What is the future of the medical transcription industry? How will speech recognition technology affect it?
From last few years medical transcriptionist field has comprised one of the fastest growing segments of the healthcare industry. Till 2018 medical transcriptionists (MTs) is expected to grow by 11%. But medical transcription does face some challenges like: Voice Recognition Software, Job Outsourcing and Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
The American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) provides the following information: “In spite of the advances in this technology, it has been difficult for the software to grasp and analyze the human voice and the English language with all its diversity. There will continue to be a need for skilled medical language specialists who expand their education and have the knowledge to identify and appropriately edit the inevitable errors created by speech recognition systems and who have enough understanding of the health record to create a final document. Medical transcriptionist continue to be the best qualified to discern the nuances of human speech – indeed, the ultimate speech processors.”In short, the demand for Medical Transcriptionist will continue into the foreseeable future. There are things that humans can do which machines cannot. Only human beings can exercise their judgment in separating actual dictation from the mumbo-jumbo.
The American Association for Medical Transcription provides the following information: “In spite of the advances in this technology, it has been difficult for the software to grasp and analyze the human voice and the English language with all its diversity. There will continue to be a need for skilled medical language specialists who expand their education and have the knowledge to identify and appropriately edit the inevitable errors created by speech recognition systems and who have enough understanding of the health record to create a final document. Medical transcriptionists continue to be the best qualified to discern the nuances of human speech – indeed, the ultimate speech processors.” In short, the demand for MTs will continue into the foreseeable future. There are things that humans can do which machines cannot. Only human beings can exercise their judgment in separating actual dictation from the mumbo-jumbo. Only human beings can adjust to changes in accent (particularly for
