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Let’s look at outsourcing from a different angle. Many medical transcriptionists refuse to work for an MTSO that outsources. They disagree with outsourcing and see this as a way to have their opinions heard. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. In fact, I agree with it. Is this helping to reduce outsourcing? If a company is already outsourcing and increasing their profits with it, US medical transcriptionists refusing to work for them isn’t enough to influence them to stop outsourcing.

Is there a group of people who can influence these companies to stop outsourcing? Of course there is, doctors. The doctors are the ones that are supplying the work to the MTSOs. If the doctors stop supplying the work to these companies and make sure to let them know that the reason is outsourcing, I would be willing to bet that it might influence these companies to rethink their positions.

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