Medical
Transcriptionist jobs have
been around since doctors first took the Hippocratic Oath. Ancient
cave writings indicate that records of what medical treatments were
being performed have been kept for thousands of years. Back then,
it was for different reasons but today, medical transcription and
in particular, the medical transcriptionist profession has been
quietly taking steps forward and is "suddenly" making
itself known to the world. In a nutshell, a Medical Transcriptionist
transcribes
dictated matter by phone or from electronically recorded messages
by doctors, nurses or other health care professionals, into records
of treatments, procedures and up to date patient status reports.
Surprisingly, Medical Transcription wasn't "official"
recognized as a profession until 1999 when finally; the United States
Department of Labor assigned the profession its' own job code, in
order to monitor statistics about the field. Until that point, medical
transcriptionist jobs were unjustly
given the title of medical secretary or typists. Today, the American
Association for Medical Transcription,
which overlooks the profession, administers testing and upon passing
the test you earn the title, "Certified Medical
Transcriptionist" (CMT) which lends additional credibility
to your knowledge, skills and abilities over those that are uncertified.
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