VIP/FUSION News

Dolbey Integrates Philips SpeechExec for iPhone and BlackBerry

2011-06-13T15:29:00.000-07:00

Dolbey Integrates Philips SpeechExec for iPhone and BlackBerry

Dolbey’s dictation and transcription workflow solutions now support the mobile dictation applications from Philips Speech Processing. Philips SpeechExec applications for iPhone and Blackberry devices provide a wireless dictation tool that securely sends dictations over a network or Internet connection.

Dolbey’s dictation workflow solutions include Fusion Voice for enterprise dictation management and Atom Dictation for dictation workgroups. Both of these platforms now support the use of the SpeechExec for iPhone and Blackberry devices including capturing the recorded voice as well as the dictation identifiers such as date, time, subject and author.

The software is offered to mobile users as a low cost annual license. It can be managed completely on-premise or by utilizing Dolbey’s hosted, cloud distribution server. Both provide for delivering mobile dictations to the customer’s systems securely.

“Philips Speech Processing has been a great partner of Dolbey’s for many years and we are excited to team up with them in offering this new and exciting product and platform,” states Kris Wilson, President of Dolbey Systems. “We support a great many Philips products on our software including SpeechMikes for dictation and speech recognition, digital voice recorders, transcription headsets and foot pedals. The iPhone and BlackBerry applications are a great addition for both our healthcare and legal customers alike.”

Dolbey System Inc. releases new case study on our newest speech recognition customer

2010-03-29T16:09:00.000-07:00

Versatile Information Products, Inc. and Dolbey System Inc. partnered on the implementation of the Fusion System for Scottsdale Healthcare maintaining the emphasis on the local relationship with more local support and service than any other company in the industry. HIM Director at Scottsdale Healthcare Robin Furlong commented on her experience with VIP and Dolby. "Since the day we signed the contract with Dolbey/Fusion, we were treated like royalty. We hit all of our milestones and our go live dates. Fusion's staff is very responsible, flexible, knowledgeable, and professional. They made a challenging project flow without any glitches. I highly recommend installing Fusion transcription/dictation platform."

At Versatile Information Products Inc. were are very proud of our realtionship with Scottsdale Healthcare and now you can read about are new client in the recently released case study from Dolbey System Inc.

http://www.versatileinformation.com/fusion_news_scottsdale.htm

Fore more information please contact Donna Elliott, Versatile Information Products, Inc @ 1-800-794-4044 x 300

Fusion Forum 2010

2010-02-22T13:59:00.000-08:00

User's Conference and Training Workshop

Every two years Dolbey has a User's Conference to provide training to existing users and potential customers on the entire Fusion Suite.

Why Attend?

Hear straight from other customers how Fusion works for them.
See how to better leverage your current workflow.
Learn from people like you who are tackling similar challenges.
Gain tips, tricks, and tools for the Fusion Suite™.
Get updates on new features and software.

Please join us at the Dolbey User's Conference and Training Workshop being held at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, FL, September 23-24, 2010.

Plan to stay at the Gaylord to attend AHIMA's annual Convention and Exhibit, September 25-30, 2010.

Contact VIP for more information or Click Here to pre-register.

2009-10-06T15:04:00.000-07:00

Adventist Health System Signs Agreement with Dolbey to Implement Fusion CAC Powered by EMscribe, Computer-Assisted Coding Solution

CONCORD, Ohio--September 09, -- Dolbey Systems, Inc. and Adventist Health System have signed an agreement to implement Fusion CAC™ Powered by EMscribe™, Dolbey’s computer-assisted coding solution. Dolbey will install Fusion CAC across the Adventist Health System’s 33 hospitals spanning 9 states including the nation’s busiest hospital, Florida Hospital. Fusion CAC will be deployed to enhance both the inpatient and outpatient medical coding process by pre-coding charts with both ICD9 and CPT-4 codes. Computer-assisted coding software from Dolbey, powered by the patent-pending natural language processing (NLP) engine EMscribe, is an innovative technology that uses algorithmic, clinical language analysis of an entire patient chart to suggest codes. Starting with pre-coded charts enables Medical Coders to focus their skilled expertise on coding accuracy, consistency and rule compliance. Fusion CAC results in a streamlined coding workflow, enhances the revenue cycle process and provides for more accurate, consistent and timely reimbursement outcomes.

“This opportunity will allow Dolbey and Adventist Health System to prove computer-assisted coding’s efficiencies and results in one of the most successful health systems. Adventist Health System’s senior leadership has a vision of new, inventive ways that computer-assisted coding can positively impact not just the coding and billing process for revenue but to proactively drive precise patient care for quality outcomes,” states Chris Casto, Vice President of Dolbey Systems.

Elliott Familant, chief architect of the NLP technology that drives Fusion CAC, states, “Adventist Health System has seen a great potential in Fusion CAC for automating coding workflow, pre- and post-auditing of coding events, increasing productivity of human coders and providing tools to all levels of healthcare case management.”

Fusion computer-assisted coding technology is one component of an integrated Health Information Management Fusion Suite offered by Dolbey to healthcare that also includes Fusion Voice for dictation management, Fusion Text for transcription and document management and Fusion Expert and Speech for both front-end and back-end speech recognition for healthcare.

About Adventist Health System
Adventist Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare organization that emphasizes Christ at the center of care. Founded in 1973 to support and strengthen Seventh-day Adventist healthcare organizations in the Southern and Southwestern regions of the United States, Adventist Health System has quickly grown to become the largest not-for-profit Protestant healthcare provider in the nation.
Today, Adventist Health System supports 33 hospitals. Adventist Health System’s flagship, Florida Hospital is one of the largest healthcare providers in America and a national leader in cardiac care. Established in 1908, Florida Hospital now includes almost 2,200 beds on seven campuses. Florida Hospital is dedicated to improving lives not only in Central Florida, but also around the world. As a destination hospital, it is committed to serving the healthcare needs of its patients with a holistic approach to heal the mind, body and spirit, striving to be the hospital of choice for patients, physicians and employees.

About Dolbey
Dolbey’s innovative technologies share a long and proud history. In 1914 John Dolbey formed a partnership with Thomas A. Edison to make available the earliest dictation inventions to the business community. During the 20th century, as dictation evolved from the wax cylinder to today’s digital recording, Dolbey & Company, Inc. successfully navigated these revolutionary changes.

In the mid-1980s Dolbey & Company began developing its own medical transcription and document management software, laying the groundwork for today’s robust suite of Fusion Text® and Fusion Speech® transcription and speech recognition products and modules. In 1994 Dolbey Systems, Inc., was formed and became a close partner, concentrating on dictation and coding systems. Dolbey Systems’ Fusion Voice® and Fusion CAC® have become integral parts of the Fusion Suite™ of products.

Together, the Dolbey companies have built an integrated solution for dictation, transcription, speech recognition, document management, and computer-assisted coding. Our solutions focus on providing solutions that assist in managing the collaborative workflow process in healthcare from over 40 authorized sales, service and support centers nationwide.

Donna Elliott, Versatile Information Products, Inc @ 1-800-794-4044 x 300. AHIMA, Dallas, TX Booth 1023

Computer Assisted Coding, A Look into the Future of Coding.

2009-08-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

Fusion CAC is computer-assisted coding software designed to enhance your inpatient and outpatient coding process by speeding revenue capture and diminishing the risk of coding errors, variability and regulatory examination.

Fusion CAC does not replace your coders or your coding system. Fusion CAC is designed to supplement your coding effort to reduce backlog and the DNFB and /or reduce or eliminate your dependency on expensive outsourcing. Fusion CAC utilizes a natural language processing (NLP) engine that ‘reads’ the text of a patient’s chart and automatically assigns highly accurate codes. Your medical coders are presented with a chart, already coded, for verification and validation before submission to your existing encoder solution. This process dramatically increases a coders speed and accuracy in completing charts.

“Keys to Increasing Coder Productivity”

What if we have a paper chart?
Most facilities work with a paper chart but, what is not realized is that about 90% of that paper comes from an electronic system. We integrate to capture the electronic copies that are found in your transcription, lab, cardiology, pathology, and other systems.

Natural Language Processing (NLP)
NLP is a software technology that uses artificial intelligence to extract pertinent data and terms from a text-based document and convert them into a set of medical codes to be used or edited by a coding professional. NLP allows the physician to dictate as they would normally. Natural Language Understand will pick up pivotal key words or phrases even if not presented the same.

For example, “Bronchogenic Carcinoma” is said in one section of the patients chart but “Lung Cancer” is mentioned in a different section. Both terms would code the same based on how the engine reads and assigns codes.

Benefits of the CAC technology:

Increase Coder Productivity
Using Fusion CAC will allow your coders to work with a pre-coded chart to verify, validate, and complete the codes presented by the NLP software. Since the coder does not need to start from scratch, the time to code a patient chart is dramatically reduced.
Customer results indicate that the time to code outpatient charts can be reduced by over 80%.

Decreasing Coder Variability
Code variability between coders is a reality. Fusion CAC codes consistently and without this human variation. Therefore, coders are presented charts with predictable and unvarying set of codes to diagnosis to reduce or eliminate code inconsistency.

CAC can help with impacts to the coding industry:

Recovery Audit Contractors:
The ability to respond to an audit with precision is essential. With Fusion CAC a chart and the entire coding event is stored for future searches. Internal coding reviews as well as external coding audits are aided by the hyper-linking of resulting codes to the exact documents and keywords in the chart that resulted in the billing codes.

Present on Admission:
Fusion CAC can assist in automating this function by presenting a POA summary sheet with pre-selected status codes for coder verification before submission. This module further reduces manual intervention in reporting these pay-for-performance initiatives.

Recovery Re-Submission:
This module is extremely beneficial to all facilities that are looking to increase efficiency by maintaining a reduced DNFB interval coupled with squeezing out and retrieving missing revenue by processing all the components of the patient chart that might affect the case reimbursement. Additionally, a fully completed chart increases the accessibility of data and addresses chart thoroughness as well directly impacting incomplete submissions, a source of lost revenue.

Fusion's CAC delivers high functionality at an affordable price. Contact us today for a free demonstration

Free Computer-Assisted Coding Webinars

2009-08-03T15:30:00.000-07:00

Sponsored by Dolbey

Register Today
Sign-up for our webinar

Please join us for a series of webinars on the topic of Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC).
Each meeting will focus on a different aspect of the new and exciting technology designed to improve medical coding and revenue capture.

Webinar Schedule:
Friday, August 21st at 1:00 PM EST - Computer-Assisted Coding Technology
Friday, September 18th at 1:00 PM EST - Coding Workflow with CAC
Friday, October 16th at 1:00 PM EST - Customers Speak on Savings
Friday, November 13th at 1:00 PM EST - Automated Coding with CAC

Upon registering, you will receive the WebEx meeting details by email.

Computer-Assisted Coding Technology

Why should you consider Computer-Assisted Coding in your facility?
A review of the technology available in the industry for computer-assisted coding and the driving factors for adoption.

Topics of discussion:

How CAC Will Positively Impact the Health Care Industry
Hospital Level Expectations
Increased Coding Productivity
Increased Efficiency
Comprehensive Code Assignment
Consistent Application of Rules
Electronic Coding Audit Trail

Fusion's CAC delivers high functionality at an affordable price. Contact us today for a free demonstration