Many people are looking to change careers during this tough economic time. One of the top careers for working from home is medical transcription.

Long hours at the office, difficult patients, patronizing doctors, politics, and low wages can all lead to job burnout. There are many different reasons that someone decides to change careers and looks to work from home. This can include wanting to make more money, being able to be closer to their family, having a family member with health issues, etc.

Whatever the personal reasons are for considering a career change, medical transcription has a lot to offer.

As you will learn while reading through this site; the earnings and benefits are excellent and the hours are great. There is also a high demand for qualified MTs.

Choosing a career in medical transcription will allow you to enjoy the convenience of working at home while continuing to utilize the medical education you invested time and money in.

The medical transcriptionist is responsible for accurately transcribing medical reports, including chart notes, history and physical examinations, consultation letters, operative reports, emergency room reports, diagnostic reports, and discharge summaries.

"Accuracy" is not necessarily limited to the careful transcription of a dictation. Accuracy frequently requires the transcription of what a physician meant to say; rather than what was actually dictated. This is why the medical transcriptionist needs to know more than just terminology. It is important to know report formats, how to listen to each of the dictations and to be able to tell what is being said when they are talking fast, slow, or with an accent. This is the reason transcription services are eager to hire MTs with digital transcription training. Very few doctors use the tape transcription method anymore; most are now using digital transcription.

The medical transcription business is based on productivity. Both the MT and the transcription service she/he works for are paid according to output, so both accuracy and speed are vital.

You may be surprised by some of the information contained in this site. MTatHome does not just train you in medical transcription. We also help with job assistance for those that complete our course. We train you on the proper way to transcribe with the new technology of digital transcription as well as teach you the aspects of going from no prior experience to an experienced medical transcriptionist. We work closely with employers and focus on the business side of medical transcription.

While training is presented as its own reward in most courses; we consider training to be the means to an end; successful employment! We focus on what top employers want and what is required to earn a good living, rather than the "fascination" of medicine.

Consequently, our perspective is different from that of most training courses, and we carefully place a lot of emphasis on developing strong medical transcription skills.

For more information on the price of our medical transcription course click here. 

We also have a great medical transcription newsletter that we recommend anyone who is considering becoming a Medical Transcriptionist working from home, or if you already work at home in the medical transcription field to sign up for the newsletter. This is not just for our Medical Transcription Students; it is for anyone which is interested in Medical Transcription or working at home. There is also an archive of some of our newsletters that are available students.