Dictaphone spotlights new pricing, HIPAA capabilities

Feb 15, 2005

DALLAS - Speech recognition and digital dictation firm Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Group of Stratford, CT, introduced several pricing and configuration options for its speech recognition technology at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference yesterday.

Branded under the name ichart 2005, the program features three acquisition options.
The ichart Onsite offers the capability to obtain the company's speech recognition systems in different sizes and models for installation at customer sites, but with payment occurring on a monthly per-line usage basis. Monthly rental charges are also available for certain optional features, Dictaphone said.

The ichart Hosted program offers Dictaphone's existing ichart Internet-based service, which supplies dictation, transcription, and speech recognition systems on an application service provider (ASP) basis. Core pricing is on a per-line basis.

Finally, the ichart Managed Services with Transcription Partners program strengthens the firm's Preferred Service Provider (PSP) program to meet the needs of customers who rely extensively on outsourced transcription services. The program uses several medical transcription service providers editing on the company's Internet-based speech recognition platform. A single per-line rate covers work that is transcribed in traditional fashion, as well as that which is edited from speech recognition, Dictaphone said.

In related news, Dictaphone introduced version 6.5 of its Enterprise Express software. The latest iteration offers productivity features for transcriptionists, security improvements that may assist healthcare providers in meeting their HIPAA obligations, and support for the Windows 2003 operating system, among other new capabilities, according to the company.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
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