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| What exactly is medical transcription?
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Medical transcription is a medical language specialty, which has become an
indispensable element in the modern health care industry. It involves
interpreting and recording dictations by physicians and other healthcare
professionals regarding patient assessment, workup, therapeutic procedures,
clinical course, diagnosis, prognosis, etc. It also includes modifying the
dictation for grammar and clarity, as necessary and appropriate. Generally, the
information is recorded either on a tape or a digital voice processing systems.
Medical transcriptionists return the transcribed documents to the
physician/provider for review and/or correction, which eventually becomes a
part of the patients’ medical records. The health care industry relies on
medical transcriptionists for accurate documentation of medical reports.
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| Do you feel that voice recognition programs will eventually replace medical
transcriptionists?
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| Definitely not. Because this field is so technical and ever changing, it is
pretty much impossible to encompass the whole medical profession on any type of
software. Also, many physicians are ESL physicians (English as a second
language) thus making use of this software almost impossible. I honestly don't
see our jobs in any kind of jeopardy in the near future because of this
software development.
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| How long does it take to complete the Learn-MT online medical transcription
program?
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The duration of the course is 5 months (approximately 500 hours). You can learn
at your own pace, but you are required to complete each module within the time
frame stipulated for each module.
Note: The company reserves the right to modify the course duration at
any time.
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| Will I be able to contact an instructor if I need assistance?
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| Yes, our MT instructors are available to assist you with any questions or
problems you may have. Our MT instructors will also grade all assignments and
tests. |
| Do I need to be online to complete the course?
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| You will need to be online in order to complete each course module. You must be
connected to the Internet in order to submit your completed tests. |
| How can I know whether I am suitable for this field?
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| If you have average keyboard skills and good knowledge of general language
skills, you are suitable for this field. You should also have the ability to
learn on your own and retain what you have learned. |
| What is the scope of medical transcription today?
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| In the near future, it is expected that there will be an unprecedented boom in
the IT-Enabled services, especially in the areas of medical transcription. It
is believed that medical transcription alone will generate more than Rs. 9000
crore of revenue in the coming 5-6 years. Employment of medical
transcriptionists is projected to grow faster than the average for all
occupations through 2012. |
| How will recession affect the medical transcription field?
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Health care is one of the most stable and always growing industries. Health
care is immune to recession. The demand for medical services all the
subordinate products and services such as medical transcription will never
decline.
A growing and aging population will enhance the demand for medical
transcription services as older age group requires proportionately larger
number of medical tests, treatments and procedures, that requires
documentation. A high level of demand for transcription services also will be
sustained by the continued need for electronic documentation that can be easily
shared among providers, third-party payers, regulators, and consumers. Growing
number of medical transcriptionists will be needed to alter patients' records,
edit grammar, and discover discrepancies in medical records.
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| Do you give placement to students after training?
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Upon successful completion of the Learn-MT online medical
transcription-training program, students will be issued the M-Squared School of
Medical Transcription Certificate.
The M-Squared School of Medical Transcription’s Certificate automatically makes
students eligible for placement in any concern of M2ComSys.Inc mentioned below
after clearing the screening test in the respective center.
M-Squared Software Developments & Exports (P) Ltd- Bangalore, India.
M-Squared Software Developments & Exports (P) Ltd- Ernakulam, India.
M-Squared Software Developments & Exports (P) Ltd- Trivandrum, India.
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