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ZyDoc, a technology leader in automated medical documentation solutions, announced free emergency transcription and medical record support for healthcare workers and organizations affected by Hurricane Katrina disaster. In view of the severity of the hurricane and widespread disruption of critical services, ZyDoc recognizes the need to fulfill the requirements of healthcare providers for medical transcription and documentation management and assist agencies with related documentation needs pertaining to the victims and infrastucture.

Hauppauge, NY (PRWEB) September 14, 2005 -- ZyDoc, a technology leader in automated medical documentation solutions, announced free emergency transcription and medical record support for healthcare workers and organizations affected by the Katrina hurricane disaster. In view of the severity of the hurricane and widespread disruption of services, ZyDoc recognizes the need to fulfill the requirements of healthcare providers for medical transcription and documentation management. With many hospitals in the effected area temporally closed or operating with limited services, the infrastructure for ongoing medical records will be severely limited. Coupled with the anticipated increase in medical services secondary to the disaster, and difficulties for healthcare providers and transcriptionists to travel or perform their duties, ZyDoc anticipates that there maybe an immediate need to offer transcription services and secure Internet based medical records to the medical community. The displaced victims will benefit from secure Internet based records that can be accessible from anywhere.

Jim Maisel, M.D., Chairman of ZyDoc explains, "The ZyDoc technology platform offers a number of advantages to the disaster area to overcome infrastructural limitations imposed by service outages and temporary personnel shortages and displacement of people. Physicians, hospitals, relief, legal, rescue and transcription companies can utilize ZyDoc infrastructure and transcription services starting work within minutes. ZyDoc intends to make our surplus capacity available immediately to the medical community on a first-come first-served basis at no charge until services can be restored."

Steve Koski, CEO and President of ZyDoc explains the operational aspects of the transcription and medical records service as follows: "Health-care workers will be able to dictate into handheld digital recorders or the ZyDoc TelDoc 800 toll-free servers. ZyDoc will supply fully edited transcription services, usually with overnight service as available, for these documents or provide Internet based ASP delivery of the voice files to the transcriptionists selected by the health-care users. Once transcribed, documents and voice files will be available immediately and securely via Internet access from any PC with a browser and stored for later access. The documents can also be automatically downloaded and printed to a PC, faxed or made available to share with authorized caregivers over the Internet. The ZyDoc carrier class datacenter has proven reliable without failure over the past two years and was operational even during the Northeast blackout. We intend to make our surplus capacity available immediately to the medical community on a first-come first-served basis at no charge."

Availability
Hurricane related services can be started by enrolling at the "try it free" link on the secure www.zydoc.com website and using the promo code: Katrina. Then contact the ZyDoc Operations Center at 631-273-6125 to receive your user login and password. Dictation can be started immediately using low-cost digital handheld recorders or the TelDoc 800 service. Completed documents will be available with secure confidential access by author on ZyDoc.com website. Documents can be faxed using the ZyDoc FaxDoc system and can be accessed or automatically downloaded and printed from any computer with Internet access.

Transcription ASP infrastructure solutions are also available to replace legacy and non-HIPAA-compliant services for transcription companies or hospitals that need infrastructure support. ZyDoc provides multimedia demonstrations, training, and support on an urgent or scheduled basis via the Internet at http://zydoc.webex.com and through an expansive nationwide network of Tech Data, Toshiba, and qualified integrators. For more information on ZyDoc Automated Medical Documentation Solutions visit www.zydoc.com or enroll at www.zydoc.com/leads.htm

About ZyDoc.com Corporation
ZyDoc is an award winning transcription service and software development company that provides automated electronic health-record documentation and infrastructure ASP legacy-replacement solutions. Physicians, transcriptionists, and other healthcare professionals use these services to produce, organize, and distribute multi-specialty patient electronic medical records (EMR) in Community Health Information Networks (CHIN). ZyDoc solves the PC illiteracy, data entry bottleneck, implementation, and cost issues that plague other clinical documentation and transcription companies. It uses transparent embedded technology that leverages front- and back-end speech recognition, workflow enhancements, and the Internet. ZyDoc is a development partner with SUNY Computer Sciences at Stony Brook, a ScanSoft platinum dealer, and an IBM Speech Premier Business Partner.

Press Contacts:
Jim Maisel, M.D.
Chairman, ZyDoc.com
ZyDoc.com Corporation
631-273-1963

SOURCE: ZyDoc.com
Website: www.zydoc.com

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