Just when I was about to log in to my favorite social networking site, I caught a friend online and said hello. What turned out to be an informal chat led to a frenzied interview.
The lady on the other end of the line was actually relaxing from work as a home-based MT! Yes, medical transcriptionist. Yes, she is doing that lately. The last time I chatted with her, she worked for an MT company.
As a medical transcriptionist, her job description makes her responsible for converting the patient's medical records into typewritten format rather than handwritten (the latter more prone to misinterpretation by other healthcare providers). He uses a transcriber. It is actually an electronic equipment which all MTs used in performing medical transcription, e.g., a cassette player with foot controls operated by the MT for report playback and transcription.
Prior to her present work, Scarlet worked in a hospital and later as a clinical instructress for a nursing aide school in General Santos City. She joined the local MT company, Transcode for almost a year and later decided to go solo.
Now, she is on her own.
She gets paid by her Indian outsourcing company which deals directly with institutional clients in the US. Her typical daily work is converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and/or other healthcare professionals, into text format like doctor's orders. She got paid depending on the number of lines being transcribed. When asked about her income, she gets at least or minimum of 500 lines which is equivalent to 500 pesos. Mind you, she transcribes 3500 files every week!
For Scarlet, it is the pay that rings a bell for this job and of course, the flexibility of working at home and at the convenience of one's time.
As far as she knows, there are about 5 nurses in Gensan who are doing this kind of work lately. Perhaps, more nurses across the country are working similar jobs.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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