News – Speech recognition

Voicepoint at the IFAS 2018

IFAS The IFAS – Trade Fair for the Healthcare Market will take place at the Messe Zürich in Zürich Oerlikon this year, from 23rd to 26th October 2018. Doctors, healthcare professionals and administration managers of hospitals, clinics and residential homes will all be finding out about the latest products and services of the healthcare sector. Voicepoint is happy to be taking part again this year. Read more

Solutions, trends and opportunities in medical documentation – a look back at Voicepoint’s speech recognition event

Voicepoint speech recognition event 2018 In May, Voicepoint organised Switzerland’s first ever medical speech recognition event. Around 150 visitors from various healthcare sectors took part in the conference at the Dolder Grand in Zürich. Specialists in the field and the Voicepoint advisory team provided information about the clear advantages of speech recognition and their integration in existing workflows and systems. Read more

Increasing administrative workload for doctors

doctor and patient For four years, hospitals in acute somatics have used the flat-rate per case system SwissDRG. Two new hospital tariff systems are planned for January 2018: TARPSY for psychiatry and ST Reha for rehabilitation. In order to identify any undesirable developments at an early stage, the research institute gfs.bern has been conducting annual representative surveys with hospital doctors on behalf of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH) since 2011. Read more

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 3

Nuance Dragon Medical Practice Edition Nuance has launched a new version of its speech recognition software for the medical sector – Dragon Medical Practice Edition 3, or DMPE 3 for short. The current version is available in German and English. On first glance, users will spot changes to the design. As with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13, the Dragon bar has been completely revamped. This is shown in an attractive, modern design at the top of the screen. Read more