One of the most profitable home businesses you can venture into is medical transcription business. You can be a subcontractor or even a direct service provider to physicians and other medical practitioners required by US law to document encounters with their patients.

Medical Transcriptionists basically convert dictated medical records of patients or recorded conversations between the doctor and his patient into written records.

The job opportunities for a home-based Medical Transcriptionist are almost endless for as long as there are patients going to the doctor, there is a need for a Medical Transcriptionist. There is no age limit to being a Medical Transcriptionist and anyone can be an MT regardless of his profession. However, he must have practical knowledge of medical language.

American Association for Medical Transcription requires an MT to have:
1. above-average knowledge of English grammar and punctuation
2. excellent auditory skills
3. advanced proofreading and editing skills,
4. versatility in use of transcription equipment and computers
5. highly developed analytical skills
All these are essential in order to ensure quality, accuracy and reliability of the transcribed medial record.

Even when you are not a graduate of a medical and science course, you can establish your own Medical Transcription business and become a successful Medical Transcriptionist by enrolling in short-term Medical Transcription training programs designed to provide you knowledge on medical science, medical and surgical procedures, medical language, diagnostic procedures and others. At the same time these courses are designed to enhance your typing and listening skills.

Medical transcription can be more than a home business, it can be a profession. Apart from having medical, typing and transcribing knowledge and skills, a professional Medical Transcriptionist must have dedication and great enthusiasm for this kind of work, too. And if you want to advance in the Medical Transcription profession, you need to pass a certification examination, which is given by Prometric for American Association for Medical Transcription.