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is it possible to have a doctor dictate via blue tooth in room - carla parris

Posted: Apr 12, 2015

Can a transcriptionist be in other room typing. What type of equipment would be needed.

Not entirely clear - xx

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what you want to do.

Do you want to have the MT transcribing in real time? How do you think that would work? Have you ever done medical transcription?

Even the most highly trained, experienced, tippy-top-notch MT would struggle to transcribe dictation in real time, even with that unicorn of the medical world, the clear, concise, dictator who speaks at the perfect pace for transcription, never changes his mind, never slurs a word, and never, ever says anything that requires research. What happens if the MT gets behind and there is no recording of what was said? There would be no way to go back and fill in what was missed. Asking the dictator to repeat what was said likely would not end well.

Medical transcription is not like court reporting, which appears on the surface to be transcription done in real time, but it is not. Court reporting is a form of shorthand that needs to be reviewed offline and then turned into something ordinary mortals can understand.

Medical transcription is different. Maybe what you need is a scribe to record the encounter in real time. That is not the same as transcription.

common sense might suggest - Anon

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...might suggest she is talking about being a scribe but not wanting to be in the same room as patient.

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