Getting ‘more for less’ is a current requirement of the healthcare. The use of digital dictation increases the productivity and monetary saving. It can also overcome labor crisis. Let’s know more advantages of digital dictation. Digital dictation records and edits the spoken words using a digital recorder. This is done in real-time.
Digital dictation is of two types. One method involves directly recording the digital voice, which can be transcribed. The second method is voice recognition, where the transcription of the recorded speech is automatically done by a software. There are two input methods used commonly: a microphone connected to the computer, by which the dictation is recorded directly to the hard drive of the computer; or a digital handheld recorder, allowing the flexibility of the place where the dictation is recorded. During surgery, a decent USB microphone connected to the…