Introduction to the Medical Transcription Career At Home

Many people are looking to change careers.  One of the top careers for working in your home office is Medical Transcription. 

Long hours at the office, Difficult Patients, Patronizing doctors, Politics, low wages -It can all lead to job burnout. On the other hand, maybe you just want to earn more money, or want to work at home so you can raise your children yourself.

Whatever your personal reasons for considering a career change, medical transcription has a lot to offer.

As you'll learn as you read through this site, the earnings and benefits are excellent, the hours are great, the demand is high, (especially the demand for Nurse MTs), and best of all, you already have most of the training.

Choosing a career in medical transcription will allow you to enjoy the convenience of working at home while continuing to utilize the medical education you invested in.

The Medical transcriptionist is responsible for accurately transcribing medical reports, including chart notes, history and physical examinations, consultation letters, operative reports, emergency room reports, diagnostic reports, and discharge summaries.

"Accuracy" is not necessarily limited to careful transcription of the dictation. Accuracy frequently requires transcription of what the physician meant to say, rather than what was actually dictated. This is why the medical transcriptionist need to know more than mere terminology, It is important to know report formats, how to listen to Dr. Dictations and to be able to tell what is being said when they are talking fast, slow, with an accent, etc., and it is the reason transcription services are eager to hire MTs with Digital Transcription Training. Very few use the Tape Transcription method anymore; most are using the digital transcription method.

The medical transcription business is based on productivity. Both the MT and the transcription service she operates for are paid according to output, so both accuracy and speed are vital.

You may be surprised by some of the information contained in this site. MTatHome is not just a Medical Transcription Course Company - We also do Placement Assistance Service for those that complete our course. We train you on the proper way to transcribe with the new technology of digital transcription as well as other aspects of going from no prior experience to a Medical Transcriptionist. We work closely with employers and focus on the business side of medical transcription.

While training is presented as its own reward in most courses, we consider training to be the means to an end: successful employment. We focus on what top employers want and what is required to earn a good living, rather than the "fascination" of medicine. Consequently, our perspective is different from that of most training vendors, and we carefully place a lot of emphasis on developing strong transcription skills.

This site will be most informative if you follow the pages in the order they are presented on the menu.

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We also have a great medical transcription newsletter that we recommend anyone which is considering becoming a Medical Transcriptionist working from home, or if you already work at home in the medical transcription field to sign up for the newsletter. This is not just for our Medical Transcription Students; it is for anyone which is interested in Medical Transcription or working at home. There is also an archive of some of our newsletters that are available students.