Doctors depend on medical transcriptionists to create reports and other records

November 20, 2009

Doctors depend on medical transcriptionists to create reports and other records

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Outlook: Employment of medical transcriptionists is expected to increase 14 percent over the 2006-16 decade, which is faster than the average for all occupations.

Pay: The 1,270 medical transcriptionists in the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma area earned a median wage of $36,950 in 2008.

The job: Medical transcriptionists listen to dictated recordings made by physicians and other health care professionals and transcribe them into medical reports, correspondences and other administrative material.

Training/licensing: Employers prefer to hire transcriptionists who have completed post-secondary training in medical transcription offered by many vocational schools, community colleges and distance-learning programs. Formal accreditation is not required.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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