How do they match: Medical Transcriptionists

  • Certified Coding Specialist
  • Documentation Specialist
  • Medical Administrative Specialist
  • Medical Language Specialist
  • Transcription Specialist

  • 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.

  • Decide which information should be included or excluded in reports.
  • Perform data entry and data retrieval services, providing data for inclusion in medical records and for transmission to physicians.
  • Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
  • 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.
  • Translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms to ensure the accuracy of patient and health care facility records.

  • Record vital statistics or other health information.