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Nuance Voice-Enables Clinical Documentation in Latin America

Nuance Voice-Enables Clinical Documentation in Latin America with Dragon Medical in Spanish Real-time, medical voice recognition program supports Spanish-speaking providers; Clinicians can now capt

me2me launches New Digital Dictation Application for iPhone,

App to increase productivity cut hardware costs and integrate EMR systems Ipswich, Massachusetts, November 7, 2011 – me2me AG, the developers of the Frisbee Transcrip

EHR Voice Recognition: An End to the ‘No Eye Contact&#

By: Eric Fishman, MD Introduction Physicians often complain that when using electronic health records (EHRs), they're so busy typing that it's difficult to make good eye contact with patients. N

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