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0.3percent of words in signed notes
After a medical transcriptionist edited the drafts, the error rate fell to 0.4 percent, and to 0.3 percent in the notes physicians signed.
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In the source's own words
“It decreased to 0.4% after transcriptionist review and 0.3% in SNs.”
Analysis of Errors in Dictated Clinical Documents Assisted by Speech Recognition Software and Professional Transcriptionists, Li Zhou et al., JAMA Network Open, 2018, Abstract, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0530)- What it measures
- SN means the physician's signed note. The drafts were first edited by professional transcriptionists, then reviewed and signed by the physician.
- What it does not show
- Professional editing is not part of most personal dictation, where the author is the only proofreader.
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