“I recently saw a 56-year-old woman whom I have followed for hypertension for more than 15 years. Usually bubbly and very positive, she seemed quiet and subdued, and her blood pressure was higher than it had been in a while.
With her electronic medical record open on the screen in front of us, we reviewed her medications, renewing her prescriptions electronically. The system offered no drug interaction alerts. Following an on-screen reminder, I alerted her that her mammogram was soon due. Then, looking at the electronic flow sheet of her blood pressure, I commented that her blood pressure seemed a little high. Her eyes welled up as she told me that she was “not herself.” In the last week, her husband had lost his job. We spoke about her fears of losing their home and her disappointment in the company that had employed him for many years.
Finally, she talked about her hope that he would find a new job, and about the friends and family that had reached out to them with kindness and offers of generosity. She seemed to brighten, and there was a glimmer of her usual demeanor when she said, “I feel a little better. Could you recheck my blood pressure now?” It had normalized.”
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Betty Rabinowitz, HHNMostWired, 29 October 2008
Tagged: narrative, patient and speech recognition
; posted on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
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“Finnish hospitals are increasingly realising there is a need to eliminate gaps in patient care in order to streamline clinical processes both in-house and with cooperating institutions. Speech recognition can be used to attain true continuity of care, says Sauli Karvonen, a leading expert on patient flow analysis and efficient hospital planning. Karvonen is Managing Director of SKA-Research.”
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Healthcare IT News.eu, 17 October 2008
Tagged: speech recognition
; posted on Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
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“From a tool that was once predominantly used by radiologists, speech recognition is now enjoying much wider usage. All over Europe, hospitals and even regional networks are introducing the technology in order to improve the documentation workflow. According to Marcel Wassink, Managing Director of Philips Speech Recognition Systems, and Robert Thornton, the companys Commercial Director, speech recognition could also be used as a vehicle to support cross-border interoperability in Europe.”
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HealthTech Wire, 24 September 2008
Tagged: europe, interoperability, speech recognition and standards
; posted on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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“Is data entry the hurdle blocking electronic medical records from wide adoption?
Speech recognition could be the weight needed to push broad adoption of electronic medical records in health care.
Nuance, an ISV that makes the popular Dragon speech recognition software, is betting data entry is the primary stumbling block to EMR adoption. The company is building tools and ties to EMRs, hoping doctors and technicians will see it as a time saver and more efficient way to practice medicine.”
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Sharon Linsenbach, eWeek.com, 29 January 2008
Tagged: speech recognition
; posted on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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“These IT firms hope the benefits of their new agreement are loud and clear to customers in the healthcare sector.”
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Chip Means, Healthcare IT News, 9 October 2007
Tagged: hospitals, quality and speech recognition
; posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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