Re: Future of Medical Transcription

They have been telling us that for many years. I use speech recognition,
and it does get better and better for those who take the time to use it
right, train it, and proof it. That doesn't sound like the average doctor.
SR may alter what we do--there may be more "proofing/editing jobs" which
actually take more time than transcribing.

I work in one EMR. When the doctor went to EMR he called me into his office
to regrettably tell me the dictation would be drastically reduced to perhaps
an occasional letter or report the EMR could not produce. I had worked for
him for many years and he felt badly about it. Three years later I am
directly connected from home into his EMR and his dictation has increased at
least 20% or 30%. He has made some of his work more efficient with forms
and prescriptions, but he found there was no substitute for dictated
reports. The "fill-in-the-blank" choices just didn't work for his practice
(orthopedics) though I did lose a physical therapy account to an EMR.

I think with a shortage of GOOD MTs there will be more of a reliance on SR,
but a need to edit/proof. At least with my experience, the EMR has not
meant a drop in business, but an increase. I think SR may successfully
replace the foreign MTs, but I think a GOOD MT will always have a job if she
wants it. Now there is a problem. It takes time and experience to become a
GOOD MT, and the pay scale is not what it should be, so there may be fewer
and fewer quality candidates going into the business, which may force
institutions/doctors to look for alternate means of producing records.

The business will still be there, but with a lack of good candidates (not
everyone is smart enough or suited for this type of work) alternate methods
of producing records will have to be found. There will be changes, but
those of us willing to adapt will still have jobs, if we are good enough.

Barb C.
"Shiela" <sunishthaarora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1154185383.660098.121590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi:

How long do you think MT is going to survive? Dont you think
considering the recent developments in EMR and speech recognition, it
wont exist in a couple of years?



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  • Future of Medical Transcription
    ... Dont you think ... considering the recent developments in EMR and speech recognition, ... wont exist in a couple of years? ...
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  • Future of Medical Transcription
    ... Dont you think ... considering the recent developments in EMR and speech recognition, ... wont exist in a couple of years? ...
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  • Re: Interesting view on fee increase
    ... Ha, here I do have one hospital who pays within 10 days of invoice, but the rest pay me within 60 day. ... Oh, and you hire to cover the 30k lines they claim they dictate each month, but two months later you still only have two docs doing a spattering of dictation and a lot of excuses for the MTs in waiting. ... Oh, and now the new headache - what goes in the EMR, stays in the EMR. ... The hospitals on the otherhand want integration into EMR systems, they want faster TAT, they want, they want, they want and they want it all at bargain basement rates. ...
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  • Re: As promised, results of the AAMT Public Opinion Survey
    ... >So, Jay, all is not glum. ... I don't fear the EMR; what I fear is an attitude of apathy. ... And I don't believe all the technology in the world will replace ... dictation will never be eliminated, and speech recognition will never replace ...
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  • Re: As promised, results of the AAMT Public Opinion Survey
    ... Maybe there's a misunderstanding of what "EMR" means. ... Digital dictation, for instance, would be part of the EMR process. ... us to interact with the data and interpret it and generate a finished report. ...
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