There was a story on NPR this morning where Norman Gant, the executive director the Ob/Gyn certifying board, noted that he had "dictated a letter."
Dictated?
I know that living and working in Bay Area/Silicon Valley means that my world is a technology infused bubble, but dictating?
Thursday, March 20, 2008
"dictated a letter"?
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Dictation is still quite common in many places.
I'm not sure if it is or is not related to the disturbingly high percentage of managers who are functionally illiterate.
Working at WIN, actually, is the first time every one of my bosses and coworkers have been literate. It is a pleasant change.
Doctors. You'd think staying on top of the latest in scientific research & modern technology would be seen as pretty important.
But I understand that there are still schools teaching the wrong way to administer oxygen after anoxia, which could have the undesirable side-effect of death.
Doctors do generally keep up with the latest in pill-borne solutions though. I bet you said doctor could have composed his letter using cut-outs from drug ads easily enough.
@avi: yes, but then the contents of the note would be "may cause dry mouth"
I've got to stick up for doctors here; they can't afford to be on the bleeding edge of certain technologies, because it's "got to work".
But q: do you use voice recognition software? For the mac? if so what?
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