When it comes to patient records, doctors guilty of the old copy-paste
January 10, 2013 article on CNET.com by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore A new study finds the majority of doctors copying potentially out-of-date information from previous notes and other documents and pasting them into patient progress reports. Ah, the old copy/paste. Such a handy keyboard shortcut for such a wide range of applications. But would you want [...]
Read morePathology Dictation Workflow
Pathology is a special area of medicine which requires specialized tools. Sometimes these tools don’t even exist, and labs across the United States find new and unique ways to solve the problems they’re faced with when such a situation occurs. This is especially true for Pathology labs located in general hospital facilities, where ‘standard’ hospital [...]
Read moreHow PACS effects dictation workflow
PACS has changed the way Radiologists work and adds numerous benefits to the way they diagnose problems. If you aren’t sure what we’re talking about, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS for short) is the technology which is doing away with films – allowing Radiologists to view images on high resolution computer monitors. This technology [...]
Read moreAs Doctors Use More Devices, Potential for Distraction Grows
Article posted December 14, 2011 in New Your Times – Health Hospitals and doctors’ offices, hoping to curb medical error, have invested heavily to put computers, smartphones and other devices into the hands of medical staff for instant access to patient data, drug information and case studies. But like many cures, this solution has come [...]
Read moreTranscriptionGear Integrates Mobile Dictation Software for iPhone, iPad, & BlackBerry
TranscriptionGear has integrated the Philips SpeechExec Mobile software for iPhone, iPad, iPad2, and BlackBerry smartphones with our dictation workflow solutions. This provides a wireless dictation tool that securely sends dictation over a network or Internet connection. TranscriptionGear’s dictation workflow solutions include Atom Dictation for workgroups such as law firms, health clinics and physician offices; the [...]
Read morePro Vs. Consumer Digital Voice Recorders
Check it out and find out the difference between professional vs. consumer digital voice recorders.
Read more3 New Olympus Directrec Advanced Dictation Microphones
Olympus has been innovating cutting-edge digital audio recorders for more than 40 years. Now the second generation Directrec series, an enhanced line of three Directrec dictation devices, is available at TranscriptionGear.Com. The new DR-1200, DR-2200 and DR-2300 offer the perfect combination of great audio reproduction, programmability and ease-of-use in a professional recorder. The new Directrec series significantly improves ergonomics to [...]
Read moreSpeech Recognition for Dummies: Dragon NaturallySpeaking & Philips 9600
If you are looking to have the latest and greatest in the speech recognition field, look no further. Dragon and Philips finally unite to create the easiest, most powerful solution available for turning your voice into text automatically! Watch as Matt LaMond from TranscriptionGear.Com shows you just how easy it can be to get instant [...]
Read moreHIPAA Audit Program Details Emerge
KPMG Wins Contract; 150 On-Site Audits Anticipated The long-overdue HITECH-Act mandated HIPAA compliance audit program will begin soon, with about 150 on-site audits of covered entities and business associates anticipated by the end of 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $9.2 million contract to the consulting firm KPMG to develop [...]
Read moreThe Evolution of Dictation
Written by Florian Schwiecker for Peer to Peer, The quarterly magazine of ILTA “Please take a memo.” Ever since that phrase was first uttered, dictation has been an indelible part of the legal landscape. Over the years, changes in technology have made the legal dictation process faster and easier — from steno pads and typewriters [...]
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