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Every time a patient is admitted to a hospital or is seen in an emergency room, or has an X-ray anytime there is a patient interaction with a medical professional and a report is generates. This records are usually in audio form. Thousands of such reports are dictated every single day. The medical transcriptionist is the key person who transforms those reports from the dictated form to the written form a hard copy or sends to storage in a computer system. As long as people get sick, injured or visit medical professional for other reasons, there will be a job for a medical transcriptionist, So, transcriptionist must know medical terminology thoroughly, must have a command of English Grammar and be conscientious worker with a good eye for detail.

 In India we usually get the medical transcriptions order from USA, where a patient visits hospital and the Doctor’s prescription to him will be recorded in Audio format and it will be sent to India via internet or dedicated lines. Here the trancriptionist will hear that report and convert it into digital or computer format and it will be checked and sent back to US.

          Today MT is one of the growing home based business, There is no particular qualification required for this career There are many institutes providing free training with stipends. Once you have enough training and experience, you can undertake your own home business. There are many sub-contractors available for medical transcription.