Medical transcription week - 19 - 25 May 2019

Medical transcription is quite a well-known word among the healthcare professionals yet knowledge and skill gap exists in this sector even after its foundation some 25 years back.   The healthcare industry is highly dynamic in nature due to the application of technological and pharmacological innovations which is improving its efficiency and productivity. The medical transcription forms an integral part of this sector and forms the core pillar of the patient information documentation process. With the advent of technology, the older forms of manual documentation have been replaced by EHRs and VRE software. The healthcare documentation although plays a major role in countries like the US, UK, and Australia.  However, with the advent of medical transcription, there has been huge outsourcing to developing countries like India and the Philippines. The changing nature of transcription has changed the outsourcing pattern as well as the pattern of the work done. Thus, the upcoming technologies are restructuring and remodeling of the whole MT industry globally.

The National Medical Transcription Week is celebrated worldwide from May 19- May 25. This year’s theme is “Success is a journey”. Thus for being a successful MT, the journey needs to be fruitful with gathering knowledge and skills. The aim for this year’s medical transcription week is to improve the quality of the transcription works overall and to create newer job opportunities for the transcribers. In addition to this building up, a new skill base and maintaining integrity is also a major goal. So we must work together and make sure that our skills for documentation are updated and we are well versed with the new technologies so that we can play our part in the health sector efficiently. So decide how you want to sharpen your skill and add new feathers to your cap and be an accountable and dependable MT.