"Stella" Puts Siri on iPads and Other Devices for Physicians

Provider of EHR systems, ChartLogic, has announced Stella, a voice recognition overlay that puts Siri functionality on popular EHR systems, of which the iPad is preferred by numerous physicians.

ChartLogic issued a press release this week announcing that Stella uses “the same type of cloud-based natural language processing (NLP) employed in Apple’s Siri [to] greatly speed workflow for physicians by enabling them to use iPads, iPhones and other mobile devices with their hospital’s EHR system.”

Editor's note
To be noted that Siri does much more than answer queries on dedicated subjects, such as medicine, but the comparison seems to hold water, since Stella is based on the same NLP technology.

ChartLogic’s EHR suite includes electronic medical records, a patient portal, medical billing software, document management and interactive patient education.

The company’s voice-enabled solution reportedly makes it possible for doctors to avoid having to buy an iPhone 4S and use their preferred device with the overlay application.

Brad Melis, founder and executive vice president, ChartLogic, believes “Stella leverages the speed and ease-of-use of voice dictation, which is preferred by many physicians.”

“Stella allows physicians to dictate, type, or touch (iPad) to review and create clinical documentation. While including a dictation option, it goes much further, using NLP to understand medical terminology and voice commands,” said Melis.

The ChartLogic exec added that Stella aimed to help medical groups meet high interoperability standards for meaningful use.

An example is facilitating documenting and transmitting clinical care documents, “because it is the first cloud-based EHR application that natively incorporates the new CDA (common document architecture) Level 2 standard.”

To get a sneak peek at Stella, visit ChartLogic’s booth #14024 at the the HIMSS 12 show.

ChartLogic added that Stella had been selected as a key technology for use in the Health Story Project (located in the HIMSS 12 Interoperability Showcase).

For more information on Stella and other ChartLogic offerings, visit www.chartlogic.com.