Report: Speech-Recognition Technology Potentially Useful, But Often Met With Physician Resistance

More than 90 percent of hospitals plan to expand their use of speech-recognition technology, according to a new report from KLAS.

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Hospitals that use the technology report seeing a decrease in transcription costs and documentation time coupled with more complete patient narratives.

However, about half of hospitals cite physician resistance as the top obstacle to the implementation and adoption of speech recognition technology.

“Physicians are resistant to changes in their workflow,” said report author Boyd Stewart in a news release. “While hospital leadership sees the value of [speech recognition software], many end users are frustrated that they are now being asked to do the work of transcriptionists.”

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