Date: Jan 12, 2009 Source: Business Wire (
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12th Annual Kickoff Technology Policy Exhibition, January 13, 2009
Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC
12th Annual Congressional Internet Caucus
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VoiceLever, Inc., a startup focused on new technologies to improve computing efficiency (Redmond, WA), today announced it was selected among 29 other technology companies from around the globe to present its VoiceLever™ human terminal™ -- an on-body communications and computing platform - at the 12th Annual Congressional Internet Caucus. VoiceLever joins a small, prestigious group of global industry leaders including Nokia, Panasonic, Motorola, Microsoft, Comcast, Accenture, NTT, Fujitsu, Verizon, Lockheed Martin and Xerox to present at this years' caucus on the eve of the President's inauguration. The Congressional Internet Caucus is the longest running annual technology policy exhibition hosted on Capitol Hill, bringing Internet and technology solutions to the forefront of Congressional policy debates facing the nation.
"Critical: What We Can Do About the Healthcare Crisis"
VoiceLever is developing the human terminal™ for on-body communications and computing, addressing important policy goals and objectives facing Congress that directly impact the economy in healthcare, public safety, security, and education sectors. The company is especially focused on applying the platform to help solve some critical problems dealing with healthcare efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Tom Daschle (incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services) underscores major healthcare IT issues in his book, "Critical: What We Can Do About the Healthcare Crisis":
Clinicians spend 30-50% of their time on paperwork
As many as 98,000 patients die annually in the US due to medical errors attributed in large part to incorrect or inadequate documentation, illegible handwriting miscommunication or identification, and other "low-tech challenges that could be solved by improved communications and computing systems"
An estimated $85 billion a year could be saved if the US could match the efficiency of other leading nations' healthcare systems
The US is spending $78 billion a year due to inefficiencies attributed to paper based medical records systems noting that electronic transactions are years, if not decades, behind Europe in harnessing IT potential in healthcare
Medical bills account for 50% of the personal bankruptcies in the US
Healthcare economics today call for ‘more' and for ‘less': less time, inventory, space, labor, errors, waste and cost in a healthcare environment characterized by more to know, do, manage, watch, and more people involved per patient than ever before.
The VoiceLever™ on-body communications and computing platform features several devices, from a small wristwatch-sized device, called the human terminal™ computer with a large, high-definition, full color screen and a Bluetooth® or wired headset, to software and hardware for wireless connections to a cellular phone or PC, and a host of other new wireless infrastructure devices for automatically gathering data. The integrated platform with the human terminal™ system creates a hands-free network that extends a perimeter around existing healthcare systems, leveraging the power of the human voice beyond just communications. Functionality includes speech recognition for data entry ("blood pressure is 152 over 90"), communications control ("call Dr. Welton"), information retrieval ("ID patient by photo") and speech synthesis for speaking information to the clinician as it displays ("patient is allergic to penicillin"), all enabling the wearer to keep their eyes on the patient. Coupled with the mobility of wireless, the platform brings the man-machine interface to the human level for the clinician, making it faster and easier.
With rapid access to the Internet and intranets, this novel solution can increase the productivity of ‘hands-and-eyes-busy,' on-the-go work, without paper, and untethered from ‘sit-down' computers and keyboards. Detailed graphics and charts can be called up on voice command and a touch screen and pager-like vibrator support silent operation. The human terminal™ system features state-of-the-art speech technology from Conversay, a company founded by the founder of VoiceLever, Inc. Conversay is a leader in speech technology with deployments in over 10 million cellular phones and some of the most advanced jet fighter cockpits in the world.
The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee is a diverse group of public interest, nonprofit, and industry groups committed to providing educational events. They select participants for each caucus to include a diverse set of views and perspectives. Policy issues are highlighted at the Technology Policy Exhibition and Reception with hands-on demonstrations of how the Internet is changing the future. Capitol Hill staff and industry constituents are invited to view cutting-edge technology and learn more about how the power and flexibility of the Internet can improve communications, commerce, and democracy.
The 12th Annual Kickoff Tech Policy Exhibition and Reception will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 from 5-7-pm at the H-902, Hart Senate Office Building. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. This is a free event and RSVPs are requested. For more information and to RSVP go to: www.netcaucus.org/events/2009/kickoff/
About VoiceLever, Inc.
VoiceLever, Inc., based in Redmond, Washington, is an early stage technology startup, founded in 2008. The company is developing applications and application platforms for industry-specific integration of speech-based hardware and software, concentrating on new, novel, wearable on-body systems and numerous smart devices wirelessly linked to the Internet. VoiceLever's human terminal™ system empowers ‘hands-and-eyes-busy' mobile users in enterprises with untethered and hands-free access to computers, cellular phones, and other wireless networked systems, creating both voice and data connections. VoiceLever addresses applications in the healthcare, public safety, security, education, and consumer markets where critical needs exist for faster, easier data entry and information retrieval. With a world-class team, VoiceLever presents transformational capabilities that can realize more convenient, efficient, cost-effective, and accurate information systems. For more information contact VoiceLever at www.voicelever.com
©2009 VoiceLever, Inc. All rights reserved. VoiceLever™ and human terminal™ are trademarks of VoiceLever, Inc. Patents Pending.
Contacts
VoiceLever, Inc.
Business Development
Phil Purdy, 425-941-9900
ppurdy@voicelever.com
