Is there a certification process for medical transcriptionists?
Yeah, you can get certified through the AAMT, that’s the American Association of Medical Transcription. It’s a two-part exam. I’ve never taken it, nor have any of my transcription friends that I work with. It’s a personal achievement if you want to do that, but it’s not necessary to do that. Talk a little bit about the kind of equipment required to get started. Well, if you already have a computer and a printer, you’re halfway there. You really only need a transcribing machine, and that’s a machine that plays the tapes. But nowadays a lot of the work is digital, so you play the dictation through a software program like Express Scribe, and that’s free by the way. You can Google that and download it. You just have to get a foot pedal that plugs into your computer and you’re set to go. How can doctors send you dictations securely? Is it sent over email, or how is that done? Yeah, through the email, but there’s several types of encryption programs that make sure that the file is securely s
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