Two more hospitals admit to controversial outsourcing
A day after the Irish Examiner revealed the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork city has employed UScribe since 2005, Galway University Hospital (GUH) and Peamont Hospital in Dublin confirmed they have also availed of the service.
In separate statements, Peamont said it has out-sourced the transcription of medical reports to UScribe since 2005, while GUH said it used the private firm during a six-month cardiology pilot basis in 2004.
