Demand Projection

Employment of medical records specialists is projected to grow 8 percent from 2022 to 2032, about as fast as the average for all occupations. The volume of healthcare services is expected to continue to increase, resulting in a growing number of medical tests and procedures, all of which will require transcription. The volume of healthcare services is expected to continue to increase, resulting in a growing number of medical tests and procedures, all of which will require transcription. At the same time, technological advances in recent years have changed the way medical transcription is done. In the past, medical transcriptionists would listen to an entire dictation to produce a transcribed report. Today, many medical documents are prepared with the use of back-end speech recognition technology, in which specialized software automatically prepares an initial draft of a report. The transcriptionist then reviews the draft for accuracy, listening to the original recording as needed. Such technological advances are expected to continue, making the individual transcriptionist far more productive and limiting employment growth overall. BLS.GOV

Program Profile

This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to assist in the care of patient records in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, and physician offices. Students will learn about medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, healthcare law and ethics, medical coding, and patient care procedures.

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