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Adminstrative / Support Services 82 - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 82.9 - Business support service activities n.e.c. 82.99 - Other business support service activities n.e.c.
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 November 2020
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
HUS, the Helsinki University Hospital, has concluded co-operation negotiations. As a result, it will lay off 150 employees working at HUS Asvia, a unit providing supporting services for the hospitals and other healthcare units operated by HUS.
According to HUS, these lay-offs are needed since the introduction of an automatic speech recognition system has reduced the need to process text manually. The new system converts directly medical doctors’ speech into text and it can be now used in 80% of the cases. This has significantly reduced the need for employees who manually translate doctors speech into text.
HUS has several hospitals and other healthcare units in the Uusimaa-region.
Sources
10 November 2020: HUS [press release] (www.hus.fi)
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