Article by Hugh Via with references from About.com/Small Business Digital voice recordings can be archived longer than tape. And you can’t feed a tape into a PC. You have to pick and choose carefully, however, to be sure you select a digital …
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When will voice recognition for multiple voices be available?
Voice recognition for multiple voices is a very popular feature that many users are looking for. It is currently being worked on by Nuance, the creator of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Speech Recognition Software. It proves to be a complicated idea to realize through …
Medical transcription technology eliminates 30 jobs at Vermont hospital
Warning: Some readers may find the following article disturbing, however, it does provide a real world example that the medical transcription field is changing and we must change with it in order to maintain our livelihoods. The keys to the kingdom are …
Dictation & Transcription: A look at the old & the new!
By: Matt LaMond There are virtually 100’s of different solutions you can use for dictation and transcription. For those of you who are unaware of what that is (D&T) allow me to give you a basic introduction. Dictation is the recording of …
Managing transcription in the e-revolution: cost considerations for outsourcing vs. in-house
From article published in Executive Healthcare Management Magazine Everyone understands the importance of accurate transcription that meets quality standards and how important those standards are to quality patient care. With pressure to reduce costs within health care facilities, in-house transcription departments present …
Biometrics – The key to safe and secure EMR identification
Accurate patient identification is critical to achieving the benefits of electronic medical records and to ensuring patient safety. There is also an increasing need for positive staff ID to protect patient privacy and track e-prescribing. On a visit to a specialist not …
Handheld Digital Recorders
Every day we get calls from individuals asking us to recommend a handheld recorder. Often our clients have the need to be mobile when dictating, but have never used a digital handheld recorder. Because of the large variety of options available, they …
Reference Book: Technology for the Medical Transcriptionist
This is the first text that satisfies the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity’s (AHDI) model curriculum requirement for technology. As you advance through the text you’ll be introduced to the essential hardware, software and technology that all medical transcriptionists should know and may be required to use on the …
