Why Medical Transcription

I am currently an RN in a small desert community of Southern California.  I would like to become a medical transcriptionist for many reasons.  You may say, “Is she crazy? She’s an RN. Why would she want to do medical transcription?”  Well, it goes like this.  Before my career as an RN, I was working in the medical field doing billing and collections for Hospitals.  I have also been a claims processor through an insurance company, processing medical bills from any medical provider, such as; Physicians, Hospitals, Radiology, Labs, Psychiatrists, etc…  In that job, I had to take a medical terminology course and from there, as you can imagine, my medical terminology has just increased.  From there, I received my LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse) but the week before the graduation ceremony, my husband had a bad back injury through the railroad.  I was not able to attend my ceremony, but that was okay, the fact that I got my license was enough. However, new grads were not in high demand, and the accident forced me back to work in the field I was already in.  My husband is still disabled after back surgery, to this day, and we have been actively fighting for his right to Social Security disability benefits since 1999.  He still has yet to receive anything for disability.  His lawyers have not helped much in the matter, since it went to appeals, took more than a year for a response only for them to say the attorneys did not file in a timely manner.  They have proof they did, so we are still fighting.  In the midst of all this we have raised 6 children and now have 7 grandchildren.  No, I am not that old, only 47, but feel much older.  Well I did go back to school and got my RN, but all this time I have been the sole monthly income and now our three youngest are 19, 18 and 17 years old.  They still live at home and are trying to experience the world of College.  I recently went back to school one more time and at the end of August, will have my Bachelors of Healthcare Administration.  Unfortunately, it is at a cost of over $35,000.  It has just been a dream of mine to own my own business, and have so much more time to spend with my husband, children and grandchildren.  So all of this has been the great motivator and I believe home transcription is growing and will be a major wave of the future. 

The advantages of medical transcription jobs at home include more time for family but I see so much more than that.  I believe I would be able to pass that blessing on to others who may be in similar situations and want to be able to work from home.  I would like to be able to see others helped through your training, and then possibly hire some of those to work for me so as to help the surrounding community.  At the same time I believe Physicians will find this type of program not only financially beneficial but organizationally beneficial.  Through digital technology, transcription can lighten their load and be done quickly, professionally and cost-effectively.  The fact that I have much medical terminology doesn’t hurt either. SN:0MA9N2ESY

In the next five to ten years, I see myself a very successful business owner/operator of a flourishing medical transcription company and each medical transcriptionist work at home, possibly venturing into an all inclusive medical billing operation as well. Either way, I do see myself very successful in the next five to ten years.