Leeds and York takes BigHand
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is implementing a trust-wide digital dictation and workflow management system.
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Kingston picks BigHand from framework
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has chosen BigHand for a digital dictation project that will be used to reduce the turnaround time for GP letters from outpatient clinics to five days.
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BigHand wins contract in the North East
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to implement digital dictation in its orthopaedic department in April.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ deploys BigHand
BigHand has announced that Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has successfully deployed its digital dictation system across its 22 directorates.
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Dictation framework ramps up deals
Four more voice technology contracts have been awarded under the framework agreement drawn up by the NHS Yorkshire and Humber Collaborative Procurement Hub last year. Two of the main suppliers to the framework deal, which allows trusts to contract a system without going through a lengthy OJEU tendering process, have both won significant contracts for digital […]
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BigHand cuts practice turnaround times
BigHand says that its digital dictation workflow technology has improved the turnaround time for patient notes by 40% at one GP practice. BigHand technology has replaced analogue tape dictation equipment for ten GPs and five secretaries at the Yaxley Group Practice in Peterborough. Before the installation, GPs often found that the tapes would break and […]
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EHI Awards finalists unveiled
Seven win £20m digital dictation deals
Seven suppliers of digital dictation, voice recognition and outsource transcription software have been awarded a framework contract covering the supply and deliver of systems to more than 200 NHS trusts across the country
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Worthing and Southlands deploys BigHand
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust has been able to deliver same day referral letters as a result of implementing a digital dictation workflow system from BigHand. The technology allows the trust’s 300 users to record and instantly submit dictations to the workflow system, so secretaries can immediately begin to transcribe them. Secretaries are able […]
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Sheffield’s BigHand for digital dictation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a digital dictation system to cover 1,000 users across five hospitals on two campuses. The implementation of the BigHand digital dictation workflow system may be one of the biggest roll outs of digital dictation technology in the NHS, and the company claims it has allowed the trust […]
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