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What is medical transcription?
Home » Healthcare Administration » Medical Transcription » What is medical transcription?Transcription is a fancy word that is used in writing music and even in describing events that happen in the human body’s DNA. But in the medical field, it means to make a full written or typewritten copy of something that is dictated, or said aloud or recorded to be written down (or typed) by others. The information dictated will often include complete details of the patient’s office visit. With the emergence of electronic medical records, physicians are often able to get much of the information stored into the patient’s computerized medical file themselves, but there still can be important pieces of information that the doctor will dictate for later transcription. Dictation can be achieved by hand-held recorders, or some type of digital recording or voice file. Some doctors dictate notes right into their laptops. Technology is becoming so advanced that, a doctor using an EMR system, can “flag” a point in a patient’s computerized chart where a dictation and subsequent transcription is needed. He or she can make a quick voice file of the information needed at the point of the “flag”. The doctor can then send the file electronically to a transcription service. When the transcription is complete, the file will automatically be stored in the original “flagged” location. It is easy to see how much time and money this sort of system saves, though investing in such a program to begin with is very costly.
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