Productivity and quality are definitely integral to the performance of any professional. In the medical transcription field, your career will not even move if your productivity is not good or your work does not meet the quality standards. Apart from these two virtues, a medical transcriptionist has to prove that he/she is capable of keeping the medical information confidential and secure.

If you are looking at working from home, you may have to do a bit extra to make employers believe in your sincerity and integrity. As a home-based medical transcriptionist, you have only your work to show. Let’s look at what a potential employer expects of you. Here are the eligibility criteria of a home job for medical transcription.

• Basic computer literacy with good typing skills.
• Have a dial-up modem or high speed Internet connection.
• Highest level of ethics and personal integrity.
• Understanding of grammar and punctuation of the English Language.
• No medical transcription experience required for entry level & intern positions.
• Experienced MT positions must be graduates of recognized medical transcription school or have medical transcription experience.

The criteria indicate that apart from transcription skills, you should be able to demonstrate ethics and ensure confidentiality of your work. In one of our earlier posts, we had mentioned how important it is to conform to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines while delivering medical records. If you choose to work from home, you have to offer services at par with the medical transcription companies in order to rise in your career.