Momentum is clearly building toward the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) to improve patient care and reduce health care costs. Nonetheless, a few key limitations of traditional EHR software are inhibiting universal adoption by hospitals, medical practices and other health care entities. Among these limitations are the difficulty of getting doctors to adjust to changes in work flow and the need for costly human transcription services to complete EHR templates. Manual medical transcriptions are estimated to cost the US health care industry over $16 billion in 2010[1].
Speech Modules Automatic Transcription of continuous natural speech can be a key enabler of the uptake of EHR. It allows doctors to quickly and naturally complete required reporting without disrupting traditional work patterns. It also speeds transcription time and reduces costs of expensive medical transcriptionists (MTs). Patients will ultimately benefit from improved quality of health care, increased privacy and reduced health care costs.
Key Advantages
· Speaker Independence
· Continuous Speech Recognition.
· Speed & Accuracy
· Assures Patient Privacy
· Rich Domain-Specific Lexicons
· Multi-language Support
· Quick Deployment
· Cost Effective
[1] The US Medical Transcription Industry: Perspective on Outsourcing and Offshoring by ValueNotes, 2006.
