| Are you a medical transcriptionist? A lot of these | | | | about two of them. |
| professionals are taking their job for granted. | | | | The first one is the medical spell checker. It can |
| After all, it’s a routine task. The author, which | | | | speed up your transcription process because it |
| is usually a doctor, will provide the dictation, and | | | | helps you spot the errors in your documents |
| your job is to simply create a text version of the | | | | immediately. Furthermore, it suggests the correct |
| audio file. | | | | spelling of the word. You don’t have to open |
| However, what you don’t know is that it is | | | | an online medical dictionary to know how the |
| actually crucial for somebody else, such as the | | | | word is spelled and what it means. |
| patient. Let’s consider this scenario: The | | | | The second one—and perhaps the most |
| patient has been feeling some symptoms, and the | | | | innovative—is the back-end speech recognition |
| doctor is suspecting that it could be cancer. Yet | | | | program called FirstDraft. |
| since he needs solid proof, he will let the patient | | | | Are you familiar with speech recognition |
| undergo a series of tests. After the accumulation | | | | programs? Usually, this software “listens” |
| of test results, he will produce a report, stating his | | | | to what you say and type the words as you |
| diagnosis and prognosis. | | | | dictate them. With the addition of FirstDraft, |
| The audio file is then given to you. Based on the | | | | Infraware becomes capable of this too. |
| text version, he can come up with the best | | | | Nevertheless, it doesn’t do just that. It also |
| medical solution for the patient. If you’re just | | | | identifies where the periods, commas, and other |
| a day late, you could be putting the life of the | | | | punctuations are even if the author doesn’t |
| patient in complete danger. | | | | mention them at all. Moreover, it determines the |
| What you need then is to improve your | | | | sentence boundaries and capitalizations. It can also |
| productivity. When you can decrease the time | | | | create bullet lists and headings for the reports. |
| you spend in creating documents and increase | | | | The initial draft will then be moved to a document |
| your outputs, you are not only helping health care | | | | template. It will then be linked to the original audio |
| providers by giving them on-time reports but | | | | file for easy playback. You can then compare the |
| you’re also helping yourself because you can | | | | dictations with the crude copy that you have. |
| boost your income. | | | | Does this eliminate the need of a transcriptionist? |
| Fortunately, new medical transcription programs | | | | The answer is no, because the initial edits are not |
| have been developed to assist you in enhancing | | | | perfect. As mentioned, they are crude. Needless |
| your productivity level. One of these is the | | | | to say, though, you don’t have to spend a lot |
| transcription voice recognition software called | | | | of time editing and re-editing documents, because |
| Infraware. | | | | all you have to do is to make the necessary |
| Infraware has a number of tools that can help | | | | adjustments: deletions, insertions, or additions. |
| you in your productivity. However, we will talk | | | | |