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The boom in the health care industry has created many new jobs,
including a demand for medical transcriptionists. Think the person
who transcribes the records isn't that important? Consider this
scenario. A person goes to his family doctor for a nagging cough.
The doctor finds something suspicious and the person is referred
on to a series of specialists before finding himself in the hospital
facing surgery. The family physician at the beginning of this process
knows that the patient is allergic to penicillin, but that fact
may very well never come to light until the patient has been given
a lethal dose of the drug - but for the work of the medical records
that have accompanied this patient throughout his travels to the
various doctors.
Each doctor along the way gathered new information and that was
all conveyed to the next doctor by way of the medical notes - which
were all transcribed by a trained professional. The time these doctors,
nurses, lab technicians and other health care providers spend at
their jobs is typically spent helping their patients. The days when
a country doctor could make rounds and remember the ailments and
particulars of all his cases are long gone.
Several decades ago, someone came up with the idea of recording
thoughts, treatments and all other relevant information from a patient's
visit with his physician, then having that verbal information typed
up - neatly, so that everyone could later read and understand. That
brought about the need for these professionals that today carry
a huge load for the health care industry.
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