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Two-Minute Guide to M*Modal To learn more, visit www.mmodal.com or call 412.578.9700. © 2006. ThoughtFormDesign.com 8290 What’s special? Simultaneous speech recog- nition and natural language understanding build structured and encoded content automatically. What’s special? Contents of the EHR system can integrate with Mean- ingful Clinical Documents to make them more complete and detailed without manual effort. What’s special? Tagged content integrates with the EHR to allow advanced functions that aren’t possible with conventional transcribed reports or scanned content. Rx Rx Shared information Everyone who helps care for the patient can have instant access to the same informa- tion, even different teams in different places. The result is safer treatment, fewer repeated tests, and greater continuity of care. Administration support Scheduling, billing, and other operations can be streamlined by having instant access to clinical data that is captured in the EHR system. As a result, patients can get more timely service, and the whole health care delivery system can operate more efficiently. EHR M*Modal Decision support Software tools can use data in the EHR system to add reminders, prompts, and alerts that guide caregivers toward best practices, such as pro- moting timely screenings and identifying drug interactions. The result can be better diag- nosis and fewer treatment mistakes. Reporting Information about entire populations can be consoli- dated from the electronic data and shared with decision makers without compromising privacy. The result can be better disease surveillance and improved public health insights, as well as data about what practices produce the best results and about the performance of health care providers. Meaningful Clinical Document™ What’s special? Using the existing knowledge and skills of transcriptionists ensures accuracy of text and tags while allowing the transcriptionist to be far more productive by editing draft reports instead of typing them from scratch. What’s special? Physicians use their familiar dictation routine—no special training, no special tools. 1 Physician speaks The doctor’s dictation is captured, using whatever equip- ment and process he or she is familiar with—digital recorder, telephone, or PC microphone. The physician speaks in a normal voice and doesn’t have to spend time training the system. 6 Sign off Pre-approved documents are transferred to the physician for sign-off and then added to the EHR system. Because what the physician sees has been pre-approved by the transcrip- tionist, the approval process is fast. Physicians also can elect to review the validation display immediately, without waiting for a transcriptionist to review first. Electronic health records (EHR) produce countless benefits and promise to make health care better. The challenge is how to capture accurate clinical data fast without requiring every physician to become a data entry clerk. M*Modal has solved that problem with a unique combination of technology and workflow. Here’s an overview. 2 Always Understanding™ M*Modal transforms the dictation recording to electronic text and at the same time identifies meanings, based on an extensive knowledge of medical terminology and phrases. The system adds metadata tags to the content. These tags allow the EHR (Electronic Health Record) system to recognize the meaning of content and expand its usefulness. Tagged content Transcript of physician’s words 3 Meaningful Clinical Document™ M*Modal produces a special display that includes a transcript of the physician’s spoken words along with values, terms, and phrases that have been tagged as significant content. 7 Multiple formats The final version of the Meaningful Clinical Document can be published in whatever format is required. For EHR systems, content can conform to any XML-based standards, such as HL7 CDA. Traditional outputs are also available to comply with the standards of any practice, hospital, network, or agency. 8 EHR system Tagged content in the Meaningful Clinical Document unlocks valuable data that are otherwise “lost” in conven- tional transcribed reports or scanned documents. 9 Data linked M*Modal links related data in the EHR system, like test results or data from specialists, to the physician’s clinical notes. This allows facts from those sources to appear in the clinical notes. Example: “Allergies as previously reported.” 5 Continuous learning Any revisions made by the transcriptionist or physician are returned to M*Modal so that the system can learn and perform better the next time. 4 Medical language specialist An experienced transcriptionist edits the transformed text by listening to the recording and viewing the validation display. Using extensive knowledge of medical terminology, the transcriptionist validates the accuracy of the text and the tag and makes corrections as needed. The tagging logic is easy to confirm because what the doctor said is displayed along with the resulting tags.
