Medical Transcription - Lakeshore Technical College

Medical Transcription from Lakeshore Technical College is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. About the Career Physicians and other healthcare professionals regularly dictate notes about patients' medical care. A medical transcriptionist listens to the dictation and transcribes it quickly and accurately into a report so it is ready to print for future reference. A career as a medical transcriptionist is an excellent choice if you are detail-oriented, disciplined, and organized. Career Outlook Medical transcriptionists are employed at: Clinics Home Healthcare Agencies Hospitals Insurance Companies Medical Product Manufacturers Medical Publishers Medical Schools Rehabilitation Facilities Transcription Companies Home-based Offices Program Goals You'll learn to: Demonstrate the various formats required for transcribing history and physical, radiology, discharge summary, operative reports, and clinical chart notes and laboratory test measurements. Use medical reference books efficiently. Proofread documents and appropriately edit according to AHDI style guidelines. Define abbreviations that physicians and other health care professionals use in their dictation and abbreviations used in prescriptions. Recognize medication and natural treatment of diseases. Demonstrate the use of singular, plural, and adjective forms of medical words. Demonstrate an understanding of the mediocolegal aspects of health information practices, including HIPAA regulations; confidentiality; release of information; informed consent; malpractice; and hospital, physician, and employee liability. Perform front office activities such as scheduling appointments, processing incoming and outgoing mail, ordering supplies and maintaining inventories, handling all banking procedures, filing procedures, correspondence, telephone calls, and billing and collection with expertise in customer service. Create and integrate word processing documents using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Increase speed and accuracy on the keyboard. Develop a professional attitude with the ability to work effectively as a team player in a diverse work group. Apply organizational skills to the management of projects, daily schedules, work priorities, multiple tasks, and unexpected interruptions. Demonstrate time management and stress management. Maintain files, observing absolute confidentiality. View more details on Lakeshore Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.