Online Technologies Doctors Love: Age Matters
From June 5, 2012 InformationWeek.Com Healthcare article; Docs love tablets, but adoption of Internet technologies varies depending on gender, age, and work environment, study says. In some respects, physicians are technological trend setters. For example, 62% of physicians are now using iPads or other tablet computers, while just 19% of U.S. adults have tablet computers. [...]
Read moreDigital Records May Not Cut Health Costs, Study Cautions
New York Times Article March 6, 2012 Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday (March 3, 2012) concludes. Industry experts have said that electronic health records could generate huge savings — as much as $80 billion [...]
Read moreWhat’s Up With These On Line Services?
Medical transcription services are required to convert oral communication recordings into their written equivalents. Of course, this can be done without turning to the Internet, but you will find that online services are pretty much taking over the industry because of the ease with which they can accomplish the job, and the speed with which [...]
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 moreMac Compatible Transcription Equipment and Software
Transcription equipment has typically been designed for PCs using the Windows Operating System, and not so much for Apple Macintosh computers. This is beginning to change in a couple of ways. Transcription equipment manufacturers are realizing the need for equipment that is capable of working with both PCs and Mac computers, not just for transcription [...]
Read morePhysicians Voice Enthusiasm About Digital Dictation
By Florian Schwiecker for HIT Exchange There’s broad consensus today that automating clinical workflow can help improve patient care and save money. But while many practices are implementing sophisticated EHR systems, their dictation methods haven’t changed much since the 1960s. Many doctors still dictate into analog recorders that have been around since The Beatles’ heyday. [...]
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 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 [...]
Read moreIs digital dictation hard to use?
Every day we get the question “Is digital dictation hard to use?” The answer to the question is a firm – heck no! Digital dictation is easy! The pieces that make up a digital system include the digital voice recorder that your client dictates into, some basic workflow software for transferring files and a digital [...]
Read moreDictation: Past, Present and Future
Article Originally Posted on LAW.COM Twenty years ago, almost all lawyers dictated their letters and briefs into a desktop tape recorder, and secretaries spent hours wearing headphones, tethered to ubiquitous transcribers. But these days, a computer is the tool no lawyer can work without. E-mail has replaced letters, electronic filing eliminates trips to the courthouse, [...]
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