Medical Transcription Outsourcing Service is proving to be a
boon for health care providers around the world especially US. This is
because in USA and several other western countries it is mandatory for
doctors to maintain patients' record. Medical Transcription Service helps to
convert the voice of doctor detailing patient's condition into electronic
text format. Medical Transcription Outsourcing Service, therefore, reduces
the workload of doctors and reduces their overhead costs. Medical
Transcription Service is in India from past 3-4 years and has made rapid
progress.
How is Medical Transcription Outsourcing Done?
Medical Transcription Service is essentially an IT Enabled Service. It
requires the expertise of skilled professionals to utilize information
technology to convert voice data of doctors in countries such as US, into
easily retrievable electronic documents. The voice data usually is the
detail of patient's history and medical advises administered.
A Medical Transcriptonist is, therefore, a specialist in medical language
that transcribes by interpreting dictation of medical professionals, mainly
doctors. The dictation practically covers everything that takes place
between a doctor and his / her patient. Most often, the information is
either recorded into tape or onto digital voice processing system.
Medical Transcriptonist makes use of a transcribing machine that is
equipped with a headset and foot pedal. To carry out the work with
precision, a Medical Transcriptonist needs to understand the language of
medicine. He needs to have a basic grounding in anatomy, physiology and
diagnostic procedures besides treatment and medical jargon. The person must
also have the ability to present the document is easily understandable and
grammatically correct language.
After the Medical Transcription document is ready it is submitted to the
Medical Practitioner concerned for review and signature.
Why Outsource Medical Transcription Service to
India?
India is one of the biggest BPO destinations today. The country has a huge
resource of English speaking highly educated skilled professionals who
charge much lower fee. Besides, India has the desired infrastructural and
technological support needed to carry out highly evolved BPO Operations.
With the availability of pool of trained transcriptionists today, India is
the major outsourcing centre for Medical and several other types of
Transcription Services.
