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This chapter discusses speech recognition’s (SR) proven ability to enhance the quality of patient care by increasing the speed of the medical documentation process. The author addresses the history of medical dictation and its evolution to SR, along with the vast technical improvements to speech technologies over the past 30 years. Using real-world examples, this work richly demonstrates how the use of SR technology directly affects improved productivity in hospitals, significant cost reductions, and overall quality improvements in the physician’s ability to deliver optimal healthcare. The chapter also recognizes that beyond the core application of speech technologies to hospitals and primary care practitioners, SR is a core tool within the diagnostics field of healthcare, with broad adoption levels within the radiology department. In presenting these findings, the author examines natural language processing and most excitingly, the next generation of SR. After reading this chapter, the reader will become familiar with the high price of traditional medical transcription vis-à-vis the benefits of incorporating SR as part of the everyday clinical documentation workflow.
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Shagoury, J. (2010). Dr. “Multi-Task”: Using Speech to Build Up Electronic Medical Records While Caring for Patients. In: Neustein, A. (eds) Advances in Speech Recognition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5951-5_11
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