Brighton and Sussex deploys digital dictation
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has deployed new digital dictation and speech recognition software which will fully integrate with their existing patient administration system (PAS). The trust has rolled out the WinScribe digital dictation system from suppliers, SRC, across the trust, covering 25 departments and over 800 users. The aim of the system is to improve […]
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60 Seconds Interview: Barry Cotton
In our latest 60 second interview on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez quizzes Barry Cotton, head of imaging at the Homerton Foundation Trust.
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Philips speech recognition now Citrix Ready
Royal Philips Electronics have announced that their speech recognition system SpeechMagic has successfully received ‘Citrix Ready’ status, which will allow thousands of clinicians to remotely access speech recognition from any location. The SpeechMagic system is already used by thousands of clinicians globally and Philips say that thanks to the Citrix technology it will now be […]
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Homerton switches to speech recognition in radiology
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has deployed a new Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition system into its radiology department. The North-east London trust had been operating a Cerner EPR RADnet digital dictation system for sometime but decided to improve its reporting with speech recognition. The Naturally Speaking system sits on top of the original […]
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Sherwood Forest roll-out wireless voice badges
Staff at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from new wireless voice badges, allowing them to communicate with patients and staff handsfree. The new system is called the BT Managed Vocera. The Vocera communicators allow nurses to reach staff simply by saying their name. The devices can also broadcast to […]
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NHS Supply Chain uses voice to monitor stock
NHS Supply Chain, the privatised NHS logistics service now run by DHL, has signed a deal with voice recognition specialists VoiteQ for a voice picking system so that staff can use their voices to confirm stock movements through wearable computers. NHS Supply Chain has installed the Vocollect Voice system in its Alfreton distribution centre. Staff now […]
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Speech recognition helps King’s meet cancer target
Speech recognition technology has helped produce a 50% reduction in diagnostic reporting times according to a report of a recent cancer treatment trial at King’s College Hospital, London. The trial, conducted by the South East London Cancer Network, was designed to find a solution that would reduce report creation times to meet NHS waiting time […]
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Voice recognition on the web for clinical data entry
A Glasgow-based company has developed a voice recognition system aimed at healthcare professionals that enables them to speak into their clinical systems over any web browser. The Voice Messenger system, which is being launched by Voice Technologies at next week’s UK Radiological Congress in Manchester, sits on a web server and receives voice data over […]
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Awards gallery
Photos of the winners and speakers at last week’s
E-Health Innovation Awards ceremony in London, organised by E-Health Insider and Intellect.
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E-Health Innovation Awards winners announced
Health technology projects that help diabetic patients, speed up results reporting for X-rays and scans and deliver vital information for organ transplant teams were among the winning entries in the first E-Health Innovation Awards 2005. The awards, organised by Intellect and E-Health Insider, have been designed to highlight the application and use of innovative ICT […]
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