National Medical Billing Inc. Explaining Medical Transcriptionists - Electronic Health Records

(prHWY.com) May 14, 2012 - Florida, FL -- Florida, May 14, 2012 - Medical transcriptionists are those people who listen to recordings made by health care professionals and write them into medical reports and other materials. They normally use a headset to listen to the recordings, and a foot pedal for pausing when required. Medical transcriptionists transcribe the recordings on a word processor or a personal computer, while checking for grammatical errors and clarity. The transcriptionists return the transcribed material to the healthcare professional who dictated to them, for approval or correction. These transcribed documents eventually become part of patients' permanent files.

A medical transcriptionist is responsible for typing out dictation into an organized medical report and then sending the reports back into the doctor or to the transcription company. But, what does this all mean? Well, it all starts with a doctor's visit from a patient. The patient walks into the doctor's office because of a health complaint. Information regarding the issue including details, previous conditions, operations, procedures, current existing conditions, are all recorded onto paper by the nurse and physician. Once the visit is complete, the physician then speaks all of the details regarding the patient's visit into a recording device that is then either sent directly to the transcription company, the transcriptionist themselves, or picked up by a professional transcriptionist.

Electronic Health Records - Information being the most sought-after commodity in the world today, the medical transcriptionist is expected to adhere to the highest standards of performance and is expected to keep the integrity of the transcriptions as best as possible. While that may sound a tall order, more than a select few can actually be good medical transcriptionists. Besides dedication and hard work, you need to acquire the skills and technical requirements to become successful at it.

A good medical transcriptionist is very good in spelling, in oral communication, and has high retention memory. He is also very adept in using the computer, especially in typing, since he is gathering a lot of information all the time. He is also very good in listening and following instructions of the higher in command.

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