Tuesday, April 15, 2008

RP seen needing 32000 medical transcription workers by 2010

The country's medical transcription industry needs to increase its workforce threefold to increase its share of the total offshore market valued at around $18 billion.

According to the Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines (MTIAPI), local companies have missed out on lucrative contracts from US outsourcers due to a lack of capacity.

MTIAPI is composed of around 80 medical transcription or MT service providers, mostly small companies with 50 or fewer seats.

"Until a critical capacity of qualified workforce is established, the country will have a hard time attracting interests from big US clients," said MTIAPI president Myla Rose Mundo-Reyes.

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