MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northeast Regional Medical Center, located in Kirksville, Missouri, recently purchased and completed their implementation of MedQuist’s SpeechQ for Radiology(TM) system. Licensed for 109 beds, the staff at Northeast Regional takes great pride in providing the highest quality care for the residents of northeastern Missouri, right in their own backyard.
Ron Leazer, the hospital’s chief financial officer, is always looking for new processes and technology that allow the hospital to better meet the needs of its patients, medical staff and caregivers. Northeast Regional’s radiologists now use SpeechQ for Radiology’s front-end speech recognition capability to dictate, edit and authenticate (electronically sign) a report in one session. Flexible workflow choices also allow review and correction by medical editors. Editing the recognized text automatically updates each physician’s speech recognition profile, improving speech recognition accuracy.
“Our radiologists can now dictate a case, immediately review it and then electronically sign the report in a single step which significantly reduces our radiology reporting turnaround time,” says Leazer. “Our referring physicians and the hospital caregivers now receive a finalized report within minutes after the exam has been reviewed and interpreted by the radiologist, instead of the hours -- or even a day later -- that was the case before SpeechQ for Radiology. And we have been able to redirect our transcriptionists to other departments, to provide better service to other staff members.”
Northeast Regional Medical Center radiologist, P.M. Williams, D.O. states, “The system was very easy to learn and use. After only 30 minutes of training, which included the voice enrollment process, I was comfortably using the system. In addition, the referring physicians are pleased with how quickly they receive my final reports with SpeechQ for Radiology as I have all my reports complete when I leave the hospital at the end of the day.”
MedQuist, a member of the Philips Group of Companies, is a leading provider of electronic medical transcription, health information and document management products and services. MedQuist provides document workflow management, digital dictation, speech recognition, mobile dictation devices, Web-based transcription, electronic signature, medical coding products and outsourcing services.
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