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Digital Documentation
Accelerates Workflow
About Olympus SDS
Analogue and hand-written records lead to inaccuracies and
make the doctor’s daily routine more difficult
of their working time on documentation
processes, but also put in upwards of 70
minutes per day searching for information.
Digital dictation saves time and
money
The survey also found that 58 percent
of doctors take the view that their
documentation would be more complete
if they had more time for it. In addition, a
senior doctor searching for patient-relevant
information incurs around 20,000 pounds
in costs per year. Switching to digital
dictation plus speech recognition can
produce noticeable improvements. “Every
document arrives automatically where it
belongs and is immediately processed to
the required information file,” said Chris
Baugh of the Olympus Solutions Team.
“Speech recognition software converts the
spoken word directly into a text document.
This enables hospitals to further optimise
their documentation workflow and reduce
the effort doctors need to spend on
administrative tasks.”
Greater efficiency with Olympus SDS
How effective is the communication
between the doctor and secretarial pool
regulated for example? Is there idle time
and delays? And how are errors due to
misunderstandings avoided? Olympus
has been dealing with these questions
for years, developing its solutions in the
field of Speech Documentation Solutions
(SDS) in close consultation with doctors,
IT managers, and resource managers,
and continually adapting to the changing
needs in the medical sector.
Centralised control ideal
SDS encompasses speech-to-
text solutions with professional
digital dictation hardware, as
well as software and services. The
modular solutions can be linked
via interface to an existing hospital
information system. ODMS
(“Olympus Dictation Management
System”) – a powerful and
user-friendly centralised control
system for dictation management –
seamlessly integrates dictation into the
hospital’s overall documentation workflow.
“Every dictation arrives automatically
where it belongs and is immediately
processed for the required document”,
said Baugh. It pays off: it takes the strain
off doctors, who can use the extra time for
patient consultations.
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The expenditures of time and money
associated with documentation
are continually rising, especially
for hospitals. It’s one of the main
reasons why a growing number of
doctors have begun to discover digital
documentation solutions and speech-
to-text solutions. The new solutions
make documentation not only easier,
but also more efficient and secure.
Incomplete or inaccurate documentation
can make a doctor’s work more difficult.
The results of a study by British firm
Nuance Communications have confirmed
this assumption. According to the findings,
British doctors not only spend 50 percent
Olympus develops and markets
intelligent, complete speech
documentation solutions, SDS
for short.
With more than 45 years’ experience,
Olympus offers intuitive hardware,
workflow-supporting software, and
tailored service, for efficient, future-proof
Speech-to-Text solutions. The high-tech
products for mobile and stationary
dictation, as well as for transcription,
are the key to professional, secure, and
profitable work in all industries. With
its comprehensive approach, Olympus
is helping to considerably simplify the
everyday work routine.
British doctors
spend 50
percent of
their working
time on
documentation
processes
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