Medical Transcription can be done in your Home

Medical transcription is highly specialized and does require certain skills and training. This is NOT a "get-rich quick" career. However, as a medical transcriptionist you can benefit from job security as well as the freedom to work full time or part time.

It can certainly pay well, but be prepared to work! You can expect to be paid by the typed line (65 characters per line). Becoming a medical language specialist is not something you can learn in four or six weeks, so keep that in mind when searching for your training program.

Medical transcription is the process of taking dictation from physicians and other health care professionals and converting it into written text. The text may be stored on printed or electronic media. Electronic medical records are now the preferred choice of data storage, allowing medical personnel access to information regardless of location.

There is no formal education requirement for a medical transcriptionist. Education may be attained through traditional degree programs or certificate programs, online learning or on the job training.

Your own business. There is a lot on the Internet about starting your own medical transcription business and that is a wonderful idea! When starting a medical transcription business, you would need to contact doctors and hospitals to retain them as clients.

Work as an employee. You can work from home as an employee just as if you worked in a hospital or doctor's office. You can move anywhere and take your job with you. If you are an experienced transcriptionist you could be hired by the many companies in the United States that will provide the work for you.

Two websites to view jobs are www.mtstars.com and www.mtjobs.com and you can apply on line or fax or mail a resume. You can review the medical transcription jobs available all over the country and what they pay and what they require of you in terms of computer skills, equipment and hours.

Related jobs. Quality assurance editors and proofreaders perform hands-on proofing and editing of transcriptions completed by medical transcriptionists. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary. This job requires very little typing but superior proofing and editing skills are required.

Nurse on Call

If you are a registered nurse, you may be able to supplement your income by working for a company that provides phone-based triage (prioritization of patients for medical treatment) and medical information to its customers. You may be dealing with a pharmaceutical company, insurance company or other health-related organization.

Take a look at www.Fonemed.com, a company that hires phone-triage nurses to provide this type of health-related service from their homes.