Wanna be a successful Medical Transcriber?

Are you an employee of a Medical Transcription Company? Or Are you a Virtual Assistant who offers Medical Transcription services?

Whatever the category you belong to, being a Medical Transcriber is not that easy as a typist. Isn’t it?

For those who are not aware of what Medical Transcription service is, I will explain it in a brief way.

The doctor examines his patient in a thorough manner and asks about his history, previous medical records, etc. The collected data from the patient will be recorded by the doctor in his own voice and sends same to the medical transcriber. The transcriber carefully hears the audio file and transcribe in an accurate way and send back to the doctor. Now you say, is it an easy job? Never so…Because the transcriber should be a skilled person to know all the medical terminologies and if he makes a mistake it will affect the patient.

Here are some tips to make you a skilled Medical Transcriptionist.

1. Be fast and accurate

Always be fast in typing the audio file you hear. If you are a slow typist you will waste your time and it's not only the case of fast or slow typist, But you should be accurate too. To get 100% accuracy typist, get familiar with keyboard typing and also medical terminologies.

1. Hearing accuracy

You will always type what you hear. If you don’t have a clear and accurate hearing capability, it will not get 100% accuracy in Audio Transcription Services . Advanced headphones or earphones and good knowledge of medical terminologies will help you for a better understanding of an audio file.

1. Browse the internet

Search on the internet for accurate spelling or any medical related terminologies for further clarification.

1. Be accurate “then and there”

Providing an by simply noting down without accuracy control will rate you as A low performer. Don’t think to correct your spelling and grammar for a later hour. You may not get time or you may just forget. Otherwise, make sure that your transcription will be rechecked by skilled proofreaders.

1. Check client requirements

Your client may require a crisp document which includes all the valuable information. So, it’s always helpful and make you a professional Audio Medical Transcription service provider if you ask for the format of the document that is to be transcribed before an hour itself.

1. Comfortable seating and peace of mind

A comfortable workstation helps you to feel easy while working. It’s very important that your mind should be peaceful because if you don’t have peace of mind while working, your may affect your client satisfaction and also it wrong information recorded will adversely affect the patient.

1. Reasonable charge

No one will be interested in paying you a high amount whatever the work is. So, be reasonable to them by calculating your fees per hour for an . ie, charge for the time you have spent in transcribing an audio file.

1. Sound quality of an audio file

When you receive an audio file, check for its sound quality on a consistent basis and if it is not in a good condition, revert it back to the client for improving the sound quality. Poor sound quality may affect your transcription service.

I think I have not bored you with so many “do’s and don’ts” to be a skilled Medical Transcription service provider. If you are an employee of a Medical Transcription Company, then they will provide you an excellent training for a steady career growth.

If you are self-employed, you alone are your boss. So, be focused on these points to be successful.