InfraWare to Test Market Quicker, Cost-Saving Medical Transcription Software
InfraWare Inc, an Indiana software developer and medical transcription ASP provider, is beginning beta testing of its new, leading-edge speech recognition technology. InfraWare’s new dictation recognition engine offers a significant increase in accuracy over previous attempts within the industry to incorporate speech recognition into medical transcription.
Indianapolis, IN, September 24, 2008 --(PR.com)-- InfraWare Inc., a medical transcription software company, announced today it will soon begin beta testing its new dictation recognition engine aimed at increasing the speed and reducing the cost per line of medical transcription through intelligent back-end automation.
The Indiana-based software developer and transcription ASP provider will marry its existing InfraWare 360 transcription speech recognition platform and its newly developed artificial intelligence engine to generate more accurate and less expensive first-draft text versions of physician audio dictations. Of the $1.2 million project budget, $871,000 was supplied by a grant from the state’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund.
“The 21st Century Fund is a powerful tool aimed at assisting new and innovative companies like InfraWare bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace,” said Governor Mitch Daniels.
The marriage of the company’s two technologies accelerates the rate at which medical transcriptionists can process a physician’s dictated reports and represents a significant increase in accuracy over previous attempts by the industry to incorporate speech recognition into transcription. The InfraWare technology incorporates a punctuation component that determines proper punctuation placement within the generated text, a feature not included in most word-processor-based programs.
InfraWare will begin releasing the software to test markets in the fourth quarter of 2008, and anticipates fully launching the product in 2009 to markets across the country. The company expects to create up to 100 new jobs over the next five years.
“While InfraWare has been innovating since our beginning, this new advancement positions us to provide our customers with leading-edge technology that completely changes their cost structure, increases transcriptionist productivity and decreases turnaround time,” said Nick Mahurin, chief executive officer of InfraWare.
Traditionally medical transcriptionists produce written records of a physician’s audio-recorded reports by typing the recording in its entirety. Past efforts within the industry to incorporate speech recognition technology have met poor results, as transcription is highly interpretive and many transcriptionists find it faster to type a report than to edit a poorly constructed first draft, Mahurin said.
Linguistics researchers from Indiana University assisted in the conceptual development of InfraWare’s technology along with software engineers from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology who assisted in developing the platform’s software infrastructure. The Terre Haute Innovation Alliance, an economic development and education partnership between Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the City of Terre Haute provided consulting services to InfraWare, and associates from Indiana State University’s Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation assisted InfraWare with grant procurement services.
“We are pleased to be able to provide commercialization services to technologically innovative companies such as InfraWare that will bring high-paying jobs and investment to Terre Haute,” said Richard Pittelkow, interim director of Indiana State University’s Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation.
InfraWare is one of 58 businesses awarded a 21st Century Fund grant since January 2006. During that time, the fund has invested more than $74 million in high-tech Indiana entrepreneurial companies with the potential to create more than 6,000 new jobs.
To learn more about InfraWare, please call 877-235-7239 or visit http://www.infraware.com.
About InfraWare, Inc.
InfraWare is one of the medical transcription industry’s fastest-growing ASP software companies serving Medical Transcription Service Organizations (MTSOs) and healthcare providers. InfraWare is not owned by—nor does it compete with—MTSOs. The fast, powerful, easy-to-use InfraWare 360 ASP platform was developed with input from hundreds of medical transcriptionists, enabling them to quickly and accurately produce more lines of transcription and better serve the needs of physicians and hospitals. The intuitive InfraWare platform includes flexible dictation options, back-end speech recognition, transcription processing with a built-in word expander and medical spell check dictionary, automated document delivery options, and a management console to streamline administrative and quality assurance processes. For more information visit http://www.infraware.com.
About IEDC
Created by Governor Mitch Daniels in 2005 to replace the former Department of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by Governor Daniels. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman serves as the chief executive officer of the IEDC. Since Daniels created the IEDC, the state has posted three consecutive years of record-breaking commitments for new jobs. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.
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The Indiana-based software developer and transcription ASP provider will marry its existing InfraWare 360 transcription speech recognition platform and its newly developed artificial intelligence engine to generate more accurate and less expensive first-draft text versions of physician audio dictations. Of the $1.2 million project budget, $871,000 was supplied by a grant from the state’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund.
“The 21st Century Fund is a powerful tool aimed at assisting new and innovative companies like InfraWare bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace,” said Governor Mitch Daniels.
The marriage of the company’s two technologies accelerates the rate at which medical transcriptionists can process a physician’s dictated reports and represents a significant increase in accuracy over previous attempts by the industry to incorporate speech recognition into transcription. The InfraWare technology incorporates a punctuation component that determines proper punctuation placement within the generated text, a feature not included in most word-processor-based programs.
InfraWare will begin releasing the software to test markets in the fourth quarter of 2008, and anticipates fully launching the product in 2009 to markets across the country. The company expects to create up to 100 new jobs over the next five years.
“While InfraWare has been innovating since our beginning, this new advancement positions us to provide our customers with leading-edge technology that completely changes their cost structure, increases transcriptionist productivity and decreases turnaround time,” said Nick Mahurin, chief executive officer of InfraWare.
Traditionally medical transcriptionists produce written records of a physician’s audio-recorded reports by typing the recording in its entirety. Past efforts within the industry to incorporate speech recognition technology have met poor results, as transcription is highly interpretive and many transcriptionists find it faster to type a report than to edit a poorly constructed first draft, Mahurin said.
Linguistics researchers from Indiana University assisted in the conceptual development of InfraWare’s technology along with software engineers from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology who assisted in developing the platform’s software infrastructure. The Terre Haute Innovation Alliance, an economic development and education partnership between Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the City of Terre Haute provided consulting services to InfraWare, and associates from Indiana State University’s Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation assisted InfraWare with grant procurement services.
“We are pleased to be able to provide commercialization services to technologically innovative companies such as InfraWare that will bring high-paying jobs and investment to Terre Haute,” said Richard Pittelkow, interim director of Indiana State University’s Center for Business Support and Economic Innovation.
InfraWare is one of 58 businesses awarded a 21st Century Fund grant since January 2006. During that time, the fund has invested more than $74 million in high-tech Indiana entrepreneurial companies with the potential to create more than 6,000 new jobs.
To learn more about InfraWare, please call 877-235-7239 or visit http://www.infraware.com.
About InfraWare, Inc.
InfraWare is one of the medical transcription industry’s fastest-growing ASP software companies serving Medical Transcription Service Organizations (MTSOs) and healthcare providers. InfraWare is not owned by—nor does it compete with—MTSOs. The fast, powerful, easy-to-use InfraWare 360 ASP platform was developed with input from hundreds of medical transcriptionists, enabling them to quickly and accurately produce more lines of transcription and better serve the needs of physicians and hospitals. The intuitive InfraWare platform includes flexible dictation options, back-end speech recognition, transcription processing with a built-in word expander and medical spell check dictionary, automated document delivery options, and a management console to streamline administrative and quality assurance processes. For more information visit http://www.infraware.com.
About IEDC
Created by Governor Mitch Daniels in 2005 to replace the former Department of Commerce, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation is governed by a 12-member board chaired by Governor Daniels. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman serves as the chief executive officer of the IEDC. Since Daniels created the IEDC, the state has posted three consecutive years of record-breaking commitments for new jobs. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedc.in.gov.
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