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employment [2006-05-31]
From my experience, there are a wealth of jobs out there. Try MTjobs on the internet. There are tons of jobs. I was able to go directly into transcription after retiring as an RN. I thought transcription would be a piece of cake but I have come to the conclusion that MT work is more challenging than nursing! I
enjoy the challenge--
Also, build your private library of Stedman references.
Very interesting [2007-07-21]
article. We are just in the beginning phase of going electronic at my place of employment. I think it is a pain in the butt, especially when we have those in authority who have no idea what they are doing. We have records stored everywhere currently. We have some as hard copy in charts, some in a program called Ecet, and others just floating around. It is totally chaotic.
Experience & proficiency requirements [2006-03-01]
What are the experience and proficiency industry requirements for U.S. MTs?
Per this article (http://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/ftr_071805p26.shtml), Competition from overseas sources is also emerging in large part due to the lack of minimum wage laws in those countries. Low entry-level wages and lack of adequate compensation for skilled, experienced MTs have discouraged many individuals from selecting medical transcription as a viable career option at a time when the MT workforce is aging. Compounding the problem is the fact that many new MT graduates are not able to find employment because they are unable to meet experience and productivity requirements for U.S. MTs as mandated by the industry.
A real eye-opener to say the least. Wholesale giveaway of good quality American workers.
AAMT to start offering its first medical transcription training program in the Philippines. [2006-01-29]
IT education institution Informatics recently signed up with the American Academy of Medical Transcription (AAMT) to start offering its first medical transcription training program in the Philippines.The training modules intend to improve both English communication skills and medical knowledge from basic to intermediate in students hoping to work in the medical transcription business growing in the country.
Among the modules are English grammar and style essentials, foreign accent dictation, human anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, diagnostic procedures, laboratory medicines, medical word building, and medico-legal concepts and ethics.
Participants with medical backgrounds would have 150 hours of lecture and 160 hours of on-the-job training. Those without medical skills would have 220 lecture hours and 160 hours of on-the-job training.
The program intends to train about 2,000 medical transcribers to enter the workforce this year, according to Informatics director for corporate learning Paul Dumaguin.
Statistics from the Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines indicate that over 7,000 medical transcribers are needed to meet the demand of the medical transcription business.
The US is currently the biggest source of medical transcription and 45 percent of the work is being done by India.
Dumaguin said that medical transcribers can work for existing firms, but have an option to work at home as independent transcribers.
“Trainees typically obtain employment with an MT outsourcing firm, but with the growth of the industry, they have other options as well, such as putting up their own MT businesses,” Dumaguin said.
The worldwide medical transcription business is expected to grow to 25 billion US dollars within the next three years.
Registration Open for Nation's First University Course [2005-10-25]
Registration Open for Nation's First University Course on Medical Transcription Voice Recognition Editing; Pair of Richmond, VA Community Colleges Partner With OAK Horizons Cymed For Online Class
10/24/2005 5:18:00 PM EST
The Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA) in Richmond VA, opened enrollment today for a medical transcription training course aimed at graduating students who are prepared to edit preliminary medical reports generated through voice recognition. CCWA is a partnership between J. Sargeant Reynolds and John Tyler Community Colleges and serves the workforce needs of the Greater Richmond area. This first of its kind university-based course was developed with the support of OAK Horizons, an online content developer of Transcriptionist training courses and CyMed, the nation's third largest employer of domestic transcriptionists.
We're excited about launching the Medical Transcription/Voice Recognition Editing program, stated Matt Meyer, Dean of CCWA Workforce Training. Our mission is to serve the workforce and economic development needs of the region through educational programs that prepare students for positions that offer solid long term employment prospects. Since CyMed has already agreed to hire each graduating student for the first three years of the program, we are able to offer tremendous security for any student who is anxious about choosing an educational track that leads towards a long term employable career path.
This partnership makes a lot of sense for CyMed, CCWA and the MT community on a number of levels, commented Robert Lynch, CyMed's President and CEO. Although we certainly expect the current method of transcription to be around for a long time, this course will help extend the range of employment opportunities available to program graduates. CCWA and OAK Horizons have developed an excellent program and we are looking forward to hiring graduates with the expanded voice recognition editing skill set.
Court records sent abroad [2005-08-25]
Trial and hearing tapes were farmed out to Hong Kong for transcription, in violation of rule
Marion County judicial officials are investigating what appears to be an unprecedented security breach in which workers in Hong Kong prepared hearing and trial transcripts in a yet-to-be-determined number of cases.
The outsourcing of what is supposed to be an in-house court function has alarmed Indianapolis judges because these records often contain sensitive information and are critical for appellate judges to understand what transpired in courtrooms months or years before.
Local officials have informed the Indiana Supreme Court of the breach, and the court, which enforces rules on the handling of court records, is awaiting information from Marion County.
This is prompting a thorough investigation, said Marion Superior Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, a member of the court's three-person executive committee. We're talking about the record that goes up on appeal. If it's wrong, that's big stuff.
She said no judge is believed to have authorized a court employee or court employees to send official trial tapes offshore.
A spokesman for the Virginia-based National Association of Court Reporters said he was unaware of any U.S. court sending transcription work overseas and that the group has tried to determine whether it's going on.
The best-quality transcript is prepared by someone who was present at the proceeding, said Marshall Jorpeland, the national group's communications director. The best-educated English speaker in Hong Kong isn't going to know street slang unless they've moved there from here.
Other concerns include Social Security numbers appearing in transcripts, as well as the names and addresses of crime victims or their family members and sensitive information about employment or income, Jorpeland said.
Marion County's judicial leaders are trying to figure out how much work was sent overseas in violation of a local court requirement that transcriptions be done in-house by county employees to protect against privacy violations -- including identity theft -- and to ensure accuracy.
At least one court reporter has acknowledged some work on major felony cases was sent to a private firm, said Mark Renner, the Marion Superior Court administrator.
Renner declined to release the name of the court reporter or the judge for whom the reporter works. The employee has not been reprimanded but could face disciplinary action, including a possible dismissal.
Renner said the breach occurred after an experienced court reporter hired an Indianapolis transcription firm, Baynes Shirey, which does business as ClearPoint Legal, to prepare transcripts. That work was then outsourced to Scriptero, a Hong Kong company that has more than 50 clients from all over the world that demand at least 4,000 transcripts a year, according to court officials and the company's Web site.
Neither company responded Tuesday to requests for comment.
No one is accusing either firm of wrongdoing. Renner said he intends to send a letter today to Baynes Shirey asking for a complete list of proceedings the firm has transcribed for Marion County's court system.
On its Internet site, Scriptero says it is often hired to transcribe depositions, which usually are closely reviewed for accuracy by participants, and that it uses only native-language transcriptionists. The Hong Kong firm boasts a 99.75 percent accuracy rate, but that's been of little consolation to local officials.
This assignment of transcripts to anyone other than another Superior Court reporter shall cease immediately unless the Judge of your Court gives you express permission to so assign the responsibility of transcription to some outside entity, Renner wrote in an e-mail sent Friday to court officials.
Renner said a Porter County judge notified Marion County officials of the breach last week after hearing about it from a member of the Indiana Shorthand Reporters Association
An e-mail that was ultimately received by the Judge in Porter County from the company in Hong Kong confirmed that they had in fact been doing work from Marion County, including full transcripts from jury trials, Renner told court officials.
Tina DeBone, president of the Indiana reporters association, said she blew the whistle to court officials but did not name any of the firms involved. She said no Porter County judges were involved.
DeBone said she heard about the violation from a court reporter in Arizona who had been approached by the Hong Kong company. DeBone, a victim of identity theft, said she was worried about sensitive information falling into the hands of terrorists who might use it to enter the United States.
Farming out transcription work is in complete violation of the reporter's contract that each reporter signed, Renner said in his e-mail. These contracts, signed with Marion Superior Court, do not provide for hiring private companies to do transcription work.
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