"Sound Bite" Recognition Boosts Voice Activated Medical Report Software Next Generation Technology Released.SANTA ROSA Santa Rosa, city, Argentina Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1997--Voice Activated Systems Technologies, Inc. ("VAST") has announced a new version of its PC-based medical speech recognition software (SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. ). Do It! uses sound bites sound bite n. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "The box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites" , pick lists and customizable templates to allow physicians hands-free dictation of progress notes, referral letters, prescriptions and reports. Do It! contains a 60,000 vocabulary, customizable templates and macros. The entire system can be controlled by voice command and interfaces with standard medical office computer systems. Do It! provides a 95% accuracy rate and allows corrections to be made on the fly. "Speech recognition software has become very reliable and cost-effective," said Marc Fine, president of VAST. "Do It!'s capabilities go well beyond traditional discreet recognition software and offers improvements over continuous speech recognition software as well." The greatest impact of SRS is that it frees up a physician's time to see more patients, thus generating additional revenues. In addition, SRS has gained popularity as auditing pressures, legal liabilities and the need to quickly turn around referral reports have taken their toll. "Do It! allows physicians to generate far more accurate reports in far less time," said Fine. "A significant percentage of the time it took to make reports can now be used to see patients. And the expense of waiting for a transcriptionist to turn around a referral report and corrections is over." With Do It!, a doctor can generate a 200 word report, customized to his or her's unique style preference, in just a couple of minutes. Speciality versions of Do It! are now available for urology urology Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones. , radiology, opthamology, podiatry podiatry (pōdī`ətrē, pə–), science concerned with disorders, diseases, and deformities of the feet, also called chiropody. Podiatrists treat such common conditions as bunions, corns and calluses, and ingrown toenails. and chiropractic chiropractic (kīrəprăk`tĭk) [Gr.,=doing by hand], medical practice based on the theory that all disease results from a disruption of the functions of the nerves. . A specialized version of Do It! that will also compile and report government mandated statistics is currently under development for mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her centers Do IT! requires a Windows 95-based, Pentium 133 with 32 MB of RAM or more, Soundblaster 16 card and MicroSoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. 7.0. A DOS version is also available. VAST develops and markets PC-based medical speech recognition systems for physicians. VAST was formed after a Santa Rosa doctor, tired of routine note-taking tasks, consulted a patient who was a computer programmer about speech recognition as a viable option to manual charting or transcription. The company was incorporated in 1993, and its first product, E-Voice NoteTaker, was released in 1994, and is used by more than 100 doctors and hospitals throughout the U.S. CONTACT: Voice Activated Systems Technologies, Inc. Marc Fine, 707/573-8800 VoiceActiv@aol.Com www.voiceactivated.com or Kimberli & Company Kimberli Munkres, 707/578-0377 kimandco@wco.com |
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