NHS Benefits

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Join the more than 80 Trusts and 30,000 people who have used DICT8.

The DICT8 system has a number of benefits for NHS Trusts

 Hospital benefits

  • A significant reduction in the turnaround time of clinic letters, from several weeks to just a few hours: increasing administrative efficiency within departments and helping you meet the NHS Standard Contract expectation that clinic letters reach GPs within seven days.

  • A significant reduction in the cost of typing – customers typically save around 60 compared with in-house typing, once the hidden costs of typing within a hospital are taken into account.

  • 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 secretarial cover for vacancies, leave and sickness.

  • 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 NHS information governance requirements, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We are connected to the HSCN and certified to ISO 27001.

  • 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.

  • Workflow management system to enable all of the typing, whether internal or external, to be done from one interface.

 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 in any modern web browser, with a free iPhone and Android app for dictating on the move.

  • Very little change in working practices for staff - hence no retraining required.

  • Ability to dictate letters on the go using our Free smartphone App.

 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.