- Medical transcriptionists listen to recorded medical reports and transcribe them into written text, which is then sent back to the physician in the form of documents.
- Most legitimate home-based medical transcription jobs require that employees have completed a medical transcription program and have experience doing this type of work.
- Working as a medical transcriptionist requires that you have a computer with a high-speed internet connection, special transcription software and a USB foot pedal to control the speed of the recordings.
- Doctors rely on medical transcriptionists to transcribe all recordings properly to ensure that patients' medical records are correct.
- Although working from home sometimes isn't highly regarded as a real job, being a home-based medical transcriptionist is important in helping doctors to correctly diagnose their patients.
- Average take-home pay for a medical transcriptionist ranges starts at about $14,000 a year, and ranges up to $40,000 or more for more experienced workers.
