Medical Transcription - Module 1: Introduction to Medical Transcription

Transcribed accounts of a patient's doctor visits make up the major part of a patient's legal medical record. The medical transcription profession is in a state of rapid change. With the widespread adoption of electronic health record (EHR) and strict regulations demanding the accuracy of patient records, skilled medical transcriptionists are more critical to the healthcare documentation process than ever before. Therefore, comprehensive medical transcription training is vital to the success of the medical transcriptionist.

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

• Define medical transcription and the medical record.
• Identify medical record types and formats.
• Apply the rules of medical record editing, privacy, security, and integrity.
• Apply the general standards of style for medical transcription.
• Apply rules dealing with measurements and quantitation.
• Transcribe medical dictation by applying specific medical specialty standards and terms.

• Define medical transcription and the medical record.
• Identify medical record types and formats.
• Apply the rules of medical record editing, privacy, security, and integrity.
• Apply the general standards of style for medical transcription.
• Apply rules dealing with measurements and quantitation.
• Transcribe medical dictation by applying specific medical specialty standards and terms.

High school diploma or equivalent

This course is maintained by 360training.com.

You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of your program.

All materials are included with the program.