Physicians at Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates are up and running on PDA-based dictation software that enables them to create and transmit reports via a Wi-Fi network.
The IQSpeak software, from Charlotte, N.C.-based IQMax, resides on a PC card that can be plugged into select PDAs running the Palm OS or Windows Mobile operating systems. The software is synchronized with the group practice's scheduling system over a Wi-Fi network. The integration enables physicians to automatically place patient demographic information into their dictation. Clinicians also can enter additional information into the report, such as how quickly they need their dictation transcribed and which transcription service they want to use.
Physicians wirelessly transmit the dictation from their PDAs to a personal computer at the practice. The dictation then is encrypted and sent over the Internet to IQMax. The vendor routes the report to the transcription service. After the service completes the transcription, it sends the document back to IQMax, which then sends it to Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates' practice management system.
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