Caritas Christi Health Care Signs Agreement to Integrate AM Technologies' Speech Recognition System as Key Component of Its 'Office of the Future'.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers NEWTON, Mass. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004 WHYTYPE(R) Medical System Increases Productivity of Medical Professionals While Reducing Hospitals' Costs AM Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of speech recognition systems, announced today that Caritas Christi Health Care has selected its WHY TYPE(R) Medical System as the preferred speech recognition system for medical providers in physician's offices. As part of the signed agreement, AM Technologies will integrate its WHY TYPE(R) Medical System into Caritas Christi's "office of the future," enabling medical professionals to voice-activate their wireless tablet computers A complete computer contained in a touch screen. Tablet computers can be specialized for only Internet use or be full-blown, general-purpose PCs with all the bells and whistles of a desktop unit. throughout their facility. "Accuracy of clinical information and immediate availability are important results of this system, however, we cannot overlook the cost savings. I believe that the implementation of the WHY TYPE(R) Medical System by our providers will pay for itself in only a few months by avoiding costly transcription," states John P. Burke, senior vice president and chief information officer at Caritas Christi Health Care in Boston. Burke continues, " With the WHY TYPE(R) Medical System, physician assistants carrying laptops during rounds will immediately document their medical notes at the point of patient care. The laptops are connected to the hospital's information system, so when the dictation is complete the patient encounter is available to other providers throughout the existing network." With this agreement, AM Technologies, Inc. becomes Caritas Christi Health Care's leading provider of computer-based speech recognition technology to physicians and medical personnel affiliated with the six acute care hospitals of Caritas Christi: Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Caritas Good Samaritan Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan Medical Center, Saint Anne's Hospital, Caritas Holy Family Hospital, Caritas Norwood Hospital and Caritas Carney Hospital Carney Hospital is a community teaching hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center. The hospital had its beginnings in 1863 in South Boston. It was the first Catholic hospital in New England. . "Caritas Christi selected the WHY TYPE(R) Medical System because of its ability to increase the productivity of medical personnel while reducing transcription costs. The system provides superior accuracy and usability, and is complemented by training and support provided by AM Technologies," said Francis X. Campion campion: see pink. campion Any of the ornamental rock-garden or border plants that make up the genus Silene, of the pink family, consisting of about 500 species of herbaceous plants found throughout the world. , MD, vice president for clinical integration at Caritas Christi Health Care. "We are honored Caritas Christi selected our company as the preferred vendor for computer-based speech recognition systems, and are committed to continued outstanding service," said Andrew J. Meshulam, president, AM Technologies, Inc. "A number of specialists at Caritas Christi already reap the benefits of WHY TYPE's reliability and accuracy - they are spending more time with their patients instead of laboriously la·bo·ri·ous adj. 1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work: spent many laborious hours on the project. 2. Hard-working; industrious. handwriting HANDWRITING, evidence. Almost every person's handwriting has something whereby it may be distinguished from the writing of others, and this difference is sometimes intended by the term. 2. or typing medical notes, while contributing to their hospitals' medical recording cost reduction. We look forward to partnering with Caritas Christi as it rolls out speech recognition technology as an enabler of better patient care throughout its hospital network." About WHYTYPE AM Technologies' WHY TYPE(R) Medical System is specifically designed for medical professionals to create patient records, medical reports, notes, correspondence, and other documents by using voice. The WHY TYPE(R) Medical System includes a proprietary and customized training program. The system features a comprehensive medical vocabulary, and optimization of medical terms can be provided for each medical specialty medical specialty Any specialty that provides non-interventional Pt management, ie with drugs, or with minimum intervention–eg, balloon catheterization Examples Internal medicine–allergy and immunology, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, to increase speed, accuracy and performance. The WHY TYPE(R) Medical System is currently used by a number of professionals in specialized medical and healthcare information management markets (see website www.whytype.com). Simply by speaking, users create text, issue commands, and enter and access data, which enables convenient, immediate and legible leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. means for medical records documentation, while providing hospitals with savings from transcription costs. About Caritas Christi Health Care Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , is a comprehensive, integrated Catholic health care delivery network providing community-based medicine and tertiary care tertiary care Managed care The most specialized health care, administered to Pts with complex diseases who may require high-risk pharmacologic regimens, surgical procedures, or high-cost high-tech resources; TC is provided in 'tertiary care centers', often in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. . Acute care hospitals in the system include Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton; Caritas Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; Caritas Norwood Hospital; Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston; and Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River. Non-acute facilities include Caritas Home Care; Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. ; Caritas Medical Groups; Laboure College; Por Cristo; St Joseph Nursing Care Center; and Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center. Visit www.caritaschristi.org for more information. About AM Technologies, Inc. AM Technologies, Inc., is a leading provider of PC-based speech recognition systems. The company develops, markets and supports high-performance, cost-effective speech solutions that empower users with convenient, yet accurate record keeping, while enabling organizations substantial savings over transcription costs. Founded in 1994, AM Technologies is privately held and is located in Newton, Massachusetts The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, is an important residential suburb of Boston, which abuts it on the east. According to the 2000 census, the population of the Newton was 83,829, making it the tenth largest city in the state. . It has also developed products geared toward legal, executive, and disabled users respectively with its WHY TYPE(R) Legal System, WHY TYPE(R) Executive System and WHY TYPE(R) Hands-Free System. For scheduling product demos or any sales requests, contact Daniel Cuphone at 800-WHY-TYPE(R) or dcuphone@whytype.com WHY TYPE, WHY TYPE Medical System, WHY TYPE Legal System, WHY TYPE Executive System and WHY TYPE Hands-Free System are registered trademarks of AM Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks listed herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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