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Working from home - Medical Transcription?

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I would love to become a SAHM ? unfortunately we have too many bills at this time so I still need to have some type of income. I have tried to get other children to watch ? but haven?t been successful at this time. I am looking into taking a medical transcription certification to work from home. Does anyone currently do this? If so ? do you like it? Do you find you are able to get the work done with having a LO home too? Did you take an online course that you would recommend? Did you have an easy time finding a job after you were certified? Thank you so much for all of your help!
Little man # 1 - 03/05/2010
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Re: Working from home - Medical Transcription?

  • Stacyc625Stacyc625 member

    1. most certification programs take over a year FT.

    2. most places won't hire medical transcribers to WAH without on the job experience.

    GL

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  • mollymay38mollymay38
    My cousin has been doing this for years, and it is a lot of work. The certification program takes 2 years I believe. You would also need to find childcare for your LO, as it is not a job that you can do while multi tasking with LO. I think people think this is an "easy gig", but truth be told, it is a lot of work. Also, she started in an actual hospital, and was able to move to her home after several years.
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  • lucylealucylea member

    I was an MT for many years before becoming a SAHM and will most likely go back to that should I need to return to work.

    Does anyone currently do this? If so ? do you like it? I loved doing transcription and will most likely go back to it if I ever need to work again once the kids are in school. Toward the end of my time working I was being pushed to do more editing than actual transcribing and didn't enjoy that nearly as much. 

    Do you find you are able to get the work done with having a LO home too? The company I worked for required set hours and production so there would have been no way to get my work done while watching a LO.  I have several MT friends who work for companies who actually require proof of childcare if you are working from home with children.  Its not the kind of job where you can start and stop and you really need to be paying full attention so at least for me I never could have managed watching DD while giving my all at work.  

    Did you take an online course that you would recommend? I got my certificate through my local community college. If you are looking at online courses just make sure they are accredited and accepted by the The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), formerly the American Association for Medical Transcription.

    Did you have an easy time finding a job after you were certified? I worked in house at a clinic and a hospital before starting to work from home.  Most companies will require some in house experience before they hire you to work from home in my experience. I did land my first in house position while still in school, though, so finding a job was not difficult at all.  

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  • chibipoechibipoe

    This is what I posted on this topic over on the WMs board (when I was still working).

    I would echo what the PP said, make sure it's an accredited school and that most companies prefer you to have previous clinic experience prior to WAH.

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  • starryeyeddreamerstarryeyeddreamer member
    Thank you for the helpful information! I was thinking if I could set my own hours & I could some while LO naps & at night when DH is home - even if I could only do it part time. With paying for daycare - about 1/3 - 1/2 of my paycheck is covering daycare - so I am just trying to look into other options while being home which is where I want to be.
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  • JOEBunnyJOEBunny member
    This industry is going away pretty rapidly due to technology.  I already go to doctors who have everything digital.  Obama is subsidizing a massive conversion to digital medical records.  In the next 10-15 years, most offices will have to move to this.
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  • pam1005pam1005 member

    imageJOEBunny:
    This industry is going away pretty rapidly due to technology.  I already go to doctors who have everything digital.  Obama is subsidizing a massive conversion to digital medical records.  In the next 10-15 years, most offices will have to move to this.

    This is what I've heard... all of my doctors and DS's doctors this past year have transferred all records digitally. 

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  • susanmosleysusanmosley member
    imagepam1005:

    imageJOEBunny:
    This industry is going away pretty rapidly due to technology.  I already go to doctors who have everything digital.  Obama is subsidizing a massive conversion to digital medical records.  In the next 10-15 years, most offices will have to move to this.

    This is what I've heard... all of my doctors and DS's doctors this past year have transferred all records digitally. 

    You still need people to proof read these reports though if done by dictation.  It is going to be a while before the technology can decode grammatical issues, accents, etc.  The doctors aren't going to be sitting down to type full reports, I don't believe.  They will still dictate verbally and it will be transcribed via a software program.  

    This change isn't going to happen tomorrow.  And people are going to be needed to edit the computer errors for a good while. 

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