‘Startling advances’ in natural language processing will ease paper burden
Peter Lee from Microsoft said that advances in machine learning models meant that consumer-facing translation platforms could be repurposed for healthcare.
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Dictate IT Live taps deep learning for ‘next-generation’ clinical speech recognition
Clinical support solutions provider Dictate IT has launched an automatic speech recognition tool capable of transcribing medical notes in real-time.
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Barnsley does digital dictation
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has reduced patient correspondence time by 55 days using digital dictation software.
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Southport gets digital dictation
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust has implemented a digital dictation platform from Medisec.
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Leeds resumes digital dictation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has resumed its digital dictation and speech recognition project after it was put on hold due to major delays in the production of patient letters.
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Leeds and York takes BigHand
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is implementing a trust-wide digital dictation and workflow management system.
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Wolverhamptom PCT takes Lexacom
Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is implementing digital dictation across its entire GP practice network.
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Kingston picks BigHand from framework
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has chosen BigHand for a digital dictation project that will be used to reduce the turnaround time for GP letters from outpatient clinics to five days.
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BigHand wins contract in the North East
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to implement digital dictation in its orthopaedic department in April.
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Lexacom wins 4,000 GP practice deal
A local medical committee buying group covering more than 4,000 GP practices has signed Lexacom as its approved supplier for digital dictation software.
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