Still using audio tapes to dictate? Thinking about switching to a digital recorder or call-in system? Top 10 reasons why you should make the switch: Tapes easily become lost or misplaced, resulting in wasted time and productivity. When a digital audio file …
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More Mobile EHRs Add Speech Recognition
From June 10, 2013 article on InformationWeek web site. While some companies still lag behind, EHR vendors are moving rapidly to enable their mobile products with speech recognition, either directly or through third-party interface vendors. In the first category is Cerner, which …
Online Technologies Doctors Love: Age Matters
From June 5, 2012 InformationWeek.Com Healthcare article; Docs love tablets, but adoption of Internet technologies varies depending on gender, age, and work environment, study says. In some respects, physicians are technological trend setters. For example, 62% of physicians are now using iPads …
Digital Records May Not Cut Health Costs, Study Cautions
New York Times Article March 6, 2012 Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday (March 3, 2012) concludes. Industry experts have said that …
What’s Up With These On Line Services?
Medical transcription services are required to convert oral communication recordings into their written equivalents. Of course, this can be done without turning to the Internet, but you will find that online services are pretty much taking over the industry because of the …
TranscriptionGear Integrates Mobile Dictation Software for iPhone, iPad, & BlackBerry
TranscriptionGear has integrated the Philips SpeechExec Mobile software for iPhone, iPad, iPad2, and BlackBerry smartphones with our dictation workflow solutions. This provides a wireless dictation tool that securely sends dictation over a network or Internet connection. TranscriptionGear’s dictation workflow solutions include Atom …
Mac Compatible Transcription Equipment and Software
Transcription equipment has typically been designed for PCs using the Windows Operating System, and not so much for Apple Macintosh computers. This is beginning to change in a couple of ways. Transcription equipment manufacturers are realizing the need for equipment that is …
Physicians Voice Enthusiasm About Digital Dictation
By Florian Schwiecker for HIT Exchange There’s broad consensus today that automating clinical workflow can help improve patient care and save money. But while many practices are implementing sophisticated EHR systems, their dictation methods haven’t changed much since the 1960s. Many doctors …
3 New Olympus Directrec Advanced Dictation Microphones
Olympus has been innovating cutting-edge digital audio recorders for more than 40 years. Now the second generation Directrec series, an enhanced line of three Directrec dictation devices, is available at TranscriptionGear.Com. The new DR-1200, DR-2200 and DR-2300 offer the perfect combination of great audio reproduction, programmability and …
The Evolution of Dictation
Written by Florian Schwiecker for Peer to Peer, The quarterly magazine of ILTA “Please take a memo.” Ever since that phrase was first uttered, dictation has been an indelible part of the legal landscape. Over the years, changes in technology have made …
