A
Medical Transcription At Home Career
by
Michele Miller
As a medical
transcriptionist, I get asked several times a month how I got started
in this business. So many people nowadays want to work from home,
especially mothers with young children. That's
the primary reason I started my home business ten years ago, so
I could be there for my daughter. I didn't want someone else taking
care of her after school instead of me.
It's
really not hard to start a medical transcription business. The
start-up costs are low compared to many other home-based businesses.
You
need a form of education, via home study courses or by attending
your local community college. You do NOT need a degree in medical
transcription to start a business either. In a short amount of
time, usually nine months or less, you can be working from the
comfort of your own home, just like me.
You
will need some equipment, such as a computer, a printer, a transcriber,
and some reference books. All of which can be purchased second
hand if need be. The latest and greatest equipment is not necessary
to get started.
Now,
there are some special skills you will need, outside of the education,
which include:
- Ability
to type your speed will increase with experience.
- Excellent
grammar skills.
- Good Listening
skills.
- Basic computer
skills with a word processing program.
- Research
skills.
- Must be
detail oriented.
- Ability
to work on your own.
- Ability
to maintain work deadlines and be a self-motivator.
You will also
need some computer programs such as a medical spellchecker and a
word expander utility to cut down on the amount of actual typing
you do. Some programs, such as Microsoft Word® include this type
of utility. It is the best invention by far, in my opinion.
Basic
bookkeeping is necessary, but not difficult. A good bookkeeper
is great to have when it comes to taxes and advising you about
saving money with tax deductions for your business.
Medical
transcription is usually paid by the amount of work transcribed.
Therefore, it is quite normal to charge your clients by the line.
If you charge 13 cents per line and type 200 lines per hour, (this
is a very comfortable speed to type) your hourly rate would end
up being about $26.00.
Being self-employed
does have some pitfalls. One must consider, as with any home based
business, that once you become self-employed you are responsible
for securing your own health insurance, and putting away money for
retirement.
However, there
are many positive things about being self-employed, as I'm sure
you can imagine. For me, what I love the most, is the flexibility
I have with my time. If I want to work late in the day I can,
and if I want to work early in the morning, that¹s up to me. Running
a home-based medical transcription business is a lot of fun.
Medical transcription
is not for everyone, and it is important before venturing in to
any business that you weigh up the pros and cons of it all and
do what is best for your situation.
Michele
has helped many people start their own medical transcription business.
She can help you too. She is the author of The Step-by-Step Guide
To Medical Transcription at Home. Click
here for details.
Recommended Medical Business Resources
Medical
Transcription at Home! The start-up-guide to running your own
home-based medical transcription business!
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Medical
transcription at home is legitimate work and a real at home
business.
Do
you want to make $25.00 to $35.00 an hour? If you have typing
skills, you
should seriously consider a medical transcription at home
career.
My friend
Michelle has helped many people start their own medical
transcription business. She can help you too.The Step-by-Step
Guide To Medical Transcription at Home.
Click here for details. |
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