What do United States Department of Labor statistics show will happen regarding employment of the medical transcriptionist?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of medical transcriptionists is projected to grow by 11 percent from 2008 to 2018, which is about the average for all occupations. This means that regardless of the implementation of voice recognition technology, medical transcriptionists are still going to be needed in various positions within their field — great news for me, and hopefully for you. It is now up to us to decide which jobs within medical transcription we want to fill and where our talents can best be used. Expanding opportunities for medical transcriptionists. Having considered the different ways a medical transcriptionist can use their experience, education, and talent, listed below are my picks for the five top jobs: 1) Traditional medical transcription. There are many physician practices that have only one or two providers who might not want to make the switch to voice recognition. This might also be the case with smaller hospitals or other health care provi