The Bacolod City IT Focus Team and Mayor Evelio Leonardia are pushing for the establishment of the Medical Transcription Industry in the city, citing the growing demand of more hospitals in the United States that are outsourcing their MT needs to the Philippines, a press release from the office of Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue said.

Batapa said the IT Team and MT Industry can provide job opportunities for nurses and unemployed graduates of medical courses in Bacolod.

There is a growing demand for MT now because more hospitals are outsourcing their MT needs to the Philippines because of a US law that requires all medical records to be digitized, MT trainer Ryan Herrera of MTC Academy said in the same press release. An efficient medical transcriptionist can earn as much as P3,000 a day based on the records of Accutype and Innovaquest, two firms all specializing in medical transcription, Batapa said.

Based on MTC Academy information, medical transcription is the process of converting into written form the dictated reports, procedures and notes of physicians and other healthcare professionals to document patient care and facilitate healthcare services, the press release also said.

These files represent patient's treatment, history, including assessment, workup, therapeutic procedures, clinical course, diagnosis and prognosis, Batapa also said.*

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