title: Introduction of digital speech recognition in a specialised outpatient department: a case study.
abstract: Speech recognition software might increase productivity in clinical documentation. However, low user satisfaction with speech recognition software has been observed. In this case study, an approach for implementing a speech recognition software package at a university-based outpatient department is presented.
  
  
  
  Methods to create a specific dictionary for the context "sports medicine" and a shared vocabulary learning function are demonstrated. The approach is evaluated for user satisfaction (using a questionnaire before and 10 weeks after software implementation) and its impact on the time until the final medical document was saved into the system.
  
  
  
  As a result of implementing speech recognition software, the user satisfaction was not remarkably impaired. The median time until the final medical document was saved was reduced from 8 to 4 days.
  
  
  
  In summary, this case study illustrates how speech recognition can be implemented successfully when the user experience is emphasised.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medicine, Institute for Exercise- and Occupational Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany. christoph.ahlgrim@uniklinik-freiburg.de.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. christoph.ahlgrim@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3143-5659
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahlgrim
authors.affiliation: Klinikrechenzentrum, Abteilung Systemtechnik, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maenner
authors.affiliation: Center for Medicine, Institute for Exercise- and Occupational Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Baumstark
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D010045:Outpatients; D049250:Speech Recognition Software / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Digital dictation; Documentation as a topic; Operations; Speech recognition