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I'm working towards a career change
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 11, 2009, 01:16:36 pm ---All the transcriptionists keep medical dictionaries. They don't expect you to know ALL of the terms.
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There are all kinds of medical dictionaries and word books out there. Dorland's Medical Dictionary is the standard where I work, but there are others. Plus, if you do this for a living, I think you might be able to deduct the purchase price as a business expense. :D
shortfiction:
My teacher works for various medical groups from home. That might be the way to go.
shortfiction:
Yes, I've heard about the outsourcing and the SR software issues as they relate to MT as well. I will be sure to ask the teacher about it. In the meantime, one of the training sites gives some good info:
http://www.tranzmed.com/Careers.html
Also, both Bush and Obama wanted computerized charting in place in all hospitals and medical offices, but this would cost $20 billion, and there are other controversies associated with the idea.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: shortfiction on November 13, 2009, 02:55:13 pm ---Yes, I've heard about the outsourcing and the SR software issues as they relate to MT as well. I will be sure to ask the teacher about it. In the meantime, one of the training sites gives some good info:
http://www.tranzmed.com/Careers.html
Also, both Bush and Obama wanted computerized charting in place in all hospitals and medical offices, but this would cost $20 billion, and there are other controversies associated with the idea.
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Sounds to me like you're going into this with eyes wide open and well prepared. Good luck! :D
shortfiction:
Well, one can become an SRT editor---they are needed to clean up the mess that the computer makes. So wouldn't it make sense for a doc just to use the Mt/editor in the first place?
Also, the EHR regs are so onerous that they may put off a lot of docs.
Until or unless the technology improves vastly, it looks like the human MTs are here for a while.
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