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East Midlands procurement hub selects SRC for voice products
16 April 2008
The East Midlands re:source procurement hub has selected SRC as a
preferred supplier of digital dictation and speech recognition solutions
across the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area.
The award
enables all NHS trusts across Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire,
Leicestershire County & Rutland and Northamptonshire to contract with
SRC for the provision of digital dictation and speech recognition
solutions without the need to carry out their own tendering processes.
Trusts in the region can replace their inefficient tape-based
analogue dictation equipment with digital systems incorporating advanced
workflow capability, which significantly simplifies and shortens the
dictation and document creation process.
Doctors and authors will be able to dictate
anywhere and instantly transfer digital audio files to secretaries for rapid transcription.
Secretaries will
then be able to view the details of all dictations, for example priority,
length of dictation, author, and consequently manage their workloads
more efficiently.
The solution provides the option of using speech-recognition software in order to produce automated drafts of dictations
for review and correction by either the author or a secretary. The
system also provides administrators with the flexibility to eliminate
backlogs by reassigning, sharing or even outsourcing work, as well as
providing accurate data for the review of dictation processes and
resource planning.
Maninder Dulku, Purchasing Manager at
re:source procurement hub said: “We are constantly investigating new
technologies which our member Trusts can use to streamline processes and
thereby improve patient Referral to Treatment (RTT) times. SRC clearly
understood our objectives for the project and have the best solution and
services coupled with a proven deployment track record.”
Chris Hart, CEO at SRC said: “We are delighted to have been awarded
the East Midlands contract. We now look forward to working in partnership with member
trusts to understand their specific needs and objectives and to complete
the timely delivery of projects which will provide real improvements in
document creation efficiencies, staff empowerment and sustainable
pathway timescales.”
SRC has already delivered digital dictation and speech recognition
solutions to the following NHS Trusts: Chesterfield Royal,
Dudley Group of Hospitals, Homerton Hospital, Royal West Sussex,
Brighton and Sussex, Hammersmith and Charing Cross and North West London
Hospitals.
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