MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION --2

A step by step procedure of Medical transcription: Doctors in the US speak into a voice recorder, dictating their patient's medical report. His voice goes to a central computer. The voice is converted into digital signals, which are beamed up to a communication satellite. Data recieved from the satellite is transcribed into written form in India. Transcribed reports are bounced back to US as digital signals via satellite. After being processed by the central computer again the data reaches the doctors' table the next morning as a printed report. Why India for Medical transcription?

India is among the prime countries into medical transcription, mainly because: The time difference between US and India, (around 12 hours) which enables doctors in US to get reports by the time they get back to work next day. Labour is economically viable & efficiency is high. Bangalore in India is rated as 'the' city as far as IT related projects are concerned. Little wonder why, so many medical transcription companies have mushroomed in Bangalore over the last two years. Scope of Medical transcription: Based on a study by NASSCOM the employment generated by Medical transcription in the years 1997/98 was around 2,500. The revenue generated by medical transcription was Rs. 75 crores. By the years 2007-08 the employment created by medical transcription is projected to reach an astonishing 1,70,000 and the revenue generated by medical transcription would cross Rs. 9,000 crores!!! Medical transcription is likely to be the fourth highest foreign exchange earner for India after garments, diamonds and software.