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Radiology Transcription - Kim

Posted: Jan 28, 2015

Does anyone know of any companies seriously looking for Radiology transcriptionists. I constantly see openings for Acute Care transcriptionists, and try as I might, they want someone with recent experience in Acute Care. Tired of getting doors slammed in my face or no replies. My goodness, I do have extensive medical terminology, what with 25 years of Radiology transcription experience; but obviously this is not enough.

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I don't know anyone hiring radiology MTs, but you may be underestimating the degree of difference between radiology and in acute care. There are medications, lab tests, infectious diseases, procedures, surgeries and surgical equipment, etc., that you don't run into in radiology. You also don't run into them in clinic transcription, either. It's just a whole different ball of wax.

I transitioned very easily into radiology from acute care, but the opposite would not have been easy.

That is not to say that radiology is "easy" by any means. You have to know your inner anatomy really well! But acute care requires that and then some.

Good luck!

I transitioned from 100% radiology to acute - care without problems. You just - sm

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have to do a little bit more wordbook-diving for a little while, but for the most part, you're still talking about the same areas of the body, just a different viewpoint. I don't know why people make acute care out to be this big, scary thing, when in actuality, it's not. The main difference I found was it was FAR less boring to transcribe and/or edit than endless mammogram reports.

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Radiology transcriptionist could probably transition to the surgery aspect of acute care in that they know all their ligaments, bones, etc. But meds and surgical equipment are really quite challenging. There's also the aspect of the hundreds of doctors in a hospital. Radiology transcriptionists are generally not subject to hundreds of doctors to get used to or client idiosyncrasies.

this might help -you might search these 2 companies - - anon

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X-press transcription or Thomastx they both do radiology and Thomas maybe look for radiology at this time. X-press may solely be radiology. Good Luck

Saw ad for ZNF - penny

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Saw an ad for radiology on MT Jobs for ZNF Transcription. Don't know anything about them though. Also you can try Keystrokes.

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