As a Meditalk user, I would like to report that the biggest advantage of a voice dictation system is that you have the medical record available immediately for future use. If the patient returns soon and for some reason sees another care provider, that provider will ALWAYS have access to the record of the first visit. If you hire someone else to type, there will be a turn around time that may be unacceptably long. Our practice found that contract transcriptionist were fairly punctual when they were first hired, but as time went on and the tedium grew, they always took longer to "turn it around" and get it into the chart.
I agree that Meditalk allows you to view your dictation instantaneously and correct it. This is tedious. Sometimes we miss a few and there are some bloopers, but the mistackes are no worse than what a transcriptionist would provide.
Interesting topic!
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As a Meditalk user, I would like to report that the biggest advantage of a voice dictation system is that you have the medical record available immediately for future use. If the patient returns soon and for some reason sees another care provider, that provider will ALWAYS have access to the record of the first visit. If you hire someone else to type, there will be a turn around time that may be unacceptably long. Our practice found that contract transcriptionist were fairly punctual when they were first hired, but as time went on and the tedium grew, they always took longer to "turn it around" and get it into the chart. I agree that Meditalk allows you to view your dictation instantaneously and correct it. This is tedious. Sometimes we miss a few and there are some bloopers, but the mistackes are no worse than what a transcriptionist would provide. Interesting topic!