Healthcare IT News September 6, 2021
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One of COVID-19’s many consequences has been the life-changing increase of stress and work overload on clinical professionals. Dr Simon Wallace, CCIO of Nuance’s healthcare division explains how speech recognition technology can ease the pressure.

HITN: COVID-19 has further exposed employee stress and burnout as major challenges for healthcare. Tell us how we can stop digital transformation technologies from simply adding to them.

In a recent HIMSS/Nuance survey, 82% of doctors and 73% of nurses felt that clinical documentation contributed significantly to healthcare professional overload. It has been estimated that clinicians spend around 11 hours a week creating clinical documentation, and up to two thirds of that can be narrative.

HITN: How do you think speech recognition technology can be...

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