Benefits for Trusts

The utilisation of DICT8′s transcription outsourcing solution can bring significant benefits to NHS Trusts.

Hospital benefits

• A significant reduction in the turnaround time of dictation tasks from several weeks to just a few hours: increasing administrative efficiency within departments and aiding the attainment of star ratings.
• A significant reduction in the cost of dictation – approximately 50% – will often be achievable.
• Little to no start-up costs.
• Management can audit workflows and usage through their own administrative interface that allows them to see what is happening at any time and control cost.
• DICT8 utilises the skills of experienced UK based transcribers – this can lead to a reduction in the error rates suffered by many Trusts.
• Reduction of managerial pressure to find adequate secretarial coverage, as older secretaries retire and to cover sick days.
• Reduce temporary staff costs.
• Transfer fixed administrative overheads to a variable cost.
• Allow secretarial resources to be diverted to more of an organisational/PA role.
• Established system already in use by other Trusts.
• A secure system that complies with Caldicot, NHS guidelines, e-GIF and the Data Protection Act.
• Extremely low impact on Trust IT systems due to the system being browser based – you can start using the system quickly without IT problems.
• Straightforward integration with existing PAS systems (if required) to enable automatic saving of letters and notes to the patient record and population of letters with addresses etc.

Doctor benefits

• Reduction in turnaround time will enable the doctor to actually remember the consultation when signing the letter.
• Easy to use interface that works with MS Internet Explorer
• Very little change in working practices for staff – hence no retraining required.If you are interested in discovering more about DICT8′s Medical Transcription Outsourcing solution then please contact Dr. Michael Urdang on murdang@dict8.com or contact our sales department.