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The Miscellaneous Yakkings of a Medical Transcriptionist

Three days break at a stretch, oh! what a relief! The past weekend along with the US Independence Day, a break for three days with my doctors taking a day off on Friday also, was a relieving one amidst the busy medical transcription life.  I remember my good old school days looking at the calendar [...]

Search, search, search and still search.  Search here, search there, search in this, search in that, search in this book, search in that search engine – medical transcriptionists are those unlucky searchers who always keep on searching something that they haven’t lost!  Oh Jesus, what all acrobats we do before catching a word? Half of [...]

The complexity of medical transcription reports varies depending on the type of reports.  While radiology reports are repetitive and stereotype reports, operative reports are more complex with the use of different types of instruments, sutures, dressings and different viscera through which the surgical blade passes.  Similarly clinic notes, discharge summaries, progress notes, and history and [...]

Easy and speedy access to medical terms is one of the key secrets to improve your productivity in medical transcription, for which you need to have the reference materials right on your desktop, better as a soft copy. If you’re unable to have those softwares in your system for some reason, at least a hard [...]

Acquiring the latest information is the key to success not only in medical transcription but in any career. Instruments, drugs, procedures, etc., are introduced daily and sometimes old ones are replaced by new. Hence it is a need to update your knowledgebase constantly to be the forerunner. Find below a few terms aimed to equip [...]