Vocada Awarded Patent for Merging Voice Messaging, Data; First Used in Fail-safe Medical Communications System
Vocada, Inc. has been awarded a U.S. patent on a broad-based technology and methodology that for the first time bridges voice messaging and data systems in a way that allows for categorization, archiving, retrieval, and interaction of voice messages with today’s leading-edge Internet-based data platforms.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- Vocada, Inc. has been awarded a U.S.
patent on a broad-based technology and methodology that for the first time
bridges voice messaging and data systems in a way that allows for
categorization, archiving, retrieval, and interaction of voice messages with
today’s leading-edge Internet-based data platforms.
Vocada’s patented technology is covered under US Patent 6,778,644, and
specifically protects Vocada’s unique ability to create categorized voice
messages, and enable those messages to interact with data-oriented systems such
as an electronic medical records system or a customer relationship management
application. The technology is especially suited for businesses or institutions,
such as hospitals, that have a need for critical communications
management.
Vocada’s technology achieves a
breakthrough in the simplification, management, and integration of voice content
into the realm of enterprise knowledge. Until now, voice content resided on the
traditional telephony network, and was not integrated into the core
data/knowledge systems maintained by information technology departments.
Vocada’s technology bridges these two worlds by
making voice content manageable and intelligent for the first time. This helps
organizations communicate faster, track and follow-up on important
communications better, and monitor critical communication flows. This was not
possible until now.
The first commercial application
of the technology, Vocada’s VoiceLink™ medical communications system, leverages
the core intellectual property that is covered in the patent. Vocada’s VoiceLink
eliminates the communications delays, errors, and breakdowns that plague
hospitals and large clinics. A number of leading U.S. hospitals are currently
utilizing the VoiceLink system to enhance patient safety and improve physician
productivity.
The VoiceLink system enables a reporting
clinician, such as a radiologist or pathologist, to send a verbal report of a
critical patient finding to an ordering clinician. As soon as the verbal report
is created, the ordering clinician receives an alert and can retrieve the report
by phone.
The system continues to send alerts
until the report is retrieved and notes in the database when a report is
received. The reporting clinician can monitor the process and status of his or
her reports via the Web. The entire process, including the original voice
recording, is archived and remains searchable for 10 or more
years.
“Our technology ties the voice message
into a data system, where both now reside. This makes all communications, not
just e-mail, searchable and integrated with other useful information,” said
Peter White, CEO of Vocada and co-inventor of Vocada’s technology. “The system
eliminates the potential for missed communications, and importantly, has an
audit function that ensures critical communications are received by the right
person at the right time.”
Vocada offers VoiceLink as
a hosted, on-demand solution and requires no customer investment in hardware or
software. It can be accessed from any telephone and/or Internet-connected web
browser. The hospital or clinic pays a monthly service fee for VoiceLink, which
enables its physicians to use the system.
About Vocada, Inc.
Vocada is
a Dallas-based company that has created the first fail-safe medical
communications system for critical patient findings. The privately held company
was founded in October 2000 by brothers Peter and Thomas White, who were both
previously involved with other innovative and successful technology ventures.
The company’s first product, VoiceLink™, was introduced in 2003.
For
more information, visit www.vocada.com.
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