Canadian paramedic perceptions and requirements for adoption of speech recognition technology: A mixed methods study

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dc.contributor.authorHedderson, Desmond
dc.contributor.supervisorCourtney, Karen L.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-22T21:42:32Z
dc.date.available2025-01-22T21:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Health Information Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science MSc
dc.description.abstractParamedicine workflows and working conditions make accurate and timely documentation of patient care challenging. These documentation challenges can lead to disruptions in the continuity of patient care and potential adverse patient events. Speech recognition-aided documentation has the potential to alleviate some of these challenges and improve the continuity of patient care. To accelerate the adoption of speech recognition documentation within Canadian paramedicine, we sought to understand user requirements and perceptions of the technology. This study undertook a scoping review of the current literature and a pan-Canadian mixed-methods study of user requirements and perceptions. The results included ranking the 45 listed features based on their value to end users and detailed analyses of the current perceptions of the accuracy, efficiency, disruptiveness, and completeness of speech recognition documentation. The study also identified six additional features not included in the questionnaire and what users would include as a minimum set of features to adopt the technology. This study's results can benefit software developers, administrators and researchers. It provides the foundation for further research, policy and product development.
dc.description.embargo2026-01-12
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/20974
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.subjectParamedicine
dc.subjectSpeech recognition
dc.subjectEMS
dc.subjectUser requirements
dc.subjectPerceptions
dc.titleCanadian paramedic perceptions and requirements for adoption of speech recognition technology: A mixed methods study
dc.typeThesis

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