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Speech Recognition


IDS releases Reforma 3.0 barcode forms manager

New Products | Thursday, July 29 2010
Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) has released Reforma 3.0 bar-coded forms management system.
 

Winscribe, Nuance expand speech recognition agreement

Partnerships & Alliances | Thursday, July 22 2010
Winscribe has expanded its licensing agreement with Nuance Communications of Burlington, Mass., to provide a global dictation program integrated with speech recognition covering the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
 

SIIM: Scoring a ‘slam dunk’ with speech recognition

Conference News | Sunday, June 06 2010
Written by Lisa Fratt
MINNEAPOLIS—In the last decade, speech recognition has blossomed from a bleeding edge to leading edge technology. “Today, the question is not do I need speech recognition but how do I make best use of it,” stated David Hirschorn, MD, director of radiology informatics at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. During his presentation at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference last week, Sirschorn said speech recognition was a ‘slam dunk’ at the hospital.
 

Nuance updates Dragon Medical to support Windows 7

Partnerships & Alliances | Monday, May 24 2010
Speech and voice recognition provider Nuance Communications has announced its desktop speech recognition technology Dragon Medical 10 can now support Windows 7.
 

Integrated Document Solutions, Imaging On Call create RIS-less solution

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, May 12 2010
Healthcare IT provider Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based teleradiology company Imaging On Call (IOC) have achieved a RIS-less teleradiology solution using 100 percent speech recognition and template-based reporting, said IDS.
 

JACR: Financial incentives, new technology speed report turnover time

Top Stories | Monday, March 29 2010
Technological interventions, as well as financial incentives have been found to have the ability to result in synergistic and sustainable improvement in radiologist report-signing behavior and this cut-down on signature time can lead to improved patient care, said the results of a study published in the March edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
 

CDW: Hospitals more likely to adopt communications plan over counterparts

Industry News | Wednesday, March 24 2010
Hospitals are more likely to have prepared a business case or strategic plan for unified communications than their counterparts in ambulatory and long-term care facilities, according to a tracking poll from CDW.
 

HIMSS: Nuance rolls out mobile apps, NLP

Conference News | Monday, March 08 2010
Nuance Communications unveiled its advancements in natural language processing (NLP) and its medical mobile apps for smartphones at HIMSS10 last week in Atlanta.
 

HIMSS: 3M introduces platform for physician mobile devices

Conference News | Sunday, March 07 2010
3M Health Information Systems is looking to give "physicians back their mobility" in 2010, David Owen, product line marketing manager, told CMIO at HIMSS10 in Atlanta last week, where the company introduced its Mobile Dictation platform for smartphones, designed for healthcare providers.
 

MacSpeech debuts voice transcription add-on

New Products | Friday, February 12 2010
MacSpeech, a speech recognition vendor for the Macintosh platform, has released MacSpeech Scribe Medical, a personal transcription add-on, at the Macworld Conference and Expo 2010 in San Francisco.
 

JAMIA: Successful hands-free device use depends on training and integration

Portal Exclusives | Thursday, February 11 2010
The effective use of hands-free communication device (HCD) systems depends on how well organizations train users, adapt to the changes brought about by the use of these systems and integrate the systems into the organization’s physical surroundings, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.



 

MedQuist agrees to purchase Spheris, amid Chapter 11 filing

Top Stories | Thursday, February 04 2010
Medical transcription company MedQuist has entered into a “stalking horse” purchase agreement with clinical documentation company Spheris for its domestic business. The agreement must be approved by the courts, as the Franklin, Tenn.-based Spheris recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
 

Driving with the Digital Dashboard Lights On

Cover Story | Tuesday, February 02 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
Recent requirements from the Joint Commission and the American College of Radiology (ACR) add to the growing number of quality demands being placed upon radiology departments. In an increasingly complex regulatory and financial environment, comprehensive quality management processes are essential. The digital dashboard holds the answers to today’s problems—if you only you dare to fully utilize them.
 

Report: SaaS, speech recognition keys to EHR vendors' success

Industry News | Tuesday, January 26 2010
EHR vendors must incorporate software-as-a-service (SaaS) and speech recognition services into their product portfolio if they wish to take advantage of market opportunities in 2010 EHR market, according to a report by market research firm Ovum.
 

RSNA in Review: Mammography, Radiation Dose & iPhones

Cover Story | Tuesday, January 05 2010
Written by Michael Bassett
HIIT080101If the organizers of the 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America even considered the idea of putting together a conference that could skim along quietly underneath the radar, those thoughts ended Nov. 17 when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its controversial revised mammography guidelines.
 

RSNA: Speech recognition brings pros and cons to the radiology report

Conference News | Tuesday, December 01 2009
Written by Gina Narcisi
CHICAGO--The widespread use of speech recognition (SR) has decreased report turnaround time, but also has introduced errors into the radiology report, said Zombor Zoltani, BA, of the University of Maryland, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference on Tuesday.
 

Philips Healthcare sees slight Q3 downturn

Financial News | Tuesday, October 13 2009
Philips Healthcare sales declined 4 percent for the fiscal 2009 third quarter (end-Sept. 30), as double-digit growth in emerging markets was offset by declines in U.S. sales of imaging systems, patient monitoring and clinical care systems.
 

Nuance updates eScription speech platform

New Products | Tuesday, September 29 2009
Nuance Communications has made available version 9 of its eScription on-demand platform for computer-aided medical transcription.
 

Kalorama: ARRA stimulates health IT hardware, software budgets

Industry News | Thursday, August 06 2009
Despite the recession, 56 percent of healthcare organizations in the United States have increased their IT department budgets in 2009, according to a report from the life science market research firm Kalorama Information.
 

Nuance equips London hospital with SpeechMagic

Contracts & Installations | Thursday, June 11 2009
Nuance Communications reported that its speech recognition technology, SpeechMagic, has been deployed at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
 
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Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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