Most of the content that gets transcribed is pretty boring. Occasionally it is the exact opposite. MTs have typically signed a confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment. Even at home, work requires that you guard patient’s privacy, even from your family members. Consider having a password protected desktop exclusively for [...]

I went to the website listed in the following job posting and I had a very hard time navigating the site. Large hospital sites really are geared more towards being user friendly for staff and patients. If I remember correctly, this site even had online payment for patients.
I did learn something on my [...]

I am not sure how widespread this practice is, but this particular Medical Society has a classified page that includes a couple of transcription jobs. One of these jobs is a home-based position.
Hunting for jobs requires persistence and ingenuity. I think using a search engine to find a number of Medical Societies might [...]

Transcriptionists who work at home don’t have much reason to be concerned with how doctors goes about recording their audio reports and notes. I am just reporting on this as an interesting aside. I do hope that more and more doctors and clinics will move away from analog recording with audio tape. [...]

This particular company does not focus on at home transcription. The Wahltek website does have an open invitation to qualified transcriptionists who live in Iowa and adjoining states. This is an opportunity for me to educate myself on US geography. I could guess which states border on Iowa, but I bet I [...]

I see job opportunities in North America for people with transcription skills AND fluency in another language on a weekly basis. Spanish and French are the languages that I see most often. If you are bilingual and a proficient transcriptionist, you are in the running for jobs where there will be less competition.
If [...]

If you are looking for an at home medical transcription job, you should make a point of looking for unadvertised work that you be able to obtain direct from hospitals. Go to the main websites for various hospitals and HMOs and look for a careers tab.

Since these sites are designed to be accessible to [...]

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST to work from home. MUST HAVE 1-3YRS EXP, own computer and high speed internet Fax resume to 602 -971- 3944
Burrows Medical Transcription posted this job in a local newspaper and through the magic of the internet it ends up on my computer screen thousands of miles away. The company is located [...]

I just saw a job listing for an in house transcription job that had an interesting perk. Foote Health System in Lansing, Michigan offers a concierge service to help employees balance work and home.
What does this mean? This article profiles a service that does everything from taking your car for an oil change [...]

I am the least productive person in our small home office, as a consequence of this fact, I am usually put in charge of supplies and requisitions. These are things that have to be done even in a small home office and they take up some time. If you are the only person [...]

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