Healthcare software developer Vocada has released its VoiceLink directory synchronization service, VoiceLink Sync, which enables hospitals to synchronize internal medical staff databases automatically with the Dallas-based company's VoiceLink directory.
The Web-based product integrates with a hospital's information systems, and requires no additional investment in software or hardware, the developer said. When the hospital updates its physician directory, VoiceLink Sync simultaneously updates the directory information in VoiceLink A one-time license fee is charged for the application, according to Vocada.
The VoiceLink system enables a reporting clinician, such as a radiologist or pathologist, to send a verbal report of a critical patient finding to an ordering clinician. As soon as the verbal report is created, the ordering clinician receives an alert and can retrieve the report by phone, Vocada said.
The system continues to send alerts until the report is retrieved and notes in a database when the report is received. The reporting clinician can monitor the process and status of reports via the Web. The entire process, including the original voice recording, is archived and remains searchable for 10 or more years, the vendor said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 22, 2005
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