The simple answer to that question is yes. If a home based medical transcription job is your goal, it is extremely achievable. In fact, between 80% and 90% of all medical transcription is done by at home medical transcriptionists – a percentage that has been increasing for several decades as hospitals and clinics come to understand the value of outsourcing their medical transcription work.
So, we can say with confidence that one of the very best things about a career in medical transcription is that it is truly one of a small handful of professional home-based career opportunities available anywhere. And no, we’re not talking about stuffing envelopes here. This is a professional job a professional income. My wife transcribed medical reports at home as a home based medical transcriptionist for quite a number of years – all the while our kids were in school. She would transcribe an average of 5 or 6 hours per day with abundant breaks and contributed significantly to our family income over that period of time. And the best part: no day care expenses and no rush hour commute. And she was always home when the kids got home from school – which was important to both of us. Like most people, we have a lot of friends who are single moms and a few who are single dads. It turns out that medical transcription is a perfect match for single parents. It provides maximum flexibility with the ability to work from home and typically provides some choice in scheduling.
