Speech recognition has fulfilled its promise of cutting patient report turnaround times and the significant cost of transcription. Yet many clinics, groups, and even hospitals face barriers to acquiring and supporting this high-productivity technology. Dictaphone iChart from Nuance is a new way for healthcare organizations to acquire leading speech recognition and dictation technology through a comprehensive Internet subscription-based ASP service. iChart offers direct access to Nuance speech recognition and dictation software located at our secure iChart Data Center -- without either the initial capital outlay or the need for resources to implement and maintain systems in-house.

With iChart, traditional transcription and speech recognition are both options, and either type of work can be managed side-by-side with full visibility for administrators. Voice files designated for recognition are routed through the iChart engine.

iChart is perfect for:

• Physician Groups, Clinics, and Hospitals without available IT staff or resources to support an on-premise hardware/software solution.
• Organizations who wish to deploy speech recognition technology with a combination of Dictaphone technology and outsourced transcription/editing.
• Transcription services companies who want an alternative to capital investment for their dictation and transcription system. iChart allows service companies to scale their systems as their business grows.

Key to the success of iChart is its ability to offer physicians dictation choices that match personal preferences as well as the needs of the healthcare facility:

• Telephone Dictation
  Although Internet-based, the iChart software offers direct telephone access, letting you easily bring the benefits of speech recognition/digital dictation to any physician in your facility. iChart can also be used with Dictaphone’s popular Connexions phone dictate station.
• PC-based Dictation
  Using Dictaphone iChart Workstation and a specially designed dictation microphone, physicians can dictate from any browser-enabled PC and view reports for electronic signature.
• Mobile Dictation
  Nuance also offers Dictaphone GoMD wireless PocketPC PDA applications for providers that prefer mobile dictation and quick access to patient information. Dictation is automatically and securely transmitted to the iChart Data Center for processing.