https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/06/nuance-says-ai-and-nlp-the-route-to-address-clinician-burn-out/ News | Networks | Intelligence Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/06/nuance-says-ai-and-nlp-the-route-to-address-clinician-burn-out/#comment-136165 Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:21:24 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=156337#comment-136165 I started to use speech recognition in the 1990s when faster processors made it possible for software like Dragon Dictate to become more widely used. However, at that time you had to “train the software to recognise your voice” and you also had to dictate in an area where background noise was almosr eliminated. It has taken 30 years to develop software that is now functional in a medical setting, but at a high cost. In April 2021, In March 2022, Microsoft eventually bought Nuance Communications reportedly as an all-cash transaction of $19.7 billion, including company debt, or $56 per share.
In the above report, “Nuance claim that the DAX system can save seven minutes per patient visit, giving physicians time back” but it is still in its infancy and the cost of moving it into full functionality will be huge. The questions are 1) How long will it take? and 2) Can Medicine (i.e. patients, Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) and healthcare insurers afford it?)

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