Medical Transcription

Role & responsibilities

• Transcribe medical reports, summaries, office visit notes and other medical documents from recorded messages from health care providers
• Provide online copies of transcribed document to physicians or other providers for review and signature, making corrections or changes as noted
• Be familiar with proper grammar, spelling and sentence structure as well as medical jargon and abbreviations for accuracy
• Prepare correspondence, summaries, research and other administrative reports not directly related to patient care in order to assist medical team
• Work with transcription equipment that can include speech recognition equipment, word processing and computer software, medical references and other technologies
• Maintain strict adherence to patient confidentiality according to provider standards and government regulations
• Review transcription documents for quality assurance and precision to spot and correct any errors that could impact patient care and medical liability
• Create templates and enter data into electronic health record (EHR) systems for updated record keeping and archives
• Listening to the recorded dictation of physicians and other healthcare professionals
• Using specialized transcription equipment such as headsets and foot pedals

Editing and correcting medical dictation performed by speech recognition software