Lanier Healthcare Introduces Cquence Workgroup; New Software Application Allows for Fast, Convenient Electronic Transmission of Voice Documents.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 Lanier Healthcare, which offers software applications to help health care professionals create and manage mission-critical information, has developed Cquence(R) WorkGroup, an easy-to-use digital dictation Digital dictation is a method of recording and editing the spoken word in real-time within a digital audio format. Digital dictation offers several advantages over traditional cassette tape based dictation: Cquence WorkGroup allows a user to send voice files over a computer network or via e-mail to transcriptionists, who are automatically notified when a file is delivered to them. Transcriptionists use Lanier Healthcare's WorkGroup Player or Off-Site Player to play and transcribe To copy data from one medium to another; for example, from one source document to another, or from a source document to the computer. It often implies a change of format or codes. the voice document using a foot control and headset connected to their computer. Individuals can dictate a voice file through three methods: CquenceM3, a lightweight, portable digital recorder See DVR and CD-R. ; WorkGroup Recorder, a microphone that plugs into a personal computer; or Call-In via a touch-tone telephone. Voice documents are downloaded into or created on a PC and then transferred into the WorkGroup system See groupware and workgroup-based network. for transcription. In addition to Player and Off-Site Player, the WorkGroup family of software includes Administrator, which provides tools to manage WorkGroup users and voice documents, and Mailer (1) An e-mail program. See e-mail program. (2) A message sent by an e-mail program. (3) A person or organization sending e-mail. , which automatically distributes voice documents to off-site transcriptionists. Lanier Healthcare expects WorkGroup to serve small to mid-size physician practices, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
"Cquence WorkGroup offers a number of important advantages for a variety of customers," says Dennis Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of Lanier Healthcare. "It's convenient - users can dictate anytime and anywhere. Using Cquence M3, they can dictate where they're serving patients or clients, which means information should be very accurate and complete. It's efficient - WorkGroup eliminates tape delivery, management and loss, which also should reduce costs. And it increases productivity - electronic delivery eliminates bottlenecks and gaps in work, and records can be transcribed faster." The ability to e-mail voice files to remote transcriptionists is a key feature of Cquence WorkGroup, Mahoney says. "Off-site transcriptionists typically need a dedicated telephone line to send and receive work, which adds unnecessary expenses," he says. "WorkGroup voice files can be e-mailed over the Internet, using standard e-mail software, eliminating costs." WorkGroup is part of the Cquence family, an award-winning suite of applications that manages each progressive stage in the life of a medical document: creation, completion, distribution and retention. The Cquence family includes speech recognition, dictation, transcription, electronic signature and other products. Lanier Healthcare Lanier Healthcare (www.lanierhealthcare.com), based in Atlanta, is focused on the delivery of enterprise and Web applications targeting the creation and connection of mission-critical health information, including transcription, dictation, electronic signature and speech recognition solutions. The company has an established customer base of more than 285,000 physicians, a 50 percent market share in acute care hospitals, and approximately 480 employees. Lanier Healthcare is a Platinum Equity Platinum Equity is an American information technology and private equity firm. It was founded by billionaire Tom Gores in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. company. Platinum Equity Platinum Equity (www.peh.com) is one of the largest and fastest-growing private buyout firms in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , specializing in the acquisition and operation of global, mission-critical technology companies. Since the company's founding in 1995, Platinum has completed nearly 40 transactions of global, mission-critical companies with leading Fortune 500 corporations including Williams Communications, Motorola, Staples, Fujitsu, WorldCom, AT&T and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Today, Platinum Equity has a multi-billion dollar revenue base, an established infrastructure in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and a workforce of more than 15,000 employees serving more than 500,000 customers throughout the world. Platinum Equity was recently ranked by Forbes magazine as the 75th largest private company in the United States. |
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