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voice recognition "editing software" is a joke - ladyart

Posted: Oct 15, 2013

Voice recognition "editing software" is the bright idea of some computer software chump who knows nothing about medical transcription. Transcription is everchanging. No words are EVER pronounced exactly the same way each time. Even the same voice, dialects, and dictators change from minute to minute. It is organic. It is also subjective depending on who is listening. Big business has jumped on board, as they see this as a big opportunity to make big bucks. Unfortunately, this is on the backs of mostly women. Remember reading about industrialization and how the women and children suffered in the factories? Transcription has turned into a cyberspace sweat shop. Ultimately it will fail or be forced to regulation. The only way voice recognition can ever work is to eliminate the person between the dictation and the doctor, and force doctors to edit their own work. I don't think this will happen, as physicians do not spend their life in a mission to sit in front of a computer screen editing reports. It is hard to take Fiesa or MModal editing software or other off-shore English-as-second-language persons very seriously when they are correcting grammar or medical terminology. I think this will collapse under the weight of its own unethical business practices. We will see.

I hope you're right, Ladyart - sm

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You make perfect sense. I think it'll take an onslaught of medical malpractice lawsuits before the greedy doctors realize they miss their professional MTs.

Who could dislike this post?? - Rose

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hate to burst your bubble but it would have done so already - where have you been?

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with programs like Dragon EHR they won't need us much longer. We will be around 2 more years tops. So arguing over VR is a moot point, it is already outdated technology.

No bubbles burst here - ladyart

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I heard that same thing 35 years ago about other technology and still here. Working with Dragon now and realize that with every report is one step closer, but I am not convinced that there won't be fall-out. Fortunately for me it is a second line of work; however, unfortunately for all, it does not justify the unethical practices some of the companies are participating in to pick pockets of the women (and a few men) still transcribing or editing.

Completely agree, Ladyart (nm) - Rose

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Take it from someone who has used VR 18 years... - Rose

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VR still has most of the deficiencies it had 20 years ago when they. It still cannot consistently differentiate "he" from "she". It still fills in phrases where nothing is dictated. It still makes horrid errors in diagnoses, medications, and guesses most of the time when it should state . The improvements in VR over the last two decades are so miniscule it still isn't ready for primetime and never will be because it requires a brain to do this job. It is an excellent tool for MTs/MEs, but certainly not for doctors. We could have told them 20 years ago that doctors will not or can not edit their own reports. Why on earth would they choose to continue to dictate and add more duties to their job while paying the same price??

I feel very confident that editors are here to stay which will consist of those of us who have done this work for years. I don't think newbies will succeed at this without a full time mentor. I think as VR platforms improve, we will pick up speed and work will be reduced, but I don't think the medical profession will ever be able to get along without editors.

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