What is the job of a medical transcriptionist ?
Medical transcriptionists (MT’s) are specialists in medical language and healthcare documentation who interpret and transcribe dictation by physicians and other healthcare professionals regarding patient assessment, workup, therapeutic procedures, clinical course, diagnosis, prognosis, etc., editing dictated material for grammar and clarity as necessary and appropriate.
What characteristics do I need to become a medical
transcriptionist?
You need excellent English language skills, as well as a strong interest in the medical language. You need good hearing acuity and listening ability. You need reasonable keyboard skills and be able to work for long hours, often in a high-pressure environment. A high level of concentration for extended periods of time is also important.
Does GIS provide a medical transcription course & What is that different about GIS training compared to the others?
Yes. GIS does provide training program for new entrants into the transcription services and continuous training for experienced professionals to stay current with the ever changing & evolving nature of medical services. We are not requiring you to pay. We will be providing you with a stipend that can cover your transportation cost and a little over. GIS six month training program itself will give you the tools to be a productive, entry-level medical transcriptionist. How well each one of you will be using this program will depend on you. We will give you the tools. You have to put in the effort, time and commitment. We will give you comprehensive training with a well designed curriculum supported by cutting-edge web based technology in our very own state of the art facility with highly qualified team members. we do provide audio and video tapes and other educational products for use in the classroom and for independent study.
Evaluation of the MT service industry:
Career in medical transcription services is not for everyone. It requires continuous learning capability and an ability to maintain focus & commitment to deliver accurate, reliable results day after day. Quality and not quantity should be the only criteria one should bring to work every day. If you have the commitment and ability to take pride in high quality work, you will succeed.
What is the second step we have taken which many other transcription companies did not?
Our vision is shared with our customers. We contacted potential customers (Physician Groups & Hospitals) and shared a detail project report addressing customer needs based on our organization’s philosophy, customer focus and technology driven processes. We work together with our customers as one.
What is that our organization has & values, which many established organizations do not have ?
Our organizational culture supports true merit and efforts of the individual supported by our team philosophy to bring out the best in you. Your development as an individual and as a professional is the true asset of our organization. Combined intellect of our team is the single most valuable asset for GIS.
Bonding-A different approach:
We are not requiring you to be (financially or through a contract) bonded for our investment of time, resources and effort in providing you with a well designed, comprehensive training program. We will be bonding you with our excellent organizational culture that will help to bring out the best in each of you. We will be bonding you with a fair and open work environment without the petty politics and non-productive national pastime of gossiping. This organization is the place for individuals with mutual respect-personally and
professionally.
It is our commitment to provide you with a professional work environment that is conducive to an excellent work ethic. All of us are here to work together in order to create a value that is greater in quality than what the customer expects, greater in satisfaction than what you expect and with you expect and with these qualities together, a product that is clearly superior to the best companies in this
business.
It is your commitment to uphold our trust and confidence in you from day one. You are expected to show initiative in utilizing our training and resources not only to develop your MT skills but also to help us in mentoring others. In teaching others, you get strong, in turn: we are all better because of this fact.
Continuous education, evaluation and improvement:
is the fundamental philosophical drive of this organization. This is the key to make each one of you to be competent, effective and efficient individual in the MT industry.
How will speech recognition technology affect the future of medical transcription?
In spite of the advances in this technology, it has been difficult for the software to grasp and analyze the human voice and the English language with all its diversity. There will continue to be a need for skilled medical language specialists who expand their education and have the knowledge to identify and appropriately edit the inevitable errors created by speech recognition systems, and who have enough understanding of the health record to create a final document. Medical transcriptionists continue to be the best qualified to discern the nuances of human speech—indeed, the ultimate speech processors.
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