MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION TRAINING

  MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION TRAINING  Due to the increasing demand to document medical records, countries have started to outsource the services of medical transcription.[14] The main reason for outsourcing is stated to be the cost advantage due to cheap labor in developing countries, and their currency rates as compared to the US dollar. There is a volatile controversy on whether medical transcription work should be outsourced, mainly due to three reasons: The greater majority of MTs presently work from home offices rather than in hospitals, working off-site for "national" transcription services. It is predominantly those nationals located in the United States who are striving to outsource work to other-than-US-based transcriptionists. In outsourcing work to sometimes lesser-qualified and lower-paid non-US MTs, the nationals can force US transcriptionists to accept lower rates, at the risk of losing business altogether to the cheaper outsourcing providers. In addition to the low...