Brendon Nafziger, DOTmed News
“A doctor is about to prescribe an antibiotic, but is a bit worried it might interact with an antidepressant her patient is currently taking, Wellbutrin. So, what does she do? It’s possible, in the near future, she might simply pull out her phone and ask it.
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Eric Fishman, Medscape Today
“Physicians often complain that when using electronic health records (EHRs), they’re so busy typing that it’s difficult to make good eye contact with patients. New voice recognition software holds promise, but is it there yet?
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“As IBM increasingly focuses on helping physicians connect smartphones, tablets, and other devices to electronic medical records (EMRs), the company recently announced that it will incorporate some of the sophisticated analytics technology used in its Watson supercomputer into its Health Analytics Solution Center.
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Healthcare IT News
“As it addresses an “explosive growth of medical information,” IBM has expanded its Health Analytics Solution Center – with team members working to increase and improve remote EHR connectivity through new “Watson”-like analytics power.
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John, EMR and HIPAA
“The hype at the IBM booth at HIMSS was really strong since it had been announced that healthcare was one of the first places that IBM wanted to work on implementing the “Watson” technology (read more about the Watson Technology in Healthcare in this AP article).
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Nancy Crotti, Star Tribune
“Paper medical charts have largely gone the way of nurses’ whites, and so have some jobs that old-fashioned health records used to require.
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D.C. Denison, Boston Globe
“When Dr. Michael Lee collects his thoughts after seeing a patient, he slips a Bluetooth-enabled device over his ear, opens a laptop computer, and starts talking.
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Karen Weintraub, The Boston Globe
“David Hatch uses a joystick to direct his wheelchair, but he dreads the day — coming soon — when he won’t have enough control over his hands to steer it around corners or avoid bumping into things.
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BusinessWire
“As Epocrates enters the electronic health record (EHR) market, it continues to stay true to its founding premise of innovative, user-friendly technology for physicians.
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Steven Schiff, The Huffington Post
“Probably not, but you should. The onslaught of efforts to digitize our health system are bound to have a profound effect on the future of health care. More so, it will have a direct impact on the manner in which you, the patient, interact with not only your physician, but also the role you play in preserving your health and well-being.
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Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek Healthcare Blogs
“Voice technology is the latest tool healthcare providers are adopting to cut back on time-consuming manual processes, freeing clinicians to spend more time with patients and reduce costs.
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ScienceDaily
“Students in the Staffordshire-based university’s School of Pharmacy interact with the computer-generated characters to gain experience in effective communication and decision-making.
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e-Health Insider
In sci-fi land, the commander of the spaceship speaks to his computer – and the computer speaks back. Recent developments in voice recognition and wireless technology make this an increasingly reachable scenario within a hospital.
Already, some NHS staff are wearing badges that that they can use to contact any other badge-wearing member of staff. Telephone handsets are being piloted that allow nurses to say the name of a piece of equipment to find the location of the nearest item to them.
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e-Health Insider, 11 September 2008
“Military doctors and medics say the expanding deployment of laptops and handheld computers in battle zones and military hospitals to capture electronic medical records is having a profound impact on patient care.”
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Matt Hamblen, Computerworld, 29 May 2008
“CRMbuyer is reporting on the benefits of using voice recognition for EMR’s in medicine and presents a series of case studies from the ER. There is a danger here in EMR’s I have not seen reported that voice recognition may help with – but first some of their stats on adoption rates in the ER”
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Steven F. Palter, docinthemachine, 30 January 2008
“Under a new computerized records system implemented on the USC Health Sciences Campus, crucial radiology images and reports are reaching doctors faster than ever, resulting in shorter waits and better service for patients.”
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Beth Dunham, Los Angeles Downtown News, 15 October 2007
“Some hospitals are using hybrid e-health record systems to improve patient care and lower the cost of medical transcription services.
One of the biggest complaints from doctors trading in their paper files for electronic health records is that typing in patient info takes too much time.”
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Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek, 13 September 2007
