Features of Good Medical Transcription Software

May 31
05:58

2012

Sharad Gaikwad

Sharad Gaikwad

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One the greatest innovations of mankind for the medical industry are the Medical Transcription Software. This software greatly increases the efficiency of professional medical transcriptionists and also makes the work much more accurate and helps to save time.

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Moreover,Features of Good Medical Transcription Software Articles it also helps them to adopt modern methods and technology. This is a must because as times change, the Transcription Software has to also evolve and accommodate the new developments and requirements. Let us learn something more about the new features that have been added lately.

Features of Medical Transcription Software:

The features listed below will be found in any good Transcription Software today. However, what is important is the actual functioning of the features and the software as a whole. We’ll discuss that later in the article.

  1. Voice Capturing
  2. Speech recognition
  3. Speech processing
  4. Formatting documents
  5. Audio and video support for multiple formats
  6. Word & text processing
  7. Medical dictionary and spell check
  8. Keyboard shortcuts
  9. Fast editing
  10. Digital |& electronic signature
  11. Document distribution
  12. Multiple time frame management
  13. Ability to navigate to specific timelines with the help of specific codes
  14. Customizable media appearance
  15. Audio playback feature
  16. Multiple format support for importing data
  17. Integration with different health care platforms and software
  18. Ease of Printing
  19. Insertions and Exporting possible

The latest feature to be added to the Medical Transcription Software is voice recognition. Now I am sure many of you will argue that expert transcriptionists can usually type as fast as a person can speak so voice recognition does not have much usage. However, just like everything gets better with the passage of time, so will the voice recognition feature. There has already been a substantial improvement in the same as of today and it has the ability to convert speech to text with ease thanks to the advanced algorithm that processes the same.

Some advantages of Speech/Voice Recognition:

The main advantage of a speech or voice recognition feature is the fact that it saves resources, time & money in particular. Doctor’s need not hire professionals to do the job as they can easily do it themselves with the help of this feature of any Medical Transcription Software. This cuts down on costs substantially. Also, doctors will not have to wait for the transcriptionist to mail or courier the completed file when it is done. They can listen to the same as and when needed or even share it electronically with other medical experts.

Also, with the advancements in the voice recognition algorithm, the accuracy of the recordings and the text also improves substantially. And in case of errors, the doctors r any other person handling the medical transcription job will be able to easily edit the same with the help of the medical dictionary, the spell check feature and the Word processor that come as part of the Transcription Software itself. This mean one will not need separate word processing software to get the job done.

Conclusion:

Medical Transcription Software is known to be good for doctors and even for professional medical transcriptionists as it makes their job easier and also improves accuracy. However, one has to be careful while working on the patient’s medical records and ensure that there are no textual or other errors as they can prove drastically detrimental to the patients' health at times. The job should only be done by experienced professionals who know the seriousness of the job at hand. Only then will the reports & transcribes be accurate and prove useful in the long run.