Affiliation:
1. Angus Thompson is a former UK Primary Care Prescribing Advisor, now working in Australia as a Consulting Clinical Pharmacist conducting Home Medicines Reviews; Pharmacist Clinical Editor for Primary Health Tasmania; Lecturer in Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice at the University of Tasmania; and occasional Subject Matter Expert for the Australian Pharmacy Council
Abstract
Voice recognition software is a useful tool for transcribing medical notes but inaccuracies are common, especially when interpreting drug names. Without the outputs being reviewed by a human familiar with drug names, there is an increased risk of confusion and whilst medication errors are never a laughing matter, the outputs can sometimes be a source of mirth.