Why Opt for Outsourced Transcription?

Outsourcing transcription services is an ideal way to handle transcription, dictation and typing needs while minimizing service costs, capital expenditures, and turnaround time.

Online outsourcing means that transcriptionists no longer need to be on-site, or even in proximity to, the businesses employing their services. The best outsourcing transcription companies provide online dictation and transcription services (including digital audio transcription, cassette transcriptions, all varieties of hospital transcription, legal transcription, corporate transcription, medical transcription etc.). And a well-equipped outsource transcription company is able to take advantage of time zone differences and, in some cases, lower labor costs, to deliver low cost transcription services and dictation at extremely high turnaround rates.

By outsourcing transcription services to Capital Typing, you will get the following advantages:

• Technical and functional superiority over your competitors – without any capital investment;
• Minimization of on-site transcription staff related expenses;
• Elimination of expenses associated with the physical maintenance of office space for transcription services;
• Minimization of costs related to the acquisition of transcription software (and training on-site transcriptionists to use it);
• Improved time-zone advantage for the completion of transcription services;
• Online access to status reports, transcription and dictation retrieval;
• Security of transcripts and voice recordings (secure data transmission and secure FTP access)
• Most important, outsourcing transcription to a reliable, low-cost transcription company like Transdyne will give you the time to focus on your principal field of competence, thus enhancing your business’s productivity.

Outsourcing your dictation and transcription requirements to Transdyne is, without a doubt, the answer to your transcription and dictation needs. We employ trained, skilled professional transcriptionists from all over the U.S., and direct a group of partners from around the nation. Our clients benefit from the most efficient, accurate transcription service offered by any transcription company nation-wide.

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Some Challenges Faced by the Medical Transcription Professionals

Just like the generally aging US workforce most of the medical transcription professionals also consists of significantly old people. At the outset it might look that medical transcription is a sedentary type of work without much physical strain but the fact remains that it is very much a physical work. This is because MTs have to read and type continuously through out the hours of transcription work many hours a day. Moreover, the transcription process is repeated over and over again as a result of which the workers are prone to diseases such as, repetitive stress syndrome, problems with vision and , and other problems that come due to continuously sitting and typing over long periods of time.

Most of the transcriptionists were women in the US but today outsourcing has resulted in mushrooming of transcription professionals' world wide especially from India where the male population of professionals exceeds the female. Thus the industry is no more dominated by women.

The elderly work force basically is not open to new technology and may find it difficult to adapt to it. They are usually asked to do editing work which could be less attractive because in the US editors are paid lesser than the transcription worker. Moreover wages are directly linked to production with payments made for transcription work done on a per line basis.

Another major challenge faced by the MTs is that they have to often work for multiple doctors from multiple locations and as a result it affects their productivity. It is preferred that the same doctor's files be sent to the same transcriptionist who over time can get used the individual style and dictation of the doctor. This can minimize the errors and will result in faster work completion. An MT just cannot expect to make errors or mistakes as the expected accuracy level of the finished document exceeds 99%.

Unlike in other jobs, a working MT can never take up another job on a part time basis because this work of transcribing health records is in itself quite demanding mentally and physically. However today home based transcription lets a professional to sit in the comfort of his house and work without the hassle of traveling to and from house to work everyday.

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4 Reasons to Study Medical Transcription

It's not for everyone, but if you have what it takes and the interest and the basic skills to start with, medical transcription can be a wonderful career choice.

1. Learning medical terminology can be a great mental workout.

There's a lot of medical transcription terminology to pick up as you study. If you don't already have a pretty good everyday vocabulary, training to become a medical transcriptionist is going to be pretty challenging.

Remember learning about prefixes and suffixes in school? You'll be doing more work in this area to get familiar with ones you haven't used before. And you'll need it for when the doctor comes up with an obscure term.

2. Despite rumors to the contrary, the industry still looks healthy.

Yes, there are always rumors about voice recognition software and/or outsourcing ruining opportunities for medical transcriptionists. They tend to be greatly exaggerated.

Certainly there are doctors who are using voice recognition software. There are doctors outsourcing medical transcription to other countries.

Quality matters tremendously, however, as does privacy. Voice recognition still has trouble with medical terminology, and it is expected that the worst this will do will be to make it necessary for doctors to employ transcriptionists as editors, so that mistakes do not persist in their records. We're talking about people's health, after all.

Outsourcing similarly has problems with accuracy if the foreign transcriptionists are not well enough trained. It also suffers from privacy considerations, as United States law does not apply to people in other countries.

3. The work is interesting if you enjoy medical topics.

Some reports may make you glad that you're just typing them up, not seeing them as they happen. Others will just be fascinating as you hear about the medical conditions people are dealing with.

One of my favorite parts of being a transcriptionist was learning about the different conditions. Once in a while it would even come in handy in my own life for a family member. Then again, it was hugely frustrating when my son had a condition I'd never heard of because I didn't specialize in pediatric transcription.

4. You can decide where to work and whether you want a job or a business.

Many medical transcriptionists work at home, but others do work onsite. There are advantages to each, and you can decide which suits you best. Search for the jobs with the working conditions you desire.

But if you want to earn more, there are also great possibilities for running your own transcription business. You can be just a single person running a business with as many clients as you feel comfortable handling, or you can hire your own employees.

The biggest challenge with running a transcription business is getting time off. Even if you go the solo route, I strongly recommend getting to know some subcontractors. You will want a vacation someday, won't you?

You can also set your own hours, within the limits of the turnaround time you need to achieve. If you're running your own business, this will be vital to your success. If you're employed by someone else but work at home, you can still probably set your own hours, so long as you notify your employer. Probably the only time you have no control over your schedule is when you work onsite.

Overall, medical transcription is an exciting and challenging field to study. If you have the determination and interest, you can earn a good living while enjoying your work.

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