VoiceOver® - Overview

What is VoiceOver®?
VoiceOver® is a desktop software application that incorporates speech recognition, digital dictation, customizable templates, and an assortment of input devices, providing direct integration with the user's Anatomic Pathology (AP) system. VoiceOver® allows Pathology professionals to rapidly and accurately create pathology reports, choosing one of three workflows:
  • "front-end" speech recognition -- dictation is translated into text in real time via speech recognition; templates are used to enhance productivity and report consistency, with any corrections made by the user
  • digital dictation -- audio is stored and routed to assigned transcription resources
  • delegated medical editing -- dictation is translated into text in real time via speech recognition; templates may be used to enhance productivity and report consistency, report text and audio are routed to assigned transcription resources for correction

In each of these workflow options, VoiceOver® is linked directly to the AP system, leveraging the underlying workflow for Pathology staff and transcription, and avoiding investment in additional servers and external interfaces. The availability of multiple workflow options allow laboratories to implement speech recognition in a phased approach, enabling significant immediate and incremental benefits.

How does VoiceOver® work?

VoiceOver® has an intuitive user interface that interacts directly with AP systems. It does not require an interface to pass dictated text into an AP reporting system. Users open up an active case in the AP system by issuing a speech command, typing in an accession number, selecting from a list of assigned cases, or by swiping a barcode attached to the specimen container, slide or requisition.Once the case is open, the user can create, edit, and finalize a report in real-time by using a combination of speech recognition and templating. In addition to the front-end speech recognition option, users can choose to dictate into VoiceOver® Recorder or VoiceOver® Delegated Medical Editor, which will send an audio recording to a transcriptionist, or a text and audio pairing to an editor to review and correct the transcribed text.

What AP Systems does VoiceOver® work with?
Voicebrook has created VoiceOver® Integration Personalities that seamlessly integrate with all of the most popular AP Systems in production. A VoiceOver® Integration Personality consists of a set of customizable voice commands and workflow options available, specifically tailored to each AP system. VoiceOver® Integration Personalities in production* include:
  • Cerner Classic PathNet

  • Cerner CoPathPlus

  • Cerner Millennium PathNet

  • CTC WinSurge

  • Dept. of Veterans Affairs VistA

  • GE Centricity Ultra Lab AP

  • Meditech MAGIC

  • Meditech Client/Server

  • NetSoft IntelliPath

  • Orchard Harvest LIS

  • Psyche Systems Corp. WindoPath

  • QuadraMed QCPR Pathology

  • SCC SoftPath

  • Sunquest CoPathPlus

  • SUNQUEST PowerPath

*Voicebrook is continually developing new VoiceOver® Integration Personalities. If your system is not on this list, we may already be in progress, or we will work with you to create a new integration.

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How is VoiceOver® customized for pathology workflow?
Most AP systems weren't designed with speech recognition in mind, and as a result, there are processes and input methods that are not immediately accessible by using generic speech recognition tools. Voicebrook has identified many of these common problem areas in AP systems and has built a set of tools to compensate for these shortcomings, allow Pathologists and PA's to rapidly create accurate reports, and strictly adhere to laboratory policy and requirements. Here are some things that you can do with VoiceOver® , that otherwise would be difficult or impossible...
  • case confirmation
  • specimen verification
  • synoptic reporting
  • CPT and ICD-9 coding
  • cassette confirmation
  • adding blocks
  • patient name spelling
  • auto-formatting options
  • bar code support
  • accession number recognition
  • automatic signature
  • case status change
  • custom zoom
  • dual screen support
  • automatic report backup
  • insert and delete report sections
  • view requisitions
  • digital image navigation
  • automate actions on report open/close
  • order special stains or tests
  • AP system downtime procedure

In addition to support for these routines and workflows, VoiceOver® can be customized to "voice-enable" almost any AP system functionality, making it the most adaptable speech recognition product for the Pathology market.

What are VoiceOver's primary features? VoiceOver® is the most feature-rich speech recognition and digital dictation software platform available for the pathology market today. To find out more, please click the button below.
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