Monday, February 11, 2008

Avoid Medical Transcription Scams

Like all other industries on the Internet, medical transcription is prone to the anonymous hucksters who would like to take advantage of those who have an interest in this type of work. Promises of autonomy, self-sufficiency, and buckets of money abound. Overblown hype, half-truths, and outright lies are pervasive in the sales pitch.

I ran across just such a pitch on a forum for medical transcriptionists who are either finishing their coursework or who have finished it and are seeking to land their first medical transcription job.

The pitch was actually laughable. It was written by someone for whom English was obviously a second language. "Please go through our website and get good knowledge about medical transcription. Take medical transcription is a career and enjoy the benefits like work at home and earn 5000-35,000 per month by sitting at home with 100% job security" said the post on the forum.

After clicking through to the site I couldn't believe my eyes. It read: "In simple words, medical transcription is just 'typing what the doctor/nurse says.' Basically it is a typist's job."

I took great exception that someone would try to pull the wool over the eyes of people who have entered a field that is not only challenging and difficult but hard to break into. Even I, with my 14 years of experience, would have trouble if I were to try to go outside of my area of expertise which happens to be orthopedics in the specialized field of workers' compensation.

Saying that medical transcription is basically a typists's job is like saying a doctor treats patients by giving them pills. It's so oversimplified that it is patently absurd. This type of mindset could also be potentially dangerous.

As transparent as this post was, there may be people who think that medical transcription is that easy and want to get into it for the money only. Doing right by a patient by providing an accurate and quality medical report on which the doctor can make appropriate treatment recommendations is of paramount concern to every medical transcriptionist who is worth his/her salt. We provide an important link between the patient and the doctor, and the field of medical transcription does not need any opportunistic snake-oil salesman pandering his version of the dream to some wanna-get-rich-quick dreamer who can only see the dollar signs and not all the hard work entailed in doing the job properly.

Don't fall victim to such a scam. There is no such thing as a free lunch in any field. Every profession requires a certain amount of work, focus, dedication and commitment. These qualities have never been so important as in the profession of medical transcription.

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