| Related Jobs |  | Assistant, Medical, Technician, Medical Records and Health Information |
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| Job Outlook | | Demand for medical transcriptionists is expected to increase due to rapid growth in health-care industries spurred by a growing and aging population.
Advancements in voice-recognition technology are not projected to reduce the need for medical transcriptionists because these workers will continue to be needed to review and edit drafts for accuracy. Moreover, growing numbers of medical transcriptionists will be needed to amend patients' records, edit for grammar, and discover discrepancies in medical records.
Medical transcriptionists held about 98,000 jobs in 2006. About 41 percent worked in hospitals and about another 29 percent in physicians' offices and clinics. Others worked for laboratories, colleges and universities, transcription services, and temporary help agencies.
Job opportunities should be the best for those who earn an associate degree or certification from the American Association for Medical Transcription. |
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| More Information | | American Association for Medical Transcription |
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| References | | Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Medical Transcriptionists, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm
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