title: Computer-based speech recognition as a replacement for medical transcription.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We have implemented computerized speech recognition in a high-volume clinical setting using a newly developed commercial software system. This paper compares the performance of the computerized system with conventional transcription during a trial week followed by 3 months of routine clinical use.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The speech recognition system was used for 97% of the cases during the trial week and 87% of cases during the months of continuous use. For a similar mixture of cases, no change occurred in the length of reports after introduction of the computerized system. Speech recognition decreased the time until the report became available by 99% and resulted in a substantial savings in transcription costs. We conclude that speech recognition by computer is practical in a high-volume clinical implementation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital-White 289, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kattapuram
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011859:Radiography; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software; D013060:Speech; D013997:Time Factors