Medical Transcription Sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the health care industry. As India has got a large population of educated candidates with good knowledge in English, most of the foreign companies outsource their work to Indian Medical Transcription sector. This scenario has increased the scope of Medical Transcription sector in India. Thus plenty of jobs are available in this sector for the candidates who are interested in writing.

Jobs in Medical Transcription companies

Those who have knowledge in medical terminologies and procedures can pursue their career in Medical Transcription companies. Lots of Medical Transcription companies are there in India which recruits eligible candidates for various posts. List of different Medical Transcription companies in India are given below.

• Spheris India Limited
• Focus Infosys
• Acusis India Limited
• CBay Systems Limited
• Heartland Asia Limited
• Spryance India Limited
• Worldtech India Limited
• Mediscribe India Limited
• Accumedscript
• Alfa E-Solutions Private Limited
• Ally InfoKey Solutions Private Limited
• All Zone Management Solutions
• Arpan Infotech Private Limited
• AtPune Transcription Services
• Azimuth Software India Private Limited
• Blue Matrix Software Consultancy Private Limited
• CA Infotech India Private Limited
• Capintels Trans Solutions Private Limited
• Chola Medical Transcriptions (India) Private Limited
• Ex-Tant MedScribe Solutions
• Health Office India Private Limited
• Indus Infocom India Private Limited
• Lloyds Solutions Private Limited
• Macro Services Private Limited
• Masim Infotech Solutions Private Limited
• Point Perfect Transcription Services (India) Private Limited

Working areas in a Medical Transcription Sector

Jobs in Medical Transcription sector focus on writing, formatting and proof-reading medical records. Dictation given by the doctors and other staff are received by the transcription company through tape, digital system or voice data file. Then it is edited using a word processing application. This work is then given for proof-reading so as to correct spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes. This is the overall process happening in a transcription company. Thus several working areas are there in a transcription company to carry out all these process. List of working areas in a Medical Transcription sector are given below.

• Trained medical transcriptionists
• Senior medical transcriptionists
• Proofreaders
• Sub editors
• Editors
• Supervisor
• Quality Analyst
• Manager

Pay scale of Medical Transcription Sector jobs

Remuneration for Medical Transcription sector jobs will be calculated on the basis of number of lines transcribed per day. Pay scale for job trainee will be in the range of Rs.6000/- to Rs.10000/- per month. Salary package given for experienced candidates will be in the range of Rs.2 lakh per annum. Those who are working in high positions can earn a salary up to 4 lakhs per annum.

Pros and Cons of jobs in Medical Transcription Sector

Degree is not mandatory for starting a career in Medical Transcription sector. It is easy to learn the job, if the candidates possess a basic knowledge in English. Another advantage of this job is that the employee can choose their working environment like work from home, work in an office, work alone or work with other professionals. The cons regarding this job are that the continuous usage of computer can cause many health problems like back pain, ear pain, and head ache.