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Article: Is speech recognition the Holy Grail? Speech recognition technology has been "two years away for the last 10 years." Here is a look at the issues and challenges that remain to be overcome.(Speech Recognition/Transcription)
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- Health Management Technology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Speech recognition technology has been lauded as the best thing to happen to healthcare technology since the advent of the computer, but is it really the Holy Grail?
Speech recognition has the potential to overcome one of the most significant barriers to implementing a fully computerized medical record: direct capture of physician notes. Industry estimates from physicians and chief information officers at hospitals suggest that 50 percent of physicians will utilize speech recognition within five years. Coupled with this is the growing demand for medical transcriptionists, which is projected to grow faster than the average of all occupations through 2010.
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