Eliminating Transcription Requirements, Creating Voice Access to Structured
Reporting will Help Drive Efficiency; Integration Supports Recent IDX
Acquisition of PointDx, Inc.
RSNA 2004, CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDX Systems
Corporation (Nasdaq: IDXC), a leading provider of healthcare information
technology systems, and ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSFT), a global leader of
speech solutions, today announced that IDX has selected the ScanSoft(R)
Dragon NaturallySpeaking(R) SDK (software developers toolkit) to directly
integrate speech recognition capabilities into the IDX Imagecast(TM)
product line. These capabilities are expected to enhance the accuracy and
speed of diagnostic reporting for Imagecast customers and augment IDX's
recent acquisition of PointDx, Inc., a developer of structured medical
reporting technology.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is one of the world's leading speech
recognition solutions, enabling the automatic conversion of speech into
text at up to 160 words per minute and allowing software applications to
respond to verbal commands. Imagecast will use the ScanSoft Dragon
NaturallySpeaking SDK to integrate voice capabilities within its single
database, web-based solution. It is expected that the integration of
front- and back-end speech recognition with ScanSoft Dragon
NaturallySpeaking within Imagecast solutions will support improvements in
diagnostic reporting speed and accuracy while decreasing the costs of
manual transcription.
"The healthcare sector is reaping tremendous benefits from the
proliferation of speech technologies," said John Shagoury, president,
ScanSoft Productivity Applications Division. "Organizations have struggled
to simultaneously reduce their costs and improve the quality of patient
care. Solutions such as Imagecast and ScanSoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking
consistently rise to this challenge. We are pleased that IDX has chosen
ScanSoft's speech technology to add even more value to their world-class
solution."
"Integrating next-generation speech recognition technology within
Imagecast is part of IDX's strategy to drive greater accuracy and
efficiency in diagnostic reporting. By coupling speech recognition
capabilities and structured reporting, clinicians and their employers can
improve the quality and clarity of diagnostic reports," said Debra Stenner,
Vice President of Business Planning and Business Strategy, IDX Imagecast
Operating Unit. "Because ScanSoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking technology
will be tightly integrated within Imagecast, we expect the lag times
associated with traditional speech recognition technology to be greatly
reduced, enabling the creation of voice-driven reports in real-time. We
believe this technology will help Imagecast support our customers' pursuit
of operational and clinical excellence."
It is expected that pilot implementations will be in place at select
customer sites by the summer of 2005. IDX will feature a prototype of the
Imagecast structured reporting with speech recognition solution at RSNA,
booth 1936. ScanSoft executives and employees will also be on-site at
RSNA, booth 6444.
About ScanSoft, Inc.
ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT) is the global leader of speech and
imaging solutions that are used to automate a wide range of manual
processes -- saving time, increasing worker productivity and improving
customer service. For more information regarding ScanSoft(R) products and
technologies, please visit http://www.scansoft.com.
About IDX Imagecast(TM)
Imagecast solutions provide healthcare institutions, such as hospitals,
academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks and imaging centers,
with comprehensive distributed access to significant clinical findings and
associated images. Our solutions optimize productivity, enhance business
practices, and facilitate clinical decision making. Today's leading medical
specialists, business managers, and executives can depend on IDX because
only Imagecast products combine advanced technology with unmatched
expertise to deliver visionary workflow integration. For more information,
visit http://www.idx.com/imagecast.
About IDX
Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation provides information
technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare,
improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and
reduce the costs of care. IDX supports these objectives with a broad range
of complementary and functionally rich products installed at 3,300 customer
sites. Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice management
systems to improve patient care and other workflow processes. IDX software
solutions are installed at:
* 380 integrated delivery networks (IDNs) representing more than 500
hospitals
* 175 large group practices with more than 200 physicians
* 665 mid-size group practices with less than 200 physicians
IDX also provides its enterprise clinical software as a subcontractor
to BT and Fujitsu Services, Local Service Providers for the United Kingdom
National Health Service's National Programme for Information Technology, an
initiative to establish electronic patient records for 50 million patients.
The IDX web strategy includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-
based tools -- built using Internet architecture -- that facilitates access
for patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and
data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed
care products. IDX has approximately 2,100 full-time employees.
IDX and Imagecast are trademarks or registered trademarks of IDX
Investment Corporation.
ScanSoft, the ScanSoft logo, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking are
trademarks or registered trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. or its subsidiaries
in the United States and other countries.
All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about IDX
Systems Corporation that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among
the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are uncertainties
or difficulties in developing new services and systems, including
Imagecast, difficulties in implementing systems, possible deferral, delay
or cancellation by customers of computer system or service purchase
decisions, possible delay of system installations and service
implementations, development by competitors of new or superior
technologies, changing economic, political and regulatory influences on the
healthcare industry, possible disruptions in the national economy caused by
terrorist activities and foreign conflicts, changes in product pricing
policies, governmental regulation of IDX's software and operations, the
possibility of product-related liabilities, and factors detailed from time
to time in IDX's periodic reports and registration statements filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, which important factors are
incorporated herein by reference. IDX undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence
of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial
condition or business over time.
For more information, contact:
Bob Osmond
Osmosis Communications, Inc.
For IDX Systems Corporation
bob@osmosiscommunications.com
802.472.3444
Erica Hill
ScanSoft, Inc.
erica.hill@scansoft.com
978.977.8466
SOURCE IDX Systems Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.idx.com
http://www.scansoft.com
CONTACT:
Bob Osmond of Osmosis Communications, Inc.,
for IDX Systems Corporation, +1-802-472-3444,
bob@osmosiscommunications.com; or Erica Hill of ScanSoft, Inc.,
+1-978-977-8466, erica.hill@scansoft.com
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