What Alternative Career Options Medical Transcriptionists Have?
These are questions to my fellow MTs. Our paychecks are getting thinned day by day making it unable to sustain ourselves in this career! Have you ever thought of losing your job one fine day? Have you thought of finding a viable alternative job on that day and a possible career transition? If yes, what alternative career options medical transcriptionists have? Come, join the discussion. …Read more
Radiology-Experienced Medical Transcriptionist Available For Hire
Quite sometime ago, we discussed the possibility of leveraging our social media activities in finding a job, Twitter in particular. I just thought “Hey, why not try that idea for myself now?” I am seriously on lookout for another employer as my current employer is in troubled times though I am very much reluctant parting…Read more
Why You Should Have A Second Income If You’re A Transcriptionist?
“Raj, you are going to have your pay rate cut by half because of the cuts in insurance reimbursements” informed my employer a few days ago. Though shocked and taken aback initially, such a missive was well anticipated with reference to the current trend in the medical transcription industry. With the rapid changes in technology, from the…Read more
What Could Be The Future Trend In Medical Transcription Industry?
For quite some time now, the medical transcriptionist field has comprised one of the fastest growing segments of the healthcare industry. And when you consider what a transcriptionist does, it’s not hard to understand why. In a nutshell, the general job description entails listening to dictated recordings made…Read more
HIPAA Compliance In Medical Transcription. A Revisit Post HITECH
It’s almost 6-1/2 years we, medical transcriptionists, have been with HIPAA since April 14, 2003. How effective was HIPAA compliance in medical transcription all these days? Where do the medical transcription industry stand in terms of HIPAA pre-enactment of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act? HIPAA Compliance In Medical Transcription. A Revisit Post…Read more
I am Interviewed At Medical Transcriptionist Dot Org
I am interviewed at medical transcriptionist dot org. Thanks to Jennifer Walsh, editor, medicaltranscriptionist.org, for interviewing me and publishing it on the site. It’s a first interview of such sort so far in my career as a medical transcriptionist. The questions included: How I got into the medical transcription industry? My advice for someone aspiring to…Read more