Sheffield, United Kingdom, 18 March 2005 – Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, geographically one of the largest trusts in the United Kingdom, have decided to use SpeechReport powered by SpeechMagic from G2 Speech. After the tender process was finished, SpeechReport is currently being rolled out over 5 departments. Following this first step, the system will be expanded Trust wide over all 9 locations.
Martin Wilson, Acting General Manager states: “At this moment we use traditional tape dictation and transcription which is very time consuming. Therefore we were looking for a solution for this problem and found SpeechReport powered by SpeechMagic from G2 Speech. After the OJEC Tender process we felt G2 Speech were very professional and gave us confidence that they could deliver and make the system work for us. Besides that, the demonstrations of SpeechReport made us feel that it was the best system to enable us to reduce turnaround time of transcription and current backlogs with a possible potential to cut HR costs.”
Bert Groeneveld, CEO of G2 Speech says: “We are very pleased with this breakthrough of both G2 Speech as well as speech recognition in the UK medical market. For several years we have been proving our solutions and professional team on the European mainland which resulted in G2 Speech being market leader. This breakthrough shows that our innovative medical speech recognition solutions did not remain unnoticed in the UK and we are confident this is the forerunner of many more successes in the UK.“
SpeechReport is a document creation system with integrated speech recognition powered by SpeechMagic from Philips Speech Recognition Systems. SpeechReport perfectly suits the ambitions of hospitals which want to offer speech recognition to their physicians. Bert Groeneveld continues: “We see more and more hospitals implementing speech recognition. Hospitals realize that not only a single department can benefit from speech recognition but a complete hospital can, or even a complete Trust. The joint effort of G2 Speech and Philips Speech Recognition Systems has really contributed to this success. It is another example of our commitment to deliver innovative medical speech recognition solutions that meet the requirements of the medical industry.”
About Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust:
Northumbria Healthcare Trust was established in April 1998 with the merger of several former hospital trusts to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of health provision in Northumberland and North Tyneside. It serves a population of about 500,000 people. The Trust has responsibility for managing the three major hospitals at North Tyneside, Hexham and Ashington along with smaller community hospitals from Berwick to Wallsend. The Trust is also responsible for around 7,000 employees and manages a budget of around £200 million per year.
About G2 Speech:
G2 Speech, with its head office in Nuenen, the Netherlands, specialises in digital dictation and speech technology for the medical and legal professions. G2 Speech is specifically concerned with the software integration of speech technology with existing information systems. Based on advanced workflow management systems and speech technology, G2 Speech's products enable organisations to convert the spoken word directly into written text.
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