| Even though speech recognition or voice | | | | Speech recognitions software can be integrated |
| recognition systems are not new in the healthcare | | | | into the electronic medical record (EMR) of the |
| field, the importance and prevalence of the | | | | patient. Then the physician can dictate the |
| technology has increased in the medical practice in | | | | patient's history and examination findings in |
| the recent years, especially with the introduction | | | | real-time while examining a patient, record daily |
| of healthcare information technology. | | | | progress, discharge summary etc into the |
| Speech Recognition for healthcare Providers | | | | patient's EMR. Most medical voice recognition |
| Speech and voice recognition software as the | | | | systems can be integrated into the EMR. |
| name implies, is a computer software which | | | | Radiology is another department which benefits |
| recognizes vice and converts speech to text. | | | | tremendously from this system. It streamlines the |
| In healthcare, speech recognition technology can | | | | clinical workflow and improves communication. |
| be used in the front end as well as in the back | | | | Radiologist can view patient's images and dictate |
| end. | | | | the reports into the systems which can be |
| In case it is used in the front end, the doctor | | | | reviewed and signed off the radiologist |
| dictates directly into the system through a | | | | immediately or send off to the backend to be |
| microphone ( the quality of the microphone is | | | | reviewed later. There is lesser report turnaround |
| important so that none of the background voice | | | | time and thus lesser patient waiting time. |
| is not transmitted and cause errors). The dictated | | | | Training to use the system is easy and thus the |
| text is displayed in the monitor in front of him/ | | | | higher adoption rate and acceptance among |
| her which he can edit it then and there using | | | | healthcare providers - takes less time to train |
| speech activated commands; and sign off the final | | | | healthcare professionals on how to use the |
| document. There is no role of transcriptionist here | | | | software and lesser time to train the software |
| and the report will be available to the patient | | | | regarding medical vocabulary, acronyms, accent |
| immediately. | | | | etc. |
| When is it implemented in the back-end, the | | | | Speech recognition software is particularly useful |
| dictated text is automatically send to the | | | | in busy practices which does not have access to |
| transcriptionist, who then edits it and sends it | | | | transcription services were the physician has to |
| back to the doctor to sign off the report. | | | | type the reports himself. |