Duke University Health System will implement cloud-based speech recognition technology from Franklin, Tenn.-based M*Modal, in support of its Epic EHR rollout. The tools will be made available to more than 1,000 inpatient and ambulatory care physicians upon the EHR's implementation.
Passport Health Communications, which develops revenue cycle and patient access software, has purchased Hazlet, N.J.-based STAT Technologies. The deal, which brings enterprise scheduling to the firm's IT portfolio, helps improve its Passport eCare suite, officials say.
M*Modal has partnered with Chicago-based Merge Healthcare to integrate its speech recognition and natural language understanding (NLU) technology across Merge's portfolio of imaging and IT offerings.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with IASIS Healthcare® LLC for the deployment of NextGen Practice Management and its full-service revenue cycle management (RCM) offering, NextGen Practice Solutions.
– It's been a busy summer on the transcription and speech recognition front. In one week this past month, two separate and significant mergers were announced.
MedQuist, a provider of integrated clinical documentation solutions for healthcare, has announced its acquisition of Pittsburgh-based speech recognition technology developer M*Modal for $130 million.
M*Modal and WebChartMD announced the integration of M*Modal's speech understanding technology into the WebChartMD platform. The technology, now part of WebChartMD's transcription workflow platform, is already being adopted by the almost 100 medical transcription service organizations currently using the WebChartMD platform.
Three healthcare IT companies will submit bids at the April 13 auction for the assets of Spheris, the nation’s second largest medical transcription provider, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 3.
Vocollect, Inc. and Boston Software Systems have announced a partnership to use Boston WorkStation automation technology to enable Vocollect's AccuNurse voice-assisted care to integrate with MEDITECH and other healthcare platforms.
eClinicalWorks has announced that Correctional Medical Services, Inc., a provider of health services for prisons and jails throughout the country, will implement the company's electronic medical records solution in affiliated correctional facilities.
Meta Health Technology, a New York-based developer of health information management solutions, has announced that Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, has licensed the company's patient chart abstracting software - the company's first contract in Asia.
September 18, 2009
