons usually by transcribing, formatting, and proofreading their dictated medically-oriented reports. Most commonly, MTs transcribe physicians' dictation
that outlines a patient's health. Normally medical transcription services are provided by transcription vendors.Therefore you need to check on your transcription vendor and the staff they have.

What are the attributes of a good medical transcription vendor? You should check if the staff of your transcription vendor have the following :

* A good knowledge of medical terms used
* An ability to understand foreign accents
* Good data entry skills
* Know basic medical anatomy, in order to be able to follow what is being dictated.
* Know or learn Latin and Greek verbs and adjectives used in medicine,
* Know how to combine forms, suffixes and prefixes
* Have fluency in English & can fix poor grammar and syntax "on the fly"

Other Suggestions

Ask for your transcription to be done by an experienced transcriber.

Also, check if your transcription vendor subscribes to medical magazines so that their staff is always up to date on latest medical terminology.

Casually ask your vendor what renumeration the staff get. If they are getting about $200/month your are making a bad bargain, because they will allot a novice to you. Good and experienced medical transciptionist earn around $300 to $400 per
month.

Where to find a good & affordable medical transcription vendor?
Medical Transcription is very expensive in the US. An alternative solution is to outsource it to companies in India or south east Asia. Here English language is widely spoken, plus they have the advantage of cheap skilled labor.

Alternatively, you can contact us. We get our transcription done in India so we are affordable.