| Advanced technology can recreate babies in the | | | | through voice recognition are quicker, but |
| lab or send men into space, but perfecting voice | | | | inaccuracies are plentiful and corrections take |
| recognition is not within the realm of possibility, at | | | | away the physician's precious time. |
| least for the present, since more and more | | | | The manual transcription process can only be |
| doctors are reverting back to the time tested | | | | phased out once physicians are comfortable using |
| process of documenting medical notes the good | | | | voice recognition, and further technological |
| old fashioned way of narrating the patient health | | | | advancement may put an end to the manual |
| profile to man rather than machine. | | | | process, but as of now physicians are disinclined |
| Most electronic medical record (EMR) software's in | | | | at using it and wish to continue with the human |
| operation have in-built voice recognition feature | | | | face of medical transcriptions, regardless of the |
| available, many physicians felt that a machine | | | | costs. There are offshore vendors who have |
| could do it better and quicker than a man, | | | | lowered costs, realizing that many healthcare |
| however they were quick to realize that the | | | | providers have dumped voice recognition and are |
| machine had limitations, until these were not | | | | reverting back to the manual process. |
| sorted out the transcription process cannot be | | | | The offshore companies in India are willing to |
| automated. | | | | provide the service to the physicians at a very |
| The digital voice recorders in use by physicians | | | | low cost of 9¢ to 10¢ a line consisting |
| are convenient and easy to use; it allows them to | | | | of 65 characters and comparatively US vendors |
| narrate the patient profiles from any location, on | | | | charge 15¢ to 16¢ for a 45 character |
| the other hand the mobility is restricted while | | | | line. Many healthcare companies in an effort to |
| using the voice recognition. The manual | | | | lower operational costs are looking eastwards till |
| transcription process does take a longer time, but | | | | such time until voice recognition finds more takers. |
| is 99% accurate, the automated transcripts | | | | |