| technology surely evolves to become more useful | | | | completed in any setting. Medical documentation is |
| to industries. The medical sector is now enjoying | | | | made more standardized. Now, the usual time |
| a more systematic, cost efficient, faster, and | | | | delay would be cut short. Instead of waiting for |
| more accurate electronic documentation and | | | | more than a week for transcription of data, |
| records system. Thanks to voice recognition | | | | medical facilities could not produce transcriptions in |
| transcription software programs that are now | | | | just about 24 hours to 48 hours. |
| available. Now, electronic and paperless medical | | | | Many medical practitioners are amazed at how |
| records are made more accurate and more | | | | the process of medical documentation has |
| reliable. Physicians and medical facilities are truly | | | | evolved. Now, instead of writing in charts, doctors |
| raving. | | | | could take notes through laptops and computer |
| How does voice recognition transcription works? | | | | tablets. Afterward, they could just make the |
| Just like in the conventional process, the physician | | | | ‘physician narrative’ through speaking |
| or medical practitioner speaks into a special | | | | into a microphone. The dictation would come out |
| microphone while diagnosing or analyzing | | | | as a text data on the computer screen. Some |
| patients’ cases. Instead of sending the | | | | practitioners even scrap the need to dictate |
| voice recording to medical transcription service | | | | everything into a tape recorder. |
| providers, which are usually third party, are | | | | However, switching to the reliable and fast |
| demanding premium service fees, and are taking | | | | electronic records could be considered as a big |
| longer to complete tasks, it would be processed in | | | | undertaking. The investment could be quite costly |
| the facility’s own electronic computer | | | | and the conversion process could be truly |
| records center. The use of the special computer | | | | daunting. Medical facilities could experience anxiety |
| software would proceed to instantly transcribe | | | | in initially using voice recognition transcription |
| the voice data. | | | | technology. Of course, that is not surprising since |
| Experts assert that voice recognition transcription | | | | it is natural to feel anxious when doing things |
| is facilitating a better representation of actual | | | | differently from the convention. |
| medical problems of patients. While medical | | | | In the long run, a shift to voice recognition |
| transcribers could not commit to completing | | | | transcription could be time and cost efficient. This |
| transcriptions faster than they could, transcription | | | | is because paper costs and transcription postage |
| voice recognition technology strives to make it | | | | expenses could be significantly trimmed, if not |
| possible. The computer program would make it | | | | totally eliminated. When taken on an annual basis, |
| easier for the usually tedious task to be | | | | the savings could truly be hefty and significant. |