What is the Role of a Medical Transcriptionist?
A medical transcriptionist(MT) is an allied healthcare professional responsible for converting the voice
recordings of dictations given by doctors and other healthcare practitioners into text format.
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What is the Role of a Medical Transcriptionist?
A medical transcriptionist(MT) is an allied healthcare professional responsible for converting the voice
recordings of dictations given by doctors and other healthcare practitioners into text format.
The above is a simplified description of the role of a medical transcriptionist in a healthcare
environment.
Dig a little deeper and you will understand the significant contribution of this unassuming
and seemingly ordinary occupation to the healthcare documentation discipline.
There are several layers to a medical transcriptionist’s job.
The most obvious and outwardly visible job
of a medical transcriptionist is is to listen to taped dictations and transcribe them into written reports.
But think about what’s involved in transcribing these reports – making sense of incomprehensible
sentences, difficult accents, mumbling and at times having entire parallel conversations while giving
dictations.
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