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Article: Medical transcription now fastest growing outsourcing business here.(Business)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- February 5, 2006
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Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA
Medical transcription is the fastest-growing sector in the local outsourcing industry, based on Commission on Information and Communications Technology data.
Some 35 medical transcription companies and 11 medical transcription schools operate in the Philippines. But the growth will continue depending on whether companies can hire more medical transcription professionals to support their expansion.
So far, Filipinos have only tapped one percent of the $25-billion per year market in the US alone, according to Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines, Inc. (MTIAPI) president Evelyn Abat.
The ...