Medical Transcription Productivity Standards

Medical Transcription Productivity

May 16th, 2010

Medical Transcription Productivity

Question: Computer program questions…?

What is it called and who do I need to talk to about “inventing” a computer program. My family owns a medical transcription service and we are thinking about in the future perhaps having a program that we can do all the transcription in that will connect all of our different clients and a bunch of other stuff we need it to do that would increase productivity and efficiency. Who would I talk to about this?

Answer: “Transcription” usually means converting spoken text to a format that can be read. There is software that does this (dragon naturally speaking and via voice,) though I have no experience with either of these products. the only reason i mention this is that in the medical industry, “transcript” has a more specific meaning than the general definition i provided at the outset, and we might not be talking about the same business-requirement.

On to your question: computer software is developed by software engineers. There are businesses and individuals like myself and some of the other respondents that will perform this service. Be warned that custom programming is VERY expensive. An off-the-shelf solution like either of the products I mentioned will be much less costly than independently financing this type of project. the original developers of dragon naturally speaking spent years bringing their product to market, and were ultimately forced to sell.

note that the dragon speech-to-text engine can be implemented SPECIFICALLY for the needs of the medical industry. the link i’ve provided looks like it holds some valuable information for you. good luck, and when you’re ready to finance the custom software solution, remember who your friend is