We have trained in the medical transcription career field for 15 years, since 1997. This is our main website that covers our medical transcription courses.

We combine textbooks, CDs, and online access to our student area to give you the best medical transcription training possible.

We specialize only in medical transcription, billing and coding. The reason for this is to give our students 100% of the proper career training they need.

You may be surprised by the extensive amount of information on our website.  We provide all of this information because we want all future MTs to be well informed about the career and what type of medical transcription training they will need; regardless of which medical transcription school they decide to go through.

We do not just offer medical transcription training we also offer medical transcription resume and job assistance services for students who complete one of our medical career classes.  

 

Our school trains by the AHDI standards for medical transcription. Medical Transcription Editing is included in our training.

Even though the training course is self-paced and done from your home, all students receive personal attention anytime they have a question!

We feel it is important to have student advisors available to answer questions that students may have throughout their training. This is why our medical transcription school is open twelve hours a day, six days a week.

 

Our perspective is different from that of most medical transcription schools, and we carefully place a lot of emphasis on developing strong transcription skills. We prepare our students for getting hired in their first medical transcription job.  MTatHome also works with employers to focus on the business side of medical transcription. 

Most doctors switched from the tape method to the digital dictation over the past ten years which the job opportunities for the medical transcriptionist that wants to work from home. 

The reason for this is because the digital audio files can be transferred through a secure server. This allows MTs to work for a doctor, hospital or medical transcription service company that may be hundreds of miles away. For example, you can live in California and work for a doctor, who is located in Florida. This was impossible when doctors used tapes because MTs had to be able to pick up and drop off the tapes and transcribed reports.

Below is more information about our medical transcription courses and the medical transcription career field. You can use the following links to go directly to the topic.

Is the Medical Transcription Career field right for you?

There are many reasons you want to make a career change. These reasons may include extended hours at the office. Long distance commutes to and from work, or office politics. These can all lead to job burnout. You may just want to earn more money, or work at home to raise your children instead of being gone for eight to ten hours a day.

Regardless of your reasons are for considering a career change, medical  has much to offer. Working as an MT can be very rewarding. However; you do need to have an interest in the medical field to be successful.

The MTs that are successful are usually well-organized and self-sufficient. They do not require someone looking over their shoulder telling them when to get the work done or how to do it.

Successful MTs also need to have the ability to do research. This research will include looking up medical terms, drug names, and any other related information pertaining to the dictation that the MT is transcribing. A lot of this research can be done through the use of the Internet and other types of research can be done through having the correct reference books on hand.

The Medical transcriptionist is responsible for accurately transcribing medical reports, including chart notes, history and physical examinations, consultation letters, operative reports, emergency-room  reports, diagnostic reports, and discharge summaries.

 

"Accuracy" is not necessarily limited to the careful transcription of dictations. Accuracy frequently requires transcription of what the physician meant to say, rather than what was actually dictated. This is why an MT needs to know more than just medical terminology.

It is important to know report formats, how to listen to doctor dictations and to be able to tell what is being said when they are talking fast, slow, mumbling, or with an accent. This is one of the main reasons medical transcription services are eager to hire new MTs that received proper training. It is also important that MTs are trained with authentic digital dictations.

Very few doctors use the tape transcription method anymore; most are using the digital transcription method. 

 

As you read through our website, you will learn that the earnings and benefits are excellent in the medical transcription career field. The hours are great, and the demand is high.

 

What is a digital foot pedal?

The digital foot pedal (transcriber) is what an MT will use to fast forward, play, and rewind the medical dictations. This allows you to have your hands free to transcribe the reports. Even though it is rare, some doctors do still use the older tape method to record their audio dictations. However, most doctors will use the digital transcription method.

More jobs are opening up for the medical transcriptionist (MT) because they do not have to live within a certain radius to pick up and drop-off the dictations and finalized reports. In today’s world, a medical transcriptionist can live in California and work for a doctor, who is based out of Maryland, Florida or any other state. This has created many job opportunities for new MTs.