Computer-based speech recognition as an alternative to medical transcription.
The purpose of this report is to describe the author's experience using computerized dictation during routine outpatient medical practice. During a six-month period, patients seen by the author in the Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic at the University of Virginia were assigned to human or computer-based transcription. Of 1,129 notes, 580 were completed by a transcriptionist and 549 by computer. The total time spent dictating and editing notes was approximately one minute [...]
Author(s): Borowitz, S M
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2001.0080101