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Can You Transcribe 500 Lines per Day?

Most often, a medical transcriptionist can transcribe 500 lines a day.  Moreover, around 1000 lines per day is actually attainable.

But if there are less voice files coming from the client, a medical transcriptionist cannot reach the quota, and it’s not our fault actually.

Medical Reports for Transcription

The following are the kinds of medical reports being transcribed by medical transcriptionists.

•        Progress notes
•        Emergency room visits
•        History and physical reports
•        Operative reports
•        Cath Lab procedures
•        Consultation reports
•        Medical records
•        Laboratory reports
•        Diagnostic imaging studies
•        Discharge summaries
•        Psychiatry reports
•        Radiology reports
•        Doctors’ Peer reviews
•        Medical letters and other correspondence

Transcriptionists Profiles – Mila

Mila

Archie: Welcome to The Transcriptionists Profiles, a series of interviews with people who are working as transcriptionists. My name is Archie, the author/administrator of Transcription Blog. Today, I’ll be talking to Mila. Hello Mila, welcome to the podcast. It’s nice to have you.

Mila: Hello Archie, it’s a pleasure to be here.

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Typing Speed

I used to think that to be able to get quality work in transcription, I must be typing way around 100 wpm. But then, I began to be annoyed with what I can do. I am a transcriptionist but I can only type around between 35-40 wpm. I used to fail job applications because some companies require above 60 wpm. I remember one time I reached 50 wpm in my tests but this I got only for several attempts.

Since I started to learn typing to do my undergraduate thesis in college, I never got out my hands to type with what I like. I mean to type not following the correct finger assignment. Good thing that there is Autocorrect in MS Word that I can cheat some time to reach the 500 lines a day during my early days as a transcriptionist.

One lucky moment is when I passed initial screening in People Support (now, Aegis People Support). The first screening included typing test and I think the passing mark is 35 wpm. I don’t know how I managed to reach 40 wpm in my first attempt and so I passed. I remember half of the applicants that time was sent home. Of course, the initial screening also included English Comprehension Test to pass.

I blog one time about my typing skill, and I think I will never learn to do the right thing because of my stubbornness. All I know is I can type faster while listening to voice file rather than copy typing.