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Barts and the London award largest NHS transcription contract to
Dictate IT
21 July 2010
Barts and The London NHS Trust has awarded Dictate IT the UK’s
largest ever outsourced transcription contract. The contract will run
for three years and is aimed at helping the trust reach planned savings
targets.
The 1,400-bed trust awarded the contract based on a ‘fee per line’
model promoted by Dictate IT. Barts will only pay for dictation that has
been transcribed, and will benefit from installation training and 'Superuser'
training as part of the contract.
The system has been tailored to integrate with the trust’s current
electronic patient record system and will simplify the digital storage
of transcribed reports.
Mark Miller, MD at Dictate IT said: “This is the largest outsourced
transcription contract ever awarded in the UK and Dictate IT is the sole
supplier. We guarantee 98.5% accuracy and a turnaround time of 24hrs.
This will not only assist the trust in meeting clinical record
guidelines, but could also lead to 40% resource cost savings through
reductions in agency staff, overtime, stationery and transcription
backlogs. In the present political and economic climate making savings
such as these is crucial.”
Besides fully integrating with the Trust's document management
system, a key feature of the Dictate IT offering is the advanced
functionality that allows consultants to review and approve documents
quickly and simply via a web-based interface.
Helen Wensley, IT Project Manager at Barts and the London NHS Trust
commented: “The trust followed a thorough procurement process in which
several companies tendered for this contract. Dictate IT was identified
as the best contract option.”
The contract falls under a 2009 Framework Agreement to supply digital
dictation, outsourced transcription and speech recognition to 200 NHS
Trusts (including acute care trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health
trusts and primary care trusts).
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