Medical Transcription Career In Retired Life
One senior Indian lady posed me a question: “I’m retired, can I have a retirement career change to medical transcription to earn some income?” I was surprised but she was serious. She wanted to utilize her free time efficiently that it would fetch some income (as she is feeling a sort of bored retired life…Read more
How Much One Into Medical Transcription Can Earn (in India)?
It is obvious for anyone in India to have this doubt, what would be a medical transcriprtionist’s salary? How much a medical transcriptionist can earn in India? Anywhere between four digits to six digits per month. Depending on your skill, dedication, willingness to work etc., your earning too differs as in any field. In the…Read more
What Is The Advantage Of Outsourcing Work To India/Asian Countries?
The main advantage of outsourcing any back office work like medical transcription to India or any third-world Asian countries is the cost advantage due to the availability of cheap labor there. The time difference between US and India is another factor. The work assigned by a US doctor at evening US time to a healthcare BPO…Read more
What Are The Future Prospects Of Medical Transcription In India?
In the US, medical transcription business is a $10 to $25 billion industry (annually). NASSCOM predicts a potential annual revenue of Rs. 4000 crore and employment for 50,000 people by 2008 in this industry. The number of medical transcriptionists in the US has remained static while the demand for transcriptionists is growing by about 15%…Read more
What Does the Medical Transcription Training Consist of?
Medical transcription training basically involves equipping you with improving your listening skills, improving language, throwing some light into human anatomy and physiology, disease process, medical terminologies, drugs for various diseases, normal lab values, medical report style and formatting, confidentiality, legalities, familiarity with medical records and ethics, learning typing and improving to speedy typing, exposure to…Read more
Who Can Become A Medical Transcriptionist?
Anybody who is proficient in English with good listening comprehension skills can become a medical transcriptionist, no matter in which discipline you have graduated. Proficiency includes the use of correct words, spelling, punctuation as well as syntax (correct sentence formation). If you have concentrated in improving your vocabulary of English during your school learning days,…Read more
