About 500 new jobs are expected to be created in the next five years, as Antigua and Barbuda seeks to add the medical transcription field to its industries.
The government yesterday signed an agreement with two companies for the launch of the industry in Antigua and Barbuda. Interfix Ventures LLC will supply the technology and Transcription Relief Services Institute will provide training for the establishment of the industry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Medical transcriptionists convert voice-recorded reports dictated by physicians and other health care professionals into text format. It is a skilled job which, because of the critical nature of medical records, requires a high degree of efficiency.
As Interfix CEO Scott Faulkner explained, Antigua and Barbuda, along with the rest of Caricom, is seen as a good place for transcription companies because its people are English-speaking and have a high degree of technological skill.
Fitzmaurice Christian, investment promotion director at the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) said that by yesterday, eight businesspeople had expressed interest in starting local medical transcription companies. ABIA will require firm declarations and plans by January.
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The government yesterday signed an agreement with two companies for the launch of the industry in Antigua and Barbuda. Interfix Ventures LLC will supply the technology and Transcription Relief Services Institute will provide training for the establishment of the industry in Antigua and Barbuda.
Medical transcriptionists convert voice-recorded reports dictated by physicians and other health care professionals into text format. It is a skilled job which, because of the critical nature of medical records, requires a high degree of efficiency.
As Interfix CEO Scott Faulkner explained, Antigua and Barbuda, along with the rest of Caricom, is seen as a good place for transcription companies because its people are English-speaking and have a high degree of technological skill.
Fitzmaurice Christian, investment promotion director at the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) said that by yesterday, eight businesspeople had expressed interest in starting local medical transcription companies. ABIA will require firm declarations and plans by January.
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