Now perhaps you are wondering just what exactly Medical Transcription is and how it all works for you. Technically defined, Medical transcription is the process whereby one accurately and swiftly transcribes medical records dictated by doctors and others, including history and physical reports, clinic notes, office notes, operative reports, consultation notes, discharge summaries, letters, psychiatric evaluations, laboratory reports, x-ray reports and pathology reports. It involves receiving dictation by tape, digital system or voice file, and using ear phones, a foot pedal for start-stop control and a word processing program. It requires good listening and language skills, computer skills and knowledge of medical terms. On the other hand, in every day conversation, its definition would simply be the typing out of all things said by the doctor and/or patient during an office visit or procedure on any given day. It keeps all records in a hospital, clinic, or doctor 's office up-to-date, and without it, there would be much chaos in these institutions. MT has a history that goes back as far as Ancient times, and the proof is from Ancient writings on
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