| Medical Transcription is a career that is emerging as a | | | | information technicians and administrators. |
| big job provider for many. It is not a traditional job or a | | | | Job opportunities, in the coming years, are expected to |
| desk-bound 9 to 5 job. There are avenues by which | | | | rise for medical transcriptionists. Their employment is |
| transcriptionists can work from the confines of their | | | | predicted to grow faster than the average for all |
| homes, do part time jobs or freelance. It has lot of | | | | occupations. It is expected that jobs for medical |
| flexibility as far as working hours are concerned. | | | | transcriptionists will increase to a high of 23% by 2012. |
| A medical transcriptionist is part of a health care team. | | | | The demand for transcription services will increase |
| Their knowledge of, physiology, anatomy, medical | | | | because of a growing aging population. Older age |
| terminology and medical record make them important | | | | groups usually receive more medical diagnostic tests, |
| to any physician. These skills are in demand and also | | | | treatments, and medicine trials that require recording. |
| can allow someone to earn a lot of money. | | | | Thus, more transcriptionists will be needed to revise |
| Transcriptionists are generally employed in hospitals, by | | | | patient records, amend records from speech |
| physicians, in transcription service offices and other | | | | recognition systems, and recognize discrepancies in |
| such places. Experienced medical transcriptionists | | | | medical reports. |
| progress to supervisory and managerial positions. They | | | | Medical transcriptionists earned $13.64 for an hour in |
| are also in a position to freelance from home and do | | | | 2004. The highest 10 percent earned $19.11. Average |
| editing, consulting or teaching in the various accredited | | | | hourly earnings were $13.83. In the offices of |
| schools. Some further educate themselves and train to | | | | physicians and in business support services, they were |
| become medical coders, medical records and health | | | | paid an average of $13.40, hourly. |