Noncredit Certificate Program - Harrisburg

About the Program - Curriculum and Costs
Print information about the program, including required courses (pdf)
Program Brochure (pdf)
Nurse Aide Training and Noncredit Health Care Calendar/Brochure (July-Dec 2009) (pdf)  
Who to Contact

Description of Occupation -The Medical Transcriptionist is a key component to the healthcare team. Medical transcription is the act of translating from oral to written form (on paper or electronically) the record of a person's medical history, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and outcome.  Keyboarding and transcription should not be confused. The primary skills necessary for performance of quality medical transcription are extensive medical knowledge and understanding, sound judgment, deductive reasoning, and the ability to detect medical inconsistencies in dictation. For example, a diagnosis inconsistent with the patient's history and symptoms may be mistakenly dictated. The Medical Transcriptionist questions, seeks clarification, verifies the information, and enters the correct information into the report. (from www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/aboutmt.cfm 12/06)

Places of Employment and Outlook - Employment of Medical Transcriptionists is projected to grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014. Medical Transcriptionists held about 105,000 jobs in 2004. About 4 out of 10 worked in hospitals and another 3 out of 10 worked in physician offices. Others worked for business support services; medical and diagnostic laboratories; outpatient care centers; and offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists.  HACC does not offer assistance in job placement for this program at this time.

Salary Ranges for Geographical Area - $36,044 median salary in Harrisburg (17110) for Medical Records Transcriptionist in April 2009

Related Websites For Additional Information About The Career
Career InfoNet
Occupational Outlook Handbook - US Dept of Labor http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity www.ahdionline.org
American Health Information Management Association www.ahima.org

If you are interested in this program or have questions, contact Noncredit Healthcare Education at 717-221-1352 or email medt@hacc.edu.