The Transformation of an Indian MT to a Saudi Project Secretary

I joined as a trainee MT on October 4, 2004, and uploaded my last transcription file on September 11, 2011. Looking back, these seven years that I spent in this field were my best years and frankly speaking I do not regret working as a medical transcriptionist, although on comparison with my friends from other industry …[Read more…]

How Home Transcription Can Make You Lazy, Good for Nothing Else?

In the good old days when I moved from working at an office to working from home, I found it difficult to make people around me, my relatives, neighbors, and friends from other industries, believe that I work from home. All of them were skeptic about my intentions! Time flew by so quickly and the … Read more

Tips & Techniques to Minimize Distractions in Home Transcription

The 2008 salary survey results reveal that the number of HIM professionals working from home doubled, from 12 percent to 24 percent, and despite economic woes most HIM professionals saw an uptick in salaries with full-time medical transcriptionists reported bringing in $33,500 an year, making medical transcription still an attractive career choice despite outsourcing woes. The … Read more