Green Jobs – Medical Transcription

Home Employment in the Healthcare Industry

© Sara McGrath

Nov 26, 2008
Medical Transcription, Dave
Working at home is good for individuals, families, and the environment. Individuals pursuing authentic home employment may consider a career in medical transcription.

Medical transcriptionists enjoy many benefits including job security, high income potential, flexible hours, and more quality time with their families. Additionally, medical transcriptionists enjoy the satisfaction of doing their part to protect the environment by telecommuting and transferring files electronically.

Working at Home is Good for Individuals and Families

  • Job security in a growing market
  • High income potential
  • Flexible Hours
  • Eliminate day care, professional wardrobe, transportation, and fast food expenses
  • More time for family and personal interests

The healthcare industry is one sector of the economy that continues to grow even in tough times. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, medical transcription is one of the fastest growing occupations. Individuals who train for and seek employment as medical transcriptionists can look forward to having job security, earning a high income, and a setting their own schedule, as well as spending more quality time with family, eliminating day care expenses, and saving money on gas, food, and clothing.

Medical transcriptionists who telecommute can work as much or as little as they want or need. Flexible hours allow individuals to have more time for themselves and parents to stay home with young children and easily make time for important events in their children's lives. Reducing or eliminating expenses for gas, food, and a professional wardrobe allows individuals to spend more time on personal interests and parents to spend more time and money on their families.

Working at Home is Good for the Environment

  • Cut down on carbon emissions
  • Reduce trash from fast food lunches
  • Reduce paper usage

Medical transcription work is done electronically. A job as a medical transcriptionist allows individuals to do their part to protect the environment. Medical transcriptionists who work at home cut down on carbon emissions by telecommuting, reduce trash by eating at home, and reduce the amount of paper used by sending and receiving files via the Internet. They also save money on gas and food.

Many medical transcription training programs, such as Career Step Medical Transcription Training Program, are conducted online, allowing students to train at home to work at home. (Career Step is recognized and recommended by employers throughout the industry and approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs, Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity, and the American Health Information Management Association). The Career Step company follows earth-friendly practices such as offering print materials in a downloadable format, using energy efficient computers, and allowing employees to work from home.

Training at home and working at home as a medical transcriptionist has many benefits. Individuals enjoy an interesting and rewarding career, families save money and have more time together, and the environment benefits, too.


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Comments
Aug 18, 2009 9:38 PM
Guest :
Hi,

Thanks for the great and useful info.

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Sep 17, 2009 7:13 AM
Guest :
Great article. Those are just some of the reasons I started my transcription business, Simply Transcription. www.simplytranscriptiononline.com
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