Speech Recognition in the Electronic Health Record. Appendix A: Work Flow Diagram

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Traditional Dictation
Processing

SRT with MT Text Editors

SRT with MD Text Edit

Voice input

Voice input

Voice Input

Digital system storage

Text file created

Digital on-screen file

Pending work

MT text edit

MD text edit

Assigned to MT

Complete (yes/no)

Report

Complete? (yes/no)

Yes: report

Sign

Yes: report

No: query physician

Patient record

No: editorial review

Report

 

Complete? (yes/no)

Sign

 

Yes: report

Patient record

 

No: query physician

 

 

Report

 

 

Sign

 

 

Patient record

 

 


Source: AHIMA e-HIM Work Group on Speech Recognition in the EHR. (October 2003).