There are many benefits of using speech recognition with your EHR. Not only will speechrecognition save you money in terms of transcription costs, it can also improve efficiency within your practice and increase the quality of patient care you provide.
Charles Booras MD, Jacksonville, Florida says:
"I have been using voice recognition for all my dictation over the past 5+ years. It has increased my work burden at the office, but I'm saving over $1000 a month in transcription costs and my documentation very clearly supports my level of coding. In this era of low reimbursement for primary care, any reduction in overhead is money in my pocket."
Louis Spikol, Whitehall, Pennsylvania says:
"I use speech-recognition with my electronic record as one of a number of tools that I have--most of the time I will put in a few sentences after the patient leaves the room, sometimes as a nurse is drawing blood or taking care of something else. Sometimes I need to dictate a letter or another note for the patient and I will just excuse myself and say 'I'm dictating this letter for you.' Very few patients object to getting things done for them right now!"
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