When Shields Health Care Group in Quincy, MA, set its sights on becoming a completely paperless environment, reducing report turnaround to less than 20 hours for all exams and positioning itself for the next generation of multimedia radiology reporting, the latest in speech recognition technology became a "must have."
Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
When Shields Health Care Group in Quincy, MA, set its sights on becoming a completely paperless environment, reducing report turnaround to less than 20 hours for all exams and positioning itself for the next generation of multimedia radiology reporting, the latest in speech recognition technology became a "must have."
Read Shields' first-hand account of how it used speech recognition to accomplish its goals and enhance its patient care and client services in this report, being sent to you as this issue's Insider Exclusive.
In another example of how speech recognition technology can put radiologists at ease and dispel their fears of longer days and transcription problems, Inland Imaging offers insights from its facility. Read how the 60-member private radiology practice based in Spokane, WA, developed an implementation strategy in this first-hand report.
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