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Toward Automated Clinical Transcriptions

Klusty Mitchell A, Logan W Vaiden, Armstrong Samuel E, Mullen Aaron D, Leach Caroline N, Calvert Ken, Talbert Jeff, Bumgardner V K Cody

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Journal AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science
Year 2025
Categories eess.AS, cs.AI, cs.CL, cs.SD
Note 7 pages, 6 figures

Abstract

Administrative documentation is a major driver of rising healthcare costs and is linked to adverse outcomes, including physician burnout and diminished quality of care. This paper introduces a secure system that applies recent advancements in speech-to-text transcription and speaker-labeling (diarization) to patient-provider conversations. This system is optimized to produce accurate transcriptions and highlight potential errors to promote rapid human verification, further reducing the necessary manual effort. Applied to over 40 hours of simulated conversations, this system offers a promising foundation for automating clinical transcriptions.