Benefits of ASR

Automating the creation of medical notes, chart information and correspondence has now become a reality.  Fast PCs, good sound cards, high quality tape recorders, special medical vocabularies and new speech recognition software permit continuous dictation that can reach recognition accuracy of 97% to 99%.  It is being done today.  The benefits of this technology are:

1. Significant cost reduction in medical record creation - 75% to 100%
2. Immediate availability of dictated medical notes/records
3. No typing or transcription service bureau required
4. Automated transcribing of portable tape recorder dictation
5. Never any spelling errors
6. Greater ability to integrate data into electronic patient records

Hurdles of ASR

It must be kept in mind that successful use of automatic speech recognition for the medical field is made up of a number of elements that comprise a total solution for the medical organization - practice, hospital, clinic or physician office.  They are:

1. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Software
2. Specific Medical Specialty Vocabulary
3. Installation, Setup and Initial User Orientation
4. Physician/User Training and Coaching in the Dictation Style
5. Office Work Flow Analysis and Simplification
6. Medical Records Management Integration
7. Design of Improved Document/Record Creation Techniques

The ASR software being utilized is standard commercially available continuous speech recognition software that has been sold since it was introduced in May 1997.  The number of copies in use by the legal, medical and professional fields since it's introduction totals hundreds of thousands.  Currently Dragon Systems, IBM and Lernout & Hauspie are the principal suppliers of such speech products.

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Monday, August 07, 2000

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