Benefits for your organisation
BigHand Digital Dictation removes administrative delays and backlogs, improving service and workflow efficiency which will enable your Trust or organisation to meet key government targets such as the 18 week pathway.
- NHS savings achieved through:
- Non-replacement of lost, broken or worn out analogue tape machines
- Complete removal of temporary cover when secretaries are off sick or on annual leave
- Removal of costly administrative vacancies
- Reducing the turnaround times for Reports & Patient Notes
- Increasing the number of consultants/authors without increasing the secretarial resource
Testimonials
“BigHand’s solution is excellent, we absolutely love it. Within Oncology our consultants are producing up to 400 dictations each and every day, therefore we need flexibility to manage this large number of dictations across 2 sites more efficiently. Since installing BigHand, dictations are now sent immediately to a pool of secretaries for transcription, regardless of which floor they sit on or whether they are at one hospital or the other... They no longer waste time scrolling through tapes looking for the relevant dictation.”
Jean Wisden, Administration Services Manager, Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
''Digital dictation has streamlined the process from consultation to production of discharge summary and as a result, the Trust has experienced an improvement in turnaround times. It is now common practice for consultants to dictate letters straight after seeing patients rather than all at the end of clinic, in some of the medical specialties. Secretaries are therefore able in many cases to transcribe immediately following each attendance; ensuring documentation is ready for clinician sign off at the end of clinic.''
David Whitham, Informatics Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
