description
Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
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Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
Not Available
Typical Hourly Wage:
$15.50 - $16.83
Typical Annual Salary:
$32,250 - $35,010
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
Postsecondary certificate
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
No on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
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Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
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Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.
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Review and edit transcribed reports or dictated material for spelling, grammar, clarity, consistency, and proper medical terminology.
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Transcribe dictation for a variety of medical reports, such as patient histories, physical examinations, emergency room visits, operations, chart reviews, consultation, or discharge summaries.
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Distinguish between homonyms and recognize inconsistencies and mistakes in medical terms, referring to dictionaries, drug references, and other sources on anatomy, physiology, and medicine.
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Set up and maintain medical files and databases, including records such as x-ray, lab, and procedure reports, medical histories, diagnostic workups, admission and discharge summaries, and clinical resumes.
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Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.
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Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
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Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Desktop computers
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Dictation machines
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Franking or postage machines
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Laser fax machine
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Laser printers
Technology:
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Data base user interface and query software
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Electronic mail software
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Medical software
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Voice recognition software
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Word processing software
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