With the technology boom, a lot of career options have come up for the youngsters which have contributed to the growth of economy also. One of those careers is medical transcription which started in the western countries and especially the US where health care industry is insurance based for which proper documentation of all health records is vital to process the insurance claims. In these countries, for the medical insurance procedures to be hassle free three jobs in medical field play an important role. They are medical transcription, medical coding and medical billing.  As a result of technology and birth of outsourcing industry, many jobs are being outsourced to India, out of which Medicaltranscription jobs take a significant portion and are creating a big number of employment opportunities in the transcription services industry. Image courtesy:  Indianmart - Google search There are a number of players in the medical transcription services field who are maki...

Who wouldn’t say they like a little extra help, be it at work or anywhere else?! Especially if you are a medical transcriptionist, you could be confused about a peculiar sounding word, the spelling of a doctor’s name that sounds funny, or maybe struggling with an unclear dictation where drug names sound French!We bring you five great sites to help you along the way. Just bookmark them for any-day reference! 1.      OneLook ( www.onelook.com ) You can quickly look up abbreviations, acronyms and medical words/phrases at this awesome online dictionary. It has amazing wildcard search options and other advanced search tools. Wildcard search means looking for a word in the dictionary that you cannot spell. You can check out the wildcards link at the end of the page to know how to use this option. The site’s features are a step ahead of other sites. You can look at the example searches on the home...

Doctors every now and then come across some very critical bloopers from medical transcriptionists. Some of these can be downright funny! It’s common for transcription errors to creep in for various reasons like the dictation might not be clear, too many medical terms stuffed in, or misunderstanding at the transcriptionist’s end. Medical transcriptionists vary in experience and skill and may not be well versed with some medical terms. Here is a compilation of some very funny transcription mistakes you could note to avoid being on the receiving end of the laughter!     ·   " Eyes and nose continue to be within normal limits" (I & O).    ·     "History of sick as hell disease" (sickle cell)    ·     "She was a bitch and grinned " (a bit chagrined).    ·     "The last day the patient took their meds was for beaver ."  (forever).    ·     “49 year old o...

Now that you are aware of some of the best productivity tips for medical transcriptionists, we hope they are being put to good use. Here are some more tips and tricks for smart professionals. Get Comfy Make sure that your work environment is peaceful and quiet and that you are comfortably seated…’coz bad seating may cost you and your employer terribly high.Avoid work-related repetitive stress injuries by practicing proper seating and positioning and through stretching exercises that relieve the wrist, forearm, fingers, and back.  It is also essential to keep your workplace quiet because transcription requires a great deal of concentration. Do not transcribe if there is a great deal of ambient noise around you. If your workplace has a high amount of office traffic and noise, you could consider talking to your supervisor about making suitable adjustments. Leave the Mouse! Yes! You’d wonder how you could possibly get rid of the desktop mouse. ...

This is the first Avontix blog and we hope you’ll find it as hip and happening as your workplace! Read on for tips and tricks that you can use during your wild rides through medical transcription assignments. If there is anything else you’d like us to cover, just let us know! 1.  Stuck with a bad dictation? Make some adjustments. We know some physicians could be so bad at dictations that you need to make special adjustments. In case you are stuck with a bad dictation and are finding it difficult to understand, try adjusting the tone of the transcriber to remove bass. In case the transcriber has a bass control, use it to remove bass as much as possible and voila, the words will appear clearer. This will however increase static noise. This could be adjusted by varying the playback speed. Sometimes, it helps if you let others listen to the unclear section and get their suggestions on it. You could also skip the section, move on and then come back to hear it again. Of...