Fusion SpeechEMR

Words Matter: Best Practices for Dictating in an EMR Setting

By Selena Chavis for For The Record Vol. 28 No. 4 P. 14 As HIT matures, dictation and transcription models continue to evolve. It’s a situation being closely monitored by health care organizations concerned about the fallout from potential productivity losses and physician outcry over clunky EMR documentation workflows. To combat these fears, many facilities are…

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Time to Capture Data in a Way Not Burdensome to MDs

By Mark Hagland for HCI | Healthcare Informatics Rush University Medical Center CMIO Brian Patty, M.D., shares his perspectives on physician documentation reform As the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) has moved towards universalization, one of the unfortunate unintended consequences of the rapid shift to electronic form for patient records has been that of…

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Dolbey Sweeps KLAS Research Speech Recognition Categories

CINCINNATI, OH – For the fourth consecutive year (2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015/2016), Dolbey was named Best in KLAS for Speech Recognition. Dolbey earned this year’s 2015/2016 Best in KLAS award for its patented Fusion SpeechEMR® front-end speech software. Dolbey’s back-end speech product, Fusion Speech®, also earned the 2015/2016 KLAS Category Leader award for the…

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The End of Meaningful Use: 6 Health IT Leaders React

By Akanksha Jayanthi and Max Green for Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review January 15, 2016 While CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt’s announcement of the end of meaningful use was met with a collective sigh of relief from the healthcare industry, questions, concerns and expectations regarding the future remain. Though frustrating, many IT leaders do…

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The Essentials of Medical Necessity

By Laurie Desjardins, CPC-I for For The Record Vol. 27 No. 11 P. 6 The Social Security Act defines medical necessity as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, no payment may be made under Part A or Part B for any expenses incurred for items or services, which are not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis…

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The Value of Unlocking Unstructured Patient Data

Written by John Smithwick for Healthcare Intelligence Network Getting patients diagnosed correctly and treated appropriately depends on providers gathering both quantitative data, which is typically structured, and qualitative data, which is typically unstructured. When comparing both types of data, it’s more challenging to manage and derive value from unstructured data. Structured data is that which…

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Pentagon gets ready to award big contract for electronic medical records

By Amy Ellis Nutt and Amy Brittain for The Washington Post The Pentagon is poised within days to award one of the most coveted health information-technology contracts in history — the first phase of a deal that could ultimately be worth more than $10.5 billon over the 18-year life of the contract. This is the…

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Dolbey Speech Recognition Awarded Best in KLAS for 3rd Consecutive Year

Dolbey’s patented Fusion SpeechEMR ranks #1 CINCINNATI, OH – For the third consecutive year, a Dolbey speech recognition solution was named Best in KLAS. Dolbey earned this year’s Best in KLAS award for its patented Fusion SpeechEMR® front-end speech software. In addition, Dolbey’s back-end speech product, Fusion Speech®, earned the 2014 KLAS Category Leader award…

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