HomeTranscription.net will soon be an important source of all things to do with medical transcription. This will be mainly a membership site where members can access informative articles on becoming a work-at-home medical transcriptionist and have all of their questions answered in one place. They will also gain access to job listings together with a weekly newsletter mailed out with the new job listings for the week. The site's purpose is also to build a fun, supportive community of MTs and wannabe's where they can meet at the medical transcription forum to visit, mento .. more
What is Medical Transcription?
Medical transcription is a profession where one transcribes medical records dictated by doctors and nurses who work at hospitals, clinics, laboratories, rehabilitation centers, etc. Whenever a patient sees a doctor or other medical practitioner a medical report of the visit is entered into their patient records. Medical transcription can be a work at home job or in-house which means going in to an office every day.
The medical transcriptionist, also known as an MT, transcribes the oral dictation of the visit into a medical record to be placed .. more
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Medical Transcription: Employee or Independent Contractor
As a medical transcriptionist, you can choose to work as an employee or an independent contractor. As an employee, you may be able to work your own hours as long as you get a specific amount of work done each day or you may have to punch in and punch out so to speak working the same hours every day. Most of the large companies and hospitals offer benefits such as health insurance, vacation pay, paid time off, etc. Some will supply the computer equipment needed including the computer itsel .. more
