iChart leverages Nuance's industry-proven Dictaphone Enterprise Express® dictation/transcription software to orchestrate the exchange of voice, text, and data through the iChart system, and then, throughout the healthcare facility. This is the same robust software in use today in over 2,500 hospitals and clinics!

A powerful set of applications offers complete control in customizing the system to individual organizational workflow requirements and user preferences. Superior Pooling capabilities balance daily transcription loads using sophis-ticated features that automatically manage, prioritize, and delegate dictation based upon your organization's priorities.

• Electronic Signature
  The Dictaphone iChart Workstation also provides complete electronic signature capability, another time-saver. This feature can be used with or without speech recognition self-editing. After review, one click of the signature button signs the report and sends it back to the dictation/transcription system for automatic distribution. An immediate copy of the electronically signed report can also be created via a workstation-connected printer.
• Intelligent Report Distribution
  A powerful option of the iChart system is intelligent report distribution, which significantly reduces staff processing time and maximizes report turnaround time. Transcribed reports can be automatically routed—in batch or real-time—over the Internet to connected printers, fax machines and e-mail addresses. Additionally, reports can be automatically uploaded to data repositories at your facility after completion.
• The iChart Data Center: Staffed, Secure, Scalable
  The command center for iChart is Dictaphone’s own Data Center, which today is processing over 20 million lines of dictation per month. Hardware and network infrastructure are regularly upgraded to the latest technology to support growth in the Data Center. You are able to stay current with technology without the capital investments! Security is an understandable concern for all healthcare providers. Dictaphone uses the highest current level of available encryption software as well as VPN technology to insure security. Security and access policies and procedures are in place at the data center in line with best practices.
• iChart Voice Recovery
  System backup and recovery from failures are important considerations for all organizations today. iChart provides an Internet alternative to acquiring a complete onsite backup Enterprise Express dictation system. For a monthly fee, iChart offers access to the Data Center system, which is maintained with appropriate user information to permit you to move physicians over to this system to keep dictating while the onsite system is not is use. Once the local system is restored, transcriptionists can access the work at iChart for completion.

• Gain Internet access to industry-leading speech recognition and dictation/ transcription software that integrates easily with your present workflow.
• Reduce the need for on-site equipment and capital investment.
• Reduce report turnaround time dramatically, while better managing demanding report volumes.
• Offer physicians "once-and-done" reporting control, with dictation short-cuts and electronic signature capabilities, accessible via the web-based iChart Workstation.
• Ease speech recognition introduction to organizations with heavy reliance on outsourced transcription with Dictaphone's Preferred Service Provider (PSP) network of thousands of medical transcriptionists across the country.