Are You Cut Out to Work at Home in Medical Transcription Mom?

This is not my story - it's my wife's story. I'm a writer among other things. She's the home medical transcriptionist! She had been working in medical offices for 30 years and wanted a change - namely to work from home. This was just the opportunity she needed to pursue a dream... to work at home doing medical transcription. Here's what we learned together about this process.

Unlike most articles you'll read, this one could save you thousands of dollars.That's what it will cost you to get trained in medical transcription. That's money you'll have wasted if the field is really not for you.

For starters, you need to know who employs medical transcriptionists these days. Please note that many "telecommute" using DSL or other broadband internet connections so one does not have to live "near" any of these entities to work in the field.

• Doctor's offices or clinics
• Hospitals
• Transcription services
• Radiology and pathology departments
• Insurance companies
• Medical libraries
• Government
• Legal offices
• Veterinary medical facilities

There are other smaller niche markets, but you'll discover them once you get working in the field.

Now that you've seen the variety of companies that hire folks to do Home Medical Transcription Work - how can you know if you really want to do this before investing $4,000 in training and tools?

First, people ask me often, is it possible to get medidcal training in transcription and work from home? Yes, if you have the right knowledge and training.

In fact, if you have a DSL connection you can make decent money from anywhere in the United States doing home medical transcription. No, all the work ISN'T going overseas! Industry insiders say that soon, Home Medical Transcription will be joined with Medical Coding to be an even better opportunity.

Before we go any further, let me reiterate something. This is not "armchair speculation" about Home Medical Transcription Work.

Everything written here is based on my wife's efforts to create her own Home Medical Transcription business and what we learned along the way.

It's like "reality TV" without the TV and eating crawling, slimy bugs I suppose...