What's holding you back?
Medical transcription is a great career choice which allows you the
flexibility to work from home while earning a good living and having
full career control. As a medical transcriptionist your work will be
interesting and vary every day. You'll build relationships with doctors
and other medical staff. You'll have a career that's rewarding and
exciting. There are also many different choices for work. You can
choose to work from home for a national online company or for a local
company. You can choose to work at a local hospital or doctor's office.
Or you can choose to start your own home based medical transcription
business. Your clients can be local or you can choose to have national
clients or both. The possibilities for medical transcription job choices are endless. Medical transcription is a business where you really do have full control of your earnings and growth. And there is no shortage of medical transcription jobs in sight, so you can be sure this will be a long-term profitable career.
There are many benefits to starting a business as a medical transcription-
ist, here are just a few.
Low start up costs - Your biggest investment may be in your education
and even that's reasonable for the return you can make on your
investment. Other than that you won't require much money and your
overhead and supplies will be minimal.
Set your own hours – Work evenings, mornings, or during the day. As
long as you meet your turn-around-times, it's up to you when you work.
Low Advertisement Costs - A medical transcription business will grow
Through word-of-mouth marketing and is also easily marketed with simple
Flyers and business cards.
Great Earning Potential - A successful medical transcription service can
earn anywhere from $20,000 per year (for a part time one person service)
to over $200,000 per year for a full medical transcription service. How
much you'll earn will be dependent on a number of factors, but there is potential for a decent income.
Flexibility - Expand and grow the business when you like, hire people
to help you, work from home, work mainly online or locally - this
business allows you a lot of flexibility and choice.
Exciting Career -You'll learn medical terms and get a better understand-
ing of how the human body works. You'll regularly transcribe a variety of reports and learn about diseases, cures, and medical findings. An added benefit for many MTs is that when they go visit their family doctor they
feel more able to communicate and understand what all those medical
terms mean… this gives you a great sense of empowerment when it
comes to your own health.
Prestigious Career - You'll make great contacts and often become
friends with many physicians. This usually comes with many extra perks
such as great holiday bonuses. You'll learn a valuable career skill for life
home.
