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Highlights in this Issue:Using MS Word Auto Correct to increase Medical Transcription earnings. Things you can do to make sure you follow the HIPAA rules! Medical Terminology Student Updates & News Current Enrollment Special Thanksgiving Day Food |
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Volume 12, Issue 5 |
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November 2010 |
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Medical transcription is a very rewarding career. You can work on location or out of your home. Most Medical Transcriptionists are paid by the character line. The more lines per hour you transcribe the higher your average pay rate will be! Many MTs use programs such as Medical Text Expanders. If you can afford to invest in one of these that is wonderful. The one that we recommend highly is Speed Type. www.speedtype.com However, if you are an MT that is just starting out new in the career you might not be in the position to invest in a text expander program. There are ways you can create your own text expander right inside of Microsoft Word. You can do this with the use of Auto Correct Text and Macros. |
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As technology has advanced over the years so have the features within the common programs such as MS Word, Excel, etc. You can save a lot of time by creating templates or shortcuts through the auto correct feature. This can be done for a simple phrase or for a complete paragraph. Instead of typing out History of Present Illness you can create a shortcut key such as “hopi”. This means that you are only typing 4 characters but you are getting paid for much more! You get paid for all of the words or phrases that your shortcut expands out. This feature will save you time and help you earn more money! Be sure to keep a list of any shortcut keys you create. If you create macros you will also want to keep a list of those as well. Click Here for the rest of this article.
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Increase your Medical Transcription Earnings with features in MS Word. |
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home then you should make sure that the doctor, hospital or MT Service Company you work for has provided an agreement in regards to patient privacy for you to sign. Click here for the rest of this article. |
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Following HIPAA regulations is very important Medical transcriptionists must make sure that they are familiar with HIPAA laws and the steps you should take to comply with |
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them. If you work in a doctor’s office then you should have been presented with an Employee Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement or HIPAA agreement. If you do medical transcription from |
HIPAA—Make sure you follow HIPAA rules! |